Manuscripts

Stephenson, Robert

Description: Original water-color drawings, for bridges and other works to be constructed, mostly on London and Birmingham Railway. Includes some 14 lithographs, some of the drawings, some of the originals elsewhere. Note: This has been catalogued as a Rare Book, and has Rare Book call number 10030. It was transferred to the Manuscripts Department in 1929.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1838-1840
Call number: Lot 449
Provenance: Purchased from Anderson Galleries, 1919.
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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Richard Badnell letter to Robert Stephenson

Manuscripts

This private letter concerns one of the most exciting new developments of the day, the emerging railways. Badnall writes, "I flatter myself...my attachment to mechanical pursuits might be brought into useful play, and more especially s I cannot help having a strong presentiment that...the undulating Railway would soon obtain a preeminence which would ensure a lucrative Business..." Bandall goes on to suggest that if they did go into business together, Stephenson might remain at Manchester and Badnall reside in Birmingham. He ends with some remarks on centrifugal force, a subject upon which he and Stephenson had obviously corresponded.

mssHM 83606

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Letter to Noah Porter

Manuscripts

New York. Originally enclosed: Notes on Fallacies of American Protectionists (printed); this pamphlet has been transferred to the Rare Books Department.

LI 3018

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Schad, Robert O

Manuscripts

For additional Schad correspondence see alos: Rare Book Dept. 34.22.

HIA 31.1

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Lewis, Robert W.. Letter to Ranuzzi, Florence

Manuscripts

The collection consists of material relating to Florence Ranuzzi's personal activities, including her early life in the motion picture industry, and business papers concerning Poor Richard's Bookshop. The collection includes 249 single-item cataloged letters and manuscript materials, 3 boxes of ephemera and small publications, 6 scrapbooks, and a number of printed books which were transferred to the Rare Books Department.

RAN 143

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Charles Lacroix Pascal scrapbook

Manuscripts

This scrapbook contains letters, with a few documents. Many of the letters have been mounted for scrapbooks, and some include photographs or etchings of their authors. Also included in the album are newspaper clippings, etchings, and copies of letters of prominent Civil War generals. Additional photographs acquired with the collection have been transferred to the portrait collection in the Library's Rare Book Department.

mssHM 48963

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Brandon-Jones, John. 1 letter to [Miss] Winmill, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1962, Aug. 20), London (Eng.)

Manuscripts

Also: 13 drawings and 2 autograph notes by Brandon-Jones about the drawings. Transferred from Art Gallery, Dec. 10, 2003, originally enclosed in Philip Webb and William Lethaby file.

MOR 48

Stephenson, Robert

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