| Abstract: | This artificial collection consists of 62 rare manuscripts, primarily in the form of letters, from the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Literary figures represented include Pre-Raphaelites, Victorians, Romantics, and many more. Notable authors include William Wordsworth, H. G. Wells, Robert Browning, Mark Twain and others. Supplementing writers are such esteemed artists as John William Waterhouse, Claude Monet, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Finally, culturally significant public figures appear, for example Booker T. Washington, John Ruskin, and Sir Richard Burton. These manuscripts provide insight into the cultural climate of their respective time periods. | |