Emily Brontë collection of papers

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Description
This is a synthetic collection consisting of pictorial works, manuscripts, and correspondence about the author.
Names
Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848 (Creator)
Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849 (Attributed name)
Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 (Creator)
Brontë, Patrick Branwell, 1817-1848 (Creator)
Nussey, Ellen (Addressee)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1832 - 1848
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Bronte, E [Text]
Topics
Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848
Genres
Correspondence
Manuscripts
Drawings
Notes
Biographical/historical: Emily Brontë was a British poet and novelist. Born on July 30, 1818, she began writing poetry at the age of eighteen and continued throughout her life although the poems were not intended for publication. Her only novel, Wuthering Heights, was published in 1847.
Content: This is a synthetic collection consisting of pictorial works, manuscripts, and correspondence about the author. The collection includes an original water color drawing entitled, "Forget me not." There are also a number of holograph poems three of which; "Not many years but long enough to see," "Lady-bird! lady-bird! fly away home," and "On its bending stalk a bonny flower" have also been attributed to her sister, Charlotte. There are three poems in the collection also attributed to her brother, Patrick Branwell; "In glimpses of a spirit shore," "And all her tresses backward strayed," and "To the horse Black Eagle which I rode at the battle of Zamorna." The poem "There let thy bleeding branch alone" is also attributed to her sister, Anne. The correspondence consists of one letter written by Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey relating to the death of the author.
Funding: Creation of collection-level record funded with the generous support of the Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.
Physical Description
Extent: 28 items
Type of Resource
Text
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15797294
MSS Unit ID: 19106
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ac6742e0-c6cf-012f-0bad-58d385a7bc34
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