Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882
- Abstract:
- Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was a novelist known for his Barsetshire and Palliser series of novels. Individual novels include Barchester Towers (1857), Can you forgive her? (1865), and The way we live now (1875). The collection consists of photostat copies of 932 extant letters by Anthony Trollope used for the publication, The letters of Anthony Trollope, edited by Bradford Allen Booth.
- Extent:
- 6 boxes (3 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of photostat copies of 932 extant letters by Anthony Trollope. They were used for the 1951 Oxford University Press publication, The letters of Anthony Trollope, edited by Bradford Allen Booth.
- Biographical / historical:
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Trollope was born on April 24, 1815 in London, England; attended Winchester and Harrow; worked as a junior clerk in the General Post Office and was then transferred as a postal surveyor to Ireland; in 1859 he moved back to London, resigning from the civil service in 1867; stood unsuccessfully as a Liberal candidate for Parliament in 1868; became a novelist, known for his Barsetshire and Palliser series of novels, among others; individual novels include: Barchester Towers (1857), Can you forgive her? (1865), The Eustace diamonds (1873), and The way we live now (1875); he died in London on December 6, 1882.
- Acquisition information:
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Gift of B.A. Booth, 1954.
Original letters are housed in Princeton University Library.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series:
- Letters are arranged chronologically.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988