Moses Tyson

Moses Tyson (born 1897, Westmorland; died 1969), was a British historian and librarian.

Moses Tyson
Born1897
Westmorland
Died1969
Occupation

He was Keeper of Western Manuscripts at the John Rylands Library from 1927 to 1935 and then Librarian of the Manchester University Library from 1935 until 1965.

His successor Frederick William Ratcliffe 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".[1]

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).[2]

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 [now British Library] Add 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collections of Latin manuscripts, 1908–28" (vol. 12, pp. 581–609); "The Spanish manuscripts" (vol. 16, pp. 188–99); "Unpublished manuscripts, papers and letters of Dr Johnson, Mrs Thrale, and their friends [Eng. MSS. 530-660]" (vol. 15, 467–88); "A review and other writings by Charles Dickens [Eng. MS. 725]" (edited by Tyson; vol. 18, 177–96).

Footnotes
  1. Pullan, Brian & Abendstern, Michele (2000) A History of the University of Manchester, 1951–73 ISBN 0-7190-5670-5; pp. 18, 92 Extracts
  2. "Chetham Society: Officers and Council" (PDF). Chetham Society. 2016-12-10. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
Professional and academic associations
Preceded by
Ernest Broxap		 Secretary of the Chetham Society
1940–51		 Succeeded by
John Flitcroft
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