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Creator
Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896
Call number
Berg Coll MSS Hughes, T
Physical description
185 items
Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

Repository
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Access to materials
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This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and correspondence.

Biographical/historical information

Thomas Hughes was an English novelist and biographer.

Scope and arrangement

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and correspondence. The manuscripts include an incomplete lecture and an article. The correspondence includes letters, dating from 1856 to 1899, from the author to Frances Eliza (Grenfell) Kingsley, Daniel Macmillan, and others, as well as letters relating to the author, dating from 1857 to 1864, between various correspondents, including Matthew Arnold, Charles Synge Bowen, Richard Doyle, Macmillan and Co., and others. There is also an undated letter from Richard Doyle to Hughes.

The Thomas Hughes collection of papers are arranged in two series:

Administrative information

Custodial history

Previous owners include W. T. H. Howe and Owen D. Young.

Source of acquisition

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

Processing information

Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.

Using the collection

Location

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 320

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.