Manuscripts
De Montfort : a tragedy
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Thomas Campbell notebook on the English stage and "Life of Mrs. Siddons"
Manuscripts
Volume is also referred to as "Notes on the English Stage" and "Original manuscript notebook of Thomas Campbell, the poet, for his "Life of Mrs. Siddons." Includes separated housing.
mssHM 33780
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Guide to Salzburg and environs. Reserved for visitors at the Hôtel de l'Europe
Rare Books
Kirkpatrick reference: 2261 Description: [2], 88, [12] p., [3] leaves of plates (2 folded): illustrations, maps Imprint: Salzburg Ownership notes: Autograph: R.F. Burton. Occasional ms. annotations by Burton. Insertions: Article titled "Einladung zur Theilnahme an der II. Versammlung österreichischer Anthropologen und Urgeschichtsforscher ...", with ms. annotations by Burton, laid in. Clipping of article titled "Oesterreichischer Anthropologen-Tag in Salzburg", dated 14 Aug. 1881, laid in.
635664
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Paradise Lost
Manuscripts
Two bound volumes containing a manuscript copy of Paradise Lost in the handwriting of Sarah Siddons. Volume 1 is prefaced by a handwritten 22-line eulogistic poem beginning, "Penned by a hand of Elegance and grace ..." by her son Henry Siddons. Volume 1 (199 pages) contains book 1 through book 5, line 720, and volume 2 (242 pages) continues to the end of book 12. The last page of volume 2 contains the note "Many of the learned [?] similes & parts meerly [sic] descriptive and narrative are omitted in this copy, in order to facilitate the reading of the poem aloud."
mssHM 2865
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William Sotheby letters
Manuscripts
The collection consists primarily of letters addressed to William Sotheby, mostly from literary friends. Subject matter includes William Sotheby and his writings, contemporary writers and his friends, and European travel. The collection also contains five poems by Sotheby. Correspondents in the collection include: Joanna Baillie, Anna Barbauld, Sarah Bartley, Sir George Beaumont, Mary Berry, Lady Dacre, Catherine Bury, Lord Byron, Thomas Campbell, Duchess of Devonshire, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, James Fenimore Cooper, Sir Humphry Davy, Sir William Drummond, Peter Elmsley, Sir Henry Charles Englefield, Catherine Maria Fanshawe, Thomas Grosvenor, Arthur Henry Hallam, Henry Hallam, William Howley, Alexander von Humboldt, Washington Irving, George Lamb, Sir Thomas Lawrence, J.G. Lockhart, Sarah Siddons, Mary Somerville, Robert Southey, Agnes Strickland, François Talma, John Taylor, Dawson Turner, John Wilson, and William Wordsworth.
mssSY
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Ephemera: Christmas Card [1 piece]
Manuscripts
Correspondence largely deals with family affairs. Family members represented in collection are: Joanna Muir Brown, Anna G. Galloway, Sarah Muir Galloway, Mary Muir Hand, Anna Muir, Anne Gilrye Muir, Daniel Muir, Daniel H. Muir, Jr., David G. Muir, John Muir, Katie Muir, Margaret Muir Reid, and Anna Reid Waterman. The ephemera in the collection consists of cards, envelopes, mementos, other printed materials.
mssHM 57349-57497
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Ephemera: Calling Cards [3 pieces]
Manuscripts
Correspondence largely deals with family affairs. Family members represented in collection are: Joanna Muir Brown, Anna G. Galloway, Sarah Muir Galloway, Mary Muir Hand, Anna Muir, Anne Gilrye Muir, Daniel Muir, Daniel H. Muir, Jr., David G. Muir, John Muir, Katie Muir, Margaret Muir Reid, and Anna Reid Waterman. The ephemera in the collection consists of cards, envelopes, mementos, other printed materials.
mssHM 57349-57497