German letters, including letters written by Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia, Hugo Wolf, Josef Kainz, C. F. Gauss, Ernst von Starhemberg, Pauline von Metternich, and Edmund Rabe. Creation date: 18th-19th centuries.
Seven autograph letters from Edward Burne-Jones to Euphrosyne Cassavetti and one autograph letter from Burne-Jones to Maria Zambaco. Creation date: c 1866-1888.
Autograph letter signed from P. T. Barnum to a doctor. Also, two carte-de-visite albumen prints showing Barnum with Anna H. Swann of Nova Scotia and with Capt. Martin van Buren Bates. At the time Bates and Swann were the tallest married couple in the world. Creation date: 1860s-1883.
Henry Spencer Palmer, soldier and surveyor (1838-1893), British Columbia, autograph manuscript of a ?speech, and another piece, an ALS and memorandum (in another hand) from Palmer to the Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington. Creation date: c 1863-1874.
ELISABETH of HESSE, Grand Duchess of Russia (1864-1918). Autograph colour postcard signed ('Ella') to PRINCESS HELENE of RUSSIA, sending good wishes. The postcard shows a view of the Admiralty seen across the Neva (by A. Beggrow). Creation date: 1899.
JUNG, CARL. Typescript (with corrections by hand) of the lecture 'Das Collective Unbewusste' - Jung's unpublished original German text. Creation date: 1948.
1. MARX, KARL. Manuscript annotations to author's presentation copy of Das Kapital (1867) to Johann Georg Eccarius. (Images on compact disc.) 2. LISZT, FRANZ. Autograph letter signed to Peter Cornelius. 14 July 1861. German. 3. RENOIR, PIERRE-AUGUSTE. Autograph letter signed to 'Cher Ami', ref...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
28 Jun 2016
Extent:
8 photocopy sheets AND digital images on compact disc
MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, FELIX. Notebook containing 19 letters by Mendelssohn to Schumann, transcribed by an unidentified copyist and corrected and annotated by Clara Schumann. The letters discuss various compositions by Schumann. Creation dates: 1836-46