Special Collections Manuscript Letters and Ephemera of Artists and Authors (1650-1921) as Selected and Transcribed by Mollie Connelly
Special Collections Manuscript Letters and Ephemera of Artists and Authors (1650-1921) as Selected and Transcribed by Mollie Connelly. This collection consists of 62 rare manuscripts found in ASU Libraries Special Collections in Hayden Library, from the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Items are English, Scottish, Irish, American, French, Egyptian, and more. The collection adds to the correspondence heritage of notable authors, artists, and public figures, including William Wordsworth, H.G. Wells, Booker T. Washington, Claude Monet, and others. The project sets out to make previously unpublished manuscripts newly accessible to scholars and students.
Literary figures included in this collection include the Pre-Raphaelites, Victorians, Romantics, and many more. Notable authors include William Wordsworth, Robert Browning, Mark Twain and others. Literary correspondence has been the driving force of this collection. Even a rare ticket from actor David Garrick's 1769 Shakespeare Jubilee can be counted among the treasures here.
Supplementing writers of literature are esteemed artists such as John William Waterhouse, Claude Monet, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Finally, culturally significant public figures are included such as Booker T. Washington, John Ruskin, and Sir Richard Burton. These manuscripts provide insight into the cultural climate of their respective time periods.
Many people should be thanked and acknowledged for their help with this collection. First, Nicholas Salerno was integral to the development and gathering of the manuscripts that make up this collection. Next, Dr. Devoney Looser and Archivist Katherine Krzys have provided tremendous guidance for this wonderful collection.
- 61 Connelly, Mollie
- 13 Waterhouse, John William, 1849-1917
- 3 Hunt, James Henry Leigh, 1784-1859
- 3 Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890
- 2 Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860
- 2 Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848
- 2 Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920
- more
- 2 Ingram, John Henry, 1842-1916
- 2 Longfellow, Henry W. (Henry Wadsworth), 1895-1986
- 2 Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
- 1 Aldrich, Anne Reeve, 1866-1892
- 1 Anderson, Frederick
- 1 Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888
- 1 Browning, Robert Wiedemann Barrett, 1849-1912
- 1 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890
- 1 Byron, William Byron, Baron, 1722-1798
- 1 Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
- 1 Coleridge, Stephen, 1854-1936
- 1 Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913
- 1 Fanshawe, Richard, 1608-1666
- 1 Field, Eugene, 1850-1895
- 1 Garrick, David, 1717-1779
- 1 Garrick, Geo.
- 1 Goshawk, Harrow.
- 1 Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928
- 1 Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771
- 1 Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910
- 1 Mennes, John, Sir, 1599-1671
- 1 Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873
- 1 Monet, Claude, 1840-1926
- 1 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852
- 1 Neil, C.E.
- 1 Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828-1897
- 1 Queensberry, John Sholto Douglas, Marquis of, 1844-1900
- 1 Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
- 1 Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926
- 1 Southey, Robert, 1774-1843
- 1 Stannard, Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Palmer, 1856-1911
- 1 Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
- 1 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
- 1 Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850
- 1 Young, Filson, 1876-1938
- 62 image/jpx
- 49 application/pdf
- 62 Image
- 48 Autograph Letter Signed
- 8 Business Letters
- 7 Negatives
- 6 Letterheads
- 6 Watermarks
- 4 Autographs
- more
- 4 Stationery
- 4 Typewritten
- 3 International Correspondence
- 3 Letters of Intent
- 3 Photographs
- 3 Thank-you Notes
- 2 Envelopes
- 2 Letterhead
- 2 Manuscript Poems
- 2 Photocopies
- 2 Poems
- 2 Sealing-Wax
- 2 Seller's Note
- 2 Signatures
- 2 Typed Letter Signed
- 1 Book Pages
- 1 Ephemera
- 1 Foreign Correspondence
- 1 Glassine
- 1 Lists
- 1 Mechanically Produced
- 1 Museum Tickets
- 1 Postcards
- 1 Prefaces
- 1 Seller's Letters
- 1 Sheet Music
- 1 Theater Tickets
- 38 British Correspondence
- 33 19th Century Manuscripts
- 24 Victorian Era
- 19 Pre-Raphaelite Manuscripts
- 13 John William Waterhouse Correspondence
- 8 American Correspondence
- 6 British Manuscripts
- more
- 4 18th Century Manuscripts
- 4 19th Century Correspondence
- 4 Romantic Era
- 3 20th Century Manuscripts
- 3 Irish Correspondence
- 2 17th Century Manuscripts
- 2 English Correspondence
- 1 19th Century
- 1 American Manuscripts
- 1 Romantic Correspondence
- 1 Victorian Correspondence
- 62 Public
- 12 "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" painting
- 6 photographs
- 5 money
- 4 art selling
- 2 Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848
- 2 art exhibitions
- 2 books
- more
- 2 poetry
- 1 "Excerpts from Adam's Diary" by Mark Twain
- 1 "Lays of France" by Arthur O'Shaughnessy
- 1 "Mariamne Leaving the Judgment Seat of Herod" painting
- 1 "Music and Moonlight" by Arthur O'Shaughnessy
- 1 "Remembrance" poem
- 1 "St. Cecilia" painting
- 1 "The Nightengale Unheard" by William Bell Scott
- 1 African Americans--Education
- 1 An Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy by John Stuart Mill
- 1 Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888
- 1 Autographs
- 1 Berlin
- 1 Berlin Exhibition
- 1 British Museum
- 1 Buckingham
- 1 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890
- 1 Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
- 1 Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly
- 1 Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
- 1 Douglas, Alfred Bruce, 1870-1945
- 1 Eiffel Tower
- 1 Eugen, Prince of Sweden, 1865-1947
- 1 Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928
- 1 Gough, Richard, 1735-1809
- 1 Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893
- 1 Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910
- 1 Hunt, James Henry Leigh, 1784-1859
- 1 Hunt, Leigh John Thornton 1789-1859-- Correspondence
- 1 Keats, John, 1795-1821
- 1 Letter From H.G. Wells to My Dear Sir
- 1 Manor Houses
- 1 Messrs Drummond & Co
- 1 Monograms of Man book
- 1 Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957
- 1 Moxon, Edward, 1801-1858 -- Correspondence
- 1 Mrs. Guest
- 1 O'Shaughnessy, Arthur William Edgar, 1844-1881
- 1 Peel, Robert, 1788-1850
- 1 Prefaces
- 1 Publication
- 1 River Dee
- 1 Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
- 1 Shakespears Jubiliee
- 1 Shorter, Dora Sigerson, 1866-1918
- 1 Stratford upon Avon
- 1 The Excursion by William Wordsworth
- 1 The White Doe by William Wordsworth
- 1 Tulloch, John, 1823-1886
- 1 Waterhouse, John William, 1849-1917
- 1 William Blake
- 1 art
- 1 art collecting
- 1 art plates
- 1 articles
- 1 birds
- 1 book catalogs
- 1 children
- 1 etchings
- 1 family
- 1 fishing
- 1 houses
- 1 influenza
- 1 logic
- 1 monuments
- 1 payments
- 1 petitions
- 1 sailing
- 1 scholarships
- 1 sheet music
- 1 songs
- 1 suffering
- 1 text revisions
- 1 traveling

Concerning Browning's change of plans on meeting with Lady Augusta.
- Contributors
- Browning, Robert Wiedemann Barrett, 1849-1912, Connelly, Mollie
- Created Date
- 1866-02-06

Concerning a postcard from Burton explaining his summer plans to his publishers.
- Contributors
- Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890, Connelly, Mollie
- Created Date
- 1880-02-05

Concerning Byron's orders concerning her personal finances and bank operations.
- Contributors
- Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860, Connelly, Mollie
- Created Date
- 1835-11-04

Concerning a black and white photograph of author Christopher Morely's home.
- Contributors
- Neil, C.E., Connelly, Mollie
- Created Date
- 1921-02-12

Concerning Anne Byron's switch of an appointment with Mr Colman from tomorrow to today.
- Contributors
- Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860, Connelly, Mollie
- Created Date
- 1845-04-08

Concerning a letter written in rhymes about Howe's thanks for a new hood, her relief and good wishes towards Silsbee.
- Contributors
- Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910, Connelly, Mollie
- Created Date
- 1818/1910

Concerning the author's Preface to his newest edition of Curiosities of Literature, and a letter about the Preface to his publisher, Edward Moxon.
- Contributors
- Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848, Connelly, Mollie
- Created Date
- 1834-01-01

Concerning: Howell's views on the presidential race of 1876, his writings on Rutherford B. Hayes, and his own book recently published.
- Contributors
- Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920, Connelly, Mollie
- Created Date
- 1876-09-26

Concerning Hunt's agitation at Mrs. Guest's actions and appeals to Moxon and Hunt's request that Moxon show this note to Mr. Forster.
- Contributors
- Hunt, James Henry Leigh, 1784-1859, Connelly, Mollie
- Created Date
- 1832-04-18