Collection ID: LMC 2094
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Summary

Creator:
Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850
Abstract:
The Wordsworth mss., 1805-1948 consist of primarily correspondence from William Wordsworth, 1770-1850, to family members, friends, and colleagues.
Extent:
3 Boxes
Language:
Materials are in English .
Preferred citation:

[Item], Wordsworth mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Poet and author William Wordsworth was born on April 7, 1770 in Cockermouth, Cumberland, England. He began attending St. John's College, Cambridge the same year he published his first poem, in 1787, and he earned his B.A. in 1791. Along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Wordsworth is credited with originating the Romantic Age of English Literature with the joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798). He was England's Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850. Wordsworth's most famous work, The Prelude, was published posthumously in 1850.

Scope and Content:

Correspondents in the collection include: Beck, J. V. A.; Keble, John; Rix, Herbert; Wordsworth, Christopher; Wordsworth, Elizabeth; Wordsworth, Priscilla; Wordsworth, Susanna.

Also included in the collection are poems by William Wordsworth, a poem by his sister Dorothy Wordsworth, poems as tributes to Wordsworth, a memorandum book, notebooks, an anthology compiled by Sarah Hutchinson, and a photograph of Wordsworth's home at Rydal Mount

Note on Indexing Term - "Art": Of interest are ink sketches of cats on the verso of a letter dated August 6, 1872 in Wordsworth II and a photograph of a chalk drawing of Wordsworth in Wordsworth III.

Acquisition information:
Acquired: 1943-1986.
Processing information:

Processed by Staff.

Completed in 2013

Arrangement:

Items are arranged chronologically.

Physical location:
ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility) (Box 3); Lilly - Stacks

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is open for research.

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TERMS OF ACCESS:

Photography and digitization may be restricted for some collections. Copyright restrictions may apply. Before publishing, researchers are responsible for securing permission from all applicable rights holders, then filling out the Permission to Publish form.

PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item], Wordsworth mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
1200 East Seventh Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
(812) 855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu