Research Catalog

Title

George Eliot manuscript material, 1862-circa 1875.

Author

Eliot, George, 1819-1880.

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Details

Additional Authors

Hennell, Sara S

Description

7 items

Summary

• · Holograph notebook, "Hebraic studies & miscellaneous notes" : ca. 1875 : (MISC 0707) : 124 p. Shelved with bound manuscript materials.
• · Holograph notebook, "Miscellaneous Quotes" : no date : (MISC 0708) : 109 p. ; entries divided under various headings : p. 2, "Miscellaneous Quotations" ; p. 67, "Browneisms" ; p. 84, "Power of simple words" ; p. 86, "Fine pauses" ; p. 91, "From Walt Whitman" ; p. 98, "Rabbinical sayings" ; p. 104, "Fables." Shelved with bound manuscript materials.
• · Holograph notebook, "Präparation zum Pentateuch" : no date : (MISC 0709) : 4 p. within larger notebook (most pages blank). One holograph note is laid in, relating to Hebrew translations. Also laid in is a copy of a German (with Hebrew) edition of part of the Pentateuch, Genesis - Exodus 13:14 (Verlag von Wilhelm Violet, 1847). Shelved with bound manuscript materials.
• · Holograph notebook, "Oriental Memoranda, arranged alphabetically" : no date : (MISC 0710) : 41 p. within larger notebook (many pages blank). Newspaper clippings are mounted on the endpapers, and some are laid in. Shelved with bound manuscript materials.
• · Holograph notebook, "Miscellaneous Notes" : no date : (MISC 0711) : 114 p. ; within purple morocco clamshell box. Shelved with bound manuscript materials.
• · To Sara Hennell, friend and religious writer : 1 autograph letter signed "Pollian" : 14 Jul 1862 : (MISC 1299) : referring to Romola, and Mr. Leighton's illustrations.
• · To George Simpson, of Blackwood's, her publisher : 1 autograph letter signed "M Lewes" : 12 Mar 1874 : (MISC 3618) : on her desires for the production of Jubal and Other Poems.

Subjects

• Bible > Pentateuch
• Eliot, George, 1819-1880 > Correspondence
• Authors, English > 19th century > Correspondence

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

• Additional George Eliot manuscript material can be found in the following divisions of The New York Public Library: The Manuscripts and Archives Division; The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.

Biography (note)

• George Eliot (pseudonym of Marian Evans), English novelist.

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

183441747

Author

Eliot, George, 1819-1880.

Title

George Eliot manuscript material, 1862-circa 1875.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Additional George Eliot manuscript material can be found in the following divisions of The New York Public Library: The Manuscripts and Archives Division; The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.

Biography

George Eliot (pseudonym of Marian Evans), English novelist.

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Added Author

Hennell, Sara S, addressee.

Research Call Number

Pforz MS