Robert Louis Stevenson collection, 1878-1936.

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Robert Louis Stevenson collection, 1878-1936.

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Letters primarily to Lawrason Brown of the Stevenson Memorial Committee, 1899-1932, from book dealers, publishers, and other committee members concerning Stevenson books and ephemera; typescript copies of two letters by Katherine D. Osbourne concerning her memories of Stevenson and her book on him, 1922-1923; two letters by Robert L. Stevenson, 1873-1878; and memorabilia from the Stevenson family, 1915-1936.

.3 cubic ft.

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Stevenson Memorial Committee.

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Brown, Lawrason, 1871-1937

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Stevenson family.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894

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Robert Lewis (later changed to "Louis") Balfour Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on November 13, 1850. He attended the University of Edinburgh intending to become a civil engineer like his father, but ill health curtailed his studies and prompted him to travel to warmer climates. This inspired Stevenson to write stories, novels and essays about his travels. While in France he met American artist Fanny Osbourne. The two fell in love, and in 1879 Stevenson traveled to California, where he...

Osbourne, Katherine D.

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