C Coverley (fl 1815-1828), teacher: diary with religious reflections 1815-1828 (12018)
John Donne (1573-1631), Dean of St Paul's Poet: 'Meditation upon a Good Friday, ryding from London towards Exceter, westward' (MS. Don. c. 231)
William Godwin (1756-1836), philosopher and novelist: letters (3) to 'Philander', R Bernal and Arthur O'Connor 1798-1832 (MS. Shelley adds. c. 13, fols. 24-5, 26-7, 28-9)
James Augustine Joyce (1882-1941), poet, novelist and playwright: corrections by Harriet Shaw Weaver to a copy of 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' as sent by Joyce for the second edition 1917 (Arch. AA e. 97)
William Laud (1573-1645), Archbishop of Canterbury: letter to John Greaves of Merton College 1642 (MS. Don. c. 232)
Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963), writer: letters and notes to Thomas McAlindon 20th cent (MS. Eng. c. 7963, fols. 43-48)
John Locke (1632-1704), philosopher: copy letter to Dr Thomas Molyneux 1699 (MS. Eng. c. 8376)
Susan Ann Lloyd-Roberts (1950-2015), journalist and broadcaster: papers (12082)
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973), philologist and author: annotated map of Middle Earth drawn by CR Tolkien for inclusion in 'The Lord of the Rings', annotated by Pauline Baynes and JRR Tolkien 1954 (MS. Tolkien Drawings 132)
Unnamed American travel diarist (fl 1833-1834): diary of a European tour (MS. Eng. e. 3975)
Agreement between Charles I and the Mayor and citizens of Oxford rel to Port Meadow and Wolvercote Common 1643 (11951)
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