Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Box
Title
George F. Pinne Autograph Collection
Date(s)
- 1684 - 1986 (Creation)
Extent
2 boxes
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The collection includes letters and official documents, some loose, some in binders with the author’s name imprinted in gold on the cover. Also included are invoices and correspondence from vendors: The Scribner Book Store (New York), Dawsons of Pall Mall (London), Documents and Autographs Ltd. (London).
The earliest letters are from Samuel Pepys (1673/4) and the Earl of Spencer (1684). The majority of the documents are from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Included are letters from British statesmen (Disraeli and Gladstone), Queen Victoria, and a variety of famous American and British persons such as Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Rockwell Kent, Auguste Rodin, and Teddy Roosevelt.
Included with the collection is a partial inventory of the items in the collection created when the collection was received.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
This collection is open for research.
Physical access
This collection may be access in Special Collections & Archives.
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Please speak with Special Collections staff for more information regarding reproduction and use.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Donation