[Oriel College, Oxford.] Four printed items of ephemera from the papers of college fellow Sir William David Ross: three reports for the academic years ending 1918, 1921 and 1922, and a prospectus for the sexcentenary volume of Richards and Shadwell.

Four scarce pieces of ephemera: no other copies of them traced on either JISC or WorldCat. See Ross’s entry in the Oxford DNB. The three reports give lists of college persons, with general and particular news. Items Two to Four in good condition, lightly aged and creased; Item One as described below. ONE: ‘ORIEL COLLEGE, OXFORD / 1917-1918’. Signed in type by ‘L. L. P.’ [i.e. Langford Lovell Price, retiring treasurer] and dated 31 July 1918. 7pp, 12mo. On two bifoliums of thin war-economy paper, glued together. With stamps of The Treasury, Oriel College, Oxford, and ‘With the Treasurer’s Compliments’. Aged, creased and worn. Begins: ‘The prolongation of the War during the past academical year (1917-1918) has postponed for a while the hope of a revival of the happier, more tranquil state of normal times.’ Later: ‘For the moment, however, the Provost, a single Tutor, a Treasurer and less than a handful of Fellows, fourteen Undergraduates, and a small remnants of servants dwell in, or use, some of the rooms in the Front and Back Quadrangles, while a Principal, Tutors, Bursar, and students of the other sex retain in their large numbers their temporary occupation of the new and older buildings of St. Mary’s Quadrangle.’ Later: ‘Mrs. Grundy, the wife of Dr. G. B. Grundy, Fellow and Tutor of Corpus Christi College, is, as a new experiment, undertaking the supervision of the internal housekeeping arrangements of the College.’ Includes ‘Military Honours’, and information regarding the ‘Loggan’ drawing of the college by E. H. New. TWO: ‘ORIEL COLLEGE, OXFORD, / 1921-1922.’ 7pp, 12mo. On two bifoliums, stitched. More expansive list than in One, with briefer accompanying text. Begins: ‘The College is still very full. There were 157 Undergraduates and Bachelors of Arts in residence in Michaelmas Term, 1921, 159 in Hilary Term, 1922, and 160 in Midsummer Term, 1922. Of these 85 to 90 lived in College. About 50 have gone down since Midsummer, but about 50 freshmen are expected to come into residence in 1922-23.’ THREE: ‘ORIEL COLLEGE, OXFORD, / 1922-1923.’ 4pp, 12mo. Bifolium. Begins: ‘The numbers were slightly lower than in the previous year.’ Later: ‘During the year various improvements in the College buildings have been carried out; several portions of St. Mary’s Quadrangle have been restored, and new baths have been provided. Schemes for further improvements are under consideration.’ FOUR: Handbill prospectus for ‘The Provosts and Fellows of Oriel College Oxford’ of Richards and Shadwell. Basil Blackwell, Oxford. Undated, but opening reference dates to 1921: ‘ORIEL COLLEGE will reach its sexcentenary in five years time.’ Four unpaginated pages, on bifolium of good-quality watermaked laid paper. Prospectus on second page; ‘specimen page’ on third page (running on to fourth), with entries for Reginald Pecock and John Henry Newman, and ‘Subscription Form’ at foot of fourth page. The book was published in 1922.