Item Descriptions
Dictionary, 1898 (File 1:1) - Box 1
Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
Bosworth and Toller
Dictionary, 1959 (File 1:2) - Box 1
Spanish-English-Spanish
Peers, Barragan, Vinyals, Mora
Monograph, 1860 (File 1:3) - Box 1
Odd People or Singular Races of Man
Mayne Reid
Monograph, 1941 (File 1:4) - Box 1
A Shakespeare Glossary, 2nd ed. revised
C.T. Onions, 1st edition 1911
Monograph (copy 2), 1941 (File 1:5) - Box 1
A Shakespeare Glossary, 2nd ed. revised
C.T. Onions, 1st edition 1911
Monograph (copy 3) (File 1:6) - Box 1
A Shakespeare Glossary, 2nd ed. revised
Monograph (copy 4) (File 1:7) - Box 1
A Shakespeare Glossary, 2nd ed. revised
Monograph (copy 5) (File 1:8) - Box 1
A Shakespeare Glossary, 2nd ed. Revised
Monograph, 1971 (File 1:9) - Box 1
Modern English Syntax - C.T. Onions, 1st edition 1904.
1971 edition by B.D.H. Miller from author's materials
Working slips for letters "D" and "E", undated (File 1) - Box 2
For New English Dictionary
Slips and correspondence, 1936-1949 (File 2) - Box 2
Re the meaning, origin and pronunciation of words
Notes and correspondence, 1934-1960 (File 3) - Box 2
Corrections for S.O.E.D.
Working slipss for "A" and "B", undated (File 4) - Box 2
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Working slips for"'A", "B" and "S", 1940s (File 5) - Box 2
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Working slips for "R' and "S", undated (File 6) - Box 2
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Working slips for "F" , mainly, undated (File 7) - Box 2
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Working slips for "N", "V" and "W", undated (File 1) - Box 3
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Working slips for "S" and "U", mainly, 1927-1960 (File 2) - Box 3
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Working slips for "A" to "M", 1934-1942 (File 3) - Box 3
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Working slips for various letters, 1892-1960 (File 4) - Box 3
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Majority of slips are for "A" to "D"
Working slips for "B", "C" and "E", 1888-1953 (File 5) - Box 3
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Working slips for various letters, 1948-1957 (File 6) - Box 3
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Emphasis on "B' to "G"
Working slips for various letters, undated (File 7) - Box 3
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Working slips for various letters, 1950s (File 8) - Box 3
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Mainly "G", "H", "V", "W" and "Y".
Working slips for various letters, 1931-1953 (File 9) - Box 3
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Mainly "A" to "H" and "S"
Catalogue cards and reference papers (File 1) - Box 4
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Catalogue cards and reference papers (File 2) - Box 4
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Catalogue cards and reference papers (File 3) - Box 4
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Catalogue cards and reference papers (File 4) - Box 4
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Catalogue cards and reference papers (File 5) - Box 4
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Catalogue cards and reference papers (File 6) - Box 4
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Catalogue cards and reference papers (File 7) - Box 4
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Catalogue cards and reference papers (File 8) - Box 4
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Catalogue cards and reference papers (File 9) - Box 4
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Catalogue cards and reference papers (File 0) - Box 4
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Catalogue cards and reference papers (File 11) - Box 4
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Catalogue cards and reference papers (File 12) - Box 4
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Catalogue cards and reference papers (File 13) - Box 4
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Text of "Paris et Vienne"
Galley proofs, 1956-1962 (File 14) - Box 4
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Proofs of "Mandeville's Travels" and other publications by OUP
Galley proofs, undated (File 15) - Box 4
Revision of S.O.E.D.
"Life of Bishop Fisher of Rochester" and of "Medium Aevum - Part II"
Working slips for various letters, 1934-1938 (File 1) - Box 5
Mainly "A" to "H"
Working slips for various letters, 1937-1949 (File 2) - Box 5
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Predominantly early letters
Working slips for various letters, undated (File 3) - Box 5
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Working slips for various letters, undated (File 4) - Box 5
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Mainly "A" to "I" with "P" and "S"
Working slips for various letters, 1944-1945 (File 5) - Box 5
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Includes Fowler's list of words possibly not in O.E.D.
Working slips, undated (File 6) - Box 5
Revision of S.O.E.D.
"R" to "Z"
Working slips, 1954 (File 7) - Box 5
Revision of S.O.E.D.
"L" to "S"
Working slips, undated (File 8) - Box 5
Revision of S.O.E.D.
"E" to "H"
Working papers, 1922-1942 (File 1) - Box 6
Revision of S.O.E.D.
French, Chinese, German and Olde English references; Medium Aevum" Revised English text of "Ancrene Riwle" (1955, OUP) and other foreign language references
Working papers, 1874-1956 (File 2) - Box 6
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Revised English text of "Ancrene Riwle" (1955, OUP) and other foreign language references
"Medium Aevum", 1938-1951 (File 3) - Box 6
Articles submitted for "Medium Aevum"
Notes and articles, 1909-1940 (File 4) - Box 6
"Medium Aevum
Some only fragments
Articles, 1948-1949 (File 5) - Box 6
"Medium Aevum"
Articles and galley proofs, 1888-1956 (File 6) - Box 6
M"Medium Aevum", "Sound and Symbol in Chinese"
"Hous of Fame" by G.Chaucer, printed in Ostern, 1888
Various segments of old English works (File 7) - Box 6
"Otho", [ed. 1961 pp305-417], "Life of Cardinal Wolsey"
Magdalen College, 1929-1964 (File 8) - Box 6
Administration and Appointments
Treatise by Arthur. W. Adams, 1935 (File 9) - Box 6
"The Orthodox Lay Folk's Catechism and the Wycliffite Version"
Fragments of publications (File 10) - Box 6
"Cyrano de Bergerac", Rules of Syntax
Working slips, undated (File 1) - Box 7
Revision of S.O.E.D.
"A" to "D"
Galley proofs and working slips, 1952-1958 (File 2) - Box 7
Revision of S.O.E.D.
1954 galley proof of addenda for S.O.E.D.
Working slips, 1952-1960 (File 3) - Box 7
Revision of S.O.E.D.
"A" to "B"
Galley proofs and working slips, 1960 (File 4) - Box 7
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Magdalen College and Learned Societies, 1939-1960 (File 5) - Box 7
Mainly administration
Brochures with list of books in foreign languages
Fragments of Middle English Works, 1951-1961 (File 6) - Box 7
Published by O.U.P.
"Beowulf", "Lady Pecunia", "Life of Saint George", "Medium Aevum", "Ancrene Riwle", "Ancrene Wisse", "Otho".
Working slips, undated (File 1) - Box 8
Revision of S.O.E.D.
"S" and "T"
Working slips, undated (File 2) - Box 8
Revision of S.O.E.D.
"F" to "L"
Working slips, undated (File 3) - Box 8
Revision of S.O.E.D.
"A" to "F"
Working slips, undated (File 4) - Box 8
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Various; "F", "G", "V" and "W"
Working slips, undated (File 5) - Box 8
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Various: Latter letters
Working slips, undated (File 6) - Box 8
Revision of S.O.E.D.
"A" to "H"
Working slips, 1927-1956 (File 7) - Box 8
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Various letters. Also Medieval Latin Dictionary and Hungarian Student Fund 1956.
Working slips, 1935-1937 (File 8) - Box 8
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Various letters. Use of apostrophe in printed capitalised Possessives; GIRLS COLLEGE or GIRLS' COLLEGE
Working slips, undated (File 9) - Box 8
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Various, but mainly "D" to "I"
Proofs of old texts reprinted by OUP, 1922-1961 (File 1) - Box 9
Possibly "Medium Aevum"
Ancrene Riwle (Fr.), Ancrene Wisse, Life of Cardinal Wolsey and Sound and Symbol in Chinese
Working text on Middle English (File 2) - Box 9
Possibly "Medium Aevum"
Facsimile of Bodley; Notes on Phonology and Medieval poetry and origin of Chinese
Newspaper clippings and working slips, 1919-1959 (File 3) - Box 9
Mainly about the completion of the OED in 1928
Some personnal accounts
Administrative papers re Magdalen College and Learned Societies, 1936-1960 (File 4) - Box 9
Working papers, 1932-1946 (File 5) - Box 9
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Galley proofs and other material, 1925-1958 (File 6) - Box 9
Possibly "Medium Aevum", "Aspects of Thomas More's English", 1938
J.R.R. Tolkien's application for Rawlinson and Bosworth professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxon., 25 June 1925
Correspondence re "Medium Aevum", 1935-1952 (File 1) - Box 10
Correspondence re "Medium Aevum", 1932-1956 (File 2) - Box 10
Correspondence re "Medium Aevum", 1931-1935 (File 3) - Box 10
Correspondence re "Medium Aevum", 1931-1934 (File 4) - Box 10
Correspondence re "Medium Aevum", 1931-1934 (File 5) - Box 10
Journal abstracts and correspondence, 1920-1960 (File 6) - Box 10
Correspondence re "Medium Aevum", 1931-1947 (File 7) - Box 10
Correspondence re "Medium Aevum", 1932-1933 (File 8) - Box 10
A Manuscript and statutes and bylaws of Magdelan College, 1909-1950 (File 9) - Box 10
MS: Cicero's Roman Mission" by Hans Baron, 1937
Dispute between W.A. Craigie and Prof. Schroer of Copenhagen, 1909
Correspondence re "Medium Aevum", 1932-1934 (File 10) - Box 10
French version of "Ancren Riwle", 1928 (File 1) - Box 11
French version of "Ancren Riwle", 1920 (File 2) - Box 11
Rotographs of part of original "Ancren Riwle"
Rotographs of French and Latin Texts, undated (File 3) - Box 11
Ref: Caligula and possibly "Ancren Riwle"
Correspondence re "Medium Aevum", 1949-1956 (File 4) - Box 11
Correspondence re "Medium Aevum", 1945-1956 (File 5) - Box 11
Correspondence re "Medium Aevum", 1939-1956 (File 6) - Box 11
Correspondence re "Medium Aevum", 1934-1957 (File 7) - Box 11
Correspondence re "Medium Aevum", 1931-1951 (File 8) - Box 11
Book, 1906 (File 1:1) - Box 12
Middle English Literature by E. Flugel (ed.)
Note Book, 1870 (File 1:2) - Box 12
Words and phrases collected by William Davies
Note Book, undated (File 1:3) - Box 12
Notes on French composition by C.T.Onions
Note Book, undated (File 1_4) - Box 12
French philology collected by C.T.Onions (Book 3)
Note Book, 1892 (File 1:5) - Box 12
General French notes collected by C.T.Onions
Newspaper clipping, 14 January 1923 (File 2) - Box 12
Article by Dr. Bradley in The Observer
Notes for compilation of Middle English Dictionary, 1934-1942 (File 3) - Box 12
An initiative of University of Michigan
Working slips, 1959 (File 4) - Box 12
Revision of S.O.E.D.
Monograph on Walter de Bible by J Koch (German), 1934 (File 5) - Box 12
Includes drafts and rotographs of original in German
Correspondence re OED, 1903-1948 (File 6) - Box 12
Photostats of letters from Literary Figures e.g., Kipling, Shaw, Sayers Dr Murray
One letter from G.B. Shaw dated 18 Nov. 1916 claiming to have coined the word "Superman" c. 1900 from Nietzsche's "Ubermensch". OED entry for "Superman" attributes origin to G.B. Shaw in 1903
Bibliographical references for historical person, undated (File 1) - Box 13
Elizabeth I, Ptolemy, modes of dress in 19th Century
Working slips, undated (File 2) - Box 13
Shakespeare Glossary
Working slips, undated (File 3) - Box 13
Shakespeare Glossary
Working slips, undated (File 4) - Box 13
Shakespeare Glossary
Working slips, undated (File 5) - Box 13
Shakespeare Glossary
Working slips and clippings, 1929-1960 (File 6) - Box 13
Shakespeare Glossary
Working slips, undated (File 7) - Box 13
Shakespeare Glossary
Working slips, undated (File 8) - Box 13
Shakespeare Glossary
Working slips, undated (File 9) - Box 13
Shakespeare Glossary
Working slips, undated (File 10) - Box 13
Shakespeare Glossary
Working slips, undated (File 11) - Box 13
Shakespeare Glossary
Notices about Meetings and administration, 1931-1962 (File 1) - Box 14
Magdalen College, Oxon., Learned Socirties
Notices about Meetings and administration, 1932-1963 (File 2) - Box 14
Magdalen College, Oxon., Learned Socirties
Correspondence, 1930-1962 (File 3) - Box 14
Relate to questions about etymology of words
Clippings and booklists, 1928-1961 (File 4) - Box 14
Copy of the menu for the dinner celebrating the publication of the last volume of the OED, 6 June 1928
Correspondence, 1925-1953 (File 5) - Box 14
"Medium Aevum" and French version of Ancrene Riwle
Galley proofs for "Medium Aevum", 1957-1958 (File 6) - Box 14
Papers of Early English Text Society, 1951-1962 (File 1) - Box 15
References to new scholarship
Oxford English Dictionary Supplement, 1959-1963 (File 2) - Box 15
Notes and texts
Working notes for "Medium Aevum", !960s (File 3) - Box 15
Include Ancrene Riwle,Ancrene Wisse and The Salisbury Psalter
"Medium Aevum", 1940-1946 (File 4) - Box 15
English texts of Ancrene Riwle,The SpanishTragedie, various Early English works and English Grammar
"Medium Aevum", undated (File 5) - Box 15
Reputation of Chaucer in France
"Medium Aevum", 1946-1959 (File 6) - Box 15
Early English Text Society
Medieval Latin Dictionary, 1932-1958 (File 7) - Box 15
Correspondence and papers of the Committee
"Medium Aevum", 1954-1962 (File 8) - Box 15
Proposed Edition of MS Bodley 283; proposals for an edition of Aelfric's Grammar; funds to publish The Salisbury Psalter
"Medium Aevum", 1955-1963 (File 9) - Box 15
Papers and galleys of Early English Text Society
"Medium Aevum", 1940-1961 (File 1) - Box 16
Similar texts to those in Box 15, Folder 4
"Medium Aevum", 1956-1957 (File 2) - Box 16
Fragments of Galleys
"Medium Aevum", 1958 (File 3) - Box 16
Fragments of Galleys
Correspondence, 1928-1946 (File 4) - Box 16
Philogy, testimonials.
A letter to Tolkien requesting a lecture on the methodology of the OED
Correspondence, 1928-1957 (File 5) - Box 16
"Medium Aevum", 1920-1958 (File 6) - Box 16
Galley proofs. Speeches delivered in the Golsmiths' Hall, 6 June 1928
Life of Saint George
Working papers, undated (File 7) - Box 16
Correspondence, 1928-1959 (File 8) - Box 16
Correspondence, 1926-1954 (File 1) - Box 17
Mainly re "Medium Aevum"
"Medium Aevum", 1944-1955 (File 2) - Box 17
Correspondence and proofs
"Medium Aevum", 1952-1956 (File 3) - Box 17
Correspondence and proofs
"Medium Aevum", 1933-1955 (File 4) - Box 17
Correspondence and proofs
"Medium Aevum", 1932-1948 (File 5) - Box 17
Correspondence
"Medium Aevum", 1930-1946 (File 6) - Box 17
Correspondence
"Medium Aevum", 1931-1956 (File 7) - Box 17
Correspondence
"Medium Aevum", 1934-1938 (File 8) - Box 17
Correspondence
"Medium Aevum", 1935-1941 (File 9) - Box 17
Correspondence
Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (2 vols), 1933 (File 1) - Box 18
First Edition, revised and edited by C.T.Onions
Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (2 vols), 1936 (File 1) - Box 19
Second Edition, revised and edited by C.T.Onions
Oxford Illustrated Dictionary, 1962 (File 1:1) - Box 20
Concise Oxford Dictionary 3rd edition, 1934 (File 1:2) - Box 20
Concise Oxford Dictionary 4th edition, 1951 (File 1:3) - Box 20
Concise Oxford Dictionary 4th edition, 1951 (File 1:4) - Box 20
Second Copy
Concise Oxford Dictionary 5th edition, 1964 (File 1:5) - Box 20
The Pocket Oxford Dictionary 4th edition, 1942 (File 1:6) - Box 20
The Pocket Oxford Dictionary 4th edition, revised, 1946 (File 1:7) - Box 20
The Little Oxford Dictionary 3rd edition, revised, 1941? (File 1:8) - Box 20
Pocket Oxford English-German Dictionay, 1951 (File 1:9) - Box 20
Dictionary of Modern English Usage Vol 1, 1952 (File 1:1) - Box 21
H. W. Fowler
Dictionary of Modern English Usage Vol 2, 1952 (File 1:2) - Box 21
H. W. Fowler
A Shakespeare Glossary, 1911 (File 1:3) - Box 21
C.T.Onions
Champagne's Pocket Dictionary: English-Dutch, 3rd revised edition, undated (File 1:4) - Box 21
Cassell's German Dictionary, 1890 (File 1:5) - Box 21
Elizabeth Weir
The American College Dictionary, 1947 (File 1:1) - Box 22
Clarence L. Barnhart
Shakespeare's England Vol I, 1916 (File 1:2) - Box 22
OUP
The Character of England, 1947 (File 1:3) - Box 22
Ernest Barker ed.
Collins New English Dictionary, 1956 (File 1:4) - Box 22
Alexander H. Irvine ed.
Cassell's French Dictionary, 1897? (File 1:5) - Box 22
Given to C.T. Onions when at King Edward VI Grammar School, Birmingham
A Shakespeare Glossary, 1953 (File 1:6) - Box 22
C.T.Onions
2nd edition revised
A Shakespeare Glossary, 1911 (File 1:7) - Box 22
C.T.Onions
1st edition, 2nd copy (see Box 21 Folder 1:3)
Songs and Slang of the British Soldier: 1914-1918, 1931 ,3rd ed. (File 1:8) - Box 22
John Brophy and Eric Partridge eds.
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary 2nd ed., 1952 (File 1) - Box 23
Studies in the History of Old English Literature, 1953 (File 1:1) - Box 24
Kenneth Sisam with accompanying letter 26 December 1952
An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 1921 (File 1:2) - Box 24
T. Northcote Toller
Shakespeare's England Vol II, 1916 (File 1:3) - Box 24
OUP (Vol I is Box 22 Folder 1:2)
A Forgotten Epigraphist, 1928 (File 1:4) - Box 24
Marcus N. Tod
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings (File 1:1)
Include The Times Literary Supplement
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings and printed material, 1922-1954 (File 1:2)
Include The Times Literary Supplement and papers re Magdalen College
'Inscriptions in 1748. 1749. Collected by Thos Blackburne Esqr' (File)
Together with a letter to Onions from Marcus N. Tod, 19 December 1924
For further information, refer to Tod's article, 'A Forgotten Epigraphist', The Journal of Hellenic Studies, v. 48, pt. 1 (1928), pp. 1-6. (See Box 24)