Eccles, Mary Hyde

Mary Hyde Eccles was one of the world's leading collectors of books and manuscripts from the 1940s until her death in 2003. She was also a distinguished literary scholar, and an important benefactor to numerous libraries and cultural institutions. This collection relates to her essay "Not in Chapman," a catalog of unpublished Samuel Johnson letters. As this project neared completion in 1964, a new cache of letters from Samuel Johnson to Charlotte Lennox was discovered in the vault of the British Linen Bank, which triggered a series of negotiations before the essay could be revised and published.

From the description of Mary Hyde Eccles papers concerning the Charlotte Lennox correspondence, 1964-1966. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612791120

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