Wilkie Collins:
An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
| Creator: | Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889 | |
| Title: | Wilkie Collins Collection | |
| Dates: | 1843-1938, undated | |
| Extent: | 8 document boxes, 1 oversize box (4.36 linear feet) | |
| Abstract: | Includes both manuscripts and correspondence of the popular British Victorian novelist, playwright, and short story writer, Wilkie Collins. Among his correspondents are Walter Besant, Sir Hall Caine, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, Edward Matthew Ward, and others. Research material that was gathered by Dorothy Sayers as she worked on bibliographic, biographical, and critical studies of Collins is also present in the collection. | |
| Call Number: | Manuscript Collection MS-0881 | |
| Language: | English, French, German |
| Access: | Open for research |
Administrative Information
| Processed by: | Joan Sibley and Katherine Noble, 2013 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. |
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