Robert Southey collection, 1798-1844

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Summary

Creators:
Southey, Robert, 1774-1843
Abstract:
A collection of letters and poems by Robert Southey, poet and Poet Laureate of England from 1813 to 1843.
Extent:
2.92 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Robert Southey collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

A collection of letters written by Robert Southey to William Taylor, British scholar, essayist, and translator. The collection also includes two letters to James Everett and a letter by John Warden Robberds. Three of the letters by Southey include autograph copies of his poems, "The Wedding," "Inscription Under an Oak," and "King Ramiro." The letters discuss many of the important people of the period including, among others, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sir Humphry Davy, Charles Lamb, Walter Savage Landor, Napoleon I, Sir Walter Scott, and William Wordsworth. Also included is the original separated binding, with the William K. Bixby bookplate; all of the material in the collection is still window-mounted on paper.

Biographical / historical:

Robert Southey (1774-1843) was an English Romantic poet, prolific letter writer, literary scholar, essay writer, historian and biographer. He became Poet Laureate in 1813 and held the post until his death in 1843.

Acquisition information:
Purchased in Anderson Galleries sale from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Processing information:

Material orginally bound into a volume; material removed by Huntington Staff in 1936. Rebecca Tuttle, in approximately 1999, processed the collection; in February 2025, Gayle M. Richardson created the finding aid.

Arrangement:

Arranged in original order by call number.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Robert Southey collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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