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John Payne Collier collection of letters and papers, removed from An old man's diary [manuscript]

 Collection
Identifier: C65663

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the call numbers Y.d.341 (1-172).

Items collected by John Payne Collier. Includes autograph manuscripts by Collier himself, as well as letters addressed to Collier and others from John Allen, R.H. Barham (Thomas Ingoldsby), J.H. Barrow, George Bartley, William Lisle Bowles, the Earl of Ellesmere, H. Brougham, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Lady Maria Calcott, Thomas Campbell, Edwin Chadwick, I. Charles, A. Clifford, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George Colman, H.O. Coxe, Peter Cunningham, George Daniel, William George Spencer Cavendish (sixth duke of Devonshire), William Cavendish (7th duke of Devonshire), Charles Dickens, John Dickens, John Doran, Edward DuBois, Alexander Dyce, George Dyer, Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth, Henry Ellis, John Forster, Horace Howard Furness, Lord Glengall, William Harness, Anne Hatton, William Hone, H.L. Hunt, Leigh Hunt, Douglas Jerrold, Robert Jones, Charles Kean, Frances Maria Kelly, Charles Kemble, Frances Anne Kemble, John Mitchell Kemble, James Kenney, Sheridan Knowles, Charles Lamb, William Charles Macready, Samuel Roffey Maitland, James Mitford, Thomas Moore, E.H. Morris, John Munden, G.W. Nicholl, Caroline Norton, Thomas Norton, Frederic Ouvry, Joseph Paxton, Richard Brinsley Peake, Robert Peel, J.R. Planché´, John Poole, Angus B. Reach, John Hamilton Reynolds, Henry Crabb Robinson, Samuel Rogers, William Sandys, Sir Walter Scott, J. Small, Thomas Smyth, Robert Snow, John Stuart, Thomas Taylor, William Makepeace Thackeray, Ludwig Tieck, and Wiss.

Dates

  • 1647-1875 (bulk 1830-1875)
  • Majority of material found within 1830 - 1875

Creator

Availability

Collection is open for research.

Extent

172.0 items (3 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Items collected by John Payne Collier for An old man's diary. Removed from Collier's own annotated copy, cataloged as W.b.504-507. Includes autograph manuscripts by Collier himself, as well as letters addressed to Collier and others.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged mostly alphabetically by sender and chronologically within each name.

Provenance

Removed from Collier's own annotated copy, cataloged as W.b.504-507.

Related Materials

Autograph autobiography of John Payne Collier, 1880 (Folger MS M.a.230)

Autograph letters signed and initialled from John Payne Collier to various people, 1818-1882 (Folger MS Y.c.1055 (1-224))

John Payne Collier collection of letters and papers, removed from The history of English dramatic poetry to the time of Shakespeare, and Annals of the stage of the restoration, 19th century (Folger MS W.b.502 (1-22)-W.b.503 (1-130))

Letters to John Payne Collier from various correspondents, 1799-1884 (Folger MS Y.d.6 (1-231))

In addition to these Collier collections, letters to and from Collier appear in many collections throughout the Folger. These may be found under the name headings "Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883, recipient" and "Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883, correspondent."

Separated Materials

Additional loose material removed from W.b.504-507 has been cataloged as V.b.278.

Additional access

For the collection-level record, and / or to conduct additional research in the catalog, see https://catalog.folger.edu/record/191307 (Many items in this collection are also cataloged individually).

Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines: https://firstlines.folger.edu/

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the John Payne Collier Collection of Letters and Papers, removed from An old man's diary [manuscript], compiled ca. 1875 Folger MS Y.d.341 (1-172)
Status
Unverified Full Draft
Author
Finding aid prepared by Miranda Marraccini
Date
August 2011
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

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