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Coventry Patmore Collection

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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Patmore, Coventry, 1823-1896

English poet Coventry Patmore was a librarian by profession, and originally an Anglican by creed, but he later converted to Catholicism. Inspired by his new religion, he composed some of his best religious poetry, prolific in both quality and quantity.

The collection was formed as a result of a departmental practice of combining into one collection manuscript material of various accessions relating to a particular author. The major portion of material, however, came directly from Derek Patmore, Coventry's great-grandson.

Most of the collection was purchased from John Hart in 2007. Transcripts of letters by Patmore, photographs, etc. are a gift of Derek Patmore.

For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

Folder inventory prepared by Fadzilah Yahaya GS in 2011.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

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Collection Inventory

List of Names (Allingham-Woolner), undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Packet of Letters, Relating to Coventry Patmore's Poems, 1865-1889. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Coventry Patmore's Notes on Various Subjects, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Poem: Since Succour to the Smallest, 1869. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Manuscript Page From 'The Unknown Eros ' & Print of Francesco Bartolozzi's Engraving, 1877. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter From William Allington, 1852 February. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters to Alfred Lord Tennyson, Letters from George Cockroul, Albert Fleming, A. Monteith, 1861-1881. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Autographed Letter Signed by Reverend William Barnes, 1868 May 8. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters to Osbert Burdett, 1885-1936. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Newspaper Cutting on Proposed Laureate Coventry Patmore, 1892 November 14. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Mr Edmund Gosse and the Quarterly Review, Letters from Edmond Gosse, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Letter and Authority of Swedenborg and the 'Freedom and Faith' of Dr. Tafel, 1888. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Rose's Diary and Other Poems, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters to William St. Clair Badeleley, 1866-1896. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter From John Brett, 1860 August 1. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters From Robert Bridges, 1883-1890. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter From Mrs. Cameron, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters From L. Dykes Campbell to Mrs. Patmore on Her Husband's Death, 1891-1893. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters From Thomas Carlyle, 1850-1860. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters From Basil Champneys, 1881-1896. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter From Lord Coleridge, 1879. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters From E.S. Dallas, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters From C. Henry Daniel, 1884-1890. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters From Aubrey De Vere to Coventry Patmore and Mrs. Patmore, 1855-1893. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters From Lady Elizabeth Eastlake of the British Museum, 1863. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter From Matilda Barbara Betham, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter to Sir Henry Ellis of the British Museum by Coventry Patmore, 1841 September 29. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters From William Empson, Editor of Edinburgh Review, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters From Herbert and Mary Fisher, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters From Buston Forman, 1888-1893. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters From John Foster, 1861-1865. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters From Edmund Gosse to Coventry and William Patmore, 1883-1905. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters From Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ, 1885-1887. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter From Richard Hutton, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter From Sir George Cornwall Lewes, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters From Frederick Locker-Lampson, 1869-1874. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter From Frank Lushington, 1854 December 7. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter From Lord Lytton, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter From Miles Midwinter, 1891 February 7. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters From Richard Monckton Milnes, 1886. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters From Miss Monteagle, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters From J.B. Nichols, 1848 March 9. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters From Duke of Norfolk, 1879-1890. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter From Charles Ollier, 1856 March 17. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter to Edmund Ollier, 1859 June 7. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Correspondence with George Peter Patmore, 1823-1854. 2 folders.
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2 folders

Details of the Coventry Patmore Correspondence Belonging to Derek Patmore, Manuscripts of Coventry Patmore in the Princeton University Library, 1971. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters to Parker, 1856-1860. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters to His Third Wife, Harriett Patmore, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters to Alfred Lord Tennyson, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters from B.W. Procter, 1865. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter From William Bell Scott Regarding Angel in the House, 1855 January 8. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter to William Rosetti, 1850 January 18. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters to Henry Sutton (Nottingham Poet), 1850-1886. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters from Sir Henry Taylor, 1856-1868. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters from Emily Tennyson, Wife of Lord Tennyson, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter From Anne Isabella Thackeray, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter from William M. Thackeray, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters From George Stovia Venables, 1860. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter to Mr. Williamson, 1892 August 17. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters From Thomas Woolner, 1861-1896. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter to Mile From Peter George Patmore, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters and Documents Concerning Scott-Christie Duel, 1821-1853. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter From Coventry Patmore to Unknown Person in Hastings, 1881 August 16. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters from William Allingham to Derek Patmore, 1909. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Correspondence Relating to Derek Patmore's Biography of Coventry Patmore, 1847-1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter from Violet Hunter to Mrs. Sutton, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters from Bertha Patmore to Mrs. Sutton, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Calling Card of Emily Patmore (Angel in the House), 1860 November 11. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Journal Issue of 'The Month' Including Derek Patmore's Article "Three Poets Discuss New Verse Forms", 1851 August. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Poems by Francis Patmore Kept by Harriet Q. Patmore, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters from Harriet G. Patmore to Mrs. Sutton, 1884-1899. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter From Tom Taylor, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Family Photographs & Portraits, 1886-1888. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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