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Algernon Charles Swinburne collection of papers

Title
  1. Algernon Charles Swinburne collection of papers, [1856]-1945 bulk (1866-1909).
Author
  1. Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909

Collection information

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Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320. See the finding aid for details.

FormatArchival MixAccessPermit neededCall numberBerg Coll MSS SwinburneItem locationSchwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

Details

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.
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  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
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