Alfred Tennyson collection 1775-1929

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Alfred Tennyson collection 1775-1929

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Correspondence, writings, documents, printed material, and photographs by or about Alfred Tennyson and his family. The correspondence is primarily that of Alfred Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson, and Emily Sellwood Tennyson, and correspondents include such prominent writers as Charlotte Brontë, Thomas Carlyle, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and John Ruskin. There are miscellaneous autograph manuscript poems by Alfred as well as page and galley proofs. Also present are materials gathered for a life of Alfred Tennyson by Hallam Tennyson, annotations in the London 1906 edition of Hallam Tennyson's Memoir, by Hallam and Mary Emily Prinsep Tennyson, including extracts from printed works, Emily Sellwood Tennyson's diary, and copies of letters to, from and about Alfred Tennyson. Other papers present include photographs, funeral programs, an autograph manuscript schedule by Edward Lear of drawings illustrating Tennyson's poems, and two pen and ink self-portraits by Alfred Tennyson.

Total Boxes: 16 (incl. 2 oversize boxes); Other Storage Formats: 1 broadside; Linear Feet: 8.20

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349809

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Tennyson family.

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Tennyson family.

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

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Poet, from Cambridge (Middlesex Co.), Mass. From the description of Papers, 1859-1874. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19903002 American author and poet. From the description of A psalm of life, fourth verse, 1850. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 274069802 American teacher, translator, and poet. From the description of Letter, Nahant, Mass., to Mrs. T.B. Lawrence, Newport, 1872 July 20. (Boston Athenaeum...

Tennyson family.

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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855

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Charlotte Brontë (b. April 21, 1816, Thornton, Yorkshire, England–d. March 31, 1855, Haworth, Yorkshire, England), English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters. She first published her works, including Jane Eyre, under the pen name Currer Bell....

Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson, baron, 1852-1928

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Son of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. From the description of Autograph letters signed : Harringford, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, to Arthur Sullivan, 1886 Apr. 8 to 1886 Apr. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126568 Appointed Governor of South Australia in 1899. Governor General of Australia, 1902-1904. From the description of Papers. 1893-1913. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225718906 English politician and writer - son of Lord Tennyson. ...

Tennyson, Lionel, 1854-1886

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Tennyson, Mary Emily Prinsep Hichens.

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Tennyson, Emily Sellwood Tennyson, Baroness, 1813-1896

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Wife of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Farrington, to Arthur Sullivan, 1867 Feb. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126509 ...

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900

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Wife of Ruskin's physician, Dr. John Simon. From the description of Letter : to Mrs. John Simon, [18--] (Lewis & Clark Library). WorldCat record id: 31272017 British writer, artist, and critic. From the description of John Ruskin papers, ca. 1837-1904. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80934993 John Ruskin was born on 8 February 1819 in London. Ruskin was educated by his mother and by various tutors before attending Oxford University. H...

Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881

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Scottish historian and social critic considered the most important philosophical moralist of the early Victorian age. From the description of Letter, 1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122461042 Scottish essayist and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Gt. Malvern, to Robert Browning, 1851 Aug. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133400 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Chelsea, London, to William Tait, 1834 S...

Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892

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The recipient was Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria, with whom Tennyson had an extensive correspondence. From the description of Alfred Tennyson letter to Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, 1867 Oct. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754865322 British poet. From the description of Papers, 1831-1909. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20188602 Tennyson was Poet Laureate of England during much of the latter part of...