William Makepeace Thackeray collection
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1101
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, writings, and drawings by or related to William Makepeace Thackeray. Correspondence includes letters written by Thackeray to colleagues such as Connop Thirlwall and William Webb Follett Synge, and letters to Thackeray from potential contributors to The Cornhill Magazine. Writings include an autograph manuscript of a chapter of The Adventures of Philip, and an autograph manuscript notebook with memoranda, drawings, and quotations from American history, used by Thackeray while writing The Virginians. Also present are sixteen sketches in watercolor and graphite by Thackeray, two groups of ink illustrations for Thackeray's writings by John Priestman Atkinson, and a portrait of Thackeray by an unidentified artist.
Dates
- 1846-1912
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The William Makepeace Thackeray 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
Acquired by gift and purchase from various sources, 1944-1998.
Arrangement
Organized into two series: I. Correspondence, 1846-1862. II. Writings, 1853, undated. III. Drawings, 1859-1878.
Extent
0.75 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
The collection consists of correspondence, writings, and drawings by or related to William Makepeace Thackeray. Correspondence includes letters written by Thackeray to colleagues such as Connop Thirlwall and William Webb Follett Synge, and letters to Thackeray from potential conributors to Cornhill Magazine. Writings include an autograph manuscript of a chapter of The Adventures of Philip, an autograph poem parodying Goethe's Werther, and an autograph manuscript notebook with memoranda, drawings, and quotations from American history, used by Thackeray while writing The Virginians. Also present are sixteen sketches in watercolor and graphite by Thackeray, two groups of ink illustrations for Thackeray's writings by John Priestman Atkinson, and a portrait of Thackeray by an unidentified artist.
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)
English novelist.
Processing Information
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This finding aid was produced from a previously existing card set in the Manuscript Catalog. All pertinent bibliographical information has been retained.
This collection includes materials previously identified by the following call number: Uncat MS Vault Thackeray.
This finding aid was produced from a previously existing card set in the Manuscript Catalog. All pertinent bibliographical information has been retained.
This collection includes materials previously identified by the following call number: Uncat MS Vault Thackeray.
- Adolphus, John Leycester, 1795-1862
- Atkinson, J. Priestman
- Authors -- Great Britain -- 19th century
- Authors, English -- 19th century
- Castles, John W., 1893-1965 -- Bookplate
- English literature -- 19th century
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 (Werther, Parodies, imitations, etc.)
- Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945 -- Bookplate
- McCutcheon, George Barr, 1866-1928 -- Bookplate
- Ritchie, Anne Thackeray, 1837-1919
- Sala, George Augustus, 1828-1895
- Schachner, Joseph Rudolph, 1816-1896
- Sketches -- Great Britain -- 19th century
- Synge, W. W. Follett (William Webb Follett), 1826-1891
- Thackeray, Thomas James
- Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
- Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 -- Portraits
- Thirlwall, Connop, 1797-1875
- Watercolors (paintings) -- Great Britain -- 19th century
- Title
- Guide to the William Makepeace Thackeray Collection
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- by Beinecke Staff
- Date
- June 1997
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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