Research Catalog
Sir Leslie Stephen collection of papers
- Title
- Sir Leslie Stephen collection of papers, [1859]-1939.
- Author
- Stephen, Leslie, 1832-1904.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
Available Online
Details
- Additional Authors
- Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915.
- Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.
- Buchanan, Robert Williams, 1841-1901.
- Caine, Hall, 1853-1931.
- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879.
- Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907.
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
- De Vere, Aubrey, 1814-1902.
- Duckworth, Stella.
- Edgeworth, Francis Ysidro, 1845-1926.
- Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.
- Hunt, Alfred William, Mrs., 1831-1912.
- Hunt, William Holman, 1827-1910.
- Jackson, Maria Pattle.
- James, Henry, 1843-1916.
- Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891.
- Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908.
- Smith, George, 1824-1901.
- Stephen, Julia Duckworth, 1846-1895.
- Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson, Baron, 1852-1928.
- Whittaker, Thomas, 1856-1935.
- Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.
- Description
- 849 items.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence.
- Notebooks.
- Biography (note)
- Sir Leslie Stephen, the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, was an English literary editor, literary critic, essayist, and biographer.
- 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. Previous owners include Julia Prinsep Jackson Duckworth, Hugh Walpole, and Owen D. Young.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- Berg Coll MSS Stephen
- Author
- Stephen, Leslie, 1832-1904.
- Title
- Sir Leslie Stephen collection of papers, [1859]-1939.
- Summary
- This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, correspondence, a notebook for 1903 and 1904, and portraits. The manuscripts include essays, lists, and miscellaneous materials. The bulk of the collection consists of letters from the author, dating from [1859] to 1901, to Robert Browning, Sir Hall Caine, Moncure Conway, Thomas Hardy, Stella Duckworth Hills, Margaret Raine Hunt, Maria Pattle Jackson, Sir Leslie's wife Julia Prinsep Stephen, the literary agency T. Fisher Unwin, and others, as well as letters relating to the author, dating from 1862 to 1939, between various correspondents, including Julia Margaret Cameron, Aubrey Thomas De Vere, Thomas Hardy, William Holman Hunt, Maria Pattle Jackson, Virginia Woolf, and others. There are letters to Sir Leslie from Charles Francis Adams, Robert Williams Buchanan, Julia Margaret Cameron, Charles Darwin, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Henry James, James Russell Lowell, Charles Eliot Norton, George Smith, Baron Hallam Tennyson, Thomas Whittaker, and others, dating from 1866 to 1902.
- Biography
- Sir Leslie Stephen, the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, was an English literary editor, literary critic, essayist, and biographer.
- 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.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915.Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.Buchanan, Robert Williams, 1841-1901.Caine, Hall, 1853-1931.Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879.Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907.Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.De Vere, Aubrey, 1814-1902.Duckworth, Stella.Edgeworth, Francis Ysidro, 1845-1926.Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.Hunt, Alfred William, Mrs., 1831-1912.Hunt, William Holman, 1827-1910.Jackson, Maria Pattle.James, Henry, 1843-1916.Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891.Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908.Smith, George, 1824-1901.Stephen, Julia Duckworth, 1846-1895.Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson, Baron, 1852-1928.Whittaker, Thomas, 1856-1935.Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.Stephen, Julia Duckworth, 1846-1895. Former ownerWalpole, Hugh, Sir, 1884-1941. Former ownerYoung, Owen D., 1874- Former owner
- Research Call Number
- Berg Coll MSS Stephen