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English literature -- 19th century

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Osborn Manuscript Files

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS FILE
Abstract:

The Osborn Manuscript Files contain single, unbound manuscripts and small groups of manuscripts acquired for the Osborn Collection from various sources at various times.

Dates: 14th - 20th century
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Osborn Manuscript Files

John Ruskin collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1168
Scope and Contents: The John Ruskin Collection contains correspondence, writings, artwork, and other material relating to the life and career of the Victorian author and art critic John Ruskin. Major correspondents include his parents, John James Ruskin and Margaret Cox Ruskin; George Allen; Edward Clayton; William Graham; Henry Jowett; Robert C. Leslie; Frederic Maynard; Susanna Miller; Sir John Naesmyth and Lady Naesmyth; Edward B. Nicholson; William Roscoe Osler; Harriette Rigbye; and Mrs. Arthur Stannard...
Dates: 1826-1949, bulk 1840-1885
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > John Ruskin collection

Sir Walter Scott collection

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Call Number: GEN MSS 266
Abstract:

The collection consists primarily of letters from Scott to various correspondents, including James Ballantyne, John Wilson Croker, and Mary Ann (Watts) Hughes; and writings by Scott, including The House of Aspen and The Talisman.

Dates: 1803-1831
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sir Walter Scott collection

George Bernard Shaw collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 279
Abstract:

The collection consists primarily of letters from Shaw to various correspondents, including Ford Madox Ford, Archibald Henderson, and the firm of T. Fisher Unwin; and writings by Shaw, including an annotated typescript of Arms and the Man and a draft of the Prologue to Caesar and Cleopatra.

Dates: 1894-1947
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > George Bernard Shaw collection

William Makepeace Thackeray collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1101
Abstract: 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,...
Dates: 1846-1912
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > William Makepeace Thackeray collection