Edwin J. Beinecke collector's files relating to his collection of Robert Louis Stevenson, ca. 1877-1954.

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Edwin J. Beinecke collector's files relating to his collection of Robert Louis Stevenson, ca. 1877-1954.

Correspondence, notes, scrapbooks containing photographs and printed ephemera, printed material (including clippings, brochures and catalogues), exhibit cards and other material pertaining to Robert Louis Stevenson.

2.75 linear ft. (6 boxes)

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Beinecke, Edwin J. (Edwin John), 1886-1970

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Glass collector. From the description of Edwin J. Beinecke papers, 1880(ca.)-1930(ca.). (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155427521 Edwin John Beinecke, the oldest of three brothers, graduated from Phillips Academy and entered Yale College. After two years, he left Yale. Edwin and his brothers, Frederick and Walter Beinecke, also Yale alumni, founded the Sperry and Hutchinson Company. For more than fifty years he served as a director, president, chai...

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...