| Title |
Old Schools records |
| Reference |
ULIB 9/1 |
| Covering Dates |
1870–1950 (dates are approximate) |
| Extent and Medium |
ca 200 items; paper |
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| University/ULIB 9/1 contains: |
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1
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Fire inspection report.
Creator: Metropolitan Fire Brigade.
1 item in envelope. |
19 July 1873 |
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2
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Report on best method of providing a large reading room. Considers whether to build a separate structure in the west court or place a glass roof over the east court.
Creator: Champneys, Basil.
1 item in envelope. |
5 Mar. 1879 |
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3
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Immediate proposals to increase Library accommodation.
1 item in envelope. |
1886 |
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4
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Report on damp.
Creator: Fawcett, W.M.
1 item in envelope. |
May 1891 |
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5
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2 floor plans of proposed galleries in catalogue room, with 2 covering letters. Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot.
Creator: Fawcett, W.M.
4 items in envelope. |
Nov. 1892 |
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6
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Sketch plan and estimate for the supply of cases and a floor grating in room S, on the ground floor of the Hancock Building.
7 sheets in envelope. |
1893 |
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7
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Report on the roofs of the Catalogue and West Rooms.
Creator: Kett, George.
1 item in envelope. |
1894 |
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8
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Letter to W. Bateson on improvements to the sanitary arrangements at the Library.
Creator: Smith, A.G.D.
1 double sheet in envelope. |
6 May 1898 |
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9
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Printed notices on the scheme for roofing in the east court and two plans, 1901; with covering letter sending material to the Library for safe keeping, 1904. Comprise flysheets by University members with remarks by John Willis Clark and plans and elevations by William C. Marshall, architect, of the walls of the east court at ground and first floor levels. Scale of plans: 1 inch to 8 feet.
9 items. |
1901–1904 |
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10
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Appeal brochures to raise money for the Library buildings.
4 items. |
1904–1905 |
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11
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Correspondence relating to the supply and subsequent repair of the Library clock.
Creator: Library staff.
1 bundle in envelope. |
1911–1914 |
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12
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Correspondence, notes, reports and plans relating to successive projects to extend the Library by i) excavating bookstacks under Senate House lawn and under the East and West Courts and ii) roofing-in the courts for stacks and a reading room. Includes plans by B.L. Hurst in connection with bookstack project beneath Senate House lawn; correspondence between Librarian and architect Edward P. Warren (1857-1937) and plans relating to East and West Courts projects; printed brochure describing new underground storage at Bodleian Library.
1 folder of loose papers and 19 plans. |
1914–1919 |
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13
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2 plans showing layout of the Library, at different stages of its history and c.1870; with leaflet giving historical information on several of the rooms in the Old Schools, c.1950.
3 items in envelope. |
1870–1950 |
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14
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Letter to Henry Bradshaw with suggestions for fitting up the Law School for Library purposes.
Creator: Clark, John Willis.
1 item in envelope. |
10 Oct. 1885 |
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15
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Five plans, not in final form, of a scheme for roofing-in the East Court and making a new entrance to the Library. Comprise ground and first floor plans, elevations and sections. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet.
Creator: Marshall, William C., architect.
5 items bound in hard covers. |
1899–1900 |
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