I. Louis Arthur Holman Collection of Keats Iconography
Dates
- Creation: 1752-1963
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
A portion of this collection is not housed at the Houghton Library but is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
18 linear feet (39 boxes)Arrangement
Holman's original groupings have been preserved, along with the actual titles he assigned to each category. Original spelling for image titles has also been retained. These groups have been organized alphabetically by the Holman title into the following sub-series:
- A. Artistic and medical
- B. Burford Bridge, Leatherhead, Bedhampton and Stanstead, Winchester and St. Cross, Chichester
- C. Dover, Hastings, Margate, Canterbury, Oxford, Stratford
- D. Dramatic and sports
- E. First printings — Poems (facsimiles), Marginal notes (facsimiles)
- F. Hampstead, Kentish Town, Edmonton, Walthamstow, Enfield
- G. Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, Devonshire, Southampton
- H. Letters in facsimile
- I. London
- J. Miscellaneous and odds and ends
- K. Northern walking tour
- L. Portraits of John Keats and his family
- ___1. Images of John Keats
- ___2. Images of the Keats family
- M. Portraits, chiefly literary
- N. Voyage to Italy
- O. Images (loose)
- ___1. Portrait images (loose)
- ___2. Other images (loose)
Physical Location
Harvard Depository, MS, b
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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