Collins, William Wilkie, (1824-1889), novelist and playwright

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Surname:	Collins
Forenames:	William Wilkie
Gender:	Male
Date:	1824-1889
Places:	London
Biography:	ODNB link for Collins, William Wilkie (1824-1889), novelist and playwright
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P126286 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P6218 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Wilkie Collins

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	letters and papers (2 vols)	Boston Public Library		NRA 11046 Boston Library See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
2	letters and MSS	Princeton University Library	CO171
3	letters (44) and literary MSS (5)	Harvard University: Houghton Library		See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
4	letters	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Autog d 21
5	MS of No Name	The King's School, Canterbury	WALPOLE	NRA 15260
6	MS of The Storm at the Lighthouse	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library	Forster Collection	NRA 38887 Forster
7	c1880: MS of The Devil's Spectacles	Bolton Archives and Local Studies Service	ZBEN/4/7	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
8	1888: MS of The Legacy of Cain	Durham University Library and Collections	SR.18D	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
9	1852: literary drafts	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 41060
10	family corresp (400 items)	The Morgan Library		See Times Literary Supplement 24 August 1973
11	1850-89: letters (136) and literary MSS (12 items)	Huntington Library		See Guide to literary MSS 1979
12	1851-80: misc letters and MSS	British Library, Manuscript Collections		See Index of MSS, III, 1984
13	1850-79: agreements, accompts, etc with Richard and George Bentley	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add.MSS.46615-19, 46652 passim	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
14	1860-73: letters to the 'Cornhill magazine' (11) and George Smith (7)	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.23180 ff.130-191	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
15	1863-74: letters to WP Frith (7) and Mrs Frith (13)	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library	86.CC.33	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
16	1860-89: letters (30) to William Holman Hunt (copies)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP 800/2
17	letters (68) to Edward Smyth Pigott	Huntington Library		See NUC MS 77-336
18	1867-77: letters (c150), mostly to WF Tindell, his solicitor	Special Collections, The Mitchell Library	891117	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
19	1852-86: (copies) letters (68) to ES Piggott	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP 654 (2)
20	1871: playscript for 'The New Magdalen'	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89175	See Annual Return 2016
21	1858: 'Portrait of a Young Person' ms extract from 'The Dead Secret',	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89341	See Annual Return 2018