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Besant, Walter, 1836-1901

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1836-08-14 - 1901-06-09

Biography

Walter Besant (1836-1901), British novelist and historian

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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

BESANT, WALTER, SIR, 1836-1901

 Sub-Series
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Dates: [ca. 1600-ongoing]
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > B

Draft of first part of East London, [ca. 1900]

 Part of Collection — Box 76: [Barcode: 39002137225513], Folder: GROUP 3064, F-1-2
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Holograph and typescript draft, corrected and signed, of first part of novel on East End section of London. Includes headings for Chapters I, III and IV: "Chapter I: What is it?"; "The Pool and the Riverside"; and "The Pool and the Wall."

Dates: [ca. 1900]
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > B > BESANT, WALTER, SIR, 1836-1901

Letter : to Arthur W. Waters, undated

 Part of Collection — Box 263: [Barcode: 39002140920282], Folder: 22
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Typescript letter, signed, suggesting to Waters that he publish his book in subscription.

Dates: undated
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > B > BESANT, WALTER, SIR, 1836-1901

Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1231
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, writings, research, notes, scrapbooks, and other materials documenting Lounsbury's personal life and professional career as an author and educator of English literature at Yale University. Correspondence with Yale colleagues, students, authors, and officials details his academic and literary interests, and activity in the areas of international language and simplified spelling. Personal materials include letters relating to Lounsbury's Civil War...
Dates: 1829-1915
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury papers

William Harrison Riley papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 417
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence and other papers relating to nineteenth century socialism in England and the United States. Included are two literary manuscripts by William Riley entitled Literary Cranks by One of Them and Radical Jack; copies of periodicals edited by Riley; and letters from Walter Besant, Edward Everett Hale, Rudyard Kipling, Justin McCarthy, Karl Marx, William Rossetti and John Ruskin.

Dates: 1844-1899
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > William Harrison Riley papers