Coleman O. Parsons papers, 1716-1981

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Series I: Cataloged Correspondence



Box 1 Crockett, Samuel Rutherford, 1860-1914


Box 1 Colman, George, 1732-1794


Box 1 De Voto, Bernard


Box 1 Jeffrey, Francis Jeffrey, Lord, 1773-1850


Box 1 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912


Box 1 Montgomery, Robert, 1807-1855


Box 1 Rosse, Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of, d.1741


Box 1 Thomson, George, 1757-1851

Series II: Cataloged Manuscripts


Box 1 Bürger, Gottfried August, 1748-1794


Box 1 Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844


Box 1 Montgomery, James, 1771-1854


Box 1 Parsons, Coleman O.


Box 1 Parsons, June Lee.



Box 2 Powell, E I

Series III: Cataloged Objects



Box 13V Shared MS 1 Scott, Sir Walter. Lock of Sir Walter Scott's hair., [n.p.], [n.d.]

(In a sealed packet with note of authentification and letter related to its acquisition)

Series IV: Arranged Correspondence



Box 2 Correspondence, A-Z, [v.p.], [v.d.]

Series V: Arranged Manuscripts


Box 2 Plays, [v.p.], [v.d.]

[Many with Coleman Parson's notes.]


Box 2 George Colman the Elder Entertainment of Harlequin Teague, [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 2 George Colman the Elder. The Enraged Musician, [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 2 George Colman the Elder. The Genius of Nonsense, [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 2 George Colman the Elder. The Jealous Wife, [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 2 George Colman the Elder. Preludio, [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 2 George Colman the Elder. Prologues and Epilogues, [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 2 George Colman the Elder. The Separate Maintenance, [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 2 George Colman the Elder. Sheep Shearing, [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 2 George Colman the Elder. The Spanish Barber, [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 2 George Colman the Elder. The Spleen, [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 2 George Colman the Elder. The Suicide, [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 2 George Colman the Elder. Tit for Tat , [n.p.], [n.d.]



Box 3 Marshall, Elizabeth Saynor Poetry Album, [n.p.], [1849-1946], 72 leaves in, 1 volume


Box 3 Parsons, Coleman. Bibliography of eighteenth century plays and literature., [n.p.], [n.d.], ca. 150 index cards


Box 3 [?] "A Cool Dialogue between the Living and the Dead." , [n.p.], [n.d.]

[An unidentified ghost story.]


Box 3 Essays and Articles., [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 3 Lecture on Sir Walter Scott., [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 3 Lecture " " by an itinerant boarder speaker., [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 3 Notes and essays on Mark Twain., [n.p.], [n.d.], 3 folders


Box 3 Notes on the Aberdeen Journal., [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 3 Notes on the Coleman family., [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 3 Notes on Thomas Campbell., [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 3 Notes on William Chambers., [n.p.], [n.d.]



Box 4 Folder 1-19 Notes on Francis Colman, George Colman the Elder and George Colman the Younger, [n.p.], [n.d.], 19 folders



Box 5 Folder 20-36 Notes on Francis Colman, George Colman the Elder and George Colman the Younger., [n.p.], [n.d.], 16 folders



Box 6 Notes on Eighteenth century plays, [n.p.], [n.d.], 14 folders


Box 6 Notes on George (Gordon), Duke of Gordon, [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 6 Notes on George Hogarth, 1783-187, [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 6 Notes on Baron Lyndhurst, Lord Chancellor., [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 6 Notes on James Montgomery, 1771-1854., [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 6 Notes on Robert Montgomery, 1807-1855., [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 6 Notes on Julia Pardoe, 1806-1862., [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 6 Notes on Scottish folklore and poetry., [n.p.], [n.d.], 6 folders


Box 6 Notes on George Thomson, 1757-1851., [n.p.], [n.d.]



Box 7 Short stories, [n.p.], [n.d.], 3 folders


Box 7 "Studies in Eccentricity." , [n.p.], [n.d.], 11 folders


Box 7 Two notebooks detailing trans-Atlantic trips by an unidentified author., [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 7 Photocopies of letters and manuscripts. [v.p.], [v.p.], [n.d.]


Box 7 Photographs of Coleman Parsons, South Africa, [n.d.]

Series VI: Printed Materials


Box 7 Clippings relating to Mark Twain, [n.p.], [v.d.]


Box 7 Clippings (photographs of Mark Twain), [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 7 An Excerpt from the General Catalogue of Printed Books in the British Museum re. Daniel Defoe, England, 1953


Box 7 "Notes and Queries.", [n.p.], [n.d.]


Box 7 Offprint from "The Review of English Studies.", [n.p.], {n.d.]


Box 7 Photocopies., [n.p.], [n.d.], 3 folders


Box 7 Two Odes by George Colman the Elder, [n.p.], [n.d.]