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Elizabeth Barrett Browning collection of papers

Title
Elizabeth Barrett Browning collection of papers, 1764-[1973] bulk (1812-1883).
Author
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861.
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Mixed materialPermit needed Berg Coll MSS Browning, EB [Text]Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Additional Authors
  • Barrett, Arabella, -1868.
  • Barrett, George Goodin, 1816-1895.
  • Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.
  • Cook, Henrietta Barrett, -1860.
  • Forster, John, 1812-1876.
  • Fox, W. J. (William Johnson), 1786-1864.
  • Gow, Ronald, 1897-
  • Moulton-Barrett, Alfred Price Barrett.
  • Moulton-Barrett, Charles John.
  • Moulton-Barrett, Edward, 1785-1857.
  • Moulton-Barrett, Mary Graham-Clarke.
  • Moulton-Barrett, Samuel Barrett.
  • Moulton-Barrett, Septimus James Barrett.
  • Moxon, Edward, 1801-1858.
  • Westwood, T. (Thomas), 1814?-1888.
  • Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
  • Price, Robert, Sir.
  • Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
  • Stephen, Leslie, 1832-1904.
  • Story, William Wetmore, 1819-1895.
  • Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892.
  • Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
  • Trollope, Thomas Adolphus, 1810-1892.
  • Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850.
Description
609 items.
Summary
This is a synthetic collection that consists of manuscripts, a typescript, correspondence, diaries, notebooks, financial and legal documents, portraits, and pictorial works.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Correspondence.
  • Diaries.
  • Notebooks.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Biography (note)
  • Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet and translator. Born on March 6, 1806, Barrett Browning became proficient in Greek, Latin, French, and other European languages. At the age of eleven she wrote a verse "epic" in four books of rhyming couplets, "The Battle of Marathon," which was privately printed in 1820 at her father's expense. She went on to write such works as "An essay on mind," "Sonnets from the Portuguese," and "Aurora Leigh." In September of 1846, she secretly married the poet Robert Browning, and they moved to Italy, eventually settling in Florence, where she remained until her death in 1861.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.
Provenance (note)
  • This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. The bulk of the materials was formerly owned by W. T. H. Howe and Owen D. Young. Other items, including a holograph page of directions "To the printer" and the manuscript of corrections and additions to the "Brief Remarks on Hebrews ch. 1, v. 8" were previously owned by Jerome Kern. St. Basil's panegyrical oration on the martyr Gordius, translated by H. S. Boyd contains Frank Fletcher's bookplate. One notebook of the four holograph notebooks containing the author's poems is inscribed to the author by Mary [Minto?], June 22, 1840 and another is inscribed to her in an unidentified hand. Robert Browning's holograph note "God bless my own Ba" and William Wetmore Story's 6 letters to George Goodin Barrett Moulton-Barrett came with the Moulton-Barrett papers. The 113 letters from the author to her sister, Arabella Barrett Moulton-Barrett, were formerly owned by Colonel H. P. Moulton-Barrett.
Processing Action (note)
  • Cataloged
  • Will microfilm;
Call Number
Berg Coll MSS Browning, EB
OCLC
NYPW04-A3
Author
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861.
Title
Elizabeth Barrett Browning collection of papers, 1764-[1973] bulk (1812-1883).
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Berg Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet and translator. Born on March 6, 1806, Barrett Browning became proficient in Greek, Latin, French, and other European languages. At the age of eleven she wrote a verse "epic" in four books of rhyming couplets, "The Battle of Marathon," which was privately printed in 1820 at her father's expense. She went on to write such works as "An essay on mind," "Sonnets from the Portuguese," and "Aurora Leigh." In September of 1846, she secretly married the poet Robert Browning, and they moved to Italy, eventually settling in Florence, where she remained until her death in 1861.
Provenance
This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. The bulk of the materials was formerly owned by W. T. H. Howe and Owen D. Young. Other items, including a holograph page of directions "To the printer" and the manuscript of corrections and additions to the "Brief Remarks on Hebrews ch. 1, v. 8" were previously owned by Jerome Kern. St. Basil's panegyrical oration on the martyr Gordius, translated by H. S. Boyd contains Frank Fletcher's bookplate. One notebook of the four holograph notebooks containing the author's poems is inscribed to the author by Mary [Minto?], June 22, 1840 and another is inscribed to her in an unidentified hand. Robert Browning's holograph note "God bless my own Ba" and William Wetmore Story's 6 letters to George Goodin Barrett Moulton-Barrett came with the Moulton-Barrett papers. The 113 letters from the author to her sister, Arabella Barrett Moulton-Barrett, were formerly owned by Colonel H. P. Moulton-Barrett.
Indexes
Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.
Local Note
Creation of collection-level record funded with the generous support of the Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.
Processing Action
Will microfilm; 20080603
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Finding Aid
Added Author
Barrett, Arabella, -1868.
Barrett, George Goodin, 1816-1895.
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.
Cook, Henrietta Barrett, -1860.
Forster, John, 1812-1876.
Fox, W. J. (William Johnson), 1786-1864.
Gow, Ronald, 1897- Friendship of Mrs. Eckley.
Moulton-Barrett, Alfred Price Barrett.
Moulton-Barrett, Charles John.
Moulton-Barrett, Edward, 1785-1857.
Moulton-Barrett, Mary Graham-Clarke.
Moulton-Barrett, Samuel Barrett.
Moulton-Barrett, Septimus James Barrett.
Moxon, Edward, 1801-1858.
Westwood, T. (Thomas), 1814?-1888.
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
Price, Robert, Sir.
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Stephen, Leslie, 1832-1904.
Story, William Wetmore, 1819-1895.
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892.
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Trollope, Thomas Adolphus, 1810-1892.
Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850.
Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup) Former owner
Young, Owen D., 1874- Former owner
Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. Former owner
Fletcher, Frank, 1870-1954. Former owner
Moulton-Barrett, Harry Peyton, 1862-1935. Former owner
Research Call Number
Berg Coll MSS Browning, EB [Text]
*Z-10338 [Microfilm]
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