Papers of Cardinal Henry Edward Manning and members of his family

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 161 MSS. Eng. lett. b. 37, c. 651-64, d. 526-7; Eng. misc. c. 873-6, d. 1278-80, e. 1393-9, f. 852-3, g. 355
  • Dates of Creation
      1751-1901
  • Language of Material
      English.
  • Physical Description
      35 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

The collection consists of:

  • Correspondence and family papers, 1751-1901
  • H.E. Manning's notebooks and miscellaneous papers, 1806-50
  • Letterbook and journal of John Baker (1712-1779), West Indies merchant, 1749-74

Administrative / Biographical History

Henry Edward Manning (1808-1892) was a Cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster. 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 papers were given to the Library by the Oblates of the Society of St. Charles, Bayswater, in 1982.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

A full description is available in the Library.

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