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Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892. Album, 1853-1898.

Title: Album, 1853-1898.

Letters, literary fragments, and portrait sketches by, to, and about Alfred Tennyson and members of his family and Julia Margaret Cameron and her family, who were his friends and neighbors in the Isle of Wight. Thirty letters and other items by members of the Tennyson family (several to the Camerons) and thirteen letters to Julia or Henry Cameron by other people. Principal topics of the letters include the writings of Tennyson and other authors; photographs by Julia Cameron and portraits of Tennyson by other artists; personal business; and news of family and friends. Correspondents include Alfred Tennyson, his wife Emily, their sons Hallam and Lionel, Alfred's brother Frederick, and his brother-in-law E.L. Lushington; Julia Cameron and her son Henry Herschel Hay Cameron; W. Davenport Adams, William Cox Bennett, Richard Doyle, James Everett, Holman Hunt, Alexander Ireland, Henry S. King, Samuel Laurence, Edward lear, Julian Marshall, Joseph Parker, Tom Taylor, Ellen Terry, George Frederick Watts, and Thomas Woolner. Also present are two pages of verse fragments by Alfred Tennyson; AMs final leaf of a play, "Essex," by Hallam Tennyson; a printed sheet of hymns from Hallam Tennyson's wedding; two sketches of Alfred Tennyson, one signed with the monogram "EMS" or "SEM"; an envelope addressed to John Gordon Crawford, and two short verses written directly on leaves of the album, by Joseph Parker and James Everett.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (45 items) ; 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122541902 View

Adams, William Davenport, 1851-1904. William Davenport Adams papers, 1882-1904.

Title: William Davenport Adams papers, 1882-1904.

Concerns a collection of 71 letters from several well known British authors and poets. The letters are addressed to both William Davenport Adams as well as to Mrs. Adams. They are mainly responses to requests made by Adams, to either grant him permission to publish some of their works, or to quote them in his various dictionaries to English literature and authors and their works.

ArchivalResource: .29 linear ft. (1 half-size archival box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61275256 View

Adams, William Davenport, 1851-1904,. Autograph letter signed from William Davenport Adams, Derbyshire, to Augustin Daly [manuscript], 1884 August 29.

Title: Autograph letter signed from William Davenport Adams, Derbyshire, to Augustin Daly [manuscript], 1884 August 29.

Solicits Daly's help in providing a biographical sketch of himself for his (Adams') Dictionary of the Drama, published in 1904.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/230480671 View

Catherwood, Frederick. Account book, 1838 Nov.-1841 Oct.

Title: Account book, 1838 Nov.-1841 Oct.

Catherwood's account book (1838-1841) listing money received and paid out for panoramic paintings, exhibits, season tickets, and other business, with many references to William B. Astor, O.H. Crosby, and William D. Adams.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (224 p.) ; 8 x 13 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58661087 View

Lita Smith theatre papers, circa 1890-1920

Title: Lita Smith theatre papers circa 1890-1920

One volume, containing Lita Smith's Three Lyceums: a History of the Three Lyceum Theatres in London; extracts of William Davenport Adams's A Book of Burlesque; lists of original casts of Watts and Phillips's drama; and miscellaneous theatrical notes

ArchivalResource: .21 linear foot (1 box)

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Smith, Lita. Lita Smith theatre papers, circa 1890-1920.

Title: Lita Smith theatre papers, circa 1890-1920.

One volume, containing Lita Smith's Three Lyceums: a History of the Three Lyceum Theatres in London; extracts of William Davenport Adams's A Book of Burlesque; lists of original casts of Watts and Phillips's drama; and miscellaneous theatrical notes.

ArchivalResource: .21 linear foot (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/764717468 View

Adams, William Davenport, 1851-1904. Dictionary of the drama, circa 1904.

Title: Dictionary of the drama, circa 1904.

Corrections and additions to William Davenport Adams's Dictionary of the Drama, comprised of 24 volumes in 10 slipcases. Letters "Q" and "R" of the work are complete, and include printer's proof sheets. Letters "A" through "G" were published in one volume by J. B. Lippincott Co. of Philadephia, 1904.

ArchivalResource: 1.97 linear feet (10 volumes)

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Ingram, John Henry, 1842-1916. Letters to John H. Ingram on literary subjects, particularly on Edgar Allan Poe [manuscript] 1874-1902.

Title: Letters to John H. Ingram on literary subjects, particularly on Edgar Allan Poe [manuscript] 1874-1902.

In addition to Poe, literary subjects discussed included John Hamilton Reynolds, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mme. de Staël, Mirabeau, Mary Lamb and Madame Roland. Correspondents include Davenport Adams, Mrs. George L. Banks, Mathilde Blind, Oswald Crawfurd, T. F. Dillon Croker, Henry Curwen, Dame Millicent Fawcett, H. Buxton Forman, Anne Gilchrist, S.C. Hall, Joseph Hatton, Andrew Lang, Emile Lauvrière, Sir John Lubbock, Violet Paget (Lee Vernon), L. Quiller Couch, W.M. Rossetti, G. Barnett Smith, A.J. Symington, and Moy Thomas.

ArchivalResource: 44 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647966982 View

Grossmith, George, 1847-1912. Autograph letter signed : 28 Dorset Square, N.W., [London], to W. Davenport Adams, [n.d.] Feb. 19.

Title: Autograph letter signed : 28 Dorset Square, N.W., [London], to W. Davenport Adams, [n.d.] Feb. 19.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270126589 View

Thomas Bailey Aldrich papers, 1837-1926.

Title: Thomas Bailey Aldrich papers, 1837-1926.

Correspondence and other papers of the American writer Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

ArchivalResource: 19 boxes (7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00327/catalog View

Vol. I, ff. 346, A-G.includes:f. 1 Joseph Adams, MD; biographer of John Hunter: Letter to W. Clift: 1817. f. 3 William Davenport Adams, author: Letter to C. D. Sherborn: 1891. f. 4 William Harrison Ainsworth, alias 'Cheviot Ticheburn'; novelist: Le...

Title: Vol. I, ff. 346, A-G.includes:f. 1 Joseph Adams, MD; biographer of John Hunter: Letter to W. Clift: 1817. f. 3 William Davenport Adams, author: Letter to C. D. Sherborn: 1891. f. 4 William Harrison Ainsworth, alias 'Cheviot Ticheburn'; novelist: Le... Unspecified

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Dictionary of the drama, circa 1904

Title: Dictionary of the drama circa 1904

Corrections and additions to William Davenport Adams's Dictionary of the Drama, comprised of 24 volumes in 10 slipcases. Letters "Q" and "R" of the work are complete, and include printer's proof sheets. Letters "A" through "G" were published in one volume by J. B. Lippincott Co. of Philadephia, 1904

ArchivalResource: 1.97 linear feet (10 volumes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/23 View

Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk).

Title: Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk).

Contracts (with associated materials) of the Houghton Mifflin Company publishing house of Boston, Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 36 boxes (48 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00239/catalog View