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Literary Manuscripts Berg

Victorian Manuscripts from the Henry W and Albert A Berg Collection, New York Public Library

The Berg Collection is recognised as one of the finest literary research collections in the world, and the Victorian holdings are the undisputed jewel in its crown.

A broad range of authors from across the nineteenth century make this an essential research tool for all scholars and students researching Victorian literature. Students and scholars are offered an unrivalled opportunity to explore the manuscripts, notebooks, letters and diaries of the nineteenth century’s greatest authors.

Literary Manuscripts Berg traces the genesis of some of the period’s greatest literary masterpieces through the unique manuscripts of their authors, many unavailable elsewhere. They are supplemented by rare printed materials, including early editions annotated by the authors. Each author collection is included in its entirety, allowing users to browse and search the manuscripts as they would in the Berg Reading Room. 

Authors

  • Matthew Arnold
  • Emily Bronte
  • Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  • Robert Browning
  • Wilkie Collins
  • Joseph Conrad
  • Charles Dickens
  • George Eliot
  • George Gissing
  • Thomas Hardy
  • Henry James
  • Dante Gabriel Rossetti
  • John Ruskin
  • Alfred Tennyson
  • William Makepeace Thackeray

Key data

Period covered

19th century

Source archive

  • The Henry W and Albert A Berg Collection of English and American Literature, New York Public Library
  • Original manuscripts
  • Literary drafts
  • Correspondence
  • Financial documents
  • Personal items relating to the Berg authors
  • Isaac Gewirtz, Curator of The Henry W and Albert A Berg Collection of English and American Literature
  • Stephen Prickett, University of Glasgow
  • Marjorie Stone, Dalhousie University
  • Beverley Taylor, University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill
  • Literature
  • North American Studies
  • Unique manuscripts made available for the first time: poems, essays, correspondence, pictorial works, photographs, miscellaneous autograph material
  • Selected collections of the Victorian authors have been captured in their entirety
  • Biographies
  • Chronology
  • Abbreviations glossary

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