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George Meredith Collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 953

Description of the Papers

The George Meredith collection contains manuscripts, annotated proofs and printed works, correspondence, and other papers documenting the life and works of George Meredith. Contents include a complete set of the Chapman and Hall edition of Meredith's Works, extensively interleaved with corrections and annotations in the author's hand; the autograph manuscript of The adventures of Harry Richmond (1871); and over 200 letters and transcripts of letters, including 26 to Frederic Chapman, 17 to Theodore Watts-Dunton, and 45 to Augustus Jessopp.

Dates

  • 1845 - 1935
  • Majority of material found within 1880 - 1909

Creator

Language of Materials

In English.

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

Ownership & Copyright

The George Meredith Collection is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The George Meredith Collection contains items acquired through gift or purchase from various sources, many from Frank Altschul or purchased on the Frank Altschul Fund. Provenance information is contained in notes under individual items.

Extent

15.43 Linear Feet ((40 boxes) + 1 broadside oversize)

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.meredith

Additional Description

Overview

The collection contains manuscripts, annotated proofs and printed works, correspondence, and other papers documenting the life and works of George Meredith.

George Meredith, 1828-1909

George Meredith (1828-1909), English novelist and poet. His novels include The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (1859), The Egoist (1879), and Diana of the Crossways (1885). His sonnet sequence depicting the breakdown of an unhappy marriage, Modern Love (1862), was thought to be based on his own unhappy first marriage to Mary Peacock Nicholls (1821-1861).

Processing Notes

Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from an initial survey of the contents and compiled from individual card catalogs. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those given by library staff at the time of acquisition. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during basic processing.

This collection includes materials previously identified by the following call numbers: Uncat MS Vault Shelves Meredith; MS Vault Shelves Meredith; Uncat MS Vault Files Meredith; MS Vault 13:4; Uncat MS Vault 87

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Related Names

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the George Meredith Collection
Author
by Beinecke Staff
Date
2013
Description rules
Finding Aid Prepared According To Describing Archives: A Content Standard (Dacs)
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository

http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/
Contact:
P. O. Box 208330
New Haven CT 06520-8330 US
(203) 432-2977

Location

121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Opening Hours

Access Information

The Beinecke Library is open to all Yale University students and faculty, and visiting researchers whose work requires use of its special collections. You will need to bring appropriate photo ID the first time you register. Beinecke is a non-circulating, closed stack library. Paging is done by library staff during business hours. You can request collection material online at least two business days in advance of your visit, using the request links in Archives at Yale. For more information, please see Planning Your Research Visit and consult the Reading Room Policies prior to visiting the library.

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