Allan Cunningham papers, 1815-1841.

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Allan Cunningham papers, 1815-1841.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56771962

The collection includes 19 items in total: thirteen addressed either to or from Allan Cunningham form its bulk. The correspondence largely concerns matters connected with Cunningham's numerous publishing projects, including his Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, which appeared between 1829 and 1833. Also included in the collection are three poems--one perhaps by the Rev. J. Judkins and two by Cunningham.

0.10 linear ft. (1 folder)

Rice University, Fondren Library

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Rice University, Fondren Library

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Cunningham, Allan, 1784-1842

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Allan Cunningham was a Scottish author. Trained as a stonemason, he made a name for himself by passing off his own poetry as a collection of traditional Scottish ballads. As a professional man of letters, he had diverse interests, writing plays, novels, short stories, collecting and editing anthologies, and writing biographies and other nonfiction, but was probably most successful as a poet. From the description of Allan Cunningham letters, 1825-1839. (Pennsylvania State University L...