Six journals of John Allen Giles, which were written retrospectively, mostly in 1878, from contemporary notes kept by Giles, including descriptions of journeys and visits. Each journal includes original letters to Giles which have been pasted in, as well as transcripts of letters to and from Giles. Each letter has been numbered by Giles. Each journal also contains a large number of newscuttings, autographs, photographs (many in MSS. Eng. b. 2101-2), drawings (mainly topographical, and mainly in MS. Eng. b. 2098), and printed ephemera, pasted into it.
Journals of John Allen Giles
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- Dates of Creation[ca. 1815]-1884
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical Description6 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
John Allen Giles (1808-1884) was an editor and translator. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Access Information
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).
Acquisition Information
The journals were given to the Library by Miss. M. Marjorie Chetham, through David Bromwich, in 2000.
Note
Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
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A catalogue of the collection is available online at http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollectionswmss/online/online.htm.
Bibliography
The Journals have been published as The Diary and Memoirs of John Allen Giles, edited by David Bromwich, Somerset Record Society, 86 (Taunton, 2000), Bodleian reference: R. Top. 375 (86), which also prints the texts of the inserted and the transcribed letters (but does not reproduce the drawings and photographs).