Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865
2. Heger, Constantin-Georges, 1809-1896
3. Nussey, Ellen

Description

1. 1.86 linear feet (7 boxes)

Summary

1. Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) was an English writer, poet, and the sister of Patrick Branwell, Emily, and Anne Brontë. Her papers, dating from 1829 to the 1990s, consist of holograph letters, poems, stories, and writing exercises; a painting; a travel writing desk; writing instruments, objects, and ephemera found in the desk; and artifacts associated with Brontë and her family.

Subject

1. Authors, English > 19th century
2. Poets
3. Authors
4. Watercolors
5. Manuscripts for publication
6. Manuscripts (documents)
7. Correspondence
8. Artifacts (object genre)
9. England > Social life and customs > 19th century
10. Women authors, English
11. Short stories, English
12. English poetry > 19th century
13. English poetry > Manuscripts
14. Authors, English > 19th century > Correspodence
15. Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
16. Nicholls, Arthur Bell, 1819-1906
17. Brontë, Patrick Branwell, 1817-1848
18. Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848
19. Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849
20. Brontë, Patrick, 1777-1861

Genre/Form

1. Artifacts (object genre)
2. Correspondence.
3. Manuscripts (documents)
4. Manuscripts for publication.
5. Watercolors.

Call number

1. Berg Coll MSS 186119

Source (note)

1. Gift of Albert A. Berg in 1940 and 1941. Shoe gift of G. H. Montague in 1961. Acquisition information for wallpaper samples, fabric pieces, a wooden box addressed to Mrs. Peter Callier, and a December 1848 holograph letter to Ellen Nussey is unknown.

Provenance (note)

1. The holograph letters, poems, stories, and writing exercises came from the W. T. H. Howe and Owen D. Young collections. The Howe collection was purchased by Albert A. Berg in 1940. The Owen D. Young collection was purchased by New York Public Library then reimbursed by Albert A. Berg in 1941.

Author

1. Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855, creator.

Title

1. Charlotte Brontë papers.

Production

1. 1829-1990s, bulk 1829 - 1859.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Location of other archival materials

1. Materials Separated from the Resource: Seven holograph letters are tipped-in various novels by Brontë or about Brontë's life. These books were separated and cataloged by Special Collections Cataloging.

Provenance

1. The holograph letters, poems, stories, and writing exercises came from the W. T. H. Howe and Owen D. Young collections. The Howe collection was purchased by Albert A. Berg in 1940. The Owen D. Young collection was purchased by New York Public Library then reimbursed by Albert A. Berg in 1941.

Source

1. Gift of Albert A. Berg in 1940 and 1941. Shoe gift of G. H. Montague in 1961. Acquisition information for wallpaper samples, fabric pieces, a wooden box addressed to Mrs. Peter Callier, and a December 1848 holograph letter to Ellen Nussey is unknown.

Connect to:

1. Finding aid

Occupation

1. Authors.
2. Poets.

Added author

1. Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865, contributor.
2. Heger, Constantin-Georges, 1809-1896, contributor.
3. Nussey, Ellen, contributor.

Research call number

1. Berg Coll MSS 186119