Overview
Material concerning Lewis Carroll and the Harcourt Amory collection of Lewis Carroll in the Harvard College Library, collected by Florence Milner of the Farnsworth Room, then in Widener Library.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1860s-1930s
Language of Materials
Material is in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
This collection 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
1 linear feet (1 box)Collection includes correspondence of Milner with F. Menella Dodgson, Madan Falconer, and others; correspondence of Flora Virginia Milner Livingston; photographs and illustrations (reproductions); transcripts of Lewis Carroll correspondence and manuscripts; research files (including about games and mathematics); and three scrapbooks.
Biographical / Historical
Florence Milner was a librarian at Harvard. She opened the Farnsworth Room in Widener on December 5, 1916. Milner published books on mathematics and teaching. She did research on and collected items related to Lewis Carroll, Herman Melville, among others.
Arrangement
Contents are arranged alphabetically.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2013M-81. Transfer from Widener Library, date unknown.
Processing Information
Processed by Adrien Hilton, 2018.
- Title
- Milner, Florence. Florence Milner papers on Lewis Carroll, circa 1918-1940 (MS Eng 1820): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- January 30, 2018
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02883
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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