Guide to literary archives

(see also Guide to literary manuscripts, 1984)

This guide is not intended to be exhaustive. It complements the archives catalogue, which includes a subject search facility and the English subject gateway.

Authors:

Collections of literary correspondence and manuscripts:

  • Sterling Library manuscript collection, SLV

Archives relating to literary scholarship:

  • Katharine Longley [Charles Dickens], MS1003
  • Katharine Eggar [Shakespeare], MS987
  • Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence [Bacon/Shakespeare], DL
  • Sylvia Legge [Thomas Sturge Moore], MS916
  • Ridgill Trout [Shakespeare], MS862, MS961
  • Constance Pott [Bacon/Shakespeare], MS1113
  • Mary Lago - Amiya Chakravarty letters [Tagore], MS885
  • Hans van Marle Collection [Joesph Conrad], MS1169

Publishers’ archives:

Booksellers’ archives: