English Civilization Collection
Scope and Contents
The English (British) Civilization Collection contains more than 1,500 letters and documents that were either purchased by the Boston Public Library or were donated. The material was written by royal, political, military, literary, scientific, and artistic figures, together with other individuals who contributed to British and Irish history and culture throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
Dates
- 1573-1970
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Items in this collection may be subject to copyright restrictions. In most cases, the Boston Public Library does not hold the copyright to the items in our collections. It is the sole responsibility of the user to make their own determination about what types of usage might be permissible under U.S. and international copyright law.
Extent
5.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Method of Acquisition
Purchases and donations from variouis sources.
Processing Information
Finding aid written by the Rare Books and Manuscripts staff.
Processing Information
This electronic finding aid is transcribed from legacy data. In many cases, transcriptions were not verified against collection materials at the time of transcription. As a result, this finding aid could be incomplete and might only reflect a partial understanding of the material.
Statement on harmful description
Archival description reflects the biases of time periods and cultures in which it was created and may include direct quotations or descriptions that use inappropriate or harmful language. Creator provided descriptions may be maintained in order to preserve the context in which the collection was created and/or used. Legacy description and potentially offensive content may be made available online until a collection can be reprocessed because the access that they provide to primary source materials is uniquely valuable to the research community at large. Our efforts to repair outdated descriptions and to describe our collections more equitably are iterative and ongoing.
- Abolitionists -- Great Britain Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airy, George Biddell, 1801-1892.
- Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861
- Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, English -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, Irish -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959.
- Booksellers and bookselling -- Great Britain -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861.
- Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.
- Christianity -- Great Britain. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962.
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
- Curtis, Roger, Sir, 1746-1816.
- Digital images. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Edgeworth, Maria, 1767-1849.
- Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939.
- Fry, Elizabeth Gurney, 1780-1845.
- Gordon, Charles George, 1833-1885.
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865.
- J. & E. Bumpus.
- Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.
- Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854.
- Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876
- Mary, Queen, consort of George V, King of Great Britain, 1867-1953.
- Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855.
- Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852.
- Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slavery -- Great Britain -- History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Smith, W. Sidney (William Sidney), Sir, 1764-1840.
- Social reformers -- Great Britain. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Theater -- Great Britain -- History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807.
- Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.
- Ward, Genevieve, 1838-1922.
- Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833.
- Women authors, English -- 19th century -- Correspondence. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- English Civilization Collection
- Date
- 02/01/2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2013-02: Updated by Bethany Hersh in February, 2013.
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