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Letters (correspondence)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:

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

 Collection
Identifier: C65663
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.

Dates: 1647-1875 (bulk 1830-1875); Majority of material found within 1830 - 1875

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

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Identifier: C65437
Abstract Loose material removed from Collier's annotated copy of The history of English dramatic poetry ... (W.a.212-214). Includes letters and information from T.E. Tomlins, Thomas Richards, Frederick Devon, M.J. Thorpe, J. Harland, P. Bliss, Sir Frederick Madden, W.H. Black and N.H. Nicolas, and several other copies of documents, W.b.502. W.b.502 (18) and W.b.502 (19) cataloged separately. W.b.502 (3) bears the impression of a seal stated to be Donne's. W.b.502...
Dates: 19th century

Letters to John Payne Collier from various correspondents

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Identifier: C65586
Abstract

Letters to John Payne Collier from various correspondents, including some addressed to other recipients and forwarded to Collier. Letters refer to manuscript editing, editions of Collier's writing on Shakespeare and English Drama, and assorted events within membership ranks of literary and antiquarian societies.

Dates: 1799-1884

Collection of letters from members of the Este family of Modena and the Farnese family of Parma and Piacenza

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Identifier: E88443
Abstract

A collection of personal letters from 1592-1805 of the Este family of Modena and the Farnese family of Parma and Piacenza.

Dates: 1592-1805

Papers of the Ferrers Family of Tamworth Castle

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Identifier: F47836
Abstract

Family and official papers of the Ferrers family of Tamworth Castle dating from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century (mostly mid-sixteenth century to mid-seventeenth century) concerning the family's political, legal, financial, personal, and manorial affairs mostly in Derbyshire, Essex, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, and Warwickshire.

Dates: 1371-1806 (bulk 16th - 17th century); Majority of material found within 1500 - 1600

Guide to Letters and Papers by German Authors, 1777-1912

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Identifier: G47388
Abstract Letters and other documents from 68 authors, written almost exclusively in German and mostly pertaining to the works of Shakespeare. The items range in date from 1777-1912, although most of them fall within the nineteenth-century. More than three-quarters of the items are letters, many from the Augustin Daly collection. Also included are newspaper clippings, a short biography, an encomium, poetry and translations, a 21 folio typescript called “Nochmals Shakespeares Totenmaske” (along with...
Dates: 1777-1912

Papers of the Goodricke family of Ribston Hall, Nidderdale, Yorkshire

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Identifier: G66753
Abstract

Contains 28 letters and 11 documents relating to the careers of Sir John Goodricke, his son Sir Henry Goodricke and their family, spanning the reigns of Charles I through the ascension of William & Mary.

Dates: 1639?-1689

Scrapboxes of J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps

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Identifier: H35745
Abstract

Intended for inclusion in J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps' Shakespeareana scrapbook series (Folger MS W.b.201-256) mainly pertaining to Shakespeare's life, residences, friends, family, and literary predecessors. The scraps include: letters, printed book fragments, notes, clippings, prints, copies of accounts, maps, and photographs.

Dates: 19th century

Letters from Mary Hatton Helsby to various recipients

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Identifier: H38445
Abstract

The Letters of Mary Hatton Helsby consists of ten letters, 1651-1668 and thirteen newspaper clippings reproducing Hatton Helsby's correspondence, ca. 1900. The collection includes letters from both sides of the courtship between Mary Hatton Helsby and her eventual husband, Randolph Helsby, several containing commentary critical of both Royalist and Parliamentary factions.

Dates: 1651-1668

Manuscripts in the William Henderson collection of playbills, etc.

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Identifier: H46347
Abstract The William Henderson collection of playbills, etc. consists of varied materials (chiefly playbills) concerning music on the British stage, Shakespeare, stage adaptations of Waverley, and Scottish plays, assembled by the music printer and composer William Henderson. This finding aid describes only the manuscript content in the larger collection. The manuscript content includes numerous autograph letters of 19th century authors, poets, artists, composers,...
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1801-1889; approximately 1750-1889 (bulk 1801-1889)