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Additional authors

1. Bartley, Harriet Elizabeth
2. Bentley, George, 1828-1895
3. Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871
4. Besant, Walter, Sir, 1836-1901
5. Caine, Hall, 1853-1931
6. Cunningham, Peter, 1816-1869
7. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
8. Lucas, Samuel, 1818-1868
9. Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876
10. Smith, George, 1824-1901
11. A. P. Watt and Son
12. A. P. Watt and Son. fmo

Description

1. 325 items.

Summary

1. This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, correspondence, a diary for 1867 and 1868, and legal documents.

Subject

1. Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889

Genre/Form

1. Correspondence.
2. Diaries.

Call number

1. Berg Coll MSS Collins

Biography (note)

1. Wilkie Collins was an English writer of short stories, biographies, and novels.

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. The bulk of the materials was formerly owned by W. T. H. Howe, the literary agency A. P. Watt & son, and Henry W. and Albert A. Berg. Other materials were previously owned by Oliver R. Barrett, Frederick Douglass Underwood, "The Lighthouse" contains a manuscript note: "This was given by Wilkie Collins to Emile Forgues his French translator, Leon Forgues gave it to me in 1866. [signed] H.L.E."; and inscribed on verso of p. 98 of an incomplete holograph of "Iris": "This manuscript came from the library of my father, Eugene Field. Nov. 9, 1931. Eugene Field II."

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged
2. Will microfilm;

Author

1. Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.

Title

1. Wilkie Collins collection of papers, 1849-1890.

Biography

1. Wilkie Collins was an English writer of short stories, biographies, and novels.

Provenance

1. This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. The bulk of the materials was formerly owned by W. T. H. Howe, the literary agency A. P. Watt & son, and Henry W. and Albert A. Berg. Other materials were previously owned by Oliver R. Barrett, Frederick Douglass Underwood, "The Lighthouse" contains a manuscript note: "This was given by Wilkie Collins to Emile Forgues his French translator, Leon Forgues gave it to me in 1866. [signed] H.L.E."; and inscribed on verso of p. 98 of an incomplete holograph of "Iris": "This manuscript came from the library of my father, Eugene Field. Nov. 9, 1931. Eugene Field II."

Indexes

1. Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

Processing action

1. Will microfilm; 20080603

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Bartley, Harriet Elizabeth.
2. Bentley, George, 1828-1895.
3. Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871.
4. Besant, Walter, Sir, 1836-1901.
5. Caine, Hall, 1853-1931.
6. Cunningham, Peter, 1816-1869.
7. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
8. Lucas, Samuel, 1818-1868.
9. Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876.
10. Smith, George, 1824-1901.
11. Barrett, Oliver R. (Oliver Roger), 1873-1950. Former owner
12. Berg, Albert Ashton, 1872-1950. Former owner
13. Berg, Henry W., 1858-1938. Former owner
14. Field, Eugene, 1850-1895. Former owner
15. Forgues, E. D. (Emile Daurand), 1813-1883. Former owner
16. Forgues, Leon. Former owner
17. Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup) Former owner
18. Underwood, Frederic Douglass. Former owner
19. A. P. Watt and Son.
20. A. P. Watt and Son. Former owner

Research call number

1. Berg Coll MSS Collins [Text]
2. *Z-10342 [Microfilm]