Miscellaneous letters, including autograph letters, given by various donors, 1799 - 1955
Scope and Contents
1) Matthew Arnold to Emily Davies, 29 June 1887 concerning the admission of women to University degrees;
2) Amy Bulley to her mother, Girton 31 May [1873] concerning playing cricket at Benslow House, Hitchin;
3) Henry Ponsonby to Agnata Ramsay, 31 July 1887 concerning her success in the Classical Tripos and a gift of a print of Queen Victoria;
4) Henry Jackson to Mrs Benians, 28 August 1955 re his father's (Sir Henry Jackson) interest in degrees for women;
5) George Eliot to Mrs Hamilton, [nd, before 1874]. Presented by Mary Clover, January 1933;
6) Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, note in connection with Murray’s New English Dictionary, [nd]. Presented by H J R Murray esq. May 1950;
7) George Eliot to James Murray, 5 December 1879. Presented by H J R Murray esq., July 1947;
8) Elizabeth Barratt (Browning) to Mrs P A Taylor, [Clementia Taylor] 3 December 1844. Presented by Mary Clover, January 1933;
9) William Wordsworth, quatrain, 24 October 1836;
10) John Ruskin to Girton Students, 25 November 1884 concerning gift of Mrs Alexander’s ‘Wayside Songs’; John Ruskin to [Mistress of Girton?], 25 February 1887 concerning subjects taught at Girton; John Ruskin to [Mistress of Girton?], 27 March 1887 concerning gift of Kate Greenaway illustrations;
11) Samuel Taylor Coleridge to Mr Ward, 7 and 8 October 1799 and [nd]. Bequest of Helen Cam, 1968;
12) ‘Eyes, calm beside me ...’, sonnet of 1834 by Robert Browning, as transcribed by D G Rossetti;
13) A C Swinburne, ‘An essay on Blake’, with a manuscript copy by E Smile.
Dates
- Creation: 1799 - 1955
Extent
1 file(s) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
Cupboard 4 (K)
Originator(s)
Various
Finding aid date
1998-09-03 10:23:19+00:00
Repository Details
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