Research Catalog

Title

Charlotte Brontë papers.

Author

Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855

Publication

1829-1990s, bulk 1829 - 1859.

Supplementary Content

Finding aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865
• Heger, Constantin-Georges, 1809-1896
• Nussey, Ellen

Description

1.86 linear feet (7 boxes)

Summary

Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) was an English writer, poet, and the sister of Patrick Branwell, Emily, and Anne Brontë. Her papers, dating from 1829 to the 1990s, consist of holograph letters, poems, stories, and writing exercises; a painting; a travel writing desk; writing instruments, objects, and ephemera found in the desk; and artifacts associated with Brontë and her family.

Subjects

• Authors, English > 19th century
• Poets
• Authors
• Watercolors
• Manuscripts for publication
• Manuscripts (documents)
• Correspondence
• Artifacts (object genre)
• England > Social life and customs > 19th century
• Women authors, English
• Short stories, English
• English poetry > 19th century
• English poetry > Manuscripts
• Authors, English > 19th century > Correspodence
• Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
• Nicholls, Arthur Bell, 1819-1906
• Brontë, Patrick Branwell, 1817-1848
• Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848
• Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849
• Brontë, Patrick, 1777-1861

Genre/Form

• Artifacts (object genre)
• Correspondence.
• Manuscripts (documents)
• Manuscripts for publication.
• Watercolors.

Source (note)

• Gift of Albert A. Berg in 1940 and 1941. Shoe gift of G. H. Montague in 1961. Acquisition information for wallpaper samples, fabric pieces, a wooden box addressed to Mrs. Peter Callier, and a December 1848 holograph letter to Ellen Nussey is unknown.

Provenance (note)

• The holograph letters, poems, stories, and writing exercises came from the W. T. H. Howe and Owen D. Young collections. The Howe collection was purchased by Albert A. Berg in 1940. The Owen D. Young collection was purchased by New York Public Library then reimbursed by Albert A. Berg in 1941.

Call Number

Berg Coll MSS 186119

OCLC

1343966342

Author

Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855, creator.

Title

Charlotte Brontë papers.

Production

1829-1990s, bulk 1829 - 1859.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Location of Other Archival Materials

Materials Separated from the Resource: Seven holograph letters are tipped-in various novels by Brontë or about Brontë's life. These books were separated and cataloged by Special Collections Cataloging.

Provenance

The holograph letters, poems, stories, and writing exercises came from the W. T. H. Howe and Owen D. Young collections. The Howe collection was purchased by Albert A. Berg in 1940. The Owen D. Young collection was purchased by New York Public Library then reimbursed by Albert A. Berg in 1941.

Source

Gift of Albert A. Berg in 1940 and 1941. Shoe gift of G. H. Montague in 1961. Acquisition information for wallpaper samples, fabric pieces, a wooden box addressed to Mrs. Peter Callier, and a December 1848 holograph letter to Ellen Nussey is unknown.

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Occupation

Authors.

Poets.

Added Author

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865, contributor.

Heger, Constantin-Georges, 1809-1896, contributor.

Nussey, Ellen, contributor.

Research Call Number

Berg Coll MSS 186119