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Reference Number MS OGDEN/71
TitleHalliwell Catalogue
Date1930s
DescriptionCatalogue of a collection of books by James Orchard Halliwell, probably compiled by K E Walcot [1930s].
Extent10 folios
AdminHistoryJames Orchard Halliwell: born, 1820; Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, 1839; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1839; catalogued manuscripts in the Royal Society library; founder and first secretary of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society; with the antiquary Thomas Wright published ten numbers of 'The Archaeologist and Journal of Antiquarian Science', 1841-1842; catalogued manuscripts at the Chetham Library, Manchester, 1841-1842; married the daughter of the antiquary Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1842; Phillipps ceased contact with the couple; financial difficulties meant that he was often constrained to auction his collections and begin collecting again; arranged records at Stratford, 1862; initiated the movement for purchasing properties on the site of Shakespeare's residence, 1863; joint-secretary of the committee to celebrate the tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth, 1863-1864; the death of his father-in-law meant that Halliwell could indulge his passion for collecting, 1867; following his wife's accident in 1872, assumed the additional surname Phillipps; honorary LLD, Edinburgh University, 1883; died, 1889; donated books and manuscripts to many libraries during his life, and bequeathed papers to Edinburgh University Library. Publications: numerous publications from 1838 until his death, comprising commentaries and editions of various medieval and later texts, including some for the Camden Society, the Percy Society, and the Shakespeare Society; catalogues of his own and other collections of books and manuscripts; histories of various institutions and places, notably Stratford-upon-Avon; lexicographical works; and many publications on Shakespeare, including his 'Life of William Shakespeare' first published in 1848, and editions of his plays.
CustodialHistoryPart of the library of Charles Kay Ogden (1889-1957), linguistic psychologist, founder of the Orthological Institute and originator of the language system Basic English, whose interests in language systems are reflected in the subject matter of his collection, which comprised individual manuscripts and manuscript collections dating from the 14th to the 20th century.
AcquisitionPart of the C K Ogden Library acquired by UCL in 1953.
ArrangementArranged in chronological order of publication.
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsThe papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Related MaterialUniversity College London Special Collections also holds papers of James Orchard Halliwell and his family (Ref: MS OGDEN 72); miscellaneous letters and inscriptions, 1840, 1881-1882, 1885 and undated, by Halliwell in printed works (Ref: OGDEN HAL, OGDEN SHA, OGDEN WRI).

Correspondence and papers of James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps are held at the British Library, Manuscript Collections; Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections; University of London (Library - Senate House); Oxford University, Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts; Cambridge University, Trinity College Library; Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine; Royal Geographical Society; Chethams Library; Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office; Cumbria Record Office and Local Studies Library, Whitehaven; West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds; National Library of Wales, Department of Manuscripts and Records; and, in the USA, University of Michigan Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections; California State Library, Sutro Branch; Library of Congress, Manuscript Division; Harvard University, Houghton Library.
FindingAidsHandlist at University College London Special Collections.
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