| Description | Contents Papers and letters mostly concerned with the dispute between Nicholas Wiseman and the Central District/Diocese of Birmingham over money owed to Wiseman from the Central District and Oscott College. Correspondents include Wiseman, Heny Bagshawe, William Ullathorne, Francis Searle, John Moore, Henry Logan, James S. Northcote, E. Estcourte, Henry Edward Manning, and Thomas Gloag. |
| Admin_History | St Mary's College, Oscott, is the Roman Catholic seminary of the archdiocese of Birmingham. It was founded in Old Oscott in 1794 for both the training of priests and the education of lay pupils. In 1838, the college moved to a new site (New Oscott) designed by A.W. Pugin and Joseph Potter. In 1889, the college was closed but reopened the following year as a seminary only. |