Inventory of the Frances Power Cobbe Papers, 1855-1902

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Inventory of the Frances Power Cobbe Papers, 1855-1902

The Huntington Library

San Marino, California

Contact Information

Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2203
Fax: (626) 449-5720
Email: lgarcia@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org/huntingtonlibrary.aspx?id=554

Processed by:: Huntington Library staff
Date Completed:: Aug. 1955

Descriptive Summary

Title: Frances Power Cobbe Papers,

Date (inclusive): 1855-1902

Creator: Cobbe, Frances Power, 1822-1904

Extent: Number of pieces: 854

Repository: The Huntington Library

San Marino, California 91108

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Provenance

Purchased in 1949 from Ifan Kyrle Fletcher

Access

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Frances Power Cobbe Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Biography

Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904), English philanthropist and religious writer, commenced her social work at Bristol with Mary Carpenter at Red Lodge reformatory and the ragged schools. Her social work and work house philanthropy led to the writing of numerous books and articles on subjects in those fields. Through travel abroad and a widening circle of friends, she became acquainted with many of the prominent persons of her time. She lectured on the duties of women, promoted the Matrimonial Causes Act of 1878, and worked hard on the anti-vivisection movement. A number of her books were devoted to expressions of her religious feelings.

In 1884 Miss Cobbe retired from the busy life of London to live at Hengwrt, Wales. In 1894 she wrote here Life, published in two volumes, in which some of the letters in the present collection were printed.

Subject matter

I. Frances Power Cobbe's work and writings

A. Social work at Bristol
B. Women's suffrage and rights
C. Anti-vivisection
D. Miss Cobbe's moral and religious writings
E. Comments of friends on her books and articles

Some important or interesting items

Bray, Caroline (Hennell). 1895, May 21. Re: George Eliot.
Cobbe, Charles, Abp. of Dublin. To his son, Charles Cobbe. 1750, Mar. 17. Letter of advice on going abroad.
Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge. 1875, May 7. Re: vivisection.
Froude, James Anthony. Interesting series of letters.
Galton, Sir Francis. 1877, Aug. 27. Re: motives for murder.
Kesavachandra Sena. 1878, Apr. 26. Re: the marriage of his young daughter.
Montefiore, Claude G. 1882, Dec. 4. On inter-racial marriage with Jews.
Parker, Theodore. 1848, May 5. On religion.
Russell, John, styled Viscount Amberly. 1874, Nov. 10 & 25. Letter about Frances Power Cobbe's essay on Mill.
Sidgwick, Eleanor Mildred (Balfour). 1890, Jan. 10. On premonitions, telepathy, and hallucinations.
Spencer, Herbert. 1872. Criticism of Miss Cobbe's Darwinism in Morals.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. 1884, Mar. 9. Re: his friendliness toward dogs and his views on vivisection.

Persons represented by three or more pieces

Amos, Sheldon

3 pieces, 1879-83

Bonheur, Rosa

4 pieces, 1869-98

Boyle, Eleanor Vere (Gordon)

3 pieces, c.1890?

Brown, Edward Harold, Bp. of Winchester

8 pieces, 1878-89

Butler, Frances Anne (Kemble)

5 pieces, c. 1865-90

Carpenter, Mary

23 pieces, 1858-77

Carpenter, William Benjamin

4 pieces, 1867-73

Channing, William Henry

5 pieces, 1860-83

Colenso, John William, Bp. of Natal

11 pieces, 1863-74

Collins, William Wilkie

3 pieces, 1882-83

Cooper, Anthony Ashley

7th Earl of Shaftesbury, 238 pieces, 1877-85

Darwin, Charles Robert

5 pieces, c.1870-75

Darwin, Emma (Wedgewood)

4 pieces, c.1870-90

Eastlake, Elizabeth (Rigby), Lady

3 pieces, 1885-89

Edwards, Amelia Ann Blandford

3 pieces, 1888-89

Fawcett, Millicent (Garrett)

3 pieces, c.1885-90

Froude, James Anthony

34 pieces, 1861-92

Greg, William Rathbone

3 pieces, c.1870-80

Herbert, George Robert Charles

13th Earl of Pembroke, 4 pieces, 1888

Hoare, John N

4 pieces, 1894

How, William Walsham, Bp. of Wakefield

5 pieces, 1889-94

Hutton, Richard Holt

8 pieces, 1875-92

James, Henry

3 pieces, 1893

Jowett, Benjamin

4 pieces, 1860-65

Kesavachandra Sena

14 pieces, 1863-78

Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

5 pieces, 1865-90

Lilly, William Samuel

3 pieces, 1885-86

Manning, Henry Edward, Cardinal

5 pieces, 1882-89

Martineau, James

26 pieces, 1865-97

Morley, John

1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn, 5 pieces, 1880

Morris, Sir Lewis

3 pieces, 1881-c.1887

Newman, Francis William

3 pieces, 1859-76

Paget Walpurga Ehrengarde...

4 pieces, 1891

Parker, Theodore

17 pieces, 1848-60

Pécaut, Félix

12 pieces, 1863-71

Pécaut, J Elie

5 pieces, 1898

Ponsonby, Sir Henry Frederick

4 pieces, 1884-87

Rhys, Sir John

3 pieces, 1891-93

Ritchie, Anne Isabella...

3 pieces, c.1875-82

Roberts, William Page

3 pieces, 1886-87

Spencer, Herbert

5 pieces, 1866-c.1875

Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn

10 pieces, 1871-79

Taylor, Helen

3 pieces, 1868-74

Taylor, Sir Henry

3 pieces, 1879-82

Tennyson, Hallam

2d Baron Tennyson, 4 pieces, 1882-94

Tyndall, John

4 pieces, 1865-c.1875

Upton, Charles Barnes

3 pieces, 1883-86

Ward, Mary Augusta (Arnold)

10 pieces, 1888-94

Watson, Sir William

3 pieces, c.1890-1900

Webster, Augusta

3 pieces, 1878-81

Welldon, James Edward Cowell

4 pieces, 1886-92

Wilberforce, Albert Basil Orme

7 pieces, c.1890-92

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