Carlyle, Thomas, (1795-1881), historian, essayist and philosopher

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Surname:	Carlyle
Forenames:	Thomas
Gender:	Male
Date:	1795-1881
Biography:	ODNB link for Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881), historian, essayist and philosopher
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P157520 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P4915 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Thomas Carlyle

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	manuscripts, proofs, letters	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library	Forster Collection	NRA 38887 Forster See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
2	1854-67: MS of the essay Prinzebraub	London University: Senate House Library	SL V 10
3	1838-70: misc corresp	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 7516, 7178, 7197 Passim
4	c1812-81: corresp and papers	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 511-656 passim; 787; 1763-1808 passim; 7197	See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
5	1822-79: family corresp and papers	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.9086
6	pocket books	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Don d 53
7	1809-1927: letters and papers	Duke University: William R Perkins Library		See Guide 1980 p86
8	1835-74: corresp (116 items), literary MSS and papers	Huntington Library		See Guide to Literary MSS 1979
9	1825-70: corresp and papers (c110 items)	The Morgan Library		See NUC MS 84-2141
10	1832-68: family corresp	University of Toronto: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library		See Union list of MSS in Canadian repositories 1975
11	literary corresp and papers, German travel journal 1858	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library		See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
12	1839-1920: letters and corrected proofs by and about him	Dumfries and Galloway Archives	GGD699	See Annual Return 2010
13	letters	Edinburgh Central Library	NRA(S)0870	NRA 17573 Edinburgh Pub L
14	1840-73: letters (23)	London Library		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
15	1814-81: corresp with Alexander Carlyle etc	McMaster University Library		See Union list of MSS in Canadian repositories , suppl 1976
16	1819-56: letters (41) to his brother Alexander	McMaster University Library		See Nat L of Scotland Annual Report, 1983-84
17	1850-c1880: letters to William Allingham	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.3823	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
18	c1840-77: letters to the Baring family	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.11388	NRA 24219 Baring
19	1857-61: letters (16) to Charles Butler	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	Coll/128
20	letters (27) to Alfred Deakin	National Library of Australia	MS 1540	NRA 25702
21	1846-54: letters (18) to Charles Gavan Duffy	National Library of Ireland	Mss.5756-5757	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
22	corresp with Ralph Waldo Emerson (106 items)	Harvard University: Houghton Library		See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
23	1842-46: corresp (12 items) with Edward Fitzgerald	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 7062
24	1839-75: letters (209) to John Forster	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library	Forster Collection	NRA 38887 Forster
25	1851-71: letters to Sir Arthur Helps	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.3823 ff.199-223	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
26	1840-54: letters to David Hope	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections		See Annual Report 1988-89 p13
27	1874-75: letters to Robert Horn	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.3706
28	1818-66: letters to Lord Houghton	Cambridge University: Trinity College Library		See HMC corresp file 19.2.87
29	1840-49: corresp with Geraldine Jewsbury (11 items)	National Library of New Zealand: Alexander Turnbull Library	MS Papers 544	See National Register of Archives and MSS in New Zealand B65
30	1817-25: letters (20) to J Johnstone	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	Coll/128	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
31	1841-74: letters (40) to David Laing	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	La iv 4
32	1847-71: letters to James Marshall	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Eg MS 3032
33	1814-42: corresp (35 items) with Robert Mitchell and family	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD1/714	NRA 19245 Carlyle
34	1813-65: letters to Thomas Murray	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.8992
35	1830-41: letters to Macvey Napier	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add.MSS.34614-34615, 34621-34622 passim	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
36	corresp (14 letters) with John Ruskin	Ruskin Library	BXIV	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
37	1855-1874: letters to John Ruskin (7) and John James Ruskin (1)	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	GB 133 Eng MS 1191	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
38	1848-77: 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
39	1850-62: letters to Lady Sandwich	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Adv MS 19 3 52
40	1874: letters to Mr and Mrs R Smith	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 44885A
41	corresp with Thomas Spedding	Mirehouse		See ASLIB Directory of Literary and Historical Collections 1993
42	1841-73: (copies) letters (42) to Henrietta Maria, Lady Stanley of Alderley	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP 402
43	1848-74: letters (9) to Sir William Stirling-Maxwell	Glasgow City Archives	T-SK 29.3-27	NRA 24669 Stirling
44	1838-58: letters (18) to Sir Edward Strachey	Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)	DD\SH/71	NRA 8898 Strachey
45	letters to John Swinton	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS200	NRA 10561
46	corresp with John Tyndall	Royal Institution of Great Britain	Tyndall Papers, 6/F2-6/F4, 6/F9 passim, Journal IX (2/D1)	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
47	1816: misc papers re Kirkcaldy	Kirkcaldy Art Gallery and Museum	NRA(S)0744	NRA 18847 Kirkcaldy Mus
48	1817-71: letters	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	AAF (Carlyle)	See Accessions to Repositories 1991
49	1819-78: letters and family letters (39)	Hornel Library	Y	NRA 10173 Hornel Library See NRA(S)0118
50	1820-1853: letters (24)	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	GB 133 Eng MS 336
51	1836-62: corresp (copies)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP 392, 402
52	letters (150)	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	MSS VAULT HILLES	See Hilles Bequest
53	letters (21) and literary MSS (4)	Harvard University: Houghton Library		See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
54	1861: letter to George Lewes	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.14011	See Annual Return 2019
55	1813-1873: notebooks	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.14412	See Annual Return 2022