Creator:
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890.
Inclusive Dates:
1855- 1891
Abstract:
British explorer of India and Africa, world traveler, orientalist, author,
linguist, translator of The Arabian nights. Collection includes correspondence
(1855-1891); contracts with publishers; and essays by Burton. Correspondence
includes letters from Lady Burton (Isabel Arundell), including some to Algernon
Charles Swinburne, and letters by Burton regarding Africa and the Orient.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Essays.
Manuscripts for publication.
Subject:
Africa -- Discovery and exploration.
Authors.
Explorers.
Translators.
Literature -- British
Authors and publishers -- Contracts and specifications.
Explorers.
Translators.
Creator:
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Inclusive Dates:
1878- 1880
Abstract:
Three items of correspondence, including a letter to Edmund Gosse, a letter to his mother, and another to his parents; and five autographed manuscript essays and poems.
Type of Material:
Essays.
Letters (correspondence)
Poems.
Subject:
Authors.
Novelists.
Literature -- British
English literature, Scottish authors
Scottish literature