Guide to the Papers of Robin Alston

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MS 4871

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Collection Summary

Creator
Robin Carfrae Alston
Title
Papers of Robin Alston
Date Range
1965-1970
Collection Number
MS 4871
Extent
7.52 metres (47 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The papers contain notes, drafts, and proofs for the Bibliography of the English language, correspondence regarding the Bibliography and examination papers from the University of Leeds.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1908188).

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Robin Alston, National Library of Australia, MS 4871, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Biographical Note

Linguistic scholar; lecturer; writer; a founder of Scholar press; editor of English Linguistics, 1500-1800; compiler of a Bibliography of the English language from the invention of printing to the year 1800.

Item Descriptions

University of Leeds - examination papers (File 1) - Box 1

A Bibliography of the English Language, Vol. 1 (File 2) - Box 1

Polyglot dictionaries, Bibliography Vol. 1, subscription list (File 3) - Box 1

Bibliography Vol. II - prelims and indexes (File 4) - Box 1

Polyglot dictionaries, Vol. II (File 5) - Box 1

Bibliography, Vol. II - proofs (File 6) - Box 1

Bibliography, Vol. II - proofs (File 7) - Box 1

Bibliography, Vol. II - prelims (File 8) - Box 2

Bibliography, Vol. III - indexes (File 9) - Box 2

Bibliography, Vol. III - indexes (File 10) - Box 2

Bibliography, Vol. III part 2 (File 11) - Box 2

Bibliography, Vol. III part 3 (File 11) - Box 2

Bibliography of the English language from the invention of printing to the year 1800 (File 12) - Box 2

Vol. III, proofs (File 13) - Box 2

Vol. III, proofs (File 14) - Box 2

Vol. III proofs (File 15) - Box 3

Vol. IV proofs (File 16) - Box 3

Vol. IV proofs (File 17) - Box 3

Vol. IV spelling books, notes (File 18) - Box 3

Vol. V - proofs (File 19) - Box 3

Vol. V - plates (File 20) - Box 3

Vol. VI - nos 1 - 268 (File 21) - Box 4

Vol. VI - MS nos. 269- (File 22) - Box 4

Vol. VI - page proofs (File 23) - Box 4

Vol. VI - page proofs (File 24) - Box 4

Vol. VII - MS (File 25) - Box 4

Vol. VII - MS (File 26) - Box 4

Vol. VIII - MS (File 27) - Box 4

Catalogue cards (File 28) - Box 4

Miscellaneous manuscripts (File 29) - Box 5

Addenda, corrigenda, index of authors, index of anonymous titles, index of subjects, editors, revisers and translators (File 30) - Box 5

Typescript copies of letters written by Swift, Sir Thomas Brown and others (File 31) - Box 5

Examination papers, typescript copies of writings of various authors (File 32) - Box 5

Typescript copies of letters written by Swift, Sir Thomas Brown, and others (File 33) - Box 5

Typescript copies of writings by various authors (File 34) - Box 5

Title pages A - H, Vols IX X (4 envelopes) (File) - Box 6

Vol IX - Typescript proofs, indexes, Ms (File) - Box 7

Vol. X - Ms, proofs, indexes (File) - Box 7

Polyglot dictionaries (File) - Box 7

Vol. III tables (File) - Box 8

Vol. III proofs (File) - Box 8

Vol. III part 2 (BIB) (File) - Box 8

Vol. III typescript, proofs (File) - Box 8

Checklist of Manuscript material relevant to the history of the English language (File) - Box 9

Vol I - proofs (File) - Box 9

Vol II - proofs (File) - Box 9

Comparative tables of shorthand alphabets, plates, proofs (File) - Box 10

Vol IV spelling books (File) - Box 11

Vol V proofs, MS, list of libraries and symbols (File) - Box 11

Vol VI typescript, proofs (File) - Box 11

Vol VII proofs (File) - Box 11


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