Finding Aid for the William Hepworth Dixon Papers, 1845-1879
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Finding Aid for the William Hepworth Dixon Papers, 1845-1879
Collection number: 762
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
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- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Descriptive Summary
Title: William Hepworth Dixon Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1845-1879
Collection number: 762
Creator: Dixon, William Hepworth, 1821-1879
Extent:
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: William Hepworth Dixon (1821-1879) was an author who wrote several books and contributed to the
Athenaeum and the
Daily News. He was the editor of the
Athenaeum (1853-69), and helped to found the Palestine Exploration Fund. The collection consists of correspondence from various persons
to William H. Dixon, mainly in his capacity as editor of the
Athenaeum (1853-69) and as an author.
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 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.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
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- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Myers & Company, purchase.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William Hepworth Dixon Papers (Collection 762). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Dixon was born on June 30, 1821 at Great Ancoats in Manchester, England; wrote a five-act tragedy,
The Azamoglan, which was privately printed; editor of
Cheltenham Journal, 1846; called to bar in London, 1854, but never practiced law; contributor to the
Athenaeum and the
Daily News; wrote
Life of William Penn (1851); editor of the
Athenaeum, 1853-69; traveled widely and helped to found the Palestine Exploration Fund; fellow of the Royal Geographical Society; active
in improving working class housing; appointed justice of the peace for Middlesex and Westminster, 1869; wrote several books,
including
The Story of Lord Bacon's Life (1862); died December 27, 1879.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence from various persons to William Hepworth Dixon, mainly in his capacity as editor of
the Athenaeum (1853-69) and as an author. Also includes personal letters, letters to members of the Dixon family, letters
addressed to business matters concerning the
Athenaeum, and correspondence referring to Dixon. In addition are letters from Dixon and his family to various persons, unidentified
correspondence, and 2 photographs of William Hepworth Dixon.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Letters to William Hepworth Dixon (Boxes 1-2).
- Unidentified correspondence (Box 2).
- Correspondence about Dixon (Box 2).
- Letters from Dixon to various persons (Box 2).
- Ella Nora Hepworth Dixon correspondence (Box 2).
- Letter from Marian Hepworth Dixon (Box 2).
- 2 photographs of William Hepworth Dixon (Box 2).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Dixon, William Hepworth, 1821-1879--Archives.
Athenaeum (London, England: 1830).
Periodical editors--England--Correspondence.
Authors, English--19th century--Correspondence.
Historians--England--Correspondence.
Letters to William Hepworth Dixon
Physical Description: (Arranged alphabetically)
Box 1
Absolon, John.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Airy,
Sir George Biddell, 1801-1892.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Allen, Henry.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Allen, James P.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 1
Althaus, Dr. Julius, 1831-1900.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Amberley, Katherine Louisa (Stanley) Russell,
Viscountess 1842-1874.
Physical Description: (5 items).
Box 1
Appold.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Arrivabene, Carlo.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Ashurst, W.H.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Athenaeum Office.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Atkinson, Lucy.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Austin, Sarah (Taylor) 1793-1867.
Physical Description: (Separate folder, 31 items).
Box 1
Austin, Wiltshire Stanton, 1826-1875.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 1
Ba----.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Bailey, P.G.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 1
Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Baker, William, 1787-1853.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 1
Ball, William, 1801-1878.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Barbiery, I.
Physical Description: (3 items).
Box 1
Barbro, W. Henry.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Barker, Thomas Jones, 1815-1892.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Barlow, Henry Clark, 1806-1876.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Barnett, Henry N.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 1
Barry, W.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Beaumont, Thomas.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Beedham, B.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Bell, Thomas, 1785-1860.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Bell, William.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Bellamy, J.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Bentham, Mary Sophia (Fordyce),
Lady, d. 1858.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Bergenroth, Gustav Adolph, 1813-1869.
Physical Description: (3 items).
Box 1
Blackett, Herbert, publisher.
Physical Description: (9 items).
Box 1
Blake, J Wood.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Bodenstedt, Friedrich Martin von, 1819-1892.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 1
Borthwick, Algernon Glenesk, Baron, 1830-1908.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Bouchier, Jonathan.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Boxall,
Sir William, 1800-1879.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 1
Bradford, Arthur B.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Bramley-Moore, John, 1800-1886.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Brant.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
British Museum.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
British Museum, Science and Art Department.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Brocke, W.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Brodie, J.A.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Bruce, John, 1802-1861.
Physical Description: (7 items).
Box 1
Buchanan, Robert Williams, 1841-1901.
Physical Description: (Separate folder, 21 items).
Box 1
Bunsen, Elizabeth von.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 1
Bunsen, Ernest von, 1819-1903.
Physical Description: (6 items).
Box 1
Bunsen, George.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 1
Burgoyne, Milnes & Burgoyne, firm.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 1
Byles,
Sir John Barnard, 1801-1884.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Caldecott (?).
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Carlisle, George James Howard,
9th Earl, 1843-1911.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Chatterton, Henrietta Georgiana Marcia Lascelles (Iremonger)
Lady, 1806-1876.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Chorley, Henry Fothergill, 1808-1872.
Physical Description: (4 items).
Box 1
Clarke, Hyde (?).
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Cleeve, Brenda.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Cleveland (?).
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Cobb, Gerald Francis, 1838-1904.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Combermere, Mary Woolley (Gibbings) Cotton,
Viscountess, d. 1889.
Physical Description: (3 items).
Box 1
Cooke, Ron.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Cosens, Frederick William, 1819-1889.
Physical Description: (4 items).
Box 1
Costenoble, Hermann, bookseller.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 1
Crosse, Camelia A.H.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 1
Daisy, J.H.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Dallas, Eneas Sweetland, 1828-1879.
Physical Description: (6 items).
Box 1
Davidson, Samuel, 1806-1898.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 1
Devonshire, William Cavendish,
7th Duke of, 1808-1891.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Diamond, Hugh Welch, 1809-1886.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Digby, R.H. Wingfield.
Physical Description: (3 items).
Box 1
Dilke, Charles Wentworth, 1789-1864.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Dirant (?), S.D.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane,
10th Earl of, 1775-1860.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 1
Duncker, Hans.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Durham, Joseph, 1813 or 1814-1877.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Eden, Eleanor, 1826-1879.
Physical Description: (3 items).
Box 1
Elliot (?), G.
Physical Description: (3 items).
Box 1
Elliott, C.A.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Elmes, Alfred.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Evans, Frederick Mullett, 1803 or 1804-1870.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 1
Eversley, George Shaw-Lefevre.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Faed, Thomas, 1826-1900.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Falney, T.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Fawcett,
Dame Millicent (Garrett) 1847-1929.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Fenton, R.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Ferreso, R.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Finn, James, d. 1872.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Fitzpatrick, William John, 1830-1895.
Physical Description: (8 items).
Box 1
Forbes, Alexander Penrose,
bp. of Brechin, 1817-1875.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Fulton, H.H.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Gayangos y Arce, Pascual de, 1809-1897.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Gibbings, Kate C.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Grey, J.E.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Hampton, Augusta (de Crespigny) Davies Pakington,
Baroness, 1800-1892.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 1
Hampton, John Somerset Pakington,
1st Baron, 1799-1880.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Hannay, James, 1827-1873.
Physical Description: (Separate folder, 16 items).
Box 1
Hardy,
Sir Thomas Duffus, 1804-1878.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Hatherly, Stephen Georgeson, 1827-1905.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Haywood, W.
Physical Description: (5 items).
Box 1
Henniker,
Sir Brydges Powell,
bart., 1835-1906.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Herbert, Sidney Herbert,
Baron, 1810-1861.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Hereford, Mary Anna Morgan (Tredegar)
Viscountess of Devereux, d. 1924.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Hervey, Eleanor Louisa (Montagu) 1811- .
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Hervey, Thomas Kibble, 1799-1859.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Hewitt, Florence A.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Hill, Frank Harrison, 1830-1910.
Physical Description: (3 items).
Box 1
Hill, Valentine.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 1
Hodgson.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Hogg, James & Sons, publishers.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Holt, Henry Frederic.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Howills, Mary.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Hubert, S.M.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Hughes, F.J.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Hunt, Thornton Leigh, 1810-1873.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Hutton, James.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Ihne, W.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Imcontin, M.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Jeremiah, John, d. 1881.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Jerrold, Blanchard, 1826-1884.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 1
Jerrold, Douglas William, 1803-1857.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Jerrold, Polly.
Physical Description: (3 items).
Box 1
Jewsbury, Geraldine Endsor, 1812-1880.
Physical Description: (Separate folder, 50 items).
Box 1
Jones, Sidney J.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Kalisch, Marcus, 1825-1885.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
King, Richard John, 1818-1879.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 1
Knollys, M.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 1
Lancaster (?), Edwin.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Law, C.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Lehmann, Emil, 1829-1898.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 1
Lehmann, Frederick.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Leifchild, J.R.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Levy-Lawson, Edward,
Baron of Burnham [see Correspondence re: Dixon].
Box 1
Lindsay.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Lippincott, Joshua Ballinger, 1813-1886.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Liverpool Institute.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
London, Agnes.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Low, publishers.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 1
Lucas, Samuel, 1811-1865.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 2
Mahony, Francis Sylvester, 1804-1866.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Maitland, J.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Major, Richard Henry, 1818-1891.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Malmesbury, James Howard Harris,
3d Earl of, 1807-1889.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Manchester, Montagu,
6th Duke of, (?).
Physical Description: (Separate folder, 14 items).
Box 2
Marston, John Westland, 1819-1890.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Mayhew, Bonny.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Michell, E.M.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Miller, I.J.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Milner, George, 1829-1914.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Mirus, Elise.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Monro, Cecil.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Morgan, Sydney (Owenson)
Lady, 1783?-1859.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Mudie, Charles Edward, 1818-1890.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Murchison,
Sir Roderick Impey,
bart., 1792-1871.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Murray, Arthur.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Murray, Thomas Boyles, 1798-1860.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Nevill, Lady Dorothy Fanny (Walpole) 1826-1913.
Physical Description: (3 items).
Box 2
Newman, John [see Blackett, Herbert].
Box 2
Noble, David.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 2
North of England Magazine.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 2
Orford, Harriet Bettina Frances (Pellew) Walpole, Countess of.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Ouvry, Frederic, 1814-1881.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Overbeck, J.J. [see Correspondence re: Dixon].
Box 2
Palmer.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Patterson, Robert Hogarth, 1821-1886.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 2
Parry, John Humffreys, 1816-1880.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Peel, Arthur Wellesley Peel,
1st Viscount, 1829-1913.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Phillips, John, 1800-1874.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Pollock,
Sir Jonathan Frederick,
bart., 1783-1870.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Rawlinson,
Sir Henry Creswicke,
bart., 1810-1895.
Physical Description: (6 items).
Box 2
Rayner, A.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 2
Reed, E.J.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Robertson, Frank.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Robinson, John Henry, 1796-1871.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Robinson, Noel Hooke.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Rodenberg, Julius, 1831-1914.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Romilly, John, 1803-1874.
Physical Description: (7 items).
Box 2
Rudsdell, Mrs. J.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
St. John, James Augustus, 1801-1875.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Scharf,
Sir George, 1820-1895.
Physical Description: (4 items).
Box 2
Scott, Charles B.
Physical Description: (3 items).
Box 2
Skeats, Herbert S.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Sketchley, R.F.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Slater, Wallace.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Smith, Charles Roach, 1807-1890.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Smith, John.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Snaith, Elizabeth.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Spence, James.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 2
Spender, Edward.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Spiers, Richard James.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 2
Spiers, Richard Phene, 1838-1916.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Steinmetz, Andrew, 1816-1877.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Thompson, Joseph.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 2
Wallmly (?), G.J.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Walpole, J. (?).
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Ward, Edward Matthew, 1816-1879.
Physical Description: (8 items).
Box 2
Ware, J.R.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 2
Watson, C Knight.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Watson, David.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Wellington, Arthur Richard Wellesley,
2nd Duke of, 1807-1884.
Physical Description: (3 items).
Box 2
Whymper, William.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Willett, Henry.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 2
Williams, Thomas.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Willis, M.A.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Wolfe, John S.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Woods, E.G.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2
Wraxall,
Sir Frederic Charles, Lacelles,
3rd bart., 1828-1865.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 2
Yates, Edmund Hodgson, 1831-1894.
Physical Description: (Separate folder, 11 items).
Unidentified Correspondence, 1857-1873
Box 2, Folder 1
Unidentified correspondence, 1857-1873.
Physical Description: (8 items arranged chronologically).
Box 2, Folder 2
D, R.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Levy-Lawson, Edward,
Baron of Burnham, 1833-1916.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2, Folder 2
Overbeck, J.J.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Letters from William Hepworth Dixon to Various Persons, 1852-1877
Physical Description: (21 items arranged chronologically)
Box 2, Folder 3
Cosens, Frederick William, 1819-1889.
Box 2, Folder 3
Hardy,
Sir Thomas Duffus, 1804-1878.
Box 2, Folder 3
Hunt, Thornton Leigh, 1810-1873.
Dixon, Ella Nora Hepworth, d. 1932 Correspondence, v.d.
Physical Description: (25 items)
Scope and Content Note
Consists of letters from various persons to Ella Nora Hepworth Dixon.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Box 2, Folder 4
De Morgan, M.A.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2, Folder 4
Dicksee,
Sir Francis Bernard.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2, Folder 4
Faber, Leslie.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2, Folder 4
Faed, Thomas, 1826-1900.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 2, Folder 4
Forbes-Robertson,
Sir Johnston, 1853-1937.
Physical Description: (3 items).
Box 2, Folder 4
Frankfort Moore, F.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2, Folder 4
Frith, Walter G.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2, Folder 4
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame, 1852-1936.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2, Folder 4
Griffenhagen, Maurice.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2, Folder 4
Grossmith, Weedon, 1852-1919.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 2, Folder 4
Moore, Mary (Albery).
Physical Description: (3 items).
Box 2, Folder 4
Partridge,
Sir Bernard, 1861-1945.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2, Folder 4
Solomon, Solomon Joseph, 1860-1927.
Physical Description: (3 items).
Box 2, Folder 4
Toole, John Lawrence, 1830-1906.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Box 2, Folder 4
Trevelyan, Hilda.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Box 2, Folder 5
1 letter from Ella Nora Hepworth Dixon to Egan New, 1897.
Box 2, Folder 6
1 letter from Marian Hapworth Dixon to Mr. Clarke, n.d..
Box 2, Folder 7
2 photographs of William Hepworth Dixon.
