Leeds University Library
Brotherton Collection MS 19c Stoker
Correspondence and literary manuscripts of Bram Stoker
1866-1997
Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912
3411 letters in 24 boxes and 3 envelopes, and 3 vols of literary manuscripts; manuscript.
The volumes of literary manuscripts are bound with boards and brown leather spines, on which gilt lettering is embossed, as follows: (i) BRAM STOKER'S MS - PERSONAL IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA; (ii) BRAM STOKER'S MS - SECRET OF THE GROWING GOLD; (iii) BRAM STOKER'S MS - SEVEN GOLDEN BUTTONS. Within each volume small paper pages in Stoker's autograph have been pasted on to larger pages.
English
Bram (Abraham) Stoker (1847-1912), the novelist and manager of the Lyceum Theatre, London. For fuller details of his life and achievements see the
Dictionary of National Biography.
Comprises: (1) Correspondence dated between 1866 and 1911; (2) Autograph literary manuscripts by Bram Stoker: (i) Lecture 'Personal impressions of America', delivered at the London Institute (and elsewhere), Dec. 28. 1885, with various notes and memoranda; (ii) Short story entitled "The secret of the growing gold", published in
Black and White, Jan 23 1892, together with printed copy; (iii) 'Miss Betty'. The MS bears the title 'Seven golden buttons', and the ending is different from the work as published in 1899.
From the library of Lord Brotherton.
Access is unrestricted
In English.
The letters are listed in the Letters database
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Stoker
Bram
1847-1912
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1838-1905
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