Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861 |
| Title: | Elizabeth Barrett Browning Collection |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1857-1946 |
| Quantity: | 12 items (SC) |
| Abstract: | Three holograph hymns for children, two holograph copies of a poem, an undelivered 1857 letter to Napoleon III requesting the pardon of Victor Hugo, and three pages of notes (photocopies). Also, a centenary publication which marked Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s 1846 marriage registration. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
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Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of George and Lena Arents
Finding Aid Information
Created by: SEH
Date: Nov 1993
Revision history: 16 Nov 2005 - EAD file created (MRR);
13 Jun 2007 - changed inventory to SC format (MRC)
Inventory
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| SC 113 | Browning to Napoleon III Apr 1857 - ALS with envelope in red leather case (damaged) with holograph note: "Letter to the Emperor Napoleon III. Never sent." (4 p.) | ||||||||||
| Writings | |||||||||||
| Poems | |||||||||||
| SC 113 | Hymns undated - "By the Children"; "Hymn 2. By the Children"; "A Hymn for Children." 4 p. signed holograph ms., typescript copy | ||||||||||
| SC 113 | "Wisdom Unapplied" undated - 2 p. signed holograph ms.; 4 p. unsigned holograph ms. inserted into a blue leather book containing typescript and illuminated copies; 2 photocopies | ||||||||||
| SC 113 | Notes undated - photocopies of miscellaneous holograph notes | ||||||||||
| Memorabilia | |||||||||||
| SC 113 | Marriage centenary 1946 - publication with a copy of Browning's and Barrett's marriage registration | ||||||||||