Sir Leslie Stephen collection of papers

id
5690
origination
Stephen, Leslie, Sir, 1832-1904
date statement
1859]-1939
key date
1859
identifier (local_mss)
19326
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Stephen
b-number
b15974102
total components
101
total series
3
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:05:23 UTC
updated
2026-08-16 02:10:51 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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unitdate
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date_inclusive_start
1859
date_inclusive_end
1939
keydate
1859
unittitle
{"value"=>"Sir Leslie Stephen collection of papers"}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library.</span> <span class=\"subarea\">The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.</span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, correspondence, a notebook for 1903 and 1904, and portraits."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Stephen, Leslie, Sir, 1832-1904", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Sir Leslie Stephen, the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, was an English literary editor, literary critic, essayist, and biographer.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>Previous owners include Julia Prinsep Jackson Duckworth, Hugh Walpole, and Owen D. Young.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, correspondence, a notebook for 1903 and 1904, and portraits. The manuscripts include essays, lists, and miscellaneous materials. The bulk of the collection consists of letters from the author, dating from [1859] to 1901, to Robert Browning, Sir Hall Caine, Moncure Conway, Thomas Hardy, Stella Duckworth Hills, Margaret Raine Hunt, Maria Pattle Jackson, Sir Leslie's wife Julia Prinsep Stephen, the literary agency T. Fisher Unwin, and others, as well as letters relating to the author, dating from 1862 to 1939, between various correspondents, including Julia Margaret Cameron, Aubrey Thomas De Vere, Thomas Hardy, William Holman Hunt, Maria Pattle Jackson, Virginia Woolf, and others. There are letters to Sir Leslie from Charles Francis Adams, Robert Williams Buchanan, Julia Margaret Cameron, Charles Darwin, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Henry James, James Russell Lowell, Charles Eliot Norton, George Smith, Baron Hallam Tennyson, Thomas Whittaker, and others, dating from 1866 to 1902.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Sir Leslie Stephen collection of papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19326#c245495'>Manuscripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19326#c245502'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19326#c245593'>Portraits</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.</p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.</p>"}
note
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
849 items
date_start
1859
date_end
1939

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