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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.
- Supplementary Content
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Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Box 1 | Mixed material | Request in advance | *Z-10338 Box 1 | Offsite | |
Box 2 | Mixed material | Request in advance | *Z-10338 Box 2 | Offsite | |
Box 3 | Mixed material | Request in advance | *Z-10338 Box 3 | Offsite | |
Box 4 | Mixed material | Request in advance | *Z-10338 Box 4 | Offsite | |
Box 5 | Mixed material | Request in advance | *Z-10338 Box 5 | Offsite | |
Box 6 | Mixed material | Request in advance | *Z-10338 Box 6 | Offsite | |
Box 7 | Mixed material | Request in advance | *Z-10338 Box 7 | Offsite | |
Box 8 | Mixed material | Request in advance | *Z-10338 Box 8 | Offsite | |
Box 9 | Mixed material | Request in advance | *Z-10338 Box 9 | Offsite | |
Box 10 | Mixed material | Request in advance | *Z-10338 Box 10 | Offsite | |
Box 11 | Mixed material | Request in advance | *Z-10338 Box 11 | Offsite | |
Box 12 | Mixed material | Request in advance | *Z-10338 Box 12 | Offsite | |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | Berg Coll MSS Browning, EB [Text] | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
Details
- 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
- Connect to:
- 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 ownerYoung, Owen D., 1874- Former ownerKern, Jerome, 1885-1945. Former ownerFletcher, Frank, 1870-1954. Former ownerMoulton-Barrett, Harry Peyton, 1862-1935. Former owner
- Research Call Number
- Berg Coll MSS Browning, EB [Text]*Z-10338 [Microfilm]