Manuscripts and correspondence arranged by author

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  Manuscripts and correspondence arranged by title

  Manuscripts

  mssHM 6097-6129, etc.

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  Manuscripts and correspondence, Ruskin to A-D

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  mssHM 6097-6129, etc.

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  Manuscripts and correspondence, Ruskin to E-Z

  Manuscripts

  mssHM 6097-6129, etc.

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  Manuscripts

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  mssHM 6097-6129, etc.

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  Correspondence and manuscripts

  Manuscripts

  mssHM 1201, etc.

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  John Ruskin Collection

  Manuscripts

  This collection contains approximately 175 pieces of correspondence and manuscripts related to English author John Ruskin (1819-1900) that deal chiefly with his career as a writer, professor, and art critic. The earliest item in the collection is a volume titled Practical Geometry, containing problems and exercises, with some additional sketches and notes by Ruskin, dated 1833 (HM 6103). The correspondence series includes: 61 letters, dated 1858-1873, to Louisa Anne De La Poer Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford, a Pre-Raphaelite watercolorist. 11 letters to Sarah Corlass (circa 1850-1865) 12 letters to actor Norman Forbes in 1888 26 letters to novelist Margaret Raine Hunt, from 1867 to 1887 6 letters to John Henry Larkin For a detailed list of Ruskin's artwork within the collection, see "A Checklist of Pre-Raphaelite Works of Art in the Huntington Library and Art Collections," Huntington Library Quarterly Vol. 55, No. 1 (Winter, 1992), pp. 225-251.

  mssHM 6097-6129, etc.