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Beckford, William, (1760-1844), Author MP Art Collector

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Surname: Beckford
Forenames: William
Gender: Male
Date: 1760-1844
Biography: ODNB link for Beckford, William (1760-1844) Author MP Art Collector
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P130014 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P1998 )
Online related resources Artists' Paper Register link for William Beckford Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Beckford
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
literary MSS
See information in published source
See Index of English literary MSS vol 3 1700-1800
2
corresp and papers
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 22980 Beckford
3
1787-1810: literary notes and Jamaican estate letterbooks
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
See Accessions to Repositories 1981
4
c1793-1811: commonplace book
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
5
1834-35: 'Italy'(2 vols)', recollections (1 vol), misc papers
Harvard University: Houghton Library
NRA 20129 Harvard Univ MSS
6
1843-44: letters
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
See Accessions to Repositories 1988
7
1836-44: letters (29), mainly to Henry Bohn
Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library
NRA 38887 Forster
8
1815-37: letters (9); Fonthill and Lansdown Tower sales catalogues
Bath Central Library
See Library Association Survey 1965
9
letters (c265) and adversaria (c100)
Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library
10
1841-42: letters
Lewis Walpole Library
NRA 22338 Walpole Library
11
papers
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 10979 Hamilton