IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL291
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Clough, Arthur Hugh: letter (1851)
Date(s): 1851
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2 leaves
Name of creator(s): Clough | Arthur Hugh | 1819-1861 | poet
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Arthur Hugh Clough was born in Liverpool and brought up partly in South Carolina and partly in England, where he was educated at Rugby School and later at Balliol College, Oxford. He became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, in 1842 and taught there until 1848, the same year that his first major poem, The Bothie, was published. From 1848 until 1851 he was head of University Hall, a collegiate residence for students attending lectures at University College London, and in 1850 he was appointed professor of English language and literature at University College, andhe later becme an examiner in the Education Office. Clough was deeply influenced by the conflicting movements within Victorian religion, though he had ceased to accept Christian dogma by the late 1840s, and by radical ideas in politics. His poetry was critically acclaimed during his lifetime and continued to be so for many years after his death.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Letter from Arthur Hugh Clough of University Hall, London to an unidentified recipient, 4 Jul 1851. Asks whether the rooms vacated by a Mr Kenrick might be occupied 'for two or three day next week' by Kenrick's brother. Autograph, with signature.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
See hard copy catalogue.
Conditions governing access:
Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
See archivist
Immediate source of acquisition:
Purchased from W A Myers Ltd (1960).
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
A photostatic copy and a microfilm copy of the text are held by the University of Viriginia.
Related material:
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Date(s) of descriptions: July 2008