Browning Family Collection, 1816-1935.

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Browning Family Collection, 1816-1935.

The Browning Family Collection, 1816-1935, is composed largely of correspondence to various members of the Browning family as well as holograph works by Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. The collection also includes correspondence and works by Browning's father, Robert Browning the elder, and sister, Sarianna Browning, as well as his son, Robert Wiedemann Barrett Browning, and Wiedemann's wife, Fannie Barrett Browning. In addition, Browning Society correspondence is present, along with letters and articles written by people associated with members of the Browning family.

8 boxes (3.33 linear feet), 1 oversize folder, 1 galley folder, 2 oversize bound volumes.

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