| Title |
Description |
Call
Number |
Separate
Records Available? |
| British
literary manuscripts from the Folger Shakespeare
Library, Washington D.C. The English Renaissance,
literature from the Tudor period to the Restoration,
c. 1500-c. 1700 |
Drama is a particular strength
of the Folger collection. Rare and valuable items
include two 1624 scribal copies of Middleton's
A Game of Chess (Va 231 and Va 242); a leaf
from Marlowe's A Massacre at Paris of c.1590
(Jb 8); John Fletcher's The Woman's Prize,
c.1640 (Jb 3); and Francis Beaumont's The Beggar's
Bush, c.1640 (Jb 5). Manuscripts of women writers
of the English Renaissance are notoriously rare,
but the Folger series offers manuscripts of Aphra
Behn (Xd 250), Mrs. Katherine Philips (the Matchess
Orinda) (Vb 231), Esther Inglis, Anne Wharton, Anne
Campbell, Countess of Argyll, Lady Mary Wroth, and
Anne, Countess of Winchilsea. Guide available.
|
MICFILM 3639 |
No |
| British
literary manuscripts from the National Library of
Scotland, Edinburgh |
This collection includes Scottish
and British literary manuscripts from the Advocates’
Library and other collections in the National Library
of Scotland, covering material from the early Middle
Ages to the early Jacobite era. Among the manuscripts
included are Wyntoun’s Chronicle and Hoccleve’s
De Regimine Principum, along with Hawthornden Manuscripts
and works by Andrew
Melville, George Lander and the younger John Donne.
The Medieval collection contains Scottish ballads,
pasquils, verses, satires and early fourteenth-century
Auchinleck manuscripts which contain romances. Guide
available. |
MICFILM 4354 |
No |
| Coleridge
and literary society: the papers of Samuel Taylor
Coleridge (1772-1834) from the British Library |
Coleridge’s notebooks have fascinated
scholars for over seventy years. He used them for
a multitude of purposes, as journals, commonplace
books, and places to experiment with drafts of material,
from letters and poems to lectures. The arrangement
of the material is haphazard, with notebooks being
started, abandoned, restarted (often from the other
end) and generally used, over years if not decades.
The notebooks show the range of Coleridge’s observations
and musings over many topics, some of which were
worked up into private correspondence or developed
into material for public consumption. Digital
guide. |
MICFILM 4232 |
No |
| The
diaries of Joseph Holloway, 1895-1944 |
A devoted theatre-goer, Joseph
Holloway attended the opening night of every professional
and amateur production in Dublin for almost fifty
years. He saw major actors in rehearsal, and his
critical responses provide an inside view of the
events and personalities of the Irish literary revival.Yeats
considered Holloway a good judge of acting. The
1916 Easter Rising and the political unrest of the
time are vividly conveyed. Rioting on the first
nights of Synge's Playboy and O'Casey's Plough and
the Start are described. The collection includes
Holloway's theatrical diaries, which record the
richness and variety of the era's cultural life.
The diaries provide a unique record of drama, musical
events, poetry readings, and public lectures. Also
included are his comments and reactions to many
of 's literary and intellectual personalities, clippings
from newspapers and journals of the time, and 221
manuscript volumes from the National Library of
Ireland.
|
MICFILM 1584 |
No |
| Early
English books, 1641-1700: selected from Donald Wing's
Short title catalogue |
The series fully documents the
English Renaissance which witnessed the rebirth
of classical humanism, the broadening of the known
world, and the spread of printing and education.
The Wing collection encompasses the English Civil
War, the Interregnum and the Restoration. First
editions of works by Milton, Dryden, Bunyan, Hobbes,
Locke, Newton, the metaphysical poets, and the Restoration
dramatists are included in the series. Guide
available. |
MICFILM 572 |
No |
| The
Eighteenth century |
The first component of the English
Short Title Catlogue, this is an extensive colleciton
of English works from the 18th century. Guide
available. |
MICFILM 1272 |
No |
| Elizabeth
Gaskell and nineteenth century literature |
Elizabeth Gaskell was a nineteenth
century novelist, renowned for writing about places
and situations which she encountered during her
life. These papers include letters from Charles
Dickens to Elizabeth Gaskell; an autograph manuscript
of Dickens's A Child's Dream of a Star; over 200
letters collected by Mrs Gaskell from contemporary
writers, politicians and other notable persons;
letters of William Makepeace Thackeray and Walter
Savage Landor; and original manuscripts of The
Grey Woman and Wives and Daughters (both published
in 1865). The Library also holds manuscripts of
Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Brontë (1857)
and The Crooked Branch (1859); autograph
letters from Charlotte Brontë and Patrick Brontë
to Mrs Gaskell, and other manuscripts relating to
the Brontë family; a portrait miniature of Mrs Gaskell
by William John Thomson. Guide available. |
MICFILM 3318 |
No |
| The
J.M. Synge manuscripts from the Library of Trinity
College, Dublin |
Synge (1871-1909) was an Irish
dramatist, poet, prose writer, and collector of
folklore. He was a key figure in the Irish Literary
Revival and was one of the cofounders of the Abbey
Theatre. He is best known for the play The Playboy
of the Western World, which caused riots in
Dublin during its opening run at the Abbey. The
collection contains manuscript and typescript drafts
of all of Synge's published and unpublished work,
with many variants and manuscript alterations; corrected
proofs; cast lists; notebooks; diaries; correspondence;
translations; newspaper cuttings and photographs.
Guide available. |
MICFILM 1608 |
No |
| Macmillan
archives |
The collection contains the correspondence
and papers of the publishing firm of Macmillan and
Company during the 19th and 20th centuries. |
MICFILM 1364 |
No |
| Medieval
and early modern women |
This project brings together a
unique collection of manuscripts from the 12th to
the 17th centuries describing women's lives, their
status, and their literary achievements. Digital
guide. |
MICFILM 4046 |
No |
| Michael
Field and fin-de-siecle culture and society; the
journals, 1868-1914, and the correspondence of Katharine
Bradley and Edith Cooper |
Katharine Harris Bradley (1846-1914)
and her niece, Edith Emma Cooper (1862-1913), collaborated
in writing verse and drama as ‘Michael Field’ -
and were “closer married” than many of their heterosexual
friends. They were familiar figures in the art world
and were close friends with Berenson and Ruskin.
Robert Browning was the first to acclaim their 'genius'
in poetry and they were widely published in periodicals.
They also wrote 27 dramas, mainly based on legends
and historical figures, many of which explore the
relationship between love and death. Digital
guide.
|
MICFILM 4231 |
No |
| The
original manuscripts and papers of Thomas Hardy:
the Thomas Hardy memorial collection at the Dorset
County Museum |
A comprehensive collection of
the original manuscripts, typescripts and proofs
of novels, dramatisations, short stories, essays,
poems and personal papers of the Dorset novelist
and poet. Including The Woodlanders, Far from the
Madding Crowd, The Trumpet Major and Jude the Obscure.
Digital
guide. |
MICFILM 1137 |
No |
| The
Oscar Wilde collection |
Filmed from the holdings of the
University of California, Los Angeles's William
Andrews Clark Memorial Library, this collection
contains literary manuscripts and typescripts of
poems and plays including unpublished poems, personal
and lecture notes and drafts of works, first and
rare editions of Wilde's work in English, autograph
correspondence of Wilde and the Wilde family including
his wife Constance, his mother Jane and his sister-in-law
Lilly. Based on Clark's early purchases from Wilde's
son Vyvyan Holland, bibliographer Christopher Millard
and executor Robert Ross, the holdings include a
remarkable group of autograph letters and drafts
by Wilde, supported by a nearly complete collection
of printed editions of his works. Guide available.
|
MICFILM 4040 |
No |
| The
papers of David Garrick |
David Garrick, the best-known
actor of his day and a major celebrity of the time,
corresponded with an extraordinary and diverse cross-section
of 18th-century society. This collection provides
the Garrick correspondence from the John Forster
Collection at the National Art Library. The correspondence
illuminates Garrick's career as a dramatist, director
and actor. Many of the 2,000 letters included here
are to actors, writers or stage managers, and reveal
Garrick's opinions on comedy, acting, playwriting
and many other aspects of the theater. Guide
available.
|
MICFILM 3322 |
No |
| The
papers of Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, 1876-1911 |
The creative partnership of Henry
Irving and Ellen Terry dominated the theater of
late Victorian England. As Irving's secretary and
tour manager for 27 years, Bram Stoker compiled
a comprehensive collection of documents reflecting
his detailed knowledge of the careers of Irving
and Terry. Drawn from the wide range of records
of both touring and Lyceum productions, this collection
presents an unrivalled insight into the late 19th-century
stage in England and America. Guide available.
|
MICFILM 3323 |
No |
| Popular
literature in eighteenth and nineteenth century
Britain |
The collection reproduces the
full texts and illustrations of approximately 2000
British chapbooks printed in the 1700's and early
1800's. Chapbooks provided news, entertainment,
and sensation to the poorer classes of England.
Also includes in parts 2-10 are penny issue novels,
early comics, and several forms of street literature
providing insight into popular english life. Guide
available. |
MICFILM 1732 |
No |
| Shakespeare
and the stage. Series one, Prompt books from the
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. |
This collection represents the
world's largest assemblage of prompt books, with
more than 900 volumes included. From the 17th to
the 20th centuries, the collection covers American
Shakespearean productions fully, with details of
plays performed in Boston, Chicago, New York and
other cities. Digital
guide. |
MICFILM 3268 |
No |
| Shakespeare
and the stage. Series two, Prompt books from the
Harvard Theatre Collection |
Series Two includes 400 prompt
books that recreate British and American 19th century
Shakespearean productions. This was an age of outstanding
achievement by the great actor-managers. Henry Irving's
prompt books from his days at the Lyceum are included,
and his Hamlet study book (1873) contains detailed
notes on interpreting the role of Hamlet, including
the cuts, moves and effects of his acclaimed performance.
Digital
guide. |
MICFILM 3269 |
No |
| Shakespeare
and the stage. Series three, Prompt books and related
materials from the Shakespeare Library, Birmingham |
Covering a great range of productions
in England between 1811 and 1929, this part of the
collection offers insights into both touring London
plays and the Birmingham Theatre Royal's own productions.
Included are the prompt books (1900-1926) of Frank
Benson, the leading figure in the Stratford Shakespeare
Festivals, and the Gordon Crosse Theatrical Diary,
which offers a rare eyewitness account of Shakespeare
productions more than more than 60 years. Digital
guide. |
MICFILM 3270 |
No |
| Shakespeare
and the stage. Series four, Prompt books from the
Shakespeare Library, Stratford-upon-Avon |
The primary archive for all the
records of the Stratford theatres is the Shakespeare
Centre. It contains more than 500 prompt books,
dating from the early 18th century to 1975. The
collection's earliest prompt copies are from the
days of the Theatres Royal, including the rare copy
of Cymbeline used in David Garrick's version of
the play at Drury Lane. The early years of the Shakespeare
Memorial Theatre are also covered. The more recent
prompt copies document the stage history of the
theatres that have seen all the greatest Shakespearean
actors, directors and designers of the 20th century.
Digital
guide. |
MICFILM 3271 |
No |
| The
Virginia Woolf manuscripts: from the Henry W. and
Albert A. Berg Collection at the New York Public
Library |
As a novelist, feminist, critic,
pacifist, diarist and a key firgure of the Bloomsbury
Group, Virginia Woolf played an important role in
the history of women. The collection includes some
of her works exactly as written, complete with doodles
in the margins and complete pages crossed out. The
documents offer researches new insights into the
autobiographical references in her novels, and understanding
of her commentaries on women's rights, pacifism,
gender and other controversial topics. Guide
available. |
MICFILM 3301 |
No |
| The
Virginia Woolf manuscripts from the Monks House
papers at the University of Sussex
|
One of the twentieth century’s
most brilliant and innovative writers, Virginia
Woolf (1882–1941) remains a subject of literary
and cultural scholarship world wide. Her contribution
to modernism, which includes the novels Mrs Dalloway
(1925) and To the Lighthouse (1927), is impossible
to overstate. The archive of her papers at the University
of Sussex is known as the Monks House Papers, named
after the Woolfs’ house at nearby Rodmell in East
Sussex. The papers at Sussex are those which Leonard
Woolf made available to Virginia’s nephew Quentin
Bell for the purpose of writing her official biography.
Digital
guide. |
MICFILM 3302 |
No |
| The
Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson manuscripts,
letters and diaries |
The collection represents the
first survey of the Vita Sackville-West manuscripts
in the Sissinghurst Collection. It includes over
200 works of her published poems, plays, novels,
non-fiction works including her family history,
travel, works and the talks she gave on BBC radio,
as well as a collection of her husband's diaries,
plays and war-time letters. Digital
guide. |
MICFILM 3184 |
No |
| A
woman's view of drama, 1790-1830: the diaries of
Anna Margaretta Larpent in the Huntington Library |
Anna Margaretta Porter (1758-1824)
was the daughter of Sir James Porter the diplomat.
She kept a diary which started in earnest in 1773.
In 1782 she became the second wife to John Larpent
(1741-1824) who had been appointed Examiner of Plays
in England in November 1778 (all plays required
licensing before performance and the Examiner had
the sole power to recommend the issue of licences).
Most valuably, she recorded her reading, her criticisms
and her verdicts in her diary. Digital
guide. |
MICFILM 3393 |
No |
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