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Manuscripts
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Note: letter pasted onto another sheet of paper which also includes a printed engraving, another autograph and biographical information. Cataloger's Note: this letter could also be addressed to Jane's sister Anna Maria Porter, 1780-1832.
KAL 913
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Note: newspaper clipping pasted onto letter.
KAL 782
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Note: written in third person; with printed item pasted to letter.
KAL 990
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Also enclosed: another autograph note written in an unknown hand on behalf of Ellen Terry.
KAL 1316
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Note: addressee name illegible. Also enclosed: 1 printed item.
KAL 1359
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This collection is what is known as an autograph collection and Kane spent years, not only collecting autographs of famous people on his own, but also acquiring the collections of other autograph seekers. This material spans multiple centuries and formats: from a 15th century manuscript on vellum to a 1951 typewritten letter. The collection includes accounts, letters, photographs, poems, government papers and royal proclamations, signed by, among others, actors and actresses, authors, explorers, kngs, magicians, queens, politicians, scientists, singers, and soldiers. Many of the famous people in this collection are also to be found in other manuscript collections in the Huntington Library.
KAL 831