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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Collection
The Abinger Papers
Correspondence and papers of the Godwin and Shelley families, chiefly William Godwin (1756-1836), philosopher and author; with the correspondence and papers of his family, including his wife, the novelist and essayist Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97); daughter, the author Mary Shelley (1797-1851); her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822); and Mary and Percy Bysshe Shelley's son Sir Percy Florence Shelley (1819-89), and his wife, Jane, Lady Shelley (d. 1899)
Extents: 206 shelfmarks
Dates: 1780-1937
Collection
Archive of Flora Shaw, Lady Lugard
Archive of Flora Shaw, Lady Lugard (1852-1929), journalist and author.
Extents: 1.35 Linear metres (43 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1847-1945
Collection
Archive of William Beckford
Papers of William Beckford (1760-1844), author
Extents: 17.6 Linear metres (176 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1515-19th cent., n.d.
Collection
Beddoes and Edgeworth Family Papers
The Boddoes and Edgeworth papers consist of papers of Dr. Thomas Beddoes, including lectures, notes, correspondence and family papers; papers relating to Maria Edgeworth and Thomas Lovell Beddoes; family trees; and a photograph album.
Extents: 4 shelfmarks
Dates: 18th-19th cent.
Collection
Essays Relating to W.H. White
Papers relating to W.H. White consisting of:
Typescript essays concerning W.H. White, 'Mark Rutherford', by his second son J.H. White
'Notes', 1931,
Extracts from Rutherford's letters to J.H. White and his wife, 1880-1912
'Notes' concerning Rutherford's correspondence with Thomas Hutchinson
Extents: 3 shelfmarks
Dates: 1880-1931
Collection
Letters Collected by William Upcott
Letters of antiquaries, topographical writers and heralds, collected by William Upcott and arranged alphabetically in four volumes, A-C, D-K, L-P, R-Y, in 1835. Many of the letters are addressed to publishers and booksellers. The collection includes 70 engraved portraits and many printed proposals to publish antiquarian and topographical works.
Extents: 4 shelfmarks
Dates: 17th-19th century
Collection
Letters from Walter de la Mare to Martin Christopher Johnson
Letters from Walter de la Mare to Martin Christopher Johnson, 1940-55.
Extents: 0.2 Linear metres (2 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1940-55
Collection
Memoirs of F.H.H. Guillemard
Typescript memoirs to 1891 of F.H.H. Guillemard, entitled 'The years that the locusts have eaten', with printed preliminary pages, illustrated with photographs, compiled c. 1922-1932.
Extents: 7 shelfmarks
Dates: [c. 1922-1932]
Collection
Papers of A. Maud Bodkin
Papers of A. Maud Bodkin, consisting of:
Letters and papers
Typescript articles and essays
Commonplace book
Extents: 3 shelfmarks
Dates: 1928-1967
Collection
Papers of Annette M.B. Meakin
Two albums of letters and papers of Annette M.B. Meakin, mainly relating to her published works and lectures.
Extents: 2 shelfmarks
Dates: 1920-38
Collection
Papers of Ivy Scott-Rogers
Papers of Ivy Scott-Rogers
Extents: 0.11 linear metres (2 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1894-1970
Collection
Papers of 'Michael Field'
Papers of 'Michael Field', arranged into five groups:
Correspondence of 'Michael Field', 1867-1926
Drafts, manuscripts and proofs of their plays, a few in prose (which are unpublished), the majority in verse, c. 1874-1918
Drafts and manuscripts of their verse, 1861-1912
Miscellaneous papers, mainly of personal and biographical interest, 1832-1924
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Extents: 195 shelfmarks
Dates: 1832-1970
Collection
Papers of Robert Ross and Vyvyan Holland relating to the Literary Estate of Oscar Wilde
Papers relating to the administration of the literary estate of the poet and playwright Oscar Wilde (1854-1900).
Extents: 1.35 Linear meters (9 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1890-1936
Collection
Papers of T.E. Lawrence and A.W. Lawrence
Papers of T.E. Lawrence, with some related material c.1894-1970, and the correspondence and papers of A.W. Lawrence relating to his brother T.E. Lawrence, 1917-85
Extents: 6.6 Linear metres (62 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: c.1894-1985
Collection
Papers of W.F. Tillotson's Fiction Bureau
Two volumes of agreements between W.F. Tillotson's fiction bureau of Bolton, Lancashire, and various authors.
Extents: 2 shelfmarks
Dates: 1880-94
Collection
Papers of William Beckford, 1787-1811
The papers consist of correspondence, a commonplace book and an agreement for the purchase by Beckford of a house in Lisbon. The papers relate to Beckford's affairs in Jamaica and Portugal.
Extents: 5 shelfmarks
Dates: 1787-1811
Collection
Shelley Manuscripts and Relics (additions)
Literary notebooks and papers, correspondence and other papers, portraits and relics of Percy and Mary Shelley, with further materials of their family and circle, including earlier and contemporary estate documents of the Shelley family and related families, and later secondary materials.
Extents: 82 shelfmarks and 37 objects
Dates: 1577-1992 (predominantly 18th-20th cent.)
Single Item
Joyce Cary's pencil sketches of illustrations for a limited edition of his novel, The Horse's Mouth (London, 1957)
Joyce Cary's pencil sketches of illustrations for a limited edition of his novel, The Horse's Mouth (London, 1957).
Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 179, fols. 18-25
Extents: 8 Leaves
Dates: 1957