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Additional authors

1. Blagden, Isa, 1816-1873
2. Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
3. Browning, Robert Wiedemann Barrett, 1849-1912
4. Eckley, Sophia May
5. Fox, W. J. (William Johnson), 1786-1864
6. Hawthorne, Una, 1844-1877
7. Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859
8. Locker-Lampson, Frederick, 1821-1895
9. Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, 1803-1873
10. Moxon, Edward, 1801-1858
11. Ouida, 1839-1908
12. Orr, Sutherland, Mrs., 1828-1903
13. Simeon, John, Sir, 1756-1824
14. Stephen, Leslie, 1832-1904
15. Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909
16. Talfourd, Thomas Noon, 1795-1854
17. Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
18. Trollope, Thomas Adolphus, 1810-1892

Description

1. 81 items.

Summary

1. This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, correspondence, and a portrait photograph.

Subject

1. Browning, Robert, 1812-1889
2. Allingham, William, 1824-1889
3. Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873
4. Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 > The reader's Browning
5. Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 > Portraits
6. Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 > Pauline
7. Correspondence

Genre/Form

1. Correspondence.

Call number

1. Berg Coll MSS Browning, R

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Biography (note)

1. 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)

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 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)

1. Cataloged
2. Will microfilm;

Author

1. Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.

Title

1. Robert Browning collection of papers, [1835?]-1933 bulk ([1835?]-1889).

Restricted access

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

Biography

1. 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

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 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

1. Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

Local note

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

Processing action

1. Will microfilm; 20080603

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Blagden, Isa, 1816-1873.
2. Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861.
3. Browning, Robert Wiedemann Barrett, 1849-1912.
4. Eckley, Sophia May.
5. Fox, W. J. (William Johnson), 1786-1864.
6. Hawthorne, Una, 1844-1877.
7. Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859.
8. Locker-Lampson, Frederick, 1821-1895.
9. Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, 1803-1873.
10. Moxon, Edward, 1801-1858.
11. Ouida, 1839-1908.
12. Orr, Sutherland, Mrs., 1828-1903.
13. Simeon, John, Sir, 1756-1824.
14. Stephen, Leslie, 1832-1904.
15. Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909.
16. Talfourd, Thomas Noon, 1795-1854.
17. Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
18. Trollope, Thomas Adolphus, 1810-1892.
19. Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup) Former owner
20. Smith, Harry B. (Harry Bache), 1860-1936, former owner.
21. Terry, Roderick, 1849-1933. Former owner
22. Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964. Former owner
23. Young, Owen D., 1874- Former owner

Research call number

1. Berg Coll MSS Browning, R [Text]
2. *Z-10341 [Microfilm]