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Joanna and Susan Horner Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0134
Finding aid note: Stored on-site at the Woodson Research Center.

Scope and Contents

Correspondents writing to the Ms. Horners include Ellen Kean, F. Maurice, Harriet Hosmer, C.P. Marsh, E. Ryan, H.H. Hilman, Sir James Hudson, Rose Kingsley, Sir H.E. Bunbury, Frances Cobbe, and Sir James Clark. The letters deal with Walks in Florence, Italian affairs, and refer to Eastlake, the Lyells, Royalties, Froude, etc. Included is one letter to Leonard Horner from Lord Landsdowne.

Dates

  • 1847 - 1894

Restrictions on Access

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from the Joanna and Susan Horner Letters must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical Note

Joanna Horner (born 1823) and Susan Horner (1816-1900) were daughters of Leonard Horner (1785-1864), a geologist and social reformer, co-founder of the Edinburg Review and politician. Both were writers on Italian subjects and co-authored Walks in Florence and its Environs (London,1873). Among Susan Horner’s works is A Century of Despotism in Naples and Sicily (Edinburg, 1860). Their eldest sister, Mary, (born 1809) was married to the geologist Charles Lyell. Both Joanna and Susan remained unmarried.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

Correspondents writing to the Ms. Horners include Ellen Kean, F. Maurice, Harriet Hosmer, C.P. Marsh, E. Ryan, H.H. Hilman, Sir James Hudson, Rose Kingsley, Sir H.E. Bunbury, Francis Cobbe, and Sir James Clark. The letters deal with Walks in Florence, Italian affairs, and refer to Eastlake, the Lyells, Royalties, Froude and more. Included is one letter to Leonard Horner from Lord Landsdowne.

Arrangement

These letters have been arranged in alphabetical order by the name of the correspondent.

Provenance

Purchased from Myers (dealer), May 1958..

Record Groups

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Joanna and Susan Horner Letters, 1847-1894
Status
Completed
Author
Alan Bath
Date
2007
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

https://library.rice.edu/woodson
Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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