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Finding Aid of the Edmund Hodgson Yates Papers
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  • Administrative Information
  • Biography
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  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Edmund Hodgson Yates Papers,
    Date (inclusive): 1856-1894
    Collection number: 1240
    Creator: Yates, Edmund Hodgson, 1831-1894
    Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
    Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
    Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
    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.
    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.
    Language: English.

    Administrative Information

    Restrictions on Access

    COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

    Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

    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

    [Identification of item], Edmund Hodgson Yates Papers (Collection 1240). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4234044 

    Biography

    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.

    Scope and Content

    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.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog.

    Subjects

    Yates, Edmund Hodgson, 1831-1894--Archives.
    Novelists, English, 20th century--Archival resources.
    Periodical editors--England--Archival resources.

    Genres and Forms of Material

    Diaries.