Baron Byron, George Gordon Byron collection of papers

id
613
origination
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
date statement
1805-1969 [bulk 1805-1922]
key date
1805
identifier (local_mss)
19232
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Byron
b-number
b15934737
total components
77
total series
3
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 14:58:58 UTC
updated
2026-08-14 02:12:05 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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unittitle
{"value"=>"Baron Byron, George Gordon Byron 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 and correspondence, and four diaries kept from 1814 to 1816 by John Cam Hobhouse."}
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"=>"Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Familiarly known as Lord Byron, George Gordon Byron was an English poet, essayist, and dramatist.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>Previous owners include Robert Charles Dallas, Henry R. M. Howard, W. T. H. Howe, Jerome Kern, Caroline Lamb, Elizabeth B. Pigot, Harry Bache Smith, Roderick Terry, and Owen D. Young.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and correspondence, and four diaries kept from 1814 to 1816 by John Cam Hobhouse. The manuscripts include poems, portions of poems, essays, and notes for work, some of which are copied in Caroline Lamb's and in an unknown hand, as well as essays in manuscript about the author by W. H. Auden, Leigh Hunt, A. C. Swinburne, and others. The correspondence comprises letters by the author, dating from 1805 to 1823, to Robert Charles Dallas, Leigh Hunt, E. Noel Long, John Murray, and others. Also included are letters relating to the author, dating from 1816 to 1969, between various correspondents, including Frances Burney d'Arblay, James Fenimore Cooper, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Ethel Colburn Mayne, John Murray, Robert Southey, and others, as well as a number of forged letters to Charles Victor de Bonstetten, Thomas Hookham, Douglas Kinnaird, and an unidentified recipient. Also present are letters to Byron from Leigh Hunt, Prince Mavrocordato, and Sir Walter Scott, dating from January through March 1822.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Baron Byron, George Gordon Byron collection of papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19232#c217136'>Diaries</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19232#c217138'>Manuscripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19232#c217169'>Correspondence</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>"}
date_inclusive_start
1805
date_inclusive_end
1969
keydate
1805
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
149 items
date_start
1805
date_end
1969
date_bulk_start
1805
date_bulk_end
1922

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