Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Scope and Content
Collection Summary
Collection Title: F. L. Swayne Autograph Collection,
Date (inclusive): [ca. 1820-1922]
Collection Number: BANC MSS 71/196 z
Compiler:
Swayne, F. L.
Extent:
Number of containers: 1 box
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Primarily letters from famous English authors and clergymen; some autographs and portions of letters also included.
Languages Represented:
English
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], F. L. Swayne autograph collection, BANC MSS 71/196 z, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Material Cataloged Separately
Scope and Content
The collection consists primarily of letters written by famous English authors and English clergymen, with a few other nationalities
represented also. In some instances there are autographs only, or portions of letters. The collection, originally mounted
in two volumes, was transferred to The Bancroft Library from the Rare Books and Special Collections Department in 1970.
Most of the portraits were removed and cataloged separately as BANC PIC 1971.002
A list of the more important people represented in the Collection follows.