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Penelope Pennington Collection, 1798-1827: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Pennington, Penelope, 1752?-1827.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected letters and manuscripts of Penelope Pennington, who was part of the social and literary women's group that was centered around the English diarist and patron of the arts Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzii (1741-1821).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0002
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Laurence Pollinger Ltd. Files Concerning D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover, 1931-1979: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Laurence Pollinger Ltd.
- Abstract:
- Consists of manuscripts, correspondence, contracts, and clippings of the literary agency Laurence Pollinger Ltd. relating to the firm's involvement with the literary estate of D. H. Lawrence.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0956
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James H. Pershing Papers, 1930-1945: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Pershing, James H. (James Hammond), 1863-1948.
- Abstract:
- Contains selected correspondence of lawyer and bibliohile James H. Pershing, as well as notebooks documenting his library.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0957
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William Bell Scott Collection, 1837-1891: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890.
- Abstract:
- Consists of correspondence and obituaries of the nineteenth-century English poet, painter, and art critic William Bell Scott. He was a friend of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and was accepted by the Pre-Raphaelites.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0959
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James Green Correspondence, 1837-1871: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Green, James.
- Abstract:
- The James Green Correspondence consists of letters received from various correspondents by the 19th-century English poet James Green (of Bath).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0965
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William Joseph Ibbett Collection, 1903-1917: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Ibbett, William Joseph, b. 1858.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected manuscript material of English poet William Joseph Ibbett.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0976
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H. V. Tebbs Collecton of Pre-Raphaelite Photographs, 1866-1897 (bulk 1866-1868): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Tebbs, H. V. (Henry Virtue)
- Abstract:
- Consists of 76 cards of mounted photographs of drawings and paintings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, his wife Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall, and a few other members of the Pre-Raphaelite circle. The group seems to have been put together by or for Henry Virtue Tebbs, lawyer and patron of the arts: he was a close friend and admirer of Rossetti.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0988
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William Hepworth Dixon Correspondence, 1855-1877 (bulk 1861-1867): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Dixon, William Hepworth, 1821-1879.
- Abstract:
- Consists chiefly of correspondence of the 19th-century English author and editor William Hepworth Dixon.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0992
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Samuel Carter Hall Papers, 1843-1893: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Hall, S. C. (Samuel Carter), 1800-1889.
- Abstract:
- Consists primarily of correspondence and poetry of Samuel Carter Hall, a Victorian poet and editor of The Art-Union.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0998
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William Davenport Adams Correspondence, 1882-1904: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Adams, William Davenport, 1851-1904.
- Abstract:
- Consists of correspondence between British journalist and critic William Davenport Adams and well-known British authors and poets.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1000
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Richard Hooper Correspondence, 1856-1876: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Hooper, Richard, 1821-1894.
- Abstract:
- Consists primarily of letters by British author and editor Richard Hooper to his publisher, John Russell Smith.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1012
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Sir Hall Caine Letters, 1882-1928: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Caine, Hall, Sir, 1853-1931.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected letters by British novelist and playwright Sir Hall Caine to Curtis Brown, Sir Martin Conway, Ford Madox Brown, James Fitzmaurice-Kelly, and several others.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1024
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Forman Family Collection, 1879-1939: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected correspondence and literary material of H. Buxton Forman, his brother Alfred, and his son Maurice.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1058
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Douglas Goldring Collection, 1926-1960: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Goldring, Douglas, 1887-
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected correspondence of Douglas Goldring, English writer and journalist.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1066
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F. Anstey Collection, 1884-1920: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Anstey, F., 1856-1934.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected correspondence of Thomas Anstey Guthrie ("F. Anstey"), a popular British writer of humorous fantasy novels.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1068
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Sir Israel Gollancz Correspondence, 1890-1948 (bulk 1915-1929): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Gollancz, Israel, Sir, 1863-1930.
- Abstract:
- Consists primarily of letters (approximately 500) from contemporaries of English editor and publisher Sir Israel Gollancz.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1079
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A. Walton Litz Papers, 1969-1993: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Litz, A. Walton.
- Abstract:
- A. Walton Litz was a member of the Princeton Class of 1951, and later became the Holmes Professor of English Literature at Princeton, where he taught from 1956-1993 (?). Consists of Litz's English literature course materials and preliminary chapters for the Cambridge History of Literary Criticism, Volume 7 (2000), edited by Litz, Louis Menand, and Lawrence Rainey.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0955
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J. M. Langford Correspondence, 1848-1881: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Langford, J. M. (Joseph Munt), 1809-1884.
- Abstract:
- The J. M. Langford Correspondence consists of letters received by J. M. (Joseph Munt) Langford from an assortment of English authors and noblemen, as well as the indenture for Langford's apprenticeship as a stationer. Langford was born in 1809, the son of John Langford, a farmer in Wallingford, County of Berks, England. In 1825, Langford began a seven-year stationer's apprentice to James Nesbit, for which his brother paid £250. Later, Langford became the trusted assistant to John Blackwood, the head of William Blackwood and Sons publishing and the editor of Blackwood's Magazine. He died in 1884.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0944
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Walter de la Mare Letters to Olive C. Jones, 1927-1956: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956.
- Abstract:
- Consists primarily of letters by British novelist and poet Walter De la Mare to Olive C. Jones, his secretary during the 1930s and, later, editor of Methuen's children's books.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0917
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R. A. Cecil Correspondence, 1946-1993: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Cecil, R. A. (Robert Arthur), 1921-1994.
- Abstract:
- Consists of letters to English curator R. A. Cecil primarily concerning the writing and publication of books about the Trollopes.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0798
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George Augustus Sala Correspondence, 1857-1939 (bulk 1857-1894): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Sala, George Augustus, 1828-1895.
- Abstract:
- George Augustus Sala was a nineteenth-century English journalist, artist, book illustrator, traveler, humorist, and novelist. The collection contains approximately 300 letters written to Sala by about 200 different people over the course of 40 years. Among the correspondents are prominent authors, journalists, artists, nobility, philanthropists, and other notables.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0804
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William Tinsley Publishing Correspondence, 1866-1889: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Tinsley, William, 1831-1902.
- Abstract:
- The Tinsley brothers, Edward (1833-1866) and William (1831-1902), set up in the book trade business around 1854. They focused mainly on publishing fiction for the popular lending libraries, and specialized in luxuriously bound three-volume novels. Consists of 77 letters, 1866-1889, received by the Tinsley Brothers publishing firm of London, England.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0808
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G. P. R. James Collection, 1825-1858: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860.
- Abstract:
- George Payne Rainsford James was an extremely prolific English novelist and historian in the nineteenth century. His collection contains some of his correspondence with various editors and colleagues, along with some miscellaneous prose and poetry, unfinished letters, and James’s autographs.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0814
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Maurice Hewlett Letters to Sir Henry Newbolt, 1903-1928: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Newbolt, Henry John, Sir, 1862-1938.
- Abstract:
- Consists of letters by English poet Maurice Hewlett to his fellow poet Sir Henry Newbolt, spanning the years 1903 or 1904 to 1921, though many letters are undated.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0844
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Edith Sitwell Papers, 1932-1964 (bulk 1959-1962): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Sitwell, Edith, Dame, 1887-1964.
- Abstract:
- Edith Sitwell was an English poet and eccentric. Papers consist primarily of letters received by Sitwell from 177 different correspondents and writings in the collection include typescripts for a book review, essays on various topics, a few poems, and transcripts of radio and television interviews.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0846
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Benjamin Kennicott Collection, circa 1762: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Kennicott, Benjamin, 1718-1783.
- Abstract:
- Benjamin Kennicott was a biblical scholar who specialized in the collation, translation, and publication of Hebrew texts. He held positions as Vicar of Culham (1753-1783) and Radcliffe librarian at Oxford (1767-1783). Collection consists of selected manuscripts by or related to Kennicott.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0852
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Daphne Du Maurier Letters to Douglas Black, 1947-1976: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Du Maurier, Daphne, Dame, 1907-1989.
- Abstract:
- Consists of letters and cards by British novelist Daphne Du Maurier to her American publisher, Douglas Black, who was president of Doubleday &Co.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0858
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Alexander D. Wainwright Collection of Robert Charles Dallas, 1782-1826: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Dallas, Robert Charles, 1754-1824.
- Abstract:
- Consists of correspondence and manuscripts by and related to Robert Charles Dallas collected by Alexander Dallas Wainwright (Princeton Class of 1939).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0884
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William De Morgan Novels: 1908-1914: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- De Morgan, William Frend, 1839-1917.
- Abstract:
- Consists of manuscripts of four works by English novelist William De Morgan.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0889
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T. S. Eliot Collection, 1929-1962: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected material of Nobel prize-winning poet T. S. Eliot, primarily of correspondence but including several photographs, typescripts of poems, and corrected proofs.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0896
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John Keats Memorial Volume Collection, 1920-1921: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Williamson, George Charles, 1858-1942, compiler.
- Abstract:
- Consists of the original articles, essays, and poems written by prominent literary figures as contributions to the John Keats Memorial Volume (1921), edited by G. C. Williamson.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0899
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Clive Bell Correspondence, 1922-1962: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Bell, Clive, 1881-1964.
- Abstract:
- The Clive Bell Correspondence collection consists of letters received by the English writer and art critic Clive Bell (1881-1964) from Raymond Mortimer, Harold Nicolson, and V. (Victoria) Sackville-West [“Vita”]. Their content reflects both personal and professional matters.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0912
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Harold Nicolson Papers, 1884-1962 (bulk 1925-1961): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Nicolson, Harold George, Sir, 1886-1968.
- Abstract:
- The Harold Nicolson Papers consists of papers of the English diplomat, journalist, and biographer Harold Nicolson (1886-1968). These papers primarily contain correspondence received by Nicolson, but there is also a large series of letters written by Nicolson to Richard Rumbold, as well as a few to others. Also included in the collection are manuscripts and/or working notes for four of Nicolson's published works. Furthermore, there is a small amount of papers of others, chiefly correspondence by and to Nicolson's wife, “Vita” (Victoria) Sackville-West.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0913
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Edward and Maude Ottley Collection of W. E. Gladstone Correspondence, 1841-1908: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898.
- Abstract:
- This collection consists of correspondence of Gladstone (and related persons) collected by Edward and Maude Ottley. In addition to letters by prominent government officials and statesmen, a number of literary and artistic figures are represented, including Robert Browning, Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (“Mark Twain”), Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (“Lewis Carroll”), Kate Greenaway, Joseph Joachim, Andrew Lang, James Russell Lowell, Robert Bulwer Lytton, George MacDonald, Sir John Everett Millais, Anne Thackeray Ritchie, John Ruskin, George Augustus Sala, Anthony Trollope, Mrs. Humphry Ward, and Charlotte M. Yonge.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0916
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Violet Hunt Collection, 1890-1939: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Hunt, Violet, 1862-1942.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected correspondence of Violet Hunt, the British author and biographer.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1084
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Hunter, Rose & Company Collection, 1871-1879: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Hunter, Rose & Company.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected correspondence and some documents of the Canadian publisher Hunter, Rose & Company.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1085
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Roger Senhouse Correspondence, 1919-1931: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Senhouse, Roger, 1889-1970.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected correspondence of English editor and publisher Roger Senhouse.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1093
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Charles W. Tinckam Collection, 1866-1873: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Tinckam, Charles William.
- Abstract:
- Consists of correspondence of nineteenth-century English editor Charles W. Tinckam with about 45 poets, authors, songwriters, or their representatives, seeking permission to use their poems in his anthology The Poets' Year, Being Pastoral Pictures of the Season, which was published in 1874.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1234
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Frederick Warne & Co. Collection, 1875-1895: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Frederick Warne (Firm)
- Abstract:
- Consists chiefly of correspondence of Frederick Warne & Co., the London publishers, with prospective authors.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1235
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Horace Walpole Family Collection, 1724-1857 (bulk 1724-1786): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Abstract:
- A collection of letters and documents of Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, the English historian, Member of Parliament, connoisseur, playwright, and novelist, and of his father Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, who was to become England's longest running Prime Minister.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1248
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Matthew Davenport Hill Family Correspondence, 1820s-1912: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Hill, Matthew Davenport, 1792-1872.
- Abstract:
- Consists of a small collection of letters addressed to members of the family of English penal reformer Matthew Davenport Hill.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1256
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William Watson Collection, 1892-1917: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Watson, William
- Abstract:
- Consists chiefly of correspondence of the British poet William Watson with his publisher, Grant Richards.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1265
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Theodore Watts-Dunton Collection, 1878-1914: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Watts-Dunton, Theodore.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected correspondence and a poem by the English critic and poet Theodore Watts-Dunton.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1266
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Theodore Wratislaw Collection, 1928-1933: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Wratislaw, Theodore.
- Abstract:
- Consists of correspondence, typescript poems, and corrected proofs of the British poet Theodore Wratislaw. The bulk of his correspondence is with John Gawsworth, pseudonym of British writer and poet Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1276
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Annette Covington Letters to Luther P. Eisenhart, 1935-1953: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Covington, Annette, 1872-1964.
- Abstract:
- Consists chiefly of correspondence between artist Annette Covington and Princeton professor and dean Luther P. Eisenhart, and papers relating to the "Baconian" theory of the authorship of Shakespeare's plays
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1285
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William Wordsworth Collection, 1799-1847: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected autograph manuscript poems and correspondence of William Wordsworth, one of England's most respected poets of the nineteenth century.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1295
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Thomas James Wise Collection, 1894-1932: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected correspondence of Thomas James Wise, the English bibliographer and noted forger of the early 20th century
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1298
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Mary Anne Hughes Letters to J. T. J. Hewlett, 1842-1844: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Hughes, Mary Anne.
- Abstract:
- Consists of letters by Mary Anne Hughes to nineteenth-century English novelist J. T. J. Hewlett.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1300
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A. J. A. Symons Collection, 1910-1993 (bulk 1910-1929): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Symons, A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900-1941.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected manuscripts, correspondence, and documents of the twentieth-century British biographer and bibliophile A. J. A. Symons.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1301
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Selected Papers of J. Howard Woolmer, 1964-2009: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Woolmer, J. Howard.
- Abstract:
- Consists of files of American antiquarian book dealer J. Howard Woolmer's correspondence with various poets and writers.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1318
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Ernest Dowson Collection, 1889-1897: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected letters, both in English and French, by the nineteetnh-century English poet and novelist Ernest Christopher Dowson. His correspondents include other writers, poets, journalists, and editors from France and England.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1325
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Sir Edwin Arnold Letters, 1861: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Arnold, Edwin, Sir, 1832-1904.
- Abstract:
- Consists of fifteen letters (1861) by the English author Sir Edwin Arnold to London publisher Smith, Elder, and Co. regarding his work The Book of Good Counsels.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1328
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Selected Correspondence of Horace N. Pym, 1870-1902: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Pym, Horace N.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected correspondence of English nineteenth-century editor and author Horace N. Pym.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1232
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W. H. Auden Collection, 1941-1952: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs of the Anglo-American poet W. H. Auden, one of the most acclaimed poets of the 20th century.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1214
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Nancy Mitford Collection, 1966-1973: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Mitford, Nancy, 1904-1973.
- Abstract:
- Consists of letters by Nancy Mitford, Britsth novelist and biographer, to Elizabeth Forbes, manager of the London bookstore G. Heywood Hill, Ltd.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1204
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Richard Le Gallienne Letters, 1890-1900: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Le Gallienne, Richard, 1866-1947.
- Abstract:
- Consists of letters of Richard Le Gallienne, who was a British poet, essayist, and literary critic. A member of the Oscar Wilde circle, Le Gallienne contributed to the illustrated quarterly magazine The Yellow Book that is associated with Aubrey Beardsley, Max Beerbohm, and Ernest Dowson.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1110
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William Sharp Collection, 1887-1907: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Sharp, William, 1855-1905.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected correspondence and manuscripts of the Scottish author William Sharp, who is best known for the mystical tales of the Celtic world that he published under the pen name "Fiona Macleod."
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1118
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Arthur Machen Collection, 1863-1953 (bulk 1895-1945): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- L Machen, Arthur, 1863-1947.
- Abstract:
- Consists chiefly of letters and photographs of Arthur Machen, the Welsh-born writer called "the Apostle of Wonder" because of his mastery of the English language and outstanding creation of supernatural fiction.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1120
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Anna Eliza Bray Collection, 1823-1852: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Bray, Mrs. (Anna Eliza), 1790-1883.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected letters by Anna Eliza Bray, a nineteenth-century English novelist best known for fictionalizing the histories of prominent British families.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1132
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William Hayley Collection, 1775-1819: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Hayley, William, 1745-1820.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected correspondence and poetical manuscripts of English poet William Hayley, the biographer and friend of William Cowper.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1139
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Alfred Noyes Collection, 1903-1936: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Noyes, Alfred, 1880-1958
- Abstract:
- Consists of letters, photographs, and manuscripts of Alfred Noyes.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1148
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Sir Frank Kermode Papers, 1919-2006: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Kermode, Frank, 1919-
- Abstract:
- The collection represents the entire extant archive of Sir Frank Kermode, a distinguished British literary critic, and includes writings (reviews, essays, lectures, radio broadcasts), correspondence, photographs, and printed material, as well as material relating to public controversy about the funding for Encounter, which Kermode co-edited.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1149
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James Payn Collection, 1864-1898 (bulk 1891-1894): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Payn, James, 1830-1898.
- Abstract:
- Consists primarily of letters by James Payn, the English novelist and editor, to William Morris Colles, his literary agent, regarding the possible sale of his stories and books.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1156
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Platform Magazine Collection, 1927-1957: Finding Aid
- Collector:
- Woods, Frederick.
- Abstract:
- Consists of miscellaneous papers related to the short-lived, twentieth-century British literary periodical Platform.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1161
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Sarah Ponsonby Collection, 1801-1822: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Ponsonby, Sarah, 1754 or 5-1831.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected letters of Sarah Ponsonby, one of the famous "Ladies of Llangollen."
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1172
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Jane Porter and Anna Maria Porter Collection, 1808-1850: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Porter, Jane, 1776-1850.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected material by and about the two Scottish sisters Jane and Anna Maria Porter, who were novelists in the first half of the 19th century.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1174
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Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh Letters, 1900-1918 (bulk 1900-1904): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir, 1861-1922.
- Abstract:
- Consists primarily of twenty-seven autograph letters by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, English critic and essayist, to his English publisher, Edward Arnold.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1182
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W. B. Yeats Collection, 1888-1950 (bulk 1888-1937): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected material by and about the Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats, including correspondence, a poetry manuscript, photographs, family items, and Cuala Press ephemera.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1191
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Richard Roe Letters to John Thelwell, 1805-1808: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Roe, Richard, 1765-1853.
- Abstract:
- Consists of eighteen letters by Richard Roe, an irish stenographer and writer, to English author John Thelwell concerning Roe's life, business endeavors, and books on the English language.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1195
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Matthew Phipps Shiel Collection, 1892-1946: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps), 1865-1947.
- Abstract:
- Consists of correspondence of Matthew Phipps Sheil, a prolific British writer of fantasy fiction, with editors, literary agents, publishers, and other authors.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1199
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Rossetti Family Letters to the Heimann Family, circa 1843-1896: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894.
- Abstract:
- The Rossetti Family Letters to the Heimann Family collection consists primarily of letters written over a period of almost five decades by Christina Georgina Rossetti to Mrs. Adolf Heimann, the wife of a professor of German at University College, London, who was a colleague of her father, Gabriele Rossetti, a professor of Italian at King's College, London. It also contains letters by her mother, Frances, and her three siblings, Dante Gabriel, Maria Francesca, and William Michael, to various members of the Heimann family.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0773
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Laurence Hutton Collection of Life and Death Masks, 1800s: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Hutton, Laurence, 1843-1904.
- Abstract:
- Consists of approximately 100 life and death masks of mainly prominent English and American literary and political figures collected by Hutton.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0770
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Ralph Rylance Letters to John Freeman Milward Dovaston, 1818-1833: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Rylance, Ralph, 1782?-1833?
- Abstract:
- Consists of a group of 25 letters, 1818-1833, addressed to John Freeman Milward Dovaston (1782-1854) at Salisbury and London, England, by his friend and fellow author Ralph Rylance.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0764
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James Holly Hanford Correspondence, 1912-1954: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Hanford, James Holly, 1882-1969.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected letters to American scholar and educator James Holly Hanford, most of them concerning his studies of John Milton.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0163
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Walter Magnes Teller Collection on Thomas Hood, 1860-1940: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Teller, Walter Magnes.
- Abstract:
- Consists of background material relating to Walter Magnes Teller's proposed biography of English poet Thomas Hood.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0165
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M. L. Parrish Collection of Victorian Novelists, 1806-1958 (bulk 1830s-1930s): Finding Aid
- Collector:
- Parrish, Morris Longstreth, 1867-1944.
- Abstract:
- The Morris L. Parrish Collection of Victorian Novelists, consisting of the library of books, manuscripts, photographs, artwork, and ephemera as collected by Morris Longstreth Parrish, Class of 1888, came to Princeton University in 1944 as a bequest. This finding aid focuses on Parrish's original collection of manuscripts, both bound and unbound, and includes his correspondence (related to his collecting activities) and letters both to and from many of the Victorian authors, as well as the manuscript and related (non-book) items given to and/or acquired for the collection by the Princeton University Library in subsequent years.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0171
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Charles Lamb Collection, 1814-1903: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected letters and manuscripts by and about the English essayist and poet Charles Lamb, as well as twelve of Lamb's letters to Maria Fryer and others.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0173
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W. J. Linton Collection, 1840-1897: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812-1897.
- Abstract:
- William James Linton was an English-born engraver and political activist. The collection consists of 36 of Linton’s letters, related correspondence, and other miscellaneous materials. Three manuscripts of poems, possibly Linton’s, a manuscript of a novel by Elizabeth Fitzgerald, and unidentified artwork complete the collection.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0174
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F. Wallis Armstrong Collection of Christopher Morley, 1914-1945: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957.
- Abstract:
- The F. Wallis Armstrong Collection of Christopher Morley consists of writings and assorted miscellanea of the American poet, essayist, and novelist Christopher Morley (1890-1957) collected by the American engineer Francis Wallis Armstrong (1907-1956).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0177
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Arthur Symons Papers, 1883-1945: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Symons, Arthur, 1865-1945.
- Abstract:
- Consists of manuscripts, typescripts, notebooks, tear sheets, clippings, photographs, watercolors, paintings, and much miscellaneous material of British poet, literary critic, and translator Arthur Symons.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0182
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Marcella (Manuscripts) by Mrs. Humphry Ward, 1894?: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Ward, Humphry, Mrs., 1851-1920.
- Abstract:
- Consists of holograph drafts of several chapters, and other manuscript material, for Marcella, a novel by English novelist Mrs. Humphry Ward.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0184
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti Collection, 1828-1881: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882.
- Abstract:
- Consists of an open collection for material by and about the English poet and artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0185
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Janet Camp Troxell Collection of Rossetti Manuscripts, 1832-1965 (bulk 1860-1900): Finding Aid
- Collector:
- Troxell, Janet Camp.
- Abstract:
- Contains over 3000 manuscripts relating to the Rossetti's and their friends. While Dante Gabriel is the central figure, his brother and sisters (William Michael, Christina Georgina, Maria Francesca) are also represented, as are several other members of the Polidori/Rossetti families. The material in the collection was acquired by Janet (Camp) Troxell between 1930 and 1965.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0189
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Selected Papers of A. Edward Newton, 1893-1940: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward), 1864-1940.
- Abstract:
- Consists of letters by and collected by the American essayist, bibliophile, and author Alfred Edward Newton (1863-1940).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0191
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R. D. Blackmore Collection, 1630-1956 (bulk 1873-1899): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge), 1825-1900.
- Abstract:
- The collection contains 120 letters, which is mostly personal correspondence, by English novelist and poet R. D. Blackmore.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0201
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J. Harlin O'Connell Collection of the 1890s, 1825-1952 (bulk 1880s-1930s): Finding Aid
- Collector:
- O'Connell, J. Harlin (John Harlin), 1893-1955.
- Abstract:
- The J. Harlin O'Connell Collection of the 1890s consists of letters, short manuscripts, some artwork, and a few proofs of English poets, dramatists, novelists, critics, essayists, biographers, journalists, publishers, artists, and actors who were prominent primarily from the 1890s through the 1930s.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0213
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John Watson Dalby and George James De Wilde Collection, 1826-1877: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Dalby, John Watson.
- Abstract:
- The John Watson Dalby and George James De Wilde Collection consists of correspondence between John Watson Dalby (b. 1799) and George James De Wilde (1804-1871) covering the years 1826-1871. Both were poets and literary men, as well as friends of Leigh Hunt, whom their letters frequently concern. Dalby's letters often include verses of his poetry, excerpts of Leigh Hunt's works, and discussions on other contemporary authors. Dalby's published work includes Poems (London, 1822) and Tales, Songs, and Sonnets (London, 1866).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0214
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John Davidson Collection, 1879-1945 (bulk 1890-1909): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Davidson, John, 1857-1909.
- Abstract:
- John Davidson was a late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Scottish poet hailed for his provincial, melancholy body of work. This collection contains letters, manuscripts, reports, galley proofs with Davidson's holograph corrections, documents, and clippings pertaining to his literary career.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0215
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Frank N. Doubleday and Nelson Doubleday Collection, 1734-1966 (bulk 1890s-1940s): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Doubleday, Frank Nelson, 1862-1934.
- Abstract:
- Consists primarily of papers of Frank Nelson Doubleday and his son, Nelson, relating to their personal and business relationships with prominent authors and artists published under the Doubleday imprint, such as Joseph Conrad, A. B. Frost, Rudyard Kipling, T. E. Lawrence, and W. Someset Maugham.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0162
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Albany Fonblanque Collection, 1784-1875: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Fonblanque, Albany, 1793-1872.
- Abstract:
- Consists primarily of letters sent to Albany Fonblanque as editor of the Examiner (London).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0157
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Philip James Bailey Collection, 1855-1946: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Bailey, Philip James, 1816-1902.
- Abstract:
- The Philip James Bailey Collection consists of correspondence, clippings, and miscellanea of the English poet Philip James Bailey (1816-1902).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0148
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Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington Correspondence, 1789-1924: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821.
- Abstract:
- Consists of a disbound copy of The Intimate Letters of Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington, 1788-1821, published in London in 1914 and edited by Oswald G. Knapp, which has been extra-illustrated with over 200 original letters by both women and over 300 contemporary views and caricatures.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0015
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Laurence Hutton Papers, 1817-1904 (bulk 1880-1895): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Hutton, Laurence, 1843-1904.
- Abstract:
- The Laurence Hutton Papers consists of materials of editor and essayist Laurence Hutton. Included are bound volumes, such as letterbooks (1868-1904), clippings of Hutton's contributions to the press, and several volumes of family photographs.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0021
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John Wild Autograph Collection, 1548-1904 (bulk 1800-1850): Finding Aid
- Collector:
- Wild, John, d. 1855.
- Abstract:
- Consists of over 2,000 autograph items of prominent English and European figures from the 16th to the mid-19th centuries compiled by the English collector John Wild.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0047
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Bernard C. Meyer Collection on Joseph Conrad, 1961-1967: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Meyer, Bernard C. (Bernard Constant), 1910-
- Abstract:
- Consists of material relating to American psychiatrist Bernard C. Meyer's book Joseph Conrad: A Psychoanalytic Biography (1967).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0058
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William Isbister Collection: circa 1860-circa 1906: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Isbister, William.
- Abstract:
- Consists of correspondence mainly from Victorian novelists and other writers to W. Isbister & Co., publishers of Good Words and the Sunday Magazine.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0065
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Blanco White Family Collection, 1713-1930 (bulk 1798-1841): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- White, Joseph Blanco, 1775-1841.
- Abstract:
- The collection contains manuscripts related to four generations of the Blanco White family, spanning two centuries: including works, diaries, correspondence, documents, accounts and expense records, and printed material. Joseph Blanco White, the Spanish-English writer and religious figure, remains the focus of the collection; however, his brother Fernando, a politician and intellectual of 19th-century Seville, also accounts for a substantial part of the material. Of particular interest are autograph manuscripts of several of Joseph's literary efforts, as well as other genealogical material relating to the Blanco White family.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0075
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Collected Correspondence of Elizabeth Montagu, 1660-1903 (bulk 1740-1810): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Montagu, Elizabeth Robinson, 1720-1800.
- Abstract:
- Contains correspondence of Elizabeth Montagu, known as "queen of the Bluestockings," an informal group of 18th-century English literary figures and intellectuals that gathered frequently at her home.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0078
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Selected Papers of Mary Chavelita Bright, 1876-1950: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Egerton, George, 1859-1945.
- Abstract:
- Mary Chavelita Bright (pseudonym George Egerton) was a writer in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Her papers include manuscripts, biographical notes, family correspondence, and letters to Bright from literary and theatrical figures.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0105
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Edmund Gosse Collection, 1884-1925: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected letters and manuscripts of English poet, author, and critic Edmund Gosse.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0115
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Neilson Campbell Hannay Collection of William Cowper, 1711-1965 (bulk 1750s-1799): Finding Aid
- Collector:
- Hannay, Neilson Campbell, 1880-1962.
- Abstract:
- Consists of poetry manuscripts, documents, pictorial works, correspondence, and miscellanea relating to the English poet William Cowper (1731-1800), and to his circle of family, friends, and editors, collected by Neilson Campbell Hannay.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0134
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Joseph Hill Collection of William Cowper, 1716-1825 (bulk 1760-1810 ): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
- Abstract:
- The Joseph Hill Collection of William Cowper consists of correspondence between Cowper, a famed British poet, and Hill, his close friend and mentor.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0135
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Kenneth Povey Collection of William Cowper, 1727-1845: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
- Abstract:
- The Kenneth Povey Collection of William Cowper consists of materials from the life of Cowper, collected by Kenneth Povey, a scholar of eighteenth-century poetry.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0136
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William Cowper Collection, 1634-1877 (bulk 1770-1820): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
- Abstract:
- The William Cowper Collection consists of a manuscript, letters, documents, and memorabilia of renowned poet William Cowper. The collection also contains correspondence and documents about or relating to William Cowper.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0137
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Hilaire Belloc Letters to Maria Hornor Lansdale, 1898-1937: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected letters and manuscripts of British author Hilaire Belloc.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0142
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Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington, 1834-1855: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849.
- Abstract:
- Consists of some original letters to Blessington and notes used by R. R. Madden in editing The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington (1855).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0147
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Coventry Patmore Collection, 1803-1935 (bulk 1823-1896): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton, 1823-1896.
- Abstract:
- Consists primarily of some 200 letters written to and by English poet and critic Coventry Patmore.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0219
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Christina Georgina Rossetti Collection, circa 1850-1894: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894.
- Abstract:
- Consists primarily of signed autograph manuscripts--over 50 letters and 19 poems--of Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894), a poet and sister of Dante Gabriel and William Michael Rossetti.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0222
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William Michael Rossetti Collection, 1868-1907: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Rossetti, William Michael, 1829-1919.
- Abstract:
- The William Michael Rossetti Collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, and miscellanea of the English art critic and essayist William Michael Rossetti (1829-1919).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0223
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Selected Papers of Edward Naumburg, 1882-1993: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Naumburg, Edward.
- Abstract:
- Consists of correspondence, files relating to collecting interests, and miscellanea of the American stockbroker and rare books and manuscripts collector Edward Naumburg (Princeton Class of 1924).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0561
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Goodwin Weinberg Collection of Aldous Huxley, 1908-1961 (bulk 1920-1955): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963.
- Abstract:
- Contains approximately 110 letters by Aldous Huxley written to various friends and associates, including Arnold Bennett, Basil Ashmore, Edith Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell, and the American photographer Sanford Roth, collected by Goodwin Weinberg (Princeton Class of 1929).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0589
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Alaric A. Watts Correspondence, 1818-1865: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Watts, Alaric A. (Alaric Alexander), 1797-1864.
- Abstract:
- Consists of correspondence of nineteenth-century British poet and journalist Alaric A. Watts.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0619
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Maria Hornor Lansdale Correspondence, 1884-1931 (bulk 1900-1928): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Lansdale, Maria Hornor, b. 1860.
- Abstract:
- Consists of correspondence and miscellanea of the American author Maria Hornor Lansdale (b. 1860).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0631
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T. H. Vail Motter Papers, 1901-1969 (bulk 1920-1960): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Motter, T. H. Vail.
- Abstract:
- Consists of manuscripts and correspondence reflecting the historical and literary interests of American military historian T. H. Vail Motter (Princeton Class of 1922).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0670
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John Butler Yeats Collection, 1909-1978 (bulk 1911-1922): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Yeats, John Butler, 1839-1922.
- Abstract:
- The John Butler Yeats Collection contains original correspondence by the Irish portrait painter John Butler Yeats (1839-1922) to several of his American friends during the fourteen years he lived in New York City. Also included are manuscripts, drawings, photographs and portraits, research material related to these letters (primarily typed transcripts), and printed material.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0672
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Robert Kilburn Root Papers, 1914-1926: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Root, Robert K. (Robert Kilburn), 1877-1950.
- Abstract:
- Consists of scholar Robert K. Root's manuscript and notes for his annotated edition of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde (1926), as well as six diaries he kept between the years 1914 and 1920.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0674
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James Creese Letters to Thomas H. English, 1918-1971: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Creese, James, 1896-1966.
- Abstract:
- Consists of approximately 175 letters by college president James Creese (Princeton Class of 1918) to his Princeton classmate and friend Thomas H. English, who became a professor of English at Emory University, Georgia.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0678
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Wilbur Samuel Howell Papers, 1953-1981 (bulk 1965-1980): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Howell, Wilbur Samuel, 1904-
- Abstract:
- Consists of works, articles, lectures, reviews, notes, and correspondence of Wilbur Samuel Howell, professor of rhetoric and oratory (1952-1972) at Princeton.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0679
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T. S. Eliot Letters to Emily Hale, 1930-1956: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.
- Abstract:
- Consists of approximately 1,131 letters and related enclosures by British poet and Nobel Prize winner T. S. Eliot to Emily Hale (1891-1969), a teacher, actress, and secret muse to Eliot.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0686
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Derek Patmore Papers, 1929-1963: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Patmore, Derek, 1908- .
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected papers of English poet Derek Patmore.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0722
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Lehmann Family Papers, 1649-1990 (bulk 1930-1975): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Lehmann, John, 1907- .
- Abstract:
- John Lehmann was an English author, poet, journalist, editor, and publisher. His papers consist of letters from his literary friends, the correspondence of his family since the nineteenth century, manuscripts of his publications, financial and domestic files, and personal memorabilia.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0746
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Samuel Warren Letters to Charles Kent, 1848-1871: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Warren, Samuel, 1807-1877.
- Abstract:
- Consists of 37 autograph letters by English novelist Samuel Warren to his friend Charles Kent, an editor of the London Sun and the Weekly Register.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0748
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Gerald Eades Bentley Papers, 1927-[1980s] (bulk 1940-1970): Inventory
- Creator:
- Bentley, Gerald Eades, 1901-
- Abstract:
- Shakespearean scholar Gerald Eades Bentley was a professor of English at Princeton University (1945-1970) and assistant librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections (1971-1973). His papers consists of notes, typescripts, and galleys for three published works, The Jacobean and Caroline Stage (1941-1968), The Profession of Dramatist in Shakespeare's Time, 1590-1642 (1971), and The Profession of Player in Shakespeare's Time, 1590-1642 (1984), as well as various speeches, articles, and correspondence about his works.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0754
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Joanna Southcott Collection, 1793-1864: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Southcott, Joanna, 1750-1814.
- Abstract:
- Southcott, an English domestic servant, began hearing voices at the age of 42 and believed these to be divine communications prophesying the Second Coming of Christ. She dictated her prophecies primarily to her secretaries, Ann Underwood and Jane Townley, and these were often copied by others and then circulated among the believers. Consists of a collection of manuscripts of Southcott and material related to her. Included are 12 notebooks and 63 pamphlets or loose writings containing copies (1793-1814) in various hands of Southcott’s divine communications, letters, poems, and prayers.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0755
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Henry Neill Paul Papers, 1846-1952: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954.
- Abstract:
- Consists of works, correspondence, and printed matter of Henry Neill Paul (Princeton Class of 1884). Also included is an autograph book and account books of family members.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0542
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Charles Grosvenor Osgood Papers, 1880-1962: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Osgood, Charles Grosvenor, 1871-1964.
- Abstract:
- Consists of works, correspondence, documents, photographs, memorabilia, family papers, scrapbooks, and an autograph book (1880) of Charles Grosvenor Osgood, reflecting his role as one of Woodrow Wilson’s original preceptors (1905) and the importance of the preceptorial system at Princeton. The collection contains typed manuscripts of Osgood’s lectures on Milton, Spenser, and Samuel Johnson, addresses and note cards, and professional correspondence.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0540
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Alba Houghton Warren Papers, 1864-1940 (bulk 1938-1940): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Warren, Alba Houghton, 1915-1985.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected papers of Alab Houghton Warren (Princeton Class of 1936), professor of English at Princeton (1945-1955), relating to his earlier work "Richard Hengist Horne: A Literary Biography," which apparently was never published.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0462
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Theodore Spicer-Simson Correspondence and Etchings, 1913-1933 (bulk 1921-1922): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Spicer-Simson, Theodore, 1871-1959.
- Abstract:
- Consists mainly of letters received by sculptor and medallist Theodore Spicer-Simson during the preparation of his Men of Letters of the British Isles:Portrait Medallions from the Life (1924).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0244
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Walter Savage Landor Correspondence, 1797-1887: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Landor, Walter Savage, 1775-1864.
- Abstract:
- Walter Savage Landor was an English poet and prose writer. This correspondence includes some of his letters to family members and friends and a collection of transcribed letters to and from Landor.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0254
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George Cruikshank Collection, 1782-1894 (bulk 1825-1878): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
- Abstract:
- The collection integrates numerous accessions of English artist and caricaturist George Cruikshank material, including large amounts of correspondence as well as original drawings and sketches.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0256
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Raymond Mortimer Collection, 1905-1979 (bulk 1925-1970): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Mortimer, Raymond, 1895-1980.
- Abstract:
- Consists of autograph letters, documents, ephemera, photographs, printed matter, and other miscellaneous material of the English literary critic and editor Raymond Mortimer (1895-1980).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0271
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Alyse Gregory Correspondence, 1944-1967: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Gregory, Alyse, 1884-1967.
- Abstract:
- Consists of correspondence of the American suffragette Alyse Gregory with her friend A. H. Degenhardt.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0306
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Morris W. Croll Collection, 1905-1927: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Croll, Morris W. (Morris William), 1872-1947.
- Abstract:
- Consists of the notes for lectures, articles, and books of Morris W. Croll, who taught literature at Princeton.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0312
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George McLean Harper Papers, 1907-1953: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Harper, George McLean, 1863-1947.
- Abstract:
- George McLean Harper was a writer and educator in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The collection consists of papers and manuscripts concerning two of Harper's books William Wordsworth, His Life, Works, and Influence (1916) and Wordsworth's French Daughter (1921). There are also papers relating to Harper's poems, stories, articles and speeches, as well as some correspondence.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0313
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Thomas Marc Parrott Papers, 1882-1957 (bulk 1915-1952): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Parrott, Thomas Marc, 1866-1960.
- Abstract:
- Consists of papers of American Shakespearean scholar Thomas Marc Parrott (Princeton Class of 1888), as well as printed matter and some works of other authors.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0333
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Robert Bernard Martin Papers, 1852-1980: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Martin, Robert Bernard, 1918-
- Abstract:
- Consists of two distinct groups of papers of author Robert Bernard Martin: material relating to his scholarly research and writings on the English novelist and clergyman Charles Kingsley and manuscripts of eight of Martin's published novels and works of non-fiction.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0334
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Selected Papers of Donald A. Stauffer, 1916-1952: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Stauffer, Donald A. (Donald Alfred), 1902-1952.
- Abstract:
- Consists of papers of the American literary critic and novelist Donald A. Stauffer (1902-1952, Princeton Class of 1923).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0337
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Edmund Yates Collection, 1874-1926 (bulk 1876-1894): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Yates, Edmund, 1831-1894.
- Abstract:
- Consists of Edmund Yates's correspondence, photographs, and memoranda, as well as papers of others, relating to his founding and editorship of the London newspaper The World.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0376
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Charles Ryskamp Collection of William Cowper, 1780-1968: Finding Aid
- Collector:
- Ryskamp, Charles, 1928-
- Abstract:
- Consists of Xerox copies of works and correspondence by William Cowper collected by Princeton professor and scholar Charles Ryskamp, as well as correspondence, notebooks, and miscellaneous material of Neilson Campbell Hannay, another Cowper scholar and collector.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0382
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Eden Phillpotts Collection, 1906-1977: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Phillpotts, Eden, 1862-1960.
- Abstract:
- Eden Phillpotts was a prolific and popular English novelist, playwright, and poet. Papers consist of about 120 letters by Phillpotts to G. Herbert Thring and Denys Killam Roberts of the Society of Authors and Macleod Yearsley regarding the publishing of his works. Additions to the collection include 64 letters, printed matter and newspaper clippings (1921-1960) about Phillpotts and his works.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0398
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Hubertis M. Cummings Papers, 1945-1962: Inventory
- Creator:
- Cummings, Hubertis M. (Hubertis Maurice), 1884-1963.
- Abstract:
- This collection consists of works, some accompanying correspondence, and photographs of poet, essayist, and church historian, Hubertis M.Cummings (Princeton Class of 1907).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0415
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Don M. Wolfe Collection on John Milton, 1640-1660: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Wolfe, Don M. (Don Marion), 1902-1976, collector.
- Abstract:
- Consists of copies of English poet John Milton's pamphleteering (1640-1660) that was used in the preparation of a volume in a series about the poet, edited by Don M. Wolfe.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0446
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James Elroy Flecker Collection, 1907-1915: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Flecker, James Elroy, 1884-1915.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected correpondence and manuscripts of James Elroy Flecker, the English poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1336
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