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19th Century Manuscripts Collection

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This collection showcases a selection of nineteenth-century handwritten documents (manuscripts) from Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Victoria Libraries dating from roughly 1800 to 1900. Documents such as artwork, autograph albums, letters, diaries, and scrapbooks can be found in the collection.

Collection highlights include:

Peter Lowens Collection: letters written by illustrators of Charles Dickens' works such as Edmund Yates, George Cattermole, William Powell Frith, and Alfred Chantrey Corbould.

Kidman Family Fonds: art album and autograph albums, dating from 1828 to 1930, created by sisters Lilian Kidman and Ella Kidman, and their father Henry Kidman.

Edward Morrell Holmes scrapbook: containing approximately 250 seaweed specimens collected between 1895 and 1918.

 
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Subcollections (1)

Works (79)

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List of items in this collection
  Title Date Created Date Added
approximately 1845 2024-01-26
1849 to 1918 2020-11-02
approximately 1850 2020-11-13
1855 2021-09-03
March 26, 1855 2021-09-03
December 14, 1855 2020-11-13
October 6, 1857 2020-11-13
August 12, 1858 2021-08-17
April 19, 1859 2020-11-13
February 1, 1860 2020-11-13