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  • 1. Letter from Richard Doyle to Lord Reay

    Subject:
    Hunt, William Holman, 1827-1910 and Marriage with deceased wife's sister
    Creator:
    Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883
    Contributor:
    Reay, Donald James Mackay, Baron, 1839-1921
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    June 18, 1880
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    200(2)
    Extent:
    2 pages
    Geographic Coverage:
    Great Britain
    Coordinates:
    54, -2
    Collection:
    19th Century Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance:
    For further information please contact Special Collections and University Archives.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    letters (correspondence)
    Fonds Title:
    Peter Lowens Collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC564
    Is Referenced By:
    Archival Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/peter-lowens-collection
    Date Digitized:
    2017-04-24
    Technical Note:
    additional metadata by Maggie Tan and Scanned @ 600 with Epson GT-15000 flatbed scanner; images cropped & stitched using Photoshop CS5, no colour correction by KMercer. Physical item part of Peter Lowens' personal collection, provided by him for digitization

  • 2. Ella Kidman autograph album

    Subject:
    Autograph albums, Autographs, Scrapbooks, Social networks, Art objects, Victorian, Personal archives, Arts, Victorian, Art, and Autographs--Collectors and collecting
    Creator:
    Kidman, Ella
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1897 to 1930
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: Z42.4 G7K53
    Extent:
    1 volume (unpaged) ; 20 x 16 x 2 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Great Britain and England--London
    Coordinates:
    51.50853, -0.12574 and 54, -2
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Illustrations (some colour)., A commercially produced autograph album, each page with red and blue borders. Mostly blank pages but some have illustrations with blank spaces for autographs. Album contains signatures, verses and original illustrations, some signed. Some...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    19th Century Manuscripts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    albums (books), scrapbooks, drawings (visual works), illustrations (layout features), and autograph albums
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 2020-041
    Fonds Title:
    Kidman Family fonds
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC624
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/kidman-family-fonds
    Date Digitized:
    2020-09-10
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Plustek OpticBook 4800 at 600 dpi TIFF on 10 September 2020 by JF. Metadata by KD.

  • 3. Letter from Sir Edwin Landseer to a publisher, June 27, 1837

    Creator:
    Landseer, Edwin, Sir, 1802-1873
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    June 27, 1837
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    2/137
    Extent:
    2 pages
    Collection:
    19th Century Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance:
    For further information please contact Special Collections and University Archives.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    letters (correspondence)
    Fonds Title:
    Peter Lowens Collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC564
    Is Referenced By:
    Archival Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/peter-lowens-collection
    Date Digitized:
    2017-04-24
    Technical Note:
    additional metadata by Maggie Tan and Scanned @ 600 with Epson GT-15000 flatbed scanner; images cropped & stitched using Photoshop CS5, no colour correction by KMercer. Physical item part of Peter Lowens' personal collection, provided by him for digitization

  • 4. Letter from Daniel Maclise to "My dear Sambach"

    Creator:
    Maclise, Daniel, 1806-1870
    Language:
    eng
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    4 pages
    Collection:
    19th Century Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance:
    For further information please contact Special Collections and University Archives.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    letters (correspondence)
    Fonds Title:
    Peter Lowens Collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC564
    Is Referenced By:
    Archival Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/peter-lowens-collection
    Date Digitized:
    2017-04-24
    Technical Note:
    additional metadata by Maggie Tan and Scanned @ 600 with Epson GT-15000 flatbed scanner; images cropped & stitched using Photoshop CS5, no colour correction by KMercer. Physical item part of Peter Lowens' personal collection, provided by him for digitization

  • 5. Lilian L. Kidman autograph album

    Subject:
    Autograph albums, Autographs, Scrapbooks, Social networks, Art objects, Victorian, Personal archives, Arts, Victorian, Art, and Autographs--Collectors and collecting
    Creator:
    Kidman, Lillian L.
    Contributor:
    Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount, 1784-1865, and Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1828 to 1928
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: Z42.4 G7K535
    Extent:
    1 volume (unpaged) ; 20 x 16 x 2 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Great Britain and England--London
    Coordinates:
    54, -2 and 51.50853, -0.12574
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    On cover: Album. Label at bottom of inside back cover: M.W. & Co. Ltd. London. No. 6483. On first page: poem in German with English paraphrase signed with 3 initials, last one W; Linkenholt, 8/10/99. On second page: "Yes this is my album ... Lilian L. Kidman,...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    19th Century Manuscripts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    albums (books), scrapbooks, paintings (visual works), sketches, illustrations (layout features), autograph albums, and drawings (visual works)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 2020-041
    Fonds Title:
    Kidman Family fonds
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC624
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/kidman-family-fonds
    Transcript:
    2020-09-14
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Plustek OpticBook 4800 at 600 dpi TIFF on 14 September 2020 by JF. Metadata by KD.

  • 6. Theatre Clippings Scrapbook

    Alternative Title:
    Mary Henderson Theatre Clippings Scrapbook
    Subject:
    Barrett, Wilson, 1846-1904, Scrapbooks, Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928, Performing arts, Theater, Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923, and Shakespearean actors and actresses
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1884 to 1903
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    1 volume (approximately 354 pages)
    Geographic Coverage:
    England--London
    Coordinates:
    51.50853, -0.12574
    Chronological Coverage:
    1884/1903
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    19th Century Manuscripts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    albums (books), clippings (information artifacts), scrapbooks, reviews (documents), drawings (visual works), photographs, and sketches
    Fonds Title:
    Mary Henderson collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC372
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/mary-henderson-collection
    Date Digitized:
    2020-10
    Technical Note:
    Scannned on TTI/Betterlight (1/20;283;bent5; camera height 900) PD 28Oct-Nov 2020 ; metadata by Elizabeth Bassett and DS

  • 7. Minna Duckworth notebook

    Subject:
    Authorship, English literature, Children's stories, and Literature
    Creator:
    Duckworth, Minna
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1869 to 1875
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    1 volume (118 pages) ; 16 x 11.5 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    England--Frome
    Coordinates:
    51.22834, -2.32211
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Pages are inconsistently numbered in upper right (and some in upper left)
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    19th Century Manuscripts
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    fairy tales, notebooks, fiction (general genre), children's stories, holographs (autographs), and manuscripts (documents)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 1983-161
    Fonds Title:
    Minna Duckworth collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC037
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collections fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/minna-duckworth-collection
    Date Digitized:
    2021-05-12
    Technical Note:
    600 dpi TIFF (1/20; 283; bent5 - camera height 300) scanned under lightweight glass on TTI/Betterlight. Metadata by KD.

  • 8. The Centre of Nature Concentrated

    Alternative Title:
    The center of nature concentrated. Or Ali Puli his tractate of the regenerated salt of nature.
    Subject:
    Alchemy--Manuscripts, Alchemy, Alchemists, Substance (Philosophy), Alchemy--Religious aspects, Matter, and Creation
    Creator:
    Ali Puli
    Contributor:
    F.E.
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1800s
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    1 volume (approximately 38 pages)
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Handwritten. Consists of a 38 l. 1/4 leather bound volume. Hand-coloured initial letter at beginning of text, part of text in red ink (l. 31).
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    19th Century Manuscripts
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    manuscripts (documents) and books
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 1999-019
    Fonds Title:
    Ali Puli fonds
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC349
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collections finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/ali-puli-fonds
    Date Digitized:
    2022-03-14
    Technical Note:
    Metadata by KD.

  • 9. The River

    Subject:
    David Copperfield (Dickens, Charles)
    Creator:
    Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    approximately 1850
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    1 page ; 16.5 x 20 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    England--Thames River
    Coordinates:
    41.31888, -72.08046
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Drawing framed by conservation glass with description of drawing affixed to the back of frame.
    Collection:
    19th Century Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance:
    For further information please contact Special Collections and University Archives.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    pencil drawings
    Fonds Title:
    Peter Lowens Collection
    Technical Note:
    additional metadata by Maggie Tan and Metadata by Karen Dykes

  • 10. Boston Theatre playbill, December 14, 1855

    Subject:
    Boston Theatre (Washington Street, Boston, Mass.), Drama, Performances, and Theater
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Wright, J. B. (John B.), 1814- and Barry, Thomas
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    December 14, 1855
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    1 page
    Geographic Coverage:
    Massachusetts--Boston
    Coordinates:
    42.35843, -71.05977
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Framed by Humbertown Framing Gallery with Tru Vue conservation glass
    Physical Repository:
    Collection:
    19th Century Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance:
    For further information please contact Special Collections and University Archives.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    playbills
    Fonds Title:
    Peter Lowens Collection
    Date Digitized:
    2017-07-20
    Technical Note:
    additional metadata by Maggie Tan and Scanned by CDeWolfe using Betterlight TTI. Cropped, no colour correction or resizing. Physical item part of Peter Lowens' personal collection, provided by him for digitization