Moses Tyson (born 1897,

Westmorland Westmorland (, formerly also spelt ''Westmoreland'';R. Wilkinson The British Isles, Sheet The British IslesVision of Britain/ref> is a historic county in North West England spanning the southern Lake District and the northern Dales. It had an ...

; died 1969), was a British historian and librarian who was Keeper of Western Manuscripts at the John Rylands Library from 1927 to 1935 and then Librarian of the

Manchester University Library The University of Manchester Library is the library system and information service of the University of Manchester. The main library is on the Oxford Road campus of the university, with its entrance on Burlington Street. There are also ten other ...

from 1935 until 1965. He was the first University Librarian to be a member of the University Senate. His successor

Frederick William Ratcliffe Frederick William Ratcliffe (born 28 May 1927) is an English philologist and librarian. He has a Ph.D. in German, given for his thesis on Heinrich von Mügeln at the University of Manchester. From 1954 he was an assistant librarian or sublibrar ...

described him as "''one of the great unsung figures of the University''"; according to Brian Pullan, historian of the University, Dr Tyson was "''a painfully shy bachelor who shunned the company of women''" and "''the self-effacing, misogynistic, chain-smoking Librarian''". His friends included Sir William Watson the poet and H. B. Charlton, Professor of English Literature at the University of Manchester. Tyson was a Member of the Chetham Society, and served as a Member of Council (1934-58) and as Secretary (1940-51). He was also a Member of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.

Works

* 1930 : ''Hand-List of the Collections of French and Italian Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library''. Manchester: Manchester University Press (first published in ''Bulletin'', vol. 14, pp. 563–609) * 1932 : (with Henry Guppy) ''The French Journals of Mrs Thrale and Doctor Johnson'' edited from the original manuscripts in the John Rylands Library and in the British Museum. Manchester: Manchester University Press (Rylands English MSS. 617; British Museum ow British LibraryAdd MS 35299) * 1937 : ''The Manchester University Library''. Manchester: University Press * 1941 : "The First Forty Years of the John Rylands Library" in: ''Bulletin of the John Rylands Library''; vol. 25, pp. 46–66 *Other contributions to the ''Bulletin'' were: "Hand-list of charters, deeds and similar documents, vol. II" (vols. 17, pp. 130–77, 348–82; 18, 393–454); "Hand-list of the collection of English manuscripts, 1928" (vol. 13, pp. 152–219); additions, 1928–35 (vol. 19, pp. 230–54, 458–85); "Hand-list of additions to the collections of Latin manuscripts, 1908–28" (vol. 12, pp. 581–609); "The Spanish manuscripts" (vol. 16, pp. 188–99); "Unpublished manuscripts, papers and letters of Dr Johnson, Mrs Thrale, and their friends ng. MSS. 530-660 (vol. 15, 467–88); "A review and other writings by Charles Dickens ng. MS. 725 (edited by Tyson; vol. 18, 177–96).

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External links

The papers of Moses Tyson
in the University of Manchester Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Tyson, Moses 1897 births 1969 deaths English librarians People from Westmorland 20th-century British historians Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society John Rylands Research Institute and Library Chetham Society