Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Edmund Hodgson Yates Papers,
- Dates:
- 1856-1894
- Creators:
- Yates, Edmund Hodgson, 1831-1894
- Abstract:
- Edmund Hodgson Yates (1831-1894) was a novelist. He also founded and served as editor-in-chief of The world: a journal for men and women. The collection consists of about 125 letters from Yates to various persons, and his personal diaries from the years 1878, 1879, 1882, 1884, and 1885.
- Extent:
- 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Edmund Hodgson Yates Papers (Collection 1240). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of about 125 letters from English novelist Edmund Yates to various persons, and Yates' personal diaries from the years 1878, 1879, 1882, 1884, and 1885.
- Biographical / historical:
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Yates was born on July 3, 1831 in Edinburgh, Scotland; taken as an infant to London; published novels including Black sheep (1857); in 1874 with Grenville Murray, he founded and served as editor-in-chief of The world: a journal for men and women; he died on May 20, 1894 at the Savoy Hotel in London.
- 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
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2004
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid created by ByteManagers using OAC finding aid conversion service specifications. Machine-readable finding aid derived from in-house paper finding aid. Date of source: November 1979
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Edmund Hodgson Yates Papers (Collection 1240). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988