Manuscripts
Charlotte Brontë collection
- Description
A collection of letters and manuscripts written by Charlotte Brontë. The manuscripts include both bound and unbound prose and verse; some of which are written in the minute hand which she often used. The majority of the letters are written to her friend Ellen Nussey, along with a small group of letters to her mentor, William Smith Williams, and one letter to her biographer, Elizabeth Gaskell.
- Date
- 1832-1854
- Call number
- mssBrontec
- Provenance
- Purchased from William K. Bixby sale (HM 2578), 1918.
- Acquired from various sources, 1916-1930.
- Restrictions
- Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
