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Robert Browning collection of papers

Title
Robert Browning collection of papers, [1835?]-1933 bulk ([1835?]-1889).
Author
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.
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Box 1Mixed materialRequest in advance *Z-10341 Box 1Offsite
Box 2Mixed materialRequest in advance *Z-10341 Box 2Offsite
Box 3Mixed materialRequest in advance *Z-10341 Box 3Offsite
Mixed materialPermit needed Berg Coll MSS Browning, R [Text]Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Additional Authors
  • Blagden, Isa, 1816-1873.
  • Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861.
  • Browning, Robert Wiedemann Barrett, 1849-1912.
  • Eckley, Sophia May.
  • Fox, W. J. (William Johnson), 1786-1864.
  • Hawthorne, Una, 1844-1877.
  • Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859.
  • Locker-Lampson, Frederick, 1821-1895.
  • Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, 1803-1873.
  • Moxon, Edward, 1801-1858.
  • Ouida, 1839-1908.
  • Orr, Sutherland, Mrs., 1828-1903.
  • Simeon, John, Sir, 1756-1824.
  • Stephen, Leslie, 1832-1904.
  • Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909.
  • Talfourd, Thomas Noon, 1795-1854.
  • Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
  • Trollope, Thomas Adolphus, 1810-1892.
Description
81 items.
Summary
This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, correspondence, and a portrait photograph.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Correspondence.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Biography (note)
  • Robert Browning was a British poet. Born on May 7, 1812, Browning wrote his first major work,"Pauline: a fragment of a confession" at the age of twenty. He married Elizabeth Barrett in 1826 and with her encouragement went on to become one of the major Victorian poets.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.
Provenance (note)
  • 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 and Owen D. Young. Some of the materials came to the Berg Collection with the Moulton-Barrett papers. The holograph of "Epps" is accompanied by Roderick Terry's bookplate; De la Ramée's holograph poem by Carl Van Vechten's bookplate; and the a.l.s. to Edward Dowden and the a.l.s. to Leigh Hunt by Harry Bache Smith's bookplate.
Processing Action (note)
  • Cataloged
  • Will microfilm;
Call Number
Berg Coll MSS Browning, R
OCLC
NYPW04-A45
Author
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.
Title
Robert Browning collection of papers, [1835?]-1933 bulk ([1835?]-1889).
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Berg Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
Robert Browning was a British poet. Born on May 7, 1812, Browning wrote his first major work,"Pauline: a fragment of a confession" at the age of twenty. He married Elizabeth Barrett in 1826 and with her encouragement went on to become one of the major Victorian poets.
Provenance
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 and Owen D. Young. Some of the materials came to the Berg Collection with the Moulton-Barrett papers. The holograph of "Epps" is accompanied by Roderick Terry's bookplate; De la Ramée's holograph poem by Carl Van Vechten's bookplate; and the a.l.s. to Edward Dowden and the a.l.s. to Leigh Hunt by Harry Bache Smith's bookplate.
Indexes
Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.
Local Note
Creation of collection-level record funded with the generous support of the Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.
Processing Action
Will microfilm; 20080603
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Finding Aid
Added Author
Blagden, Isa, 1816-1873.
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861.
Browning, Robert Wiedemann Barrett, 1849-1912.
Eckley, Sophia May.
Fox, W. J. (William Johnson), 1786-1864.
Hawthorne, Una, 1844-1877.
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859.
Locker-Lampson, Frederick, 1821-1895.
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, 1803-1873.
Moxon, Edward, 1801-1858.
Ouida, 1839-1908.
Orr, Sutherland, Mrs., 1828-1903.
Simeon, John, Sir, 1756-1824.
Stephen, Leslie, 1832-1904.
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909.
Talfourd, Thomas Noon, 1795-1854.
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Trollope, Thomas Adolphus, 1810-1892.
Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup) Former owner
Smith, Harry Bache, 1860-1936. Former owner
Terry, Roderick, 1849-1933. Former owner
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964. Former owner
Young, Owen D., 1874- Former owner
Research Call Number
Berg Coll MSS Browning, R [Text]
*Z-10341 [Microfilm]
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