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Rossetti, William Michael, 1829-1919

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1829-09-25 - 1919-02-05

Biographical / Historical

William Michael Rossetti (1829-1919), English writer and critic.

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

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

William Michael Rossetti collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 269
Abstract:

Letters by Rossetti to various parties, including James Jackson Jarves and Eric Sutherland Robertson; two manuscript pieces: a "brief critique of British artists exhibiting in a British exhibition touring America," and an essay on Ruskin; and a signature clipped from a letter.

Dates: 1857-1910
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > William Michael Rossetti collection

Algernon Swinburne collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 303
Abstract: The collection consists of letters and manuscripts by Swinburne, including letters to Robert Browning; Andrew Chatto; John Camden Hotten; Joseph Knight; Thomas Purnell; Dante Gabriel, William Michael, and Christina Rossetti; William Bell Scott; Richard Herne Shepherd, and Theodore Watts-Dunton. Manuscripts of Swinburne's writings include working drafts of poems, the Chorus from Atalanta in Calydon, an early draft of Hymn to Proserpine, proofs of Channel Passage, and manuscripts of several...
Dates: 1854-1908
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Algernon Swinburne collection

Walt Whitman collection

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 202
Abstract: The Whitman collection consists of letters, manuscripts, photographs, artwork, and personal papers documenting the life and work of Walt Whitman. There is personal and business correspondence from Whitman to family, friends, editors, and publishers, including Richard Maurice Bucke, John Burroughs, Julius Chambers, Moncure Conway, Nathan Hale, James R. Osgood and Company, George Routledge & Sons, William Sloane Kennedy, William Michael Rossetti, John Swinton, and Louisa Whitman. There are...
Dates: 1842-1949
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Walt Whitman collection