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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
mssHM 27955, mssHM 78887-79014
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Manuscripts
The collection consists mainly of letters from Isabel Burton and Richard Burton to Leonard Charles Smithers from 1885 to 1892, the collection also contains a printed prospectus for The Arabian Nights, a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne, a photograph of Isabel Burton and a lithograph of Richard Burton.
mssHM 27955, 78887-79014
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Manuscripts
This collection consists mainly of letters from Isabel Burton (1831-1896) and her husband, British explorer and writer Richard Burton (1821-1890), to their friend London publisher Leonard Charles Smithers (1861-1907) from 1885 to 1892 1. Correspondence & Manuscripts (Box 1) are arranged alphabetically by author. This box includes letters from Isabel Burton and Richard Burton to Leonard Smithers. This box also includes a draft manuscript by Isabel Burton offering a "pious memento" in return for prayers for Richard Burton's release from purgatory and a printed prospectus for Burton's Arabian Nights. 2. Correspondence, Manuscripts, Photograph & Ephemera (Box 2) are arranged alphabetically by author and subject. This box includes letters from Richard Burton to Leonard Smithers; the final letter is dated less than a month before Burton's death on Oct. 19, 1890. Also included in this box is a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne, a signed photograph of Isabel Burton, a lithograph of Richard Burton and ephemera.
mssHM 27955, mssHM 78887-79014
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of manuscripts by Zoë Akins, and other Akins family members, a few pieces of correspondence, a photographic album, drawings, reel-to-reel tapes, printed books, and ephemera.
mssAkinsjan
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of manuscripts by Zoë Akins, and other Akins family members, a few pieces of correspondence, a photographic album, drawings, reel-to-reel tapes, printed books, and ephemera.
mssAkinsjan
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Manuscripts
HM 78887