MSS. Stein 1-458
Papers of Sir Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943)
1854-1953
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
458 shelfmarks
English,
Hungarian,
German,
Chinese,
and Sanskrit.
Sir Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943) was an archaelogist and explorer. Details are given in the
Dictionary
of National Biography.
Stein's papers consist of:
- Letters to P.S. Allen and Helen Allen, 1898-1943
- Correspondence with F.H. Andrews, 1899-1943
- General correspondence
- Family correspondence
- Notebooks, field diaries, personal diaries and 'personal narratives', 1889-1943
- Miscellaneous and personal papers, including catalogue of Stein's library
- Correspondence and papers concerning expeditions, mainly in Central Asia, and to archaeology and survey
work in India
- Drafts of, and papers and correspondence concerning, publications
- Maps and photographs
The papers were bequeathed by Stein to the Indian Institute, Oxford, 1943
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a
valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see
http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers,
Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the
Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 53042-520
A fuller description is available in the Library.
Oriental manuscripts collected by Stein are in the Department of Oriental Collections, Bodleian Library.
The Bodleian Library also holds the Papers of P.S. Allen.
The biography by Jeanette Mirsky,
Sir Aurel Stein, archaeological explorer (Chicago &
London, 1977) is based partly on these papers.
Archaeologists
19th century
Archaeologists
20th century
Archaeology
Explorers
19th century
Explorers
20th century
Allen
Helen Mary
1872-1952
Allen
Percy Stafford
1869-1933
President of Corpus Christi College Oxford
Stein
Mark Aurel
1862-1943
Sir
Knight Scholar Explorer Archaeologist
Asia, Central
India