Papers on Recataloguing Cambridge University Manuscripts

Scope and Content

Reports, correspondence and lists of manuscripts for M.R. James's recataloguing of Cambridge University Library medieval manuscripts.

Access Information

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Office correspondence and papers, collected and catalogued, 1995.

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Bibliography

For information about James's recataloguing work see R.W. Pfaff, Montague Rhodes James, 1980, pp.325-330, and Jayne Ringrose, 'The Legacy of M.R. James in Cambridge University Library', in Lynda Dennison, ed., The Legacy of M.R. James (Donington, 2001), pp.23-36.