Tynan Archive. Oxford notebooks, numbered 1-7 in Tynan's hand on 'post-it' notes attached to the volumes. They contain lecture notes on many aspects of English literature and language, and include doodles and some written sketches, for example of a play rehearsal.
Tynan Archive. Notebook 2; circa 1948. Not indexed; contains notes on English language, its history, structure and use. The notebook has been used from both ends, to yield space for notes, costume designs and draft letters relating to Tynan’s university production of Hamlet.
Tynan Archive. Notebook 5; 1945. Indexed; covers the same topics and lecture series as notebook 1 above. The notebook has been used from both ends to accommodate notes on Old English including some from a lecture by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Tynan Archive. Notebook 7; main volume undated, but loose pages April-June 1946. Contains lecture notes on Chaucer and Dryden, and notes (probably essay notes) on 'Scepticism and Belief in Donne' and 'Donne’s style'. Most of the latter have been numbered and crossed through in a style Tynan l...
Tynan Archive. Notebook 4; 1946. Tynan's notes on the front of the book state that this mostly contains notes on lectures by C. S. Lewis. Also contains notes from J. R. R. Tolkien and other tutors and lecturers, and covers drama, Shakespeare, and Samuel Johnson.
Tynan Archive. Notebook 3; n.d. Notes on, and quotations from, writers of the eighteenth century, in red ink. The notebook is not full, but the final page has been used for notes on Parnell’s The allegory of man.