Manuscripts
Robert Louis Stevenson collection
- Description
- A collection of manuscripts and correspondence related to Robert Louis Stevenson. The manuscripts include poems, essays, notes, fragments from Stevenson's novels, and a pencil sketch. The correspondents in the collection include Thomas Spencer Baynes, Andrew Chatto, Sidney Colvin, Andrew Lang, David Christie Murray, Lloyd Osbourne, James Payn, Robert Alan Mowbray Stevenson, and Thomas Stevenson. The collection also includes a forgery of a letter from Stevenson to Mr. Carruthers, 1893 (mssHM 46122).
- Date
- 1869-1904
- Call number
- mssStevenson
- Provenance
- Acquired by purchase and gift from various sources, specific acquisition information noted on individual folders, 1914-1975.
- Restrictions
- Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Rights
- The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
- Associated people
- Baynes, T. Spencer (1823-1887,)
- Chatto, Andrew, (1841-1913,)
- Colvin, Sidney, (1845-1927,)
- Lang, Andrew, (1844-1912,)
- Murray, David Christie, (1847-1907,)
- Osbourne, Lloyd, (1868-1947,)
- Payn, James, (1830-1898,)
- Stevenson, Robert Alan Mowbray, (1847-1900,)
- Stevenson, Thomas, (1818-1887,)
- Associated organization
- Chatto & Windus (Firm),
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