Collection of Victorian and Edwardian Manuscripts, 1812-1952.

Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v51mm6 (person)

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), nursing pioneer and reformer, is regarded as the founder of modern nursing. Born in Florence, Italy, she dedicated her life to the care of the sick and war wounded. In 1844, she began to visit hospitals; in 1850, she spent some time with the nursing Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul in Alexandria and a year later studied at the institute for Protestant deaconesses in Kaiserswerth, Germany. In 1854, she organized a unit of 38 nurses for service in the Crimean War. I...

Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fg4hpc (person)

Lewis Carroll, born Charles Lutwidge Dodson was born in England at Daresbury, Cheshire, to Charles Dodgson, an Anglican clergyman, and his wife Frances Jane Lutwidge on January 27, 1832. In 1851, Dodgson matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, and in 1855 was appointed to a mathematical lectureship in that college, of which he remained a member for the rest of his life. A lifelong interest in writing, combined with a predisposition for story telling, word play, and games, led to a unique liter...

Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6010rbr (person)

Edward VII (born Albert Edward, 9 November 1841, London, United Kingdom,-d. 6 May 1910, London, United Kingdom) was the the eldest son and second child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He hoped to pursue a career in the British Army, but his mother vetoed an active military career. He married Alexandra of Denmark in 1863. During Queen Victoria's widowhood, Edward pioneered the idea of royal public appearances as they are understood today; he was regarded worldwide as an arbiter of men's fash...

Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s00234 (person)

Royal consort of Queen Victoria. From the description of Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, correspondence, 1853-1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423552 Places: England Title: Prince Consort of Queen Victoria British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x000032 ...

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jn025d (person)

Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x0002c9 English writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Office of All the Year Round, 26 Wellington Street, Strand, London, W.C., to Frederick Lehmann, 1863 Nov. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125432 English novelist and publisher. From the description of ALS : Broadstairs, Kent, to Mr. Cullenford, 18...

Kerr, Charles H. M.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p88r72 (person)

Magee, David Bickersteth, 1905-1977

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66h54xh (person)

David Bickersteth Magee (1905-1977) was a rare book dealer in San Francisco, California. He was the owner of Magee Book Shop. From the description of David Bickersteth Magee photographs, circa 1860s-1900s. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 228078867 In 1923 David Bickersteth Magee opened a bookshop in San Francisco, California. A successful book and manuscripts dealer, he served as president of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, the Roxburghe C...

Gordon, Charles George, 1833-1885

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qz2mbp (person)

Epithet: Major-General; of Add MS 44147 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000766.0x0000f0 British general who became a national hero for his exploits in China and his ill-fated defense of Khartuom against Sudanese rebels. From the description of Letter, 1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 363531820 "Chinese" Gordon. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Southampton, t...

Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h131zx (person)

British novelist and artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Whitley, to Clarence McIlvaine, 1891 Aug. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270744874 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Clarence McIlvaine, 1895 May 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270744995 From the description of Autograph notebook : [n.p., ca. 1890]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742657 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Lon...

Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67j27f0 (person)

Benjamin Disraeli was a prominent British statesman and novelist who served in many positions including Prime Minister of Great Britain. From the description of Letters, 1799-1877. (Brandeis University Library). WorldCat record id: 276297717 English Prime Minister. From the description of Letter signed : "10 Downing Street, Whitehall, ", to Vice Admiral Erasmus Ommanney, 1877 Aug. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270537555 Benjamin Disraeli (1804-18...

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66n3wvb (person)

Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...