Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley collection of papers

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{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS Shelley, M. W.", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"22144", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley collection of papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1822-1847", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1822/1847"}

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date_inclusive_start

1822

date_inclusive_end

1847

origination

{"value"=>"Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist, best known as the author of Frankenstein. She also wrote short-stories, poetry, biographies, journal articles, reviews, and edited the works of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. Previous owners include Marrianne Hunt, Anthony Trollope, Captain J. F. Hinkley and W. T. H. Howe.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection that includes literary manuscripts and correspondence by Mary Shelley. The manuscripts include one holograph poem (\"Stanzas\") and one transcript of a poem by her husband, P. B. Shelley (\"To the L[or]d C[hancello]r\"). The correspondence dates from between 1822 and 1847. Correspondents include: Claire Clairmont, her stepsister; Leigh Hunt, the journalist and critic; John Howard Payne, the actor and writer; and a few others. Also held are copies of forty letters from Mary Shelley to Claire Clairmont, in the in the hand of Clairmont's niece, Paola Clairmont.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

keydate

1822

prefercite

{"value"=>"Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley collection of papers, Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist, best known as the author of Frankenstein. She also wrote short-stories, poetry, biographies, journal articles, reviews, and edited the works of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley. This is a synthetic collection that includes literary manuscripts and correspondence by Mary Shelley. The manuscripts include one holograph poem (\"Stanzas\") and one transcript of a poem by her husband, P. B. Shelley (\"To the L[or]d C[hancello]r\"). The correspondence dates from between 1822 and 1847. Correspondents include: Claire Clairmont, her stepsister; Leigh Hunt, the journalist and critic; John Howard Payne, the actor and writer; and a few others. Also held are copies of forty letters from Mary Shelley to Claire Clairmont, in the in the hand of Clairmont's niece, Paola Clairmont.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

22 items

date_start

1822

date_end

1847

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