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Wilfred S. Dowden "Letters of Thomas Moore" typescript

 Collection
Identifier: MS 349
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the typescript of the book edited by Dowden, The Letters of Thomas Moore (PR5056.A58)

Dates

  • 1964

Creator

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from the Wilfred S. Dowden "Letters of Thomas Moore" typescript must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical / Historical

Wilfred Sellers Dowden was a Rice University professor of English. Dowden began teaching at Rice in 1948 as an instructor and later became a professor and served as the chair of the English department. He retired in 1987.

Dowden edited the letters of Thomas Moore and published the two volume set in 1964. In 1967, he discovered the journal of Irish poet, Thomas Moore. The manuscripts, were long believed to be destroyed by fire were found in the vaults of a London publishing house. Under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Dowden edited the manuscripts and published them in 1983.

Extent

1.5 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

The contents of the typescript are the letters of Thomas Moore 1779-1852, edited by Dr. Dowden. The book entitled The Letters of Thomas Moore is catalogued PR 5056 .A58.

Acquisition Information

Collection was a gift of Dr. Dowden, received 4-15-1966.

Related Materials

See also Moore Letters, MS 15, Woodson Research Center.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Wilfred S. Dowden "Letters of Thomas Moore" typescript, 1964
Status
Completed
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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