Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Rickman, John, 1771-1840 and Southey, Robert, 1774-1843
- Abstract:
- A collection of correspondence between the English poet Robert Southey and John Rickman.
- Extent:
- 18.5 Linear Feet (16 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Southey-Rickman collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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A collection of 1,278 items from 1798 to 1839, it consists of the correspondence between John Rickman and Robert Southey during their 41-year friendship. Box 16 also contains a few letters by other authors including four by James Burney, English Naval officier, and two by George Dyer, English classicist, poet and editor.
- Biographical / historical:
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Robert Southey (1774-1843) was an English Romantic poet and Poet Laureate from 1813 till his death in 1843. Southey was friends with John Rickman (1771-1840) who was an English government official and statistician.
- Acquisition information:
- Provenance unknown. In Library as of 1941.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1945; finding aid created by Brooke M. Black in April 2014. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the electronic finding aid.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged chronologically.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Terms of access:
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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:
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[Identification of item]. Southey-Rickman collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191