Janus: Henry Bradshaw: Correspondence

Manuscripts contains:
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MS Add.2585.6	Account of wages, endorsed 'payd by Sir Christopher Moures'
MS Add.2585.7	Notes apparently designed to facilitate reading lute music; list of biblical references; grammatical notes; version of the Apostles' Creed; musical notes
MS Add.2585.9	Note on the history of Communion in both kinds
MS Add.2587	Henry Bradshaw: Books presented by George Lewis
MS Add.2589	Corpus Christi College, Cambridge: copies from catalogues of the college's collections of printed books and MSS
MS Add.2591	Henry Bradshaw: Correspondence
MS Add.2592	Henry Bradshaw: Correspondence and related papers
MS Add.2593	Year Books for 28 and 37 Henry VI
MS Add.2594	Collectanea relating to Cambridge University
MS Add.26	Giles Randall: translation of Theologia Germanica
MS Add.2607	Chesterton, Cambridgeshire: manorial papers
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Henry Bradshaw: Correspondence

Title	Henry Bradshaw: Correspondence
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.2591
Creator	Bradshaw, Henry, 1831-1886
Covering Dates	1835–1868
Extent and Medium	3 boxes; paper
Repository	Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

Content and context

Henry Bradshaw (1831-1886) was born in London on 2 February 1831. He attended Eton, before entering King's College, Cambridge, in 1850 (B.A, 1854; M.A., 1857), where he was a Fellow, 1853-1856, and Dean, 1857-1858 and 1863-1865. In 1856 he became Assistant Master at St Columba's College, near Dublin. Thereafter, he joined Cambridge University Library, where he was Assistant, 1856-1858, and Superintendent of Manuscripts, 1859-1867. He carried out the reform of the Department of Manuscripts, and served as University Librarian, 1867-1886. Bradshaw died on 11 February 1886.

Arranged chronologically; most of the letters date from 1855 and after.

Acquired by Library with the Bradshaw Collection, 1886.

Access and Use

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Index Terms

Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886) scholar, antiquary and librarian

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