Abby Louise Tallmadge papers, 1860-1952.

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Abby Louise Tallmadge papers, 1860-1952.

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Incoming correspondence mainly from Robert W. Chapman and George Knight, thesis notes, and other memorabilia relating to Abby Tallmadge's research on Austen. Also a family scrapbook containing genealogical information, and clippings, programs, etc., documenting the Evanston childhood, education, and early careers of Thomas Eddy Tallmadge and Abby Louise Tallmadge; an 1891 European trip diary of Thomas Eddy Tallmadge; and numerous newspaper clippings containing news of Tallmadge's architectural activities and reviews of his architectural books.

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

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Tallmadge, Thomas E. (Thomas Eddy), 1876-1940

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Architect. From the description of Thomas Eddy Tallmadge collection, 1908-1938. (Art Institute of Chicago). WorldCat record id: 81717886 ...

Knight, George H.

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Tallmadge, Abby Louise.

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Evanston, Illinois, Jane Austen scholar and sister of Chicago architect Thomas Eddy Tallmadge. Born in Evanston in 1878 and the recipient of a Ph. D. from Northwestern in 1935 (thesis on Jane Austen), Abby Tallmadge maintained a lifelong correspondence with Austen scholars, particulary Robert W. Chapman, an English editor and Oxford University publisher, and George Knight, an Austen descendent. From the description of Abby Louise Tallmadge papers, 1860-1952. ...

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

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Jane Austen (b. December 16, 1775, Steventon, Hampshire, England–d. July 18, 1817, Winchester, England) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Her use of biting irony, along with her realism and social commentary, have earned her acclaim among critics and scholars. With the publications of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814)...

Chapman, R.W. (Robert William), 1881-1960

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Robert William Chapman (1881-1960) graduated from the University of Oxford, and was employed by the university's Clarendon Press from 1906 to 1942. He edited numerous scholarly editions of Jane Austen and Samuel Johnson. The culmination of his career was The Letters of Samuel Johnson, which he began researching in the mid-1920s, and completed in 1952. This remained the definitive edition of Johnson's correspondence until Bruce Redford's The Letters of Samuel Johnson in 1992. From the...