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Finding Aid for Matthew Arnold collection of papers, 1857-1888

Guide to the Matthew Arnold collection of papers,1857-1888

Berg Coll MSS Arnold
The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. New York Public Library. Room 320.
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New York, NY 10018-2788
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Processed by:
Staff
Date Completed:
2006
Encoded By:
Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider
Processed and encoded through a gift from Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.

©2006 The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. All rights reserved.

Table of Contents

Descriptive Summary Table of Contents

Title
Matthew Arnold collection of papers, 1857-1888
Creator
Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888.
Call Number
Berg Coll MSS Arnold
Size
15 items
Repository
The New York Public Library. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American LiteratureNew York, New York
Abstract
This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and correspondence to and from the author.

Administration Information Table of Contents

Source

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

Custodial History

Previous owners include W. T. H. Howe and Bliss Perry.

Access

Collection is restricted to qualified scholars and researchers through the Office of Special Collections, Room 316

Restrictions on Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

Biography Table of Contents

Matthew Arnold was an English literary critic, poet, and essayist.

Scope and Content Note Table of Contents

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and correspondence by the author. The manuscripts include poems, essays, and notes about the author by Louise De la Ramee, Randall Jarrell, and Louis MacNeice. The correspondence, dating from 1857 to 1888, includes letters from the author to John Duke Coleridge, Edmund Gosse, William D. O'Connor, Stanhope Sprigg, and others, as well a letter from William Douglas O'Connor to the author relating to Walt Whitman.

Series Descriptions Table of Contents

   
Correspondence Table of Contents
   
Incoming Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
O'Connor, William Douglas. Holograph copy of his letter to Arnold. Relates to Walt Whitman 1866 Oct. 14
corr. In
( 1 item )

Bliss Perry, Howe

   
Outgoing Table of Contents
Inserted in his: Literature and dogma. London, 1876     
Bird, Rev. Frederic M. ALS 1878 Mar. 18
corr. Out
( 1 item )

H.

Manuscript box     
Bishop, George Riker [?]. ALS 1884 Apr. 30
corr. Out
( 1 item )
Manuscript box     
[Buxton?], Sydney. ALS [n.y.] Aug. 23
corr. Out
( 1 item )
Manuscript box     
Coleridge, John Duke. 3 ALS. One undated 1884 Oct. 4; [n.y.] Mar. 23
corr. Out
( 3 items )
Inserted in: Arnold, Matthew. Alaric at Rome. Rugby, 1840. Copy 1     
Gosse, Edmund William. ALS 1888 Feb. 9
corr. Out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Macmillan, Alexander. ALS. Mentions Thomas Hughes' Tom Brown's schooldays 1857 Oct. 12
corr. Out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
O'Connor, W[illiam] D. ALS. Relates to Walt Whitman 1866 Sept. 16
corr. Out
( 1 item )

Bliss Perry, Howe

Manuscript box     
Sprigg, Stanhope. ALS 1871 June 14
corr. Out
( 1 item )
Manuscript box     
[--?], AL 1866 Mar. 23
corr. Out
( 3 p. )

Signature cut away

   
Manuscripts Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
De la Ramee, Louise. Mathew Arnold [sic] April 1888. Holograph poem n.d.
ms.
( 4 p. )

Signed with pseud. Ouida

Manuscript box     
Jarrell, Randall. [Notes on poems by William Shakespeare, John Keats and Matthew Arnold] Holograph. Several pages mutilated n.d.
ms.
( 20 p. )
Manuscript box     
MacNeice, Louis. Arnold and Pater. Holograph lecture notes with the author's signed ms. note n.d.
ms.
( 9 p. )

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