Collection ID: LMC 1828
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Summary

Abstract:
The Petersen mss., 1781-1935, is a collection of letters from thirty-nine British writers to various friends and associates.
Extent:
6 Folders
Language:
Materials are in English .
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Scott Petersen, bookseller, assembled this collection of correspondence from 39 prominent 18th-20th century British authors.

Scope and Content:

The Petersen mss., 1781-1935, is a collection of letters from thirty-nine British writers to various friends and associates. Among the authors present are Christopher Anstey, F. Anstey, Clara Lucas Balfour, Shirley Brooks, Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, Sir Henry Channon, Lady Cynthia Crewe-Milnes Colville, Victoria Cross, Lady Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake, Margaret Scott Gatty (Mrs. Alfred Gatty), Samuel Carter Hall, Theodore Edward Hook; Baron Richard Monckton Milnes Houghton; William Jerdan, Richard Payne Knight, Mark Lemon, Sir Theodore Martin, Friedrich Max Müller; Alfred Harmsworth, Viscount Northcliffe; Caroline Sheridan Norton, Oliver Onions, Francis Turner Palgrave, John William Parker, Edward Hayes Plumptre, Adelaide Anne Procter, James Pycroft, Ernest Raymond, George Barnett Smith; Hallam Tennyson, Baron Tennyson; Henry Thompson, Edward Walford, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward (Mrs. Humphry Ward), and Harrison Weir. The collection is in chronological order except that Mrs. Humphry Ward's letter is in a separate folder accompanied by some printed items about her.

Acquisition information:
Purchase. Scott Petersen. Chicago, IL. 1994.
Physical location:
Lilly - Short

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

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PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item], Petersen 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