Accessioned 1971-1988, except where noted.
Box 1
Ainley, Henry, 1915 July 16 - 1919 January 24, undated, 4 a.l.s., 1 a.n.s.
London, etc. To Florence Haydon (Mrs. Waugh).
Box 1
Bacon, Francis. Letterbook of state papers by Bacon and others, [circa 1630], 1 Volumes; [ca. 95 p.]. Bound in modern red morocco gilt by Elizabeth Greenhill; folio.
[England]. A 95 page letterbook of state papers by Sir Francis Bacon, including 26 letters by Bacon and 20 others, in three scribal hands. There are letters addressed to James I, Robert Cecil, Lords Northumberland and Southhampton, Sir Thomas Egerton, and many others. This letterbook is also available on microfilm (MN#2002-8004).
There is a contents lists available for this item here.
Box 1
Barnsley, Alan Gabriel, 1954 November 22 - 1961 May 2, 30 a.l.s., 1 a.l., 1 t.l.s., 1 a.p.c.s.
Maidstone, England. To Derek Stanford.
Box 1
Beerbohm, Max, 1935 October 10, a.l.s., 2 p.
[London]. To Ronald Storrs.
Box 1
Booth, Edwin, [No Year] January 17, a.l.s., 1 p.
London. To Wheldon Hepworth.
Box 1
Boswell, James, 1792 July 28, a.l.s., 2 p.
London. To George Colman, the younger.
Box 1
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. John Maxwell), undated, a.l.s., 4 p.
London. To Florence Haydon.
Box 1
Bradford, Gamaliel, 1926, 5 t.l.s.
Wellesley Hills, MA. To Jay Bradley.
2001 Addition
Box 1
Brathwaite, Richard, 1663 June 28, a.l.s., 1 p.
Warcop Manor. To Daniell Heminge.
Box 1
Broughton, Rhoda, [No Year], 3 a.l.s.
Box 1
Browning, Robert, 1884 December 10, a.l.s., 1p.
London. To Alfred Tennyson.
1991 Addition
Box 1
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, circa 1887, a.l.s., 1 p.
[Hartford]. To [Charles L. Webster]?
Box 1
Collins, Wilkie, 1857 October 5, a.l.s., 2p.
London. To Chrles Lahune.
1990 Addition
Box 1
Collins, Wilkie, 1861 April 17, a.l.s., 3 p.
London. To Edward Walford.
Box 1
Collins, Wilkie, 1872 July 3, a.l.s., 3 p.
London. To George Bentley.
Box 1
Collins, Wilkie, 1879 May 28, a.l.s., 3p.
[London]. To Mrs. Sikes.
1996 Addition
Box 1
Conrad, Joseph, 1922 August 18, a.l.s., 2 p.
Bishopsbourne. To Thomas Edward Lawrence.
Box 1
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1831 November 15, a.l.s., 2 p.
Paris. To William B. Sprague.
Box 1
Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock, 1982 September 29, a.l.s., 2p.
Box 1
Douglas, Norman, 1921 December 21, a.l.s., 1 p.
Florence. To Douglas Goldring.
Box 1
du Maurier, George, 1895 September 22, a.l.s., 3 p.
London. To Thomas Armstrong.
Box 1
Forbes-Robertson, Sir Johnston, 1885 February 12, a.l.s., 1 p.
Box 1
Forster, Edward Morgan, 1914 January 10 - 1930 August 13, 2 a.l.s.
Box 1
Forster, Edward Morgan, 1908 November 21, a.l.s., 2 p.
Weybridge. To D.V. Appleton & Co.
Box 1
Forster, Edward Morgan, undated, a.l.s., 1 p.
Cambridge. To Iwar Gilkin.
Box 1
Forster, Edward Morgan, 1924 November 7 - 1926 November 17, 3 a.l.s.
Weybridge, etc. To D. Goldring.
Box 1
Forster, Edward Morgan, 1964 July 13-31, 2 a.l.s.
Box 1
Forster, Edward Morgan, 1936-1937, 3 a.l.s.
To Siedfried Sassoon.
1994 Addition
Box 1
Galsworthy, John, 1883 January 2 - 1907 October 17, 1 ms.l.s. (copy), 1 a.p.c.s.
London, etc. To F. Haydon.
Box 1
Galsworthy, John, 1917 March 28, a.l.s., 1 p.
London. To Stewart Headlam.
Box 1
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1862 February 7, a.l.s., 6 p.
[Manchester, England]. To Ed., Daily News.
Volume Gissing Letters
Gissing, George, 1887 November 25 - 1891 August 7, 2 a.l.s.
London and Exeter. To James Payne. There are photocopies of the letters available in Box 1.
Volume Gissing Letters
Gissing, George, 1895-1896, 5 a.l.s.
Epsom, Surrey. To Algernon Gissing. There are photocopies of the letters available in Box 1.
Box 1
Glasgow, Ellen, 1900 December 8, a.l.s., 3 p.
Richmond, Virginia. To Ed., "The Century"
Box 1
Glasgow, Ellen, 1900 February 17, a.l.s., 7 p.
Richmond. To Robert Underwood Johnson.
Box 1
Glasgow, Ellen, 1934 May 19, t.l.s., 2p.
Richmond. To Gorham B. Munson.
Box 1
Grand, Sarah (Frances Elizabeth McFall), 1893-1901, 12 a.l.s.
Box 1
Green, Anna Katharine (Mrs. C. R.), 1894 December 9, undated, 2 a.l.s.
[Buffalo]? To Mrs. Satterfield.
Box 1
Grey, Elizabeth Caroline, [circa 1844-1849], 1 a.l.s. and 2 a.l.
v.p. To John Philippart (1784?-1884). Includes draft of Philippart's reply to Grey's letter [1849].
1993 Addition
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Hackham-Irving, Mabel, 1906 October 6, a.l.s., 2 p.
Box 1
Haggard, H. Rider, 1889-1903, 1 ms.l.s. and 1 t.l.s.
Box 1
Hardy,Thomas, 1906 August 30, a.l.s., 2 p.
London. To H. W. Nevinson.
Box 1
Hawkins, Anthony Hope, 1900 January 4, a.l.s., 1 p.
Box 1
Holmes, O. W., [1886] November 26, a.l.s., 1 p.
Box 1
Howells, William Dean, 1901 February 4, a.l.s., 1 p.
New York. To Mrs. Machin.
Box 1
[Hughes, Richard]?, 1920 November 15, a.l.s., 4 p.
Box 1
Hughes,Thomas, 1893 June 18, a.l.s., 3 p.
Box 1
Hughes,Thomas, 1895 December 9, a.l.s., 4 p.
Chester. To Prof. [C. E. Norton].
Box 1
Irving, Henry, [No Year] July 2, a.l.s., 1 p.
Box 1
Jeffers, Robinson, 1939 May 13, a.l.s., 1 p.
Carmel. To G. Wilson Knight. Also available on microfilm; see MN# 92-2100.
Box 1
Jeffers, Una (Mrs. R.), 1938 August 12, a.p.c.s.
Carmel. To C. Schoonover. Also available on microfilm; see MN# 92-2100.
Box 1
Jerome, Jerome Klapka, [circa 1889]?, a.l.s., 2 p.
Box 2
Kean, Ellen Tree (Mrs. C. J.), [No Year] February 21, a.l.s., 4 p.
Box 2
Kean, Ellen Tree (Mrs. C. J.), 1854 December 25, a.l.s., 4 p.
Box 2
Kemble, Frances Anne, [No Year] Sunday, 6th, a.l.s., 2 p.
[London]. To [F. Haydon]? Also available on microfilm; see MN# 97-2020.
Box 2
Kingley, Charles, 1849 April 26, a.l.s., 4 p.
Lynmouth, UK. To Thomas Carlyle. With envelope and typed transcript of the letter.
1989 Addition
Box 2
Kipling, Rudyard, 1899 October 27, a.l.s., 1 p.
Rottingdean. To R. W. Gilder. Also available on microfilm; see MN# 3293-4 .
Box 2
Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, 1857 February 24, a.l.s., 3 p.
Box 2
Leonard, William Ellery, 1917 March 24, a.l.s., 4 p.
Box 2
Lever, Charles, undated, a.l.s., 1 p.
[London]. To Henry Coburn.
Box 2
Lindsay, Vachel, 1913 December 23, a.l.s., 5p.
Springfield, IL. To Henry Blake Fuller.
2001 Addition
Box 2
Loraine, Robert, [No Year] November 6, a.l.s., 1 p.
Box 2
Lover, Samuel, 1845 January 17, a.l.s., 3 p.
London. To Miss Robertson.
Box 2
Lucas, Edward Verrall, undated, a.l.s., 1 p.
Box 2
Macaulay, T. B., [1830] October 25, a.l.s., 3 p.
London. To [H. P. Brougham]?
Box 2
Macaulay, T. B., 1839 March 8, a.l.s., 4 p.
Box 2
Macaulay, T. B., 1852 January 28, a.l.s., 3 p.
Box 2
Macaulay, T. B., 1855 January 16, a.l.s., 2 p.
London. To [Joshua Bates]
Box 2
Mallock, William Hurrell, [1886?], 13 a.l.s.
To Swam Sonnenschein, Lowrey, &Co.
2001 Addition
Box 2
Maugham, W.Somerset, undated, a.n.s.
Box 2
Maugham, W.Somerset, undated, a.n.s.
Cap Ferrat. To Mr. Staude.
Box 2
Maugham, W.Somerset, [1915] August 10, a.l.s., 1 p.
Cap Ferrat. To Jack Harris Samuels.
Box 2
McNeile, H.C., [1922] July 30, a.l.s., 6 p.
[London]. To George Henry Doran. Re: his Bulldog Drummond stories.
1999 Addition
Box 2
Meredith, George, 1868 October 15, a.l.s., 4 p.
Box 2
Osborne, John, 1957 May 18, t.p.c.s.
Box 2
Owen, Richard, 1856 January 2, a.l.s., 3 p.
London. To [W]? Hepworth.
Box 2
Owen, Richard, 1866 September 9 - 1885 January 22, 2 a.l.s.
London. To Mrs. Hepworth.
Box 2
Page, Thomas Nelson, 1909 October 20, a.l.s., 1 p.
Southborough. To Charles Belmont Davis.
Box 2
Palgrave, Francis Turner (1824-1897), 1867 June 11, a.l.s., 4 p.
London. To Jean Ingelow.
1990 Addition
Box 2
Phillpotts, Eden, 1895 June 1, a.l.s., 3 p.
Ealing. To [Lillian]? Waugh.
Box 2
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1799 April 16, a.l.s., 3 p.
Brynbella. To James Robson.
Box 2
Porter, Jane, a.l.s., 4 p.
Box 2
Preston, Kerrison, 1950 December 19, t.l.s., 2p.; encl.
Bournemouth. To Hesketh Pearson.
Box 2
Prokosch, Frederic, 1942 March 6 - December 21, 1 a.n.s.,1 p.c.s.
New York. To Oscar Williams.
Box 2
Reade, Charles, [No Year] March 28, a.l.s., 3 p.
Box 2
Reid, Mayne, 1846 September 1, a.l.s., 4 p.
New York. To Abner Read.
1992 Addition
Box 2
Russell, William Clark, 1874 November 19, a.l.s., 2 p,
Ramsgate, UK. To William Tinsley.
1989 Addition
Box 2
Sanborn, Ralph, 1937 April 21, a.l.s., 2 p.
[Boston]. To A. B. Hanson, Jr.
Box 2
Sandburg, Carl, [1947 April 17], t.l.s., 1p. encl.
Flat Rock. To John Valentine.
Box 2
Scott, Hugh Stowell, 1894 October 24, a.l.s., 2 p.
Merstham, Surrey. To Henry Rider Haggard.
Box 2
Shaw, G. B., 1886 October 18, a.l.s., 4 p.
Box 2
Shaw, G. B., 1898 December 30, a.l.s., 2 p.
Haslemere. To Ellen Terry.
Box 2
Shaw, G. B., 1899 October 22 - 1905 June 7, 1 a.l.s., 2 ms.l.s.
Box 2
Shaw, G. B., 1928 June 15, a.p.c.s.; photo, on verso
Box 2
[Sheridan, Elizabeth A. L., Mrs. R. B.], [circa 1790], a.l., 8 p.
[Bath]. To [R. B. Sheridan].
Box 2
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, undated, a.l.s., 1 p.
[London]. To Lord Broughton.
Box 2
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1772 December 8 - 1773 February 24, 3 a.l.s.
Waltham Abbey, etc. To Thos. Grenville.
Box 2
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, [1813?] June 25, a.l.s., 1 p.
[London]. To C. Ward.
1992 Addition
Box 2
Sitwell, Edith, 1943 June 21-25, 2 a.l.s.
Eckington. To William Maxwell.
Box 2
Smith, Logan P., 1926 June 23 - 1927 July 6, 1 a.l.a., 1 a.n.s.
London. To Vincent Starret.
Box 2
Somerville, Edith Anna Œnone, 1888 December 2, a.l.s., 4 p.
Skibareen. To R. Bentley.
Box 2
Sutro, Alfred, 1918 January 23 - May 2, 3 a.n.s.
Box 2
Tennyson, Alfred, 1868 April 28, a.l.s., 1 p.
Box 2
Terriss, William, undated, a.l.s., 1 p.
Box 2
Terry, Ellen, undated, a.l.s., 2 p.
Box 2
Terry, Ellen, 1904 November 14, a.l.s., 4 p.; encl.
Box 2
Terry, Ellen, 1866 July 27, a.l.s., 4 p.
Sandown Bay, UK. To Tom Taylor.
1999 Addition
Box 2
Thackeray,William Makepeace, 1855 August 6, a.l.s., 1 p.
[London]. To Payne.
2001 Addition
Box 2
Thomas, Brandon, 1895 December 3, a.l.s., 3 p.
Box 2
Thomas, Caitlain (Mrs. Dylan), 1950 December 14 - 1951 January 10, 2 a.l.s.
Box 2
Trollope, Anthony, undated, a.n.s.
Box 2
Trollope, Anthony, 1863 September 9 - 1871 April 1, 2 a.l.s.
Waltham Cross. To [J] Chapman.
Box 2
Trollope, Anthony, 1860 December 9, a.l.s., 1 p.
Waltham Cross. To Mrs. Mary Christie.
Box 2
Trollope, Anthony, 1862 May 19, a.l.s., 2 p.
Waltham Cross. To James Thomas Fields.
Box 2
Trollope, Anthony, 1878 December 8, a.l.s., 4 p.
Box 2
Trollope, Anthony, 1865 October 31, a.l.s., 5 p.
Waltham Cross. To [A. J. Manby].
Box 2
Trollope, Anthony, 1878 January 12 - October 21, 3 a.l.s.
London. To William Smith.
Box 2
Trollope, Anthony, 1874 February 23, a.l.s., 3 p.
London. To [Edward Everett Hale]. Hale, Edward Everett. [Boston], 1874 March 9; To Anthony Trollope; ms.
l.s., 1 p. (copy of Hale's reply to the above).
Box 2
Trollope, Anthony, 1868. February 23, a.l.s., 4 p.
Waltham Cross. To Sir Thomas Foxwell Buxton.
1990 Addition
Box 2
Trollope, Frances, [No Year] May 6, a.l.s., 3 p.
Bideford. To Mary Russell Mitford.
Box 2
Ure, Mary, 1957 February 13, t.p.c.s.
Box 2
Walpole, Hugh, 1928 December 6, a.l.s., 2 p.
Box 2
Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold (Mrs. H.), 1888 March 7, a.l.s., 3 p.
[London]. To M. W. Gropper.
Box 2
Waugh, Evelyn, 1952 October 3 - 1954 July 15, undated, 5 a.p.c.s.
Piers Court. To Graham Ackroyd.
Box 2
Wilder, Thornton, 1938 July 1, a.p.c.s.
New Haven. To A. B. Hanson, Jr.
Box 2
Wood, Mrs. Ellen, 1877 August 6 - 1879 January 28, 2 a.l.s.
London. To W. J. Birtles.
Box 2
Wood, Ellen Price (Mrs. Henry), 1875 April 13, a.l.s., 1 p.
London. To William R. Dorlan.
Box 2
Wordsworth, William, 1844. September 10, a.l.s., 3 p.
Rydal, UK. To Henry Wiliam Faber.
1992 Addition
Box 2
Yates, Edmund Hodgson, 1882 January 11, a.l.s., 1 p.
Box 2
Yonge, Charlotte M., [circa 1864] June 23, a.l.s., 2 p.
Box 2
Yonge, Charlotte M., [No Year] August 9, a.l.s., 4p.
Elderfield, UK. To Fanny,
2001 Addition
Box 3
[Beerbohm, Max]. "A.P. Herbert", undated, pencil sketch
Box 3
[Beerbohm, Max]. "A luncheon", [1946], a.ms., 1 p .
Box 3
[Beerbohm, Max]. "The story of the small boy and the barley sugar", [1897], a.ms.s., 12 p.
Box 3
Bennett, Arnold. "Books and persons", 1928 November 4 - 1929 March 14, 2 a.ms.s.
Volume Bennett Mr. Prohack
Bennett, Arnold. Mr. Prohack, 1921 June 16, a.ms., 335 p.
Volume Bennett Muscovy Ducks
Bennett, Arnold. Muscovy Ducks
Original manuscript, inscribed.
Volume Bowen
Bowen, Elizabeth. "The unromantic princess", [193-], a.ms.s., 17p.
n.p. Story. Author's original manuscript.
Box 3
Bradford, Gamaliel. "A Harp and a Crown", [1926 June], 1 t.ms., 1 p.
Volume Burroughs
Burroughs, John. "Literary Values", a.ms.s., 54p.
Essay. Original manuscript.
1999 Addition
Volume Cannan
Cannan, Joanna. Autograph book, 1909 February - 1915 November, v.ms.n. and s., 20 p.
[Oxford]. Various inscriptions, poems, and signature, including Kipling and Younghusband.
Box 3
Collins, Wilkie. Photograph
Volume Compton-Burnett
Compton-Burnett, Ivy. Elders and Betters, 1943 April 27, t.ms., 409 p.
London. Novel. Corrected typescript.
Volume Coppard
Coppard, Alfred E. "Jove's nectar", 1936 June 14, a.ms.s., 14 p.
n.p. Story. Original Manuscript.
Box 3
[Corvo, F.R., Baron]. [Chronicles of the House of Borgia], undated, a.ms., 1 p.
n.p. Historical background material for the book.
Volume Art Collection
Cruikshank, George. Drawings, undated, 1 Volumes
n.p. 20 pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor
drawings; 7 are signed. Various sizes, 7" x 2" to 14-1/2" x 8-3/4". Inlaid and bound into full blue levant morocco volume, gilt edges, by H. Zucker. This item is shelved with the Art Collection in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
Box 3
Day Lewis, Cecil. "The dramatic monologue", 1954, a.ms.s., 1, 24 p.
Box 3
Dowling, Allan. "Bernard Shaw and St. John", [circa 1924], t.ms., 10 p.
Volume Firbank
Firbank, Ronald. The flower beneath the foot, [circa 1920-1921], 5 a. notebooks
n.p. Novel. Original manuscript notebooks.
Volume Forster
Forster, Edward Morgan. "Edward Carpenter", undated, a.ms.s., 10 p.
Box 3
Forster, Edward Morgan. "Foreward" to Collected Stories by Frank Sargeson, [circa 1964 July], a.ms., 1 p.
Box 3
Gissing, George. "His brother's keeper", [1893], a.ms.s., 6 p.
Volume Grand
Grand, Sarah (Frances Elizabeth McFall). The Heavenly Twins, 6 Volumes
Manuscript of novel. Volumes I-III are in six books.
1995 Addition
Box 3
Grey, ELizabeth Caroline. "A tale of horror or the Italian mother", [184-], a.ms.s, 44 p.
Short story, with her changes and corrections.
Additon 1993
Volume Herbert
Herbert, Alan Patrick. The water gipsies, 1930 March 9, a.ms.s., 1,265 p.
[London?]. Novel. Original author manuscript.
Volume Herbert t.ms.
Herbert, Alan Patrick. The water gipsies, 1930, t.ms.s., 488p. (carbon)
Volume Herbert Holy Deadlock
Herbert, Alan Patrick. Holy Deadlock, circa 1934, 3 Volumes; a.ms.s., ca. 935 p.
Box 3
Herbert, Alan Patrick. "Still live in hopes…", [1931 November], a.ms.s., 13 p.
[London?]. Includes Henry Charles Shelley to Sir Alan Patrick Herbert, London, 1931 October 26, t.l.s., 1 p. (2 t.p. encl.; with a.n.s. by Herbert added to the letter).
Box 3
Keeble, Lady L.M. "Bernard Shaw as I remember him", [circa 1927 August 26], t.ms., 7p.
[London]. News release. a.l.s. from G.B. Shaw to Roy Hopkins, 16 April 1927, 1 p.; encl.
Box 3
Lear, Edward. "There was an old man of Boulak", 1867 March 9, a.ms.s., 1 p.
Cairo. Limerick, with pen and ink sketch by the author.
Volume Lewis
Lewis, Matthew Gregory. Commonplace Book, 1 Volumes; a.ms.
Box 3
Longfellow, Henry W. " The arrow and the song", [1845]?, a.ms.s., 1 p.
Box 3
Loraine, Kobert. "Bernard Shaw as the actor sees him", [circa 1924], t.ms., 4 p.
Box 3
Lowell, Amy. "Alternatives", undated, a.ms.s., 1 p.
Volume Merrick
Merrick, Leonard. The Quaint Companions, a.ms.s., 313 p.
Original manuscript.
2001 Addition
Box 3
[Norris, Frank]. McTeague, 1899, a.ms., 1 p.
New York. From original book manscript.
Box 3
Prokosch, Frederic. "Among the caves", undated, t.ms.s., 1 p.
Box 3
Prokosch, Frederic. [Manuscript index of nearly 40 of Prokosch's poems, intended for a volume], undated, a.ms., 1 p.
Box 3
Prokosch, Frederic. Signed photograph
Box 3
Prokosch, Frederic. "Song: Christmas 1941", undated, t.ms.s., 1 p.
Box 3
Prokosch, Frederic. "Three songs from Portugal", undated, a.ms., 4 p.
Box 3
Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1670 September 16, ms.d.s., 1 p.
[London]. Appointment of William Fanshaw to King's Bedchamber.
Volume Rochester
Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of. "Upon Nothing", [1689?]
n.p., n.d. Upon nothing[,] a poem. By a person of honour. Wing R-1761 has imprint [London 1689?]. Peter Murray Hill gives 1679 as the date.
Bequest of Mollie Harris Samuels
Box 3
Rolfe, Frederick William. "The ossuary of the lagoon", [1913], a.ms.s., 18 p.
Venice. Rolfe, F.W. [Venice, 1913]; To [Horatio?] Brown; a.l., 1 p.
Volume Shaw
Shaw, George Bernard. Getting married, 1908 December 17, page proofs, 103 p.
[London]. With encl. Corrected proofs.
Box 3
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1818 March 9, p.d.s., 1 p.
London. Check, to "Self", s. by Shelley.
Volume Shorthouse
Shorthouse, Joseph Henry. Blanche, Lady Falaise, 3 Volumes; a.ms.s. [602 p.]
Box 3
Sitwell, Edith. "A song of the dust", [circa 1950], a.ms.s.. 6 p.
Box 3
[Smith, Logan Pearsall]. "The boating party", 1934 March 8, t.ms., 1, 8 p.
London. a.n. by author and a.n. by Cyril Connolly.
Box 3
[Smith, Logan Pearsall]. [Commonplace book], undated, a.ms., 95 p.
Box 3
Stampa, George Loraine
Box 3
Tomlinson, Henry Major. "Aspects of the novel by E. M. Forster", [circa 1927], t.ms.s., 5 p.
Box 3
Waugh, Florence Haydon. Autograph book, 1880 June - 1915 March, v.mss., 64 p.
London. Collection of letters and signatures.