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Additional authors

1. Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945
2. Bright, Henry Arthur, 1830-1884
3. Brown, Ford Madox, 1821-1893
4. Browning, Robert, 1812-1889
5. Chatto, Andrew, 1840-1913
6. Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922
7. Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883
8. Dorian, Tola, 1841-1918
9. Ford, Ford Madox, 1873-1939
10. Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928
11. Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903
12. Hodge, Harold, 1862-1937
13. Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon), 1812-1888
14. Locker-Lampson, Frederick, 1821-1895
15. Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953
16. Phillpotts, Eden, 1862-1960
17. Raffalovich, André, 1864-1934
18. Ritchie, Anne Thackeray, 1837-1919
19. Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
20. Shepherd, Richard Herne, 1842-1895
21. Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926
22. Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892
23. Venturi, Emilie Ashurst, -1893
24. Ward, Thomas Humphry, 1845-1926
25. Watts-Dunton, Theodore, 1832-1914

Description

1. 760 items.

Summary

1. This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, a typescript, correspondence, a notebook for 1856 through 1857, financial documents, and portraits. The manuscripts include poems, essays, fragments of plays, criticism, articles, and notes toward works. Also included are manuscripts copied in Swinburne's hand of works by S. T. Coleridge, Victor Hugo, and James Roxburgh MacClymont, as well as manuscripts relating to the author from Edward Thomas, Humbert Wolfe and others.
2. The correspondence includes letters, dating from [1859] to 1908, from Swinburne to Ford Madox Brown, Robert Browning, Andrew Chatto, Edmund Gosse, William Ernest Henley, Frederick Locker-Lampson, Ann Isabella Thackeray Ritchie, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Clement King Shorter, and others. There are also letters relating to the author, dating from [1874] to 1945, exchanged between various correspondents including Maurice Baring, Ford Madox Ford, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Theodore Watts-Dunton and others. There are letters to Swinburne from Henry Arthur Bright, T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, John Payne-Collier, Tola Dorian, Harold Hodge, Robert Gordon Latham, Eden Phillpotts, André Raffalovich, Richard Herne Shepherd, Alfred Tennyson, Emilie Ashurst Venturi, Thomas Humphry Ward, Theodore Watts-Dunton, and others, dating from 1859 to 1906.

Subject

1. Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909
2. Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909 -- Portraits

Genre/Form

1. Correspondence.
2. Notebooks.

Call number

1. Berg Coll MSS Swinburne

Language

1. English

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Biography (note)

1. Algernon Charles Swinburne was a British poet, novelist, dramatist, essayist, and literary critic.

Language (note)

1. Some manuscripts and correspondence in French.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

Provenance (note)

1. This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. Former owners include Clement King Shorter, Andrew Chatto, Walter Chrysler, A. Edward Newton, John L. Clawson, Jerome Kern, W. T. H. Howe, Owen D. Young, and Henry W. and Albert A. Berg.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged

Local note

1. Creation of collection-level record funded with the generous support of the Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.

Author

1. Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909.

Title

1. Algernon Charles Swinburne collection of papers, [1856]-1945 bulk (1866-1909).

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Berg Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. Algernon Charles Swinburne was a British poet, novelist, dramatist, essayist, and literary critic.

Provenance

1. This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. Former owners include Clement King Shorter, Andrew Chatto, Walter Chrysler, A. Edward Newton, John L. Clawson, Jerome Kern, W. T. H. Howe, Owen D. Young, and Henry W. and Albert A. Berg.

Indexes

1. Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945.
2. Bright, Henry Arthur, 1830-1884.
3. Brown, Ford Madox, 1821-1893.
4. Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.
5. Chatto, Andrew, 1840-1913.
6. Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922.
7. Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883.
8. Dorian, Tola, 1841-1918.
9. Ford, Ford Madox, 1873-1939.
10. Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928.
11. Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903.
12. Hodge, Harold, 1862-1937.
13. Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon), 1812-1888.
14. Locker-Lampson, Frederick, 1821-1895.
15. Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953.
16. Phillpotts, Eden, 1862-1960.
17. Raffalovich, André, 1864-1934.
18. Ritchie, Anne Thackeray, 1837-1919.
19. Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882.
20. Shepherd, Richard Herne, 1842-1895.
21. Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926.
22. Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892.
23. Venturi, Emilie Ashurst, -1893.
24. Ward, Thomas Humphry, 1845-1926.
25. Watts-Dunton, Theodore, 1832-1914.
26. Berg, Albert Ashton, 1872-1950. Former owner
27. Berg, Henry W., 1858-1938. Former owner
28. Chatto, Andrew, 1840-1913. Former owner
29. Chrysler, Walter P. (Walter Percy), 1909- Former owner
30. Clawson, John L. (John Lewis), 1865-1933. Former owner
31. Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup) Former owner
32. Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. Former owner
33. Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward), 1864-1940. Former owner
34. Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926. Former owner
35. Young, Owen D., 1874- Former owner

Research call number

1. Berg Coll MSS Swinburne