Janus: The Papers of Oscar Browning

King's/PP/OB contains:
1	Correspondence - main series
2	Miscellaneous correspondence from various authors to Oscar Browning
3	Subject files and bound volumes of letters
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The Papers of Oscar Browning

Title	Subject files and bound volumes of letters
Reference	OB/3
Creator	Browning, Oscar
Covering Dates	1853–1912
Extent and Medium	3 boxes; paper

King's/PP/OB/3 contains:

Copies and drafts of out-letters and speeches, and miscellaneous papers.
52 items in envelope; paper.

1868–1899

Copies and drafts of out-letters and speeches, and miscellaneous papers.
44 items in envelope; paper.

1900–1905

Copies and drafts of out-letters and speeches, and miscellaneous papers.
52 items in envelope; paper.

1906–1912

Eton College papers. The file includes history essays by pupils, Latin and Greek verses by pupils, examination papers and statistics.
c 100 items in envelope; paper.

1860–1875

Eton College papers. The file includes college regulations, material relating to college reform, miscellaneous pamphlets and electioneering notices.
37 items in envelope; paper.

1853–1893

Papers relating to Browning's dismissal from Eton.
42 items in envelope; paper.

1875

'Autobiographic'. The file comprises the contents of a box-file labelled 'Autobiographic', including pamphlets on politics, education and religion; club notices; testimonials connected with Browning's application for a Glasgow professorship in 1894; notes and recollections of his life; material concerning Browning family genealogy.
78 items in envelope; paper.

1861–1908

'Autobiographic'. The file comprises the contents of a further box-file labelled 'Autobiographic', including account-books, hotel bills, poems, and material relating to the 1908 Olympiad, and to Browning's retirement as history tutor.
c 130 items in envelope; paper.

c. 1855-c. 1908

Testimonials. Bound volume of 60 testimonials relating to Browning's candidature for the headship of University College School, London.
1 volume; paper.

1875

Correspondence relating to Nathaniel Wedd's election to the Athenaeum.
1 volume; paper.

1906

11-13

'Cambridge Evening Classes Association, 1887-94'. The file comprises the contents of a box-file labelled 'Cambridge Evening Classes Association, 1887-94'. The organisation was founded by Browning and W. G. Bell, chiefly for young men who had recently left school and were serving apprenticeships. The file contains c. 300 letters; correspondents include A. Austen Leigh (10 letters), W .G. Bell (19 letters), W. Chawner (15 letters), G. L. Dickinson (8 letters), J. H. Hayden (14 letters), J. S. Lidgett (5 letters), H. Rackham (7 letters), John Shompson (7 letters), H .E. Turner (6 letters), T. A. Walker (7 letters), T. Waraker (13 letters), M. D. Warrington (7 letters), and C. W. Wilson (9 letters).
3 envelopes; paper.

1887–1894

14-18

'Teachers' Training Syndicate'. Contents of a box-file labelled 'Teachers' Training Syndicate', comprising c. 600 letters from examiners, educational institutions and prospective candidates, relating to the Cambridge Teachers' Certificate examination. The following correspondents are represented by five or more letters: R. L. Archer (6 letters), Nora Beaumont (8 letters), Edith Becket (6 letters), Catherine Dodd (13 letters), Geraldine Hodgson (5 letters), Jane Latham (6 letters), Mary Morton (13 letters), Edmond Nolan (7 letters), Clement Ord (7 letters), Mother St Raphael Paley (12 letters), A. W. Parry (8 letters), Sybil Partridge (8 letters), Helena Powell (9 letters), Janet Stuart (7 letters), M. K. Walker (9 letters), Louise. Watts (8 letters), and W. H. Woodward (12 letters).
5 envelopes; paper.

Oct. 1907-May 1908