Manuscripts

Memorabilia regarding Percy Bysshe Shelley's memorial

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Description: There are 8 card photographs in this small group of manuscripts relating to Percy Bysshe Shelley's memorial in Viareggio, Italy. In addition, there is a speech made by Colonel Shelley Leigh Hunt at a public banquet given at Viareggio, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Shelley memorial, September 30, 1894. A list of 10 names is also part of this group, these individuals appear to be part of the inauguration. These items are contained in an incomplete volume with pages 795-800 about the Shelley family.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1894.
Call number: mssHM 80443 (A-C)
Creator: Hunt, Shelley Leigh(Opens in new tab)
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Hellas, a lyrical drama: manuscript

Manuscripts

Manuscript copy of the poem Hellas by Percy Bysshe Shelley. It is in the hand of Shelley's friend Edward E. Williams, but with corrections by Shelley.

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Shelley family papers

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The collection consists of correspondence and genealogical material relating to the ancestry of English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822). There are letters from the poet's father, Sir Timothy Shelley, and William Ratcliffe, Rouge Croix of the College of Arms, among others. The collection also contains extracts from church and county records, copies of monumental inscriptions, drawings of coats of arms and heraldic devices, and pedigree charts. Most of the material is in a large volume. There is also one contemporary 17th century manuscript.

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Shelley family papers

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Walter Savage Landor letter to Leigh Hunt

Manuscripts

Also incorporated in the letter is a poem of four verses on Percy Bysshe Shelley.

mssHM 11716

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The necessity of atheism / Percy Bysshe Shelley

Rare Books

This collection contains 324 booklets from the Little Blue Book and related series published by the Haldeman-Julius Company of Girard, Kansas. The collection includes booklets dating from 1921 to 1943, with the bulk dating from the 1920s. The titles in the collection range from reprints of literary classics by authors such as ancient Greek tragedians, William Shakespeare, and Ralph Waldo Emerson to contemporary writings by geologist Carroll Lane Fenton, historian Will Durant. More than 150 authors are represented and the booklets often focus on topics such as free thought, philosophy, religion, evolution, natural history, biographies of scientists and historical figures, and guides and essays about philosophers and authors. The booklets are primarily identified as part of the "Little Blue Book" series on the front cover, but there are some titles from the Five cent pocket series; the Ten Cent pocket series; the Appeal pocket series; and the Pocket series.

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3. Biographical sketch of Percy Bysshe Shelley 7 p

Manuscripts

This collection of papers of James Thomas Fields and Annie Adams Fields consists of notebooks and loose papers containing their poetry, essays, notes for speeches, a few scattered diary entries, and memoranda. Also included are letters to and from the Fieldses, as well as a group of letters from James Fields to Annie. Complementing the fully-catalogued Fields papers, these personal papers of James and Annie Fields comprising the addenda contain anecdotes and references to some of the literary figures represented in the main body of the Fields papers. Some notable correspondents in this collection are Booker T. Washington and John Greenleaf Whittier. There is also a photograph of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

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Memorabilia regarding Percy Bysshe Shelley's memorial

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