Record

LevelSeries
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS200/5
TitleUniversity of Oxford papers
Extent3 boxes
Date1806-1954
DescriptionThis series comprises collected papers including correspondence, academic notes and other items relating to Norman Painting's activities in Oxford University Dramatic Society (OUDS) and Oxford University Archaeological Society.
Some notes concerning his study of Anglo-Saxon and Beowulf were carried forward from his University of Birmingham days for particular use when NP was acting as a tutor in Anglo-Saxon studies for students at Exeter College
[See 'Reluctant Archer' page 22]
Access StatusOpen
Administrative HistoryNorman Painting went up to Christ Church, Oxford in autumn 1946. His original hope had been to study for the degree of D. Phil in Old English Studies, but he was advised that he should work towards a B Litt.

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