News 8 Austin celebrates the 50th anniversary of Harry Ransom Center on the University of Texas campus. As we are reminded, the collection houses several Brontë items. These items are listed on the
collection's website:
The holograph works of Charlotte and Emily Brontë make up the bulk of the small Brontë Family Collection, 1833-1858, along with works by Anne and Patrick Branwell Brontë. The collection is organized into two series: Series I. Brontë Family Works and Letters, 1833-1858 (1.5 boxes) and Series II. Works and Letters by Others, 1850 (.5 box). This collection was previously accessible through a card catalog, but has been re-cataloged as part of a retrospective conversion project.
The Brontë Family Works and Letters Series is divided into five subseries, arranged alphabetically by family member name: Subseries A. Brontë, Anne, 1836-1838; Subseries B. Brontë, Charlotte, 1833-1853; Subseries C. Brontë, Emily, 1837-1842; Subseries D. Brontë, Patrick, 1850; and Subseries E. Brontë, Patrick Branwell, 1834-1836.
Anne Brontë's writings are represented by typescripts of three poems and a list of characters she used in her stories and poems of the fictitious land of Gondal. The Charlotte Brontë subseries is more robust with holograph versions of "The Green Dwarf," "Julia," and "Something About Arthur." Also present is a letter to William Smith Williams, her publisher. Contained in the Emily Brontë subseries are two holograph poems and an essay in French.
The men of the Brontë family are represented in the final two subseries. Patrick Brontë's subseries contains a letter to an unknown recipient, while the Patrick Branwell subseries holds a holograph poem, a short story titled "A Narrative of the First War by Harry Hastings," and a commonplace book in which Patrick Branwell contributed four pages of poetry and sketches.
The Works and Letters by Others Series contains a musical score written by Ernest Powell for a poem by Emily Brontë and a biographical essay on Charlotte Brontë by Harriet Spofford. Also present are two letters, including one from Mary Taylor, one of Charlotte's life-long friends.
Other materials associated with the Brontës may be found in the following collections at the Ransom Center:
Coleridge, Hartley
Morley, Christopher Darlington
Nussey, Ellen
Ratchford, Fannie Elizabeth
See the
website for further details on these items.
News 8 Austin celebrates the 50th anniversary of Harry Ransom Center on the University of Texas campus. As we are reminded, the collection houses several Brontë items. These items are listed on the collection's website:
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