Stephen Parks research collection on Charles Cotton, 1962-1987.

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Stephen Parks research collection on Charles Cotton, 1962-1987.

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Correspondence, notes, and copies documenting Stephen Parks's research regarding Charles Cotton's autograph and handwriting in order to authenticate a manuscript copy of Cotton's poem, "Contentation." Research files include correspondence, notes, photocopies, and photographs of Cotton manuscripts from repositories including the Beinecke, Bodleian, British, Clark, Derby Borough, Houghton, Huntington, and New York Public Libraries, as well as dealers and scholars including Peter Croft and Alvin Dust. Research copies consist of manuscripts, including a complete copy the Derby Manuscript; photographs of manuscripts used in Parks's article on Cotton; dealer catalogs; and secondary sources.

1.33 linear feet (2 boxes)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Parks, Stephen Alan

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Stephen Parks was the Curator of the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library from 1972-2004. Parks wrote John Dunton and the English Book Trade: A Study of His Career with a Checklist of his Publications (New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1976). John Dunton (1659-1732) was a London bookseller during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Notable writings by Dunton included the Athenian Gazette (16...

Croft, P. J. (Peter John)

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Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687

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Epithet: poet and writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000572.0x000327 Epithet: Dr British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000572.0x000326 Epithet: senior British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000572.0x000328 Charles Cotton (1630-1667) was a poet, satiri...