Leigh Hunt collection
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of clippings, Leigh Hunt’s personal correspondence and correspondence regarding Leigh Hunt including a number of letters between R. Malcom Sills and A. Francis Trams, between R. Malcom Sills and Payson G. Gates and between Kathleen R. Witten and Charles Richard Sanders, a memorandum, notes, an epitaph for Leigh Hunt written by William Allingham, an excerpt from a biography on Leigh Hunt, receipts for various types of alcohol in Leigh hunt’s name, a post card with the image of the James Henry Leigh Hunt portrait painting by Samuel Lawrence, a print of an engraving by H. Meyer from a drawing of Leigh Hunt by J. Hayter, a notebook belonging to Leigh Hunt with only one page marked, a handwritten notebook recording the postages expended in connection with memorial to Leigh Hunt in Kensal Green Cemetery with clippings tipped inside the cover, a copy of the Dickensian with an article title “The Proposed Benefit for Leigh Hunt”, a reprinted article titled “A Leigh Hunt-Byron Letter” from the Keats-Shelley Journal, Bulletin of the New York Public Library containing “Leigh Hunt’s Marginalia”, sheet music for “Mary, Mary, List, Awake!” written by Leigh Hunt and composed by John Whitaker, a paper about Leigh Hunt written by David Sills, and a biographical and critical bibliography of Leigh Hunt written by R. Malcom Sills.
Dates
- Creation: 1815-1954
Creator
- Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
University records - Copyright held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the creator - In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Some material is in public domain - No Copyright - United States
Biographical / Historical
James Henry Leigh Hunt (Leigh Hunt) was a poet, essayist and critic born in 1784 in London. He is known for his promotion of writers such as Keats and Shelley. In 1822, he traveled to Italy with Shelley and Byron to start a short-lived journal called "The Liberal." Hunt passed away in 1859.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 half hollinger box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Leigh Hunt collection contains many documents related to his writings, correspondence, and memorial.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged in the order it was received.
Subject
- Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 (Person)
- Title
- Leigh Hunt collection, 1815-1954
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Erica Ciallela and Katie Toner
- Date
- April 22, 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository