Documento 40 - W. Aldis Wright: Miscellanea

1 box (100 items or gatherings).

Items 27-29 and 30-46 found in books bequeathed to Trinity College Library by W. A. Wright, 1914: see 'Scope and Content' below.

The items have been kept in the groupings in which they were found, as described below:

1-26: in envelope addressed to Librarian, Trinity College Cambridge, labelled 'Hebrew Fragments'. Item descriptions based on notes in items 25 and 26.
27-29: in envelope addressed to The Librarian, Trinity College Library, Cambridge, labelled 'From The Fauconberge Memorial by Henry Fauconberge L.L.D., bequeathed by W. A. Wright, 1914.
30-46: in envelope addressed to The Librarian, Trinity College Library, Cambridge, labelled 'From Cowdray. The History of a Great English House, by Mrs Charles Roundell, bequeathed by W. A. Wright, 1914.
47: manuscript notes on Sanskrit
48-53: in envelope addressed to W. A. Wright Esq., labelled 'Candidates for Professorship of Arabic. C.V'
54:70: in envelope labelled 'Correspondence about Dr. Robert Smith'
71-77: re Edward Gibbon, in envelope addressed to Aldis Wright at Beccles
78: envelope addressed to Aldis Wright, containing letter, book-plate, and photograph
79-84: letters, originally put together as the writers were unidentified, in envelope addressed to 'Chief Librarian', Trinity College. Most now identified.
85: notes by Aldis Wright on Minor Scholarships, in envelope marked 'The Library'
86-87: letter and reports relating to the University Library, Cambridge, in envelope addressed to 'Chief Librarian', Trinity College
88: newspaper cuttings on folklore, dialect etc, in envelope addressed to the Librarian, Trinity College
89-97: re C. Simonides, in envelope addressed to the Librarian, Trinity College
98-99: letters re Giles Lawrence ('Lawrence of Oxford'), in envelope addressed to Aldis Wright as Vice-Master, Trinity College
100: miscellaneous notes, predominantly on Abgar and on the engravings of Thomas Higham, all together in (later?) envelope.