Dickens, Charles John Huffam, (1812-1870), novelist and journalist

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Surname:	Dickens
Forenames:	Charles John Huffam
Gender:	Male
Date:	1812-1870
History:	Novelist
Biography:	ODNB link for Dickens, Charles John Huffam (1812-1870), novelist and journalist
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275091 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P139445 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Charles John Huffam Dickens

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1773-1861: Prison of the Marshalsea of the King's Household and Palace Court, and the Queen's Prison: Records	The National Archives, Kew	PRIS 11
2	literary MSS and proofs	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library	Forster Collection	NRA 38887 Forster
3	1833-70: corresp (1129 items), papers and literary MSS	Huntington Library		See Guide to Literary MSS 1979
4	1832-70: corresp, literary MSS and papers	The Morgan Library		See NUC MS 84-2146
5	1835-70: papers incl letters and literary MSS (c800 items)	Free Library of Philadelphia		See NUC MS 60-1085
6	1836-1870: letters, literary MSS	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	GB 133 Eng MS 725
7	1839-70: letters (71) and literary MSS (2)	Harvard University: Houghton Library		See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
8	letters and literary MSS	Princeton University Library		See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
9	1839-1867: corresp (20)	Boston Public Library	MS Acc 29	NRA 11046 Boston Library
10	MS of "Nicholas Nickleby" (22pp fragment)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 57493
11	MS of Great Expectations	Wisbech and Fenland Museum		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
12	MS of 'To be read at dusk'	Royal Archives		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
13	1850: MS of "A Child's Dream of a Star"	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	GB 133 Eng MS 726
14	MSS of him and his circle, collections rel to him	Charles Dickens Museum		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
15	publishing agreements, legal and financial papers (c10 vols)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Dep 9964	See Annual Return 2000
16	manuscripts	Keats House		See ASLIB Directory of Literary and Historical Collections 1993
17	misc papers rel to him	Northamptonshire Archives Service	2437	NRA 25867 Watson
18	1835-67: letters to his wife Catherine	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 43689
19	1836-58: corresp, mainly with Richard Bentley	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 46612-649
20	1841-57: letters (10) to Lord Brougham	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	BROUGHAM	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
21	1844-66: letters to Thomas Carlyle	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS.665-666	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
22	1848-1867: letters (24), mainly to Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke	Leeds University Library, Special Collections		NRA 10657 Novello-Clarke
23	1839-66: letters (609) to Baroness Burdette Coutts	The Morgan Library		See NUC MS 84-2146
24	1863-70: corresp with Mrs Eliza Davis	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	Mocatta Strong Room MSS	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
25	1851-56: letters (16), mostly to the 6th Duke of Devonshire	Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth	2nd Series nos.342.1-342.16	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
26	1845-69: letters (12) to Joseph Ellis	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS.Eng.lett.d.275 ff.93-120	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
27	1837-39: letters (44) mainly to John Forster	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library	Forster Collection	NRA 38887 Forster
28	1842-69: letters (13) to WP Frith	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library	86.CC.33	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
29	1850-62: letters (30) to William and Elizabeth Gaskell	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	Eng MS 729
30	corresp with Sidney and Elizabeth Herbert	Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre	2057	NRA 22080 Herbert
31	1842-45: corresp with Lord Holland	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 51641
32	1848-62: letters (12) to Richard Henry Horne	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP797(1)	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
33	1840-70: letters to Lord Houghton	Cambridge University: Trinity College Library	Houghton 7:79-106	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
34	1835-37: letters (15) to John Pyke Hullah	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library		See information from website (1997 accessions)
35	1851-69: letters (34) to Sir AH Layard	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add.MS.38947	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
36	1840-70: corresp with Lord and Lady Lytton (125 items)	Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies	DE/K	NRA 4598
37	1849-66: letters and cards, mostly to Mr and Mrs Milner Gibson	Cambridge University: Trinity College Library	Cullum M119	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
38	1841-45: letters to Macvey Napier	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 34622-625
39	letters from BW and AB Proctor; misc papers	Blackburn Central Library		NRA 1145 Blackburn L coll
40	1841-68: (copies) letters (14) to HP Smith and WB Hodge	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP 398
41	1838-62: letters, as sponsor, to the Royal Literary Fund	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Loan no.96	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
42	1834-1870: letters (171)	Leeds University Library, Special Collections		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
43	1836-70: letters (138) to various correspondents	University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library		NRA 33549 Dickens
44	1842-69: letters (43) (copies)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP2554(i)
45	1837-1897: papers incl publishing and personal	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add. 88903	See Annual Return 2009
46	1839: letter to his uncle	Kingston History Centre	KX623	See Annual Return 2016
47	1846: letter to Thomas Mitton (1812-1878), solicitor	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library	MSL/2016/4	See Annual Return 2016

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