University History Resources: Personal Papers
- Reference
- Various
- University Collection
- Special Collections
Across Museums & Collections there are many records highlighting the experience of individuals working or studying at the University and this page draws these resources together.
University publications give voice to staff, students and alumni. The Book of Remembrance records those members of University College Reading who gave their life during World War One. In the University History Collection archive individuals are documented within the records including photographic images of staff and students which have been digitised and can be found on our Virtual Reading Room (VRR).
A few collections record interviews with members of staff including:
- Random recollections of the University / recalled by J.F. Johnson and T.C.F. Sibly. (Reading : University of Reading, 1984?)
- Interview with Emeritus Professor A. H. Bunting
Many of the collections of personal papers listed below are catalogued and available for research. Those collections still to be catalogued have been indicated by the use of italics. We are working on cataloguing the papers from staff. When items are catalogued, they become searchable via the online catalogue.
Please contact us if you need more information about any of these collections.
| Dr G.J. Alder, Warden of Childs Hall | MS 5766 |
| Arthur Aspinall, Professor of History | MS 5428 |
| Francis Aylward, Professor of Food Science | MS 5738 |
| H.C. Barnard, Professor of Education | HCB |
| Henry Basset, Professor of Chemistry | MS 5419 |
| J.A. Betts, Professor of Fine Art | |
| George Bruce Bisset, Department of Agricultural Economics | D DX2255 |
| Dr Wilfred Noel Bond, Lecturer | MS 5427 |
| Frances Bostock, Department of Economics | MS 5681 |
| W.B. Brierley, Professor of Agricultural Botany | MS 5615 |
| Mary Bryden, Professor of French Studies | MS 5673; MS 5854 |
| A.H. Bunting, Professor of Agricultural Botany | MS 5444; MS 5764 |
| Mr Burgess, Physics Technician | MS 5599 |
| P. W. Campbell, Professor of Political Economy | MS 5811 |
| Lieutenant Colonel F. Spencer Chapman. Warden of Wantage Hall | MS 5618 |
| Catherine E. Childs, Lecturer Zoology | MS 2049 |
| William MacBride Childs, Vice-Chancellor | MS 2049 |
| Francis J. Cole, Professor of Zoology | MS 5315 |
| E.L. Crossley, Professor of Dairying | MS 5656 |
| J. A. Crowther, Professor of Physics | MS 545 |
| R. Davis, Professor of Psychology | MS 5442 |
| R. Dewar, Professor of English Literature | MS 5745 |
| R.W. Ditchburn, Professor of Physics | MS 4621 |
| John Wallis Dodgson, Lecturer Chemistry | MS 1170; MS 1366 |
| Alec N. Duckham, Professor of Agriculture | MS 5412 |
| J.H. Dunning, Professor of Economics | MS 5376 |
| Dr Nellie B. Eales, Lecturer Zoology | MS 5314 |
| A.G. ‘Brownie’ Erith, Lecturer Agricultural Botany | MS 5625 |
| Ian Fletcher, Professor of English | MS 4619 |
| Dr Vera Fretter, Lecturer Zoology | MS 5659 |
| Sir Terry Frost, Professor of Painting |
| T.M. Harris, Professor of Botany | |
| P.E. Hart, Professor of Economics | MS 5421 |
| Herbert Leeder Hawkins, Professor of Geology | MS 5324 |
| R.W. Hockney, Professor of Computer Science | MS 5606 |
| Dr F.B. Hora, Lecturer, Botany | MS 5733 |
| Agnes Mary Kirkus, Librarian | MS 223; MS 1388 |
| Dr Viola Klein, Reader | MS 1215 |
| B.C.J.G. Knight, Professor of Microbiology | MS 5734 |
| James Knowlson, Professor of French | JEK |
| A.G. Lehman, Professor of French | MS 1385 |
| W.B. Lockwood, Professor of Germanic and Indo-European Philology | MS 5655 |
| Ursula F Martindale, Warden of St Andrew’s | MS 5839 |
| Luigi Meneghello, Professor of Italian | MS 5509 |
| C.W.N. Miles, Professor of Estate Management | MS 5809 |
| Sir E.W.J. Mitchell, Professor of Physical Properties of Materials | MS 5343 |
| Dr Philip C.H. Mitchell, Reader, Chemistry | MS 5808 |
| Edith J Morley, Professor of English Language | MS 938 |
| E.H. Neville, Professor of Mathematics | MS 5614 |
| H.A.D Neville, Professor of Agricultural Chemistry | MS 5729; MS 16 |
| C.H. O’Donoghue, Professor of Zoology | |
| Huw Gareth Owen, Lecturer History | MS 5595 |
| F.C. Padley, Technician Zoology | R.U. RESERVE FOLIO–590.92-PAD , MS 5423 |
| Cyril C Pearce, Lecturer Fine Art | |
| John Percival, Professor of Agricultural Botany | MS 5812 |
| F.P. Pickering, Professor of German | MS 5812 |
| Richard Rado, Professor of Mathematics | MS 4622 |
| Brian Richards, Professor of Education | MS 5685 |
| Peter Robinson, Professor of English & American Literature | MS 5761 |
| Alan Rugman, Professor of International Business | MS 5537 |
| H.G. Sanders, Professor of Agriculture | MS 5420 |
| A.W. Seaby, Professor of Fine Art | |
| G.W. Series, Professor of Physics | MS 4623 |
| Dr Phyllis M. Frances Shattock | MS 5600 |
| Sir Franklin Sibly, Vice-Chancellor | MS 5736 |
| Thomas C. Franklin Sibly, Professional Services | MS 5657 |
| Dr Hugh Macdonald Sinclair, Visiting Lecturer | D HS |
| Ernest Smith, Registrar | MS 5828 |
| Lady Doris Stenton, Reader, History | MS 950; MS 1148; further MSs |
| Sir Frank Stenton, Vice-Chancellor | MS 950; MS 1148; further MSs |
| R.H. Stoughton, Professor of Horticulture | MS 5612 |
| James Thompson, Librarian | MS 5725 |
| Cyril Tyler, Professor of Agricultural Chemistry | MS 5418; MS 5879; MS 5966 |
| Annie Dunman Ure, Curator Ure Museum | |
| Percy N. Ure, Professor of Classics | |
| Lyndall Fownes Urwick, Administrative Staff College, Henley | MS 5619 |
| Magdalen D. Vernon, Professor of Psychology | MS 5441 |
| Dr Paul White, Lecturer, Mathematics | MS 5424 |
| Sir John Wolfenden, Vice-Chancellor | MS 5311; MS 2757; MS 2043 |
| Revd Francis Henry Wright, Registrar | MS 5530; MS 5624 |
| Sir Norman Wright | D MS1252 |
| Dr Jean Isobel Young, Reader | MS 4454; MS 105 |
Looking for a specific item?
We are regularly updating the collections that we publish on our website but if you are after something specific that you can’t find online, then drop by for a visit or feel free to contact us and we will be happy to help you.