Collection Number:
11025-z
Collection Title: Charles Dickens Papers, 1860-1861; 1867
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Size |
20 items |
Abstract |
The collection includes 17 letters, including two to Dickens and fifteen to Edward
J. Fraser, and two announcements apparently in Dickens's hand relating to a fund-raising
effort to aid John Pyke Hullah (1812-1884), whose music school had burned in August
1860. Hullah, a composer and music teacher, was a long-time friend of Dickens, with
whom he collaborated on an operetta produced in 1856 and other projects. Correspondents,
many of whom wrote to agree to perform in benefit concerts, include Charlotte Sainton,
Sir Julius Benedict, J. Sims Reeves, Sir Charles Halle, Charles Santley, and Francesco
Berger. Also included in the collection is a carte-de-visite of the cast of "No Thoroughfare," Louis Lequel's adaptation of the book of the same name by Charles Dickens and Wilkie
Collins.
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Creator |
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. |
Curatorial Unit |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Rare Book Literary and Historical
Papers.
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Language |
English |
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- Restrictions to Access
- No restrictions. Open for research.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants,
as stipulated by United States copyright law.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Charles Dickens Papers #11025-z, Rare Book Literary
and Historical Papers, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
- Acquisitions Information
- Received from John Wilson, Ltd., Witney, Oxfordshire, England, in January 1979. Carte-de-visite
transferred from the Rare Book Collection in November 1982.
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The following terms from
Library of Congress Subject
Headings
suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the
entire collection; the terms do
not usually represent
discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or
items.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's
online catalog.
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Benedict, Julius, Sir, 1804-1885.
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Berger, Francesco, 1834-1933.
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Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889--Adaptations.
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Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
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Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889. No thoroughfare.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Adaptations.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. No thoroughfare.
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English drama--19th century.
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Fraser, Edward J.
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Fund raising--England--History--19th century.
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Halle, Charles, Sir, 1819-1895.
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Hullah, John, 1812-1884.
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Lequel, Louis. No thoroughfare.
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Musicians--England--History--19th century.
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Reeves, Sims, 1818-1900.
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Sainton-Dolby, Charlotte H. (Charlotte Helen), 1821-1885.
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Santley, Charles, Sir, 1834-1922.
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- The William Asbury Whitaker Papers (#3433) contains eight Charles Dickens letters.
The Rare Book Collection has a substantial collection of Dickens publications as well
as a poster of the same scene depicted in the carte-de-visite transferred from Rare
Books.
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The collection includes 15 letters to Edward J. Fraser and two letters to Dickens,
dating 1860-1861. Also present are two undated announcements (apparently written by
Dickens) relating to a John Pyke Hullah and one picture, a 1867 carte-de-visite of
the cast of Louis Lequel's
No Thoroughfare.
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