Over three hundred and twenty letters and cards, 1871-1909, from Whitley Stokes to John Rhŷs (ff. 1-364). Also included are four letters to John Rhŷs, [1875x1876], from William Stokes (ff. 365-368); three letters, 1875, 1893, and undated, from Margaret Stokes (ff. 369-372); a copy of The Irish passages in the Stowe Missal (Calcutta, 1881), edited by Whitley Stokes (ff. 373-386), together with Charles Plummer's article, 'Notes on the Stowe Missal' (1885) (ff. 387-390), and three letters, 1883, addressed to Charles Plummer from Whitley Stokes (ff. 391-395).
The letters and cards from Whitley Stokes to John Rhŷs have been separated and arranged into 2 folders and 3 bundles. Folder A1/3/5(i) comprises letters dated between July 1871 and August 1894 (foliated 1-87); folder A1/3/5(ii) comprises letters dated between September 1895 and January 1909, and undated (foliated 88-151); bundle A1/3/5(iii) comprises cards dated between September 1874 and October 1887 (foliated 152-215); bundle A1/3/5(iv) comprises cards dated between November 1887 and November 1895 (foliated 216-284); and bundle A1/3/5(v) comprises cards dated between November 1895 and January 1909 (foliated 285-364). The rest of the material is placed in folder A1/3/5(vi) and foliated 365-414.
Stokes, Whitley, 1830-1909.