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Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Matthew Arnold collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 867
Abstract:

The Matthew Arnold Collection is a mixed-provenance collection of material by and related to Matthew Arnold, including family, personal and professional correspondence; diaries by Mary Penrose Arnold; letters from Frances Lucy Arnold to Arthur Galton; and a small quanitity of personal papers and manuscript items. Correspondents include Arthur Hugh Clough, James Thomas Knowles and George Smith.

Dates: 1825-1939, bulk 1850-1888
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Matthew Arnold collection

John Bruce collection

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 73
Abstract: Series I, Letters to John Bruce, consists almost entirely of business and professional letters addressed to him in his roles as Secretary of the Camden Society and editor of many of its early publications. Correspondents include Octavian Blewitt; Sir Robert Harry Inglis; William Jerdan; Macvey Napier; Julia Pardoe; and Thomas Joseph Pettigrew.Series II, Letters of Caroline Amelia Halsted, contains 35 letters from the popular historian to Bruce on the subjects of her royal biographies;...
Dates: 1835-1845
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > John Bruce collection

George MacDonald Collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 103
Abstract:

The George MacDonald Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, personal papers, and photographs relating to MacDonald's career and to the daily life of the MacDonald family.

Dates: (1822-1946)
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > George MacDonald Collection

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

Hester Lynch Piozzi collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 125
Abstract:

Contains letters from Piozzi to various people, including Thomas Cadell, William Augustus Conway, and Penelope Pennington; one letter from William Seward that is addressed to Henry Thrale but written to Piozzi; and a manuscript version of Piozzi's poem, "The Three Warnings."

Dates: 1776-1930
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hester Lynch Piozzi collection