Manuscripts

Ephemera

Description: The box contains printed ephemera, photographs, clippings, engravings, and an inventory; there is also loose material and 1 envelope. The box also contains correspondence and receipts regarding the collecting of the material by John A. Penton.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: undated
Call number: mssHM 52621-52662
Creator: Disraeli, Benjamin (1804-1881)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Mrs. Elizabeth Wade, December 1987. The collection was assembled in the mid-20th century by John A. Penton, uncle of Elizabeth Wade.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
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Benjamin Disraeli letters

Manuscripts

The collection of 42 items is chiefly letters from Disraeli to his sister and confidante, Sarah Disraeli. The letters deal with the full range of Disraeli's political, literary, personal, and social affairs, including reactions to newspaper attacks on him or on his books, London society gossip, Parliamentary actions, political parties and politicians, etc. Also included is printed ephemera related to Disraeli, including photographs of Hughenden, Buckinghamshire, newspapers clippings, engravings, pamphlets (some critical of his career), and articles.

mssHM 52621-52662

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Correspondence, manuscripts, and documents

Manuscripts

The box contains correspondence, manuscripts, and documents (mssHM 52621-62662). Some of the letters were removed from an album and are still window-mounted on larger paper.

mssHM 52621-52662

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Scrapbooks -- [Printed ephemera], (1965-1966)

Manuscripts

Loose material. Included: Award and greeting cards. Please see Box 108 for pages from the scrapbook.

mssWheelon

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Ephemera

Manuscripts

Includes material related to post-war military service including a Domain of the Golden Dragon certificate (box 10); landing cards, passes, and Japan shore leave items; and a wage booklet. Also present are business cards; tickets; receipts; leaflets and handouts; ID cards and licenses, including a 1943 War Relocation Authority driver's license; loose notes; and a pre-war Japanese train map.

mssSK

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Series II. Loose prints and ephemera

Visual Materials

The contents list for this series provides basic descriptions of the more than 400 loose and matted prints and ephemera contained in the collection and captures each item's call number, item title, and, when known, date, artists, printer credit lines, and acquisition information. This list provides a preliminary inventory, and artist and printer names have not been standardized. Within the item notes, item type is identified broadly and the majority of images are listed simply as prints (though specific items incorporate intaglio, planographic, and relief printing techniques and include wood engravings, woodcuts, etchings, engravings, mezzotints, aquatints, and lithographs) or broadsides (though specific items include small advertisements, handbills, programs, and leaflets). The items described in the contents list below are contained within the following call numbers: pri470 (Boxes 1-5), pri472 (Boxes 1-5), pri475 (Boxes 1-3), RB 3135, RB 3277, RB 4169, RB 4183, RB 4184, RB 4231, RB 10015 (Boxes 1-2), RB 72759-72762, RB 182143, RB 206395-206403, RB 240367, RB 646538, and RB 646539.

pri470, pri472, pri475, 10015, 139413, etc.

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Manuscripts

Box used to contain loose signatures. The loose signatures have been rehoused into Binder 1.

mssBehymer

Ephemera

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