Wilfred S. Dowden "Letters of Thomas Moore" typescript
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the typescript of the book edited by Dowden, The Letters of Thomas Moore (PR5056.A58)
Dates
- Creation: 1964
Creator
- Dowden, Wilfred S. (Wilfred Sellars) (Person)
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
Abstract
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.
Subject
- Moore, Thomas (Person)
- 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
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu