Robert Southey collection of papers

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Description: This is a synthetic collection that includes manuscripts, correspondence by and about the author, an undated commonplace book, and an undated notebook. The manuscripts consist of holograph poems and portions of novels. The correspondence includes letters from the author, dating from [1794] to 1839, to Joseph Cottle, John Abraham Heraud, Edward Moxon, Edith Fricker Southey, and others. Also present are letters relating to the author, dating from ca. 1816 to 1959, between various correspondents including Richard Brudenell Exton, Charles Southey, W. H. Somerton, Caroline Southey, Lord Ashley, earl of Shaftesbury, and others. There are letters to Southey from Joanna Baillie, George Howland Beaumont, George Canning, A. Anderson Feldborg, Samuel Carter Hall, Benjamin Robert Haydon, William Hayley, Robert Sheldon MacKenzie, Lord Ashley, earl of Shaftesbury, Caroline Bowles Southey, Charles Lamb, Walter Savage Landor, Sir Walter Scott, William Wordsworth, and others, dating from [1798] to 1839.
Names: Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 (Creator); Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851 (Correspondent); Beaumont, George Howland, Sir, 1753-1827 (Correspondent); Canning, George, 1770-1827 (Correspondent); Cottle, Joseph, 1770-1853 (Correspondent); Exton, Richard Brudenell (Correspondent); Feldborg, A. Andersen (Andreas Andersen), 1782-1838 (Correspondent); Fletcher, Frank, 1870-1954 (Former owner); Hall, S. C. (Samuel Carter), 1800-1889 (Correspondent); Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786-1846 (Correspondent); Hayley, William, 1745-1820 (Correspondent); Heraud, John A. (John Abraham), 1799-1887 (Correspondent); Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup) (Former owner); Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834 (Correspondent); Landor, Walter Savage, 1775-1864 (Correspondent); Mackenzie, R. Shelton (Robert Shelton), 1809-1880 (Correspondent); Moxon, Edward, 1801-1858 (Correspondent); Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 (Correspondent); Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1801-1885 (Correspondent); Somerton, W. H. (William Henry) (Correspondent); Southey, Caroline Bowles, 1786-1854 (Correspondent); Southey, Caroline Bowles, 1786-1854 (Former owner); Southey, Charles Cuthbert, 1818 or 1819- (Correspondent); Southey, Edith Fricker, 1774-1837 (Correspondent); Southey, Katharine (Former owner); Terry, Roderick T., 1849-1933 (Former owner); Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 (Correspondent); Young, Owen D., 1874- (Former owner)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1793 - 1959
Library locations: Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature; Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Southey
Topics: Southey, Robert, 1774-1843
Genres: Correspondence; Books; Notebooks
Notes: Biographical/historical: Robert Southey was the poet laureate of England from 1813-1843, an essayist, and an early leader of the "Lake School" of radical poets.; Content: Card catalog available.; Ownership: The bulk of the materials was previously owned by W. T. H. Howe and Owen D. Young. Former owners also include Roderick Terry, Frank Fletcher, Katharine Southey, and Caroline Bowles.; Additional physical form: 74 A.L.S. to various correspondents, chiefly to Joseph Cottle, his brother Henry Herbert Southey and to literary friends : 1797-1839. Available on microfilm as part of Robert Southey collection of papers; service copy classmark: *Z-10373.
Physical Description: Extent: 106 items
Type of Resource: Text
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15922507; MSS Unit ID: 19181; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e9b447e0-59e4-0139-1642-0242ac110002

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