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Scholars -- Great Britain

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

John Bruce collection

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 73
Abstract: Series I, Letters to John Bruce, consists almost entirely of business and professional letters addressed to him in his roles as Secretary of the Camden Society and editor of many of its early publications. Correspondents include Octavian Blewitt; Sir Robert Harry Inglis; William Jerdan; Macvey Napier; Julia Pardoe; and Thomas Joseph Pettigrew.Series II, Letters of Caroline Amelia Halsted, contains 35 letters from the popular historian to Bruce on the subjects of her royal biographies;...
Dates: 1835-1845

Walter Wilson Greg papers

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 162
Abstract:

The papers contain correspondence, printed material, writings and other papers documenting the scholarly career of Walter Wilson Greg, particularly his work on the Bibilography of the English Printed Drama(BEPD), his book reviews and his periodical articles concerning the editing of Shakespeare.

Dates: 1495-1959, bulk 1905-1959

Evelyn Simpson papers

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 90
Abstract:

Correspondence and writings documenting aspects of the scholarly career of Evelyn Spearing Simpson, particularly her work on a complete edition of the Sermons of John Donne. Correspondents include her Donne collaborator George R. Potter and his wife Mabel; friend and fellow Donne scholar Helen Gardner; and Mary Holtby. Writings include research notes, drafts, typescripts and proofs of most volumes of the Sermons edition; and drafts and typescripts of scholarly articles on Donne's work.

Dates: 1906-1963

Percy Simpson papers

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 8
Abstract:

Correspondence, writings, scrapbooks and printed material documenting aspects of the scholarly career of Percy Simpson, particularly his edition of Ben Jonson's Works (1925-52) and his professional relationships with his colleagues, especially C. H. Herford, R. W. Chapman, William A. Jackson, Sir Humphrey Sumner Milford, and Eugénie Sellers Strong.

Dates: 1870-1953

David Nichol Smith papers

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 10
Abstract:

The papers concern Smith's work on the Arden Shakespeare Series and include notes and collations for several plays, documents relating to editorial techniques and a small amount of professional correspondence.

Dates: ca. 1904-1910