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Siddons, Harriet, 1783-1844,. Autograph letter initialed from Harriet Siddons, London, to [Frances Anne] Kemble [manuscript], [1830] September 2.

Title: Autograph letter initialed from Harriet Siddons, London, to [Frances Anne] Kemble [manuscript], [1830] September 2.

She has settled in Baker St. to be near Mrs. Siddons, who has been very ill.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/233983440 View

George Gordon Byron Collection TXRC07-A0., 1642-1968 (bulk 1798-1830)

Title: George Gordon Byron Collection 1642-1968 (bulk 1798-1830)

The George Gordon Byron papersconsist of manuscripts, letters, an account book, engravings, handwritten musicalscores, wills and other documents, and clippings, all ranging in date from 1642 to1968, with the majority dating from 1798 to 1830.

ArchivalResource: 8 document boxes, 1 bound volume, 7 oversize boxes, 3 oversize folders (6.3linear feet)

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Siddons, Harriet, 1783-1844,. Autograph letters from Harriet Siddons, Edinburgh, to [Frances Anne] Kemble [manuscript], [1832?]-1834.

Title: Autograph letters from Harriet Siddons, Edinburgh, to [Frances Anne] Kemble [manuscript], [1832?]-1834.

Includes 1 autograph letter signed and 1 autograph letter incomplete. The letter (p. 31) inquires about the death of Dal [Adelaide De Camp], Fanny's aunt and companion on her American tour and discusses family matters. (p. 33) discusses Charles Kemble's hard financial times at Covent Garden.

ArchivalResource: 2 letters.

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Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831,. Letters from Sarah Siddons to various recipients, 1783-1820.

Title: Letters from Sarah Siddons to various recipients, 1783-1820.

Includes 19 autograph letters signed, 5 autograph letters (unsigned), 1 autograph letter initialled and 1 copy. Correspondents include Bridget Perceval, Countess of Egmont, Eva Garrick, Mary Gwatkin, Geo. Hardinge, Ann (Kemble) Hatton, Wm. Ingles, Mrs. Joye, Mrs. Lasking?, Christina Macready, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Harriet Siddons, Lady Anne Culling Smith, Frances (Wynn) Soame, John Taylor, Abraham Valpy, Mrs. Whitley, Mrs. John Wilkinson, Sedgwick Whalley and others. An autograph of Sheridan Knowles and 2 newspaper cuttings are found with (10). In the letter to Mrs. Piozzi, Mrs. Siddons tells of the Covent Garden fire of 1808 (10). In the letter to Reynolds, 1783, Siddons requests that [Francis Haward] engrave the portrait "Tragic Muse" (13).

ArchivalResource: 26 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/462039995 View

Lady Byron manuscript material : 97 items, 1809-1857

Title: Lady Byron manuscript material : 97 items 1809-1857

Anne Isabella Noel Byron, Lady Byron was the wife of the poet Lord Byron. In the years following their separation and his death, she dedicated herself to philanthropic causes, with a special interest in education of the poor. The manuscript material by Lady Byron in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include two commonplace books from her youth, notes she kept in a printed journal, and two short essays. The bulk of the correspondence is from between 1835 and 1855 and discusses her personal life, her ideas on education, and her philanthropy. Correspondents include: Joanna Baillie, playwright and poet ; Fanny Kemble, actress and author ; John Murray, publisher ; Harriet Beecher-Stowe, author ; and over forty others.

ArchivalResource: 97 items

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Betty Wharton collection of theatrical autographs, 1707-1869.

Title: Betty Wharton collection of theatrical autographs, 1707-1869.

Theatrical autographs collected by American actress Betty Wharton.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

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Siddons, Harriet, 1783-1844,. Autograph letter signed from Harriet Siddons to William Murray, London [manuscript], 1830 June 27.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Harriet Siddons to William Murray, London [manuscript], 1830 June 27.

She writes about an event with Ellen and Charles [Kean] and discusses Murray's career as an actor. The letter is addressed "My Dear Willie" and signed from "Your affectionate sister, H."

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 23 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/435437895 View

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824. George Gordon Byron Collection, 1642-1968 (bulk 1798-1830).

Title: George Gordon Byron Collection, 1642-1968 (bulk 1798-1830).

The George Gordon Byron papers consist of manuscripts, letters, an account book, engravings, handwritten musical scores, wills and other documents, and clippings, all ranging in date from 1642 to 1968, with the majority dating from 1798-1830. While most of the manuscripts in the Works series are in Byron's hand, some are copies in the hand of his wife, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, and other persons. Typescript copies are also present. Among Byron's manuscripts are Cain, A Mystery; Canto VIII and Canto IX of Don Juan; The Island: Or, Christian and His Comrades; Ode to Napoléon Buonaparte; Sardanapolus; and The Siege of Corinth. English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers is represented by a handwritten fragment by Byron, as well as a bound copy in an unidentified hand; an 1817 bound copy in an unidentified hand of the fourth edition; and a printed book interleaved with pasted-in autographs, manuscript notes, portraits of well-known authors, and copies of poems about Byron dating from 1812-1819. Many of Byron's short poems are present, including "Childish Recollections," "I Saw Thee Weep," "To a Knot of Ungenerous Critics," and "To E.N. Long." Also included are an account book dating from 1819 to 1820, with additional entries by Teresa Guiccioli, and a draft and final copy of Byron's 1811 will. The Correspondence series is divided into two subseries: A. Letters, 1806-1831, undated; and B. Bound Letters, 1798-1832, 1859, undated. Most of the correspondence consists of outgoing letters from Byron. Series III., Third Party Correspondence and Manuscripts, includes letters and manuscript poems by Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron; correspondence by Catherine Gordon Byron; musical manuscripts by Thomas Hastings, including the opera he composed based on Byron's Manfred; and a manuscript by Elizabeth Bridget Pigot of "The Wonderful History of Lord Byron & His Dog," as well as correspondence by other individuals. Within numbered miscellaneous groups, there are letters from Augusta Leigh to Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Francis Hodgson, and other persons; letters regarding Byron's birth; letters from Teresa Guiccioli regarding Byron; a bound collection of poems, articles, and other materials relating to Byron;, and letters from Anne Isabella Milbanke Bryon, primarily to her friend Harriet Siddons. A complete Index of Correspondents in the Byron archive is located at the end of the finding aid. All works by Byron and others are listed in an Index of Works.

ArchivalResource: 8 document boxes, 1 bound v., 7 oversize boxes, 3 oversize folders (6.3 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145405980 View

Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860. Lady Byron manuscript material : 75 items, 1809-1857

Title: Lady Byron manuscript material : 75 items, 1809-1857

The manuscript material by Lady Byron in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include two commonplace books from her youth, notes she kept in a printed journal, and two short essays. The bulk of the correspondence is from between 1835 and 1855 and discusses her personal life, her ideas on education, and her philanthropy. Correspondents include: Joanna Baillie, playwright and poet ; Fanny Kemble, actress and author ; John Murray, publisher ; Harriet Beecher-Stowe, author ; and over forty others.

ArchivalResource: 75 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78251469 View