An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Borrow, George Henry,
1803-1881
Title:
George Henry Borrow
Collection
Dates:
1826-1874, undated
Extent:
4 document boxes, 1 oversize box (3.22 linear feet)
Abstract:
Comprises mainly manuscripts and some
correspondence by the English writer George Henry Borrow, including more than
two
hundred chapter files for his best-selling books on Gypsy life, Lavengro (1851) and The Romany
Rye (1857).
Call Number:
Manuscript Collection MS-0457
Language:
English, Catalan, Danish,
Dutch, French, Irish, Latin, Romani,
Spanish, and unidentified
language
Access:
Open for research
Administrative Information
Processed by:
Joan Sibley and Sara Saastamoinen, 2012
Note: This finding aid replicates and replaces information
previously available only in a card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at
the
end of this finding aid for information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts
as well as the abbreviations commonly used in descriptions.
