Biographical Note
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 Note
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.
Arrangement
Items are arranged chronologically.
Restrictions
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Indexed Terms
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Persons
- Keble, John, 1792-1866 --Correspondence.
- Wordsworth, Christopher, 1807-1885 --Correspondence.
- Wordsworth, Dorothy, 1771-1855.
- Wordsworth, Elizabeth Dame, 1840-1932--Correspondence.
- Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 --Correspondence.
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Subjects
- Art
- English Poetry
- Poets, English --19th century --Biography.
- Poets, English--20th century--Biography.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
[Item], Wordsworth mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Acquisition Information
Acquired: 1943-1986.
Processing Information
Processed by Staff.
Completed in 2013
Collection Inventory
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Wordsworth, William to Clarkson, Thomas. , Feb. 16, 1805
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Wordsworth, William to Scott, John. , Feb. 22, 1816
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Wordsworth, William to Chantry, F. L. , Nov. 8, 1820
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Wordsworth, William. Elegiac musings... Poem. , Nov. 1830
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Wordsworth, William to Macdonald, Lawrence. , Apr. 16, 1831
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Wordsworth, William to Quillinan, E. , Aug. 23, 1831
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Wordsworth, William to Milton, M. I. , 1831
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Wordsworth, William to Southey, Robert. , [Mar. 1832]
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Wordsworth, William to "My dear Madam." , Nov. 28, 1832
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Wordsworth, William to Graves, R. P. , Jan. 30, 1834
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Wordsworth, William. Oftentimes and long. Poem. , 1835
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Wordsworth, William to Davy, John. , 1835
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Wordsworth, William to Davy, John. , Jun. 16, 1836
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Wordsworth, William to Lloyd, Francis. , Sept. 14, 1836
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Wordsworth, William to Lloyd, Francis. , Sept. 26, 1836
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Wordsworth, Mrs. Mary to Lloyd, Francis. , Sept. 1836
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Wordsworth, William to Howley, Mrs. , Nov. 20, 1837
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Wordsworth, William to Lloyd, Francis. , Apr. 2, 1838
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Wordsworth, William to Lloyd, Francis. , Nov. 26, 1838
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[Wordsworth, William] to Kenyon, [John]. , [1838]
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Wordsworth, William to Kenyon, John. , Feb. 26, 1839
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Southey, Robert. The curse of Kehama. , Jun. 25, 1839
Physical Description: (2 lines)
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Wordsworth, William to Howley, Mrs. , 1839
Physical Description: (copy)
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Wordsworth, William. Lines...suggested...St. Georges chapel. Poem. , Jul. 20, 1841
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Wordsworth, William to Powell, Thomas. , Aug. 19, 1841
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Wordsworth, William to Howley, Mrs. , Aug. 23, 1841
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Wordsworth, William to Lee [?]. , Oct. 23, [1843]
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Wordsworth, William. Suggested upon Loughrigg Fell. Poem. , Aug. 1844
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"For Mrs. Wright." Engraving, autographed by Wordsworth. , 1844
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Wordsworth, William to Herschel, Sir John Frederick William. , Feb. 3, 1846
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Wordsworth, William to Graves, R. P. , Feb. 9, 1850
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Keble, John to "Dear Sir." , Oct. 14, 1851
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Wright, Mrs. Sarah to Sutton, R. , Jun. 10, 1857
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Wordsworth, Priscilla to Lloyd, Mrs. , Oct. 3, 1860
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Wordsworth, Elizabeth to "My dear cousin." , Oct. 23, 1860
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Wordsworth, Mrs. Susanna to "My dear cousin." , Apr. 13, 1863
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Wordsworth, Christopher to "My dear Cousins." , Jun. 10, 1863
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Wordsworth, Christopher to "My dear Cousin." , Jun. 20, 1863
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Philpot, Henry to Lloyd, I. , Jul. 2, 1863
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Rix, Herbert to Tomlinson, Charles. , Sept. 23, 1882
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Beck, J. V. A. to Cowper, H. S. , Mar. 20, 1898
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Adams, Mary M. Sonnet on Wordsworth. Poem. , undated.
General: (Includes correspondence from Wood, Harry H. to Watkins, O. L. Oct. 13, 1931.)
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Wordsworth, William. Suggested upon Loughrigg Fell. Poem. , undated.
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[Bowles, W. L.] Wordsworth. Poem. , undated.
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Photograph of Wordsworth's home, Rydal Mount. , undated.
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Wordsworth, Dorothy. The worship of this Sabbath morn. Poem. , undated.
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Wordsworth, Mrs. Mary to Fletcher, Miss. , undated.
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Wordsworth, William. Life, I repeat is energy of love... Poem. , undated.
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Wordsworth, William to Graves, R. P. , undated.
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Wordsworth, William to Howitt, William. , undated.
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Wordsworth, William to Moxon, Mrs. , undated.
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Wordsworth, William to Powell, Thomas. , undated.
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Wordsworth. Notebook with handwritten prose. , undated.
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Paraphrase of Spenser's Fairy Queen by William Wordsworth. , Sept. 16-30, 1835
Physical Description: Notebook. (Not in Wordsworth's hand.)
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Memorandum book: O. L. Watkins, Indianapolis, Ind. U.S.A. , undated.
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Notebook containing The Lyrical Ballads: 1798 a lecture by Alfred Ainger. , 1888
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A Study of Poetic Tributes to William Wordsworth by William Renner Feik. , Aug. 1948
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Wordsworth to Collins , 5 October 1818
bound (No Box)
MS Poetry. WW. Sarah Hutchinson's Poetical Anthology compiled at Wordsworth's Direction. , 1826