William Ernest Henley Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, writings, photographs, scrapbooks, printed material, and ephemera relating to the life and work of the writer William Ernest Henley. Correspondents include Robert Fitzroy Bell, his future wife Anna Nancy Boyle, and Robert Louis Stevenson.
Dates
- 1736-1941
- Majority of material found within 1878 - 1902
Creator
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired by gift and purchase, 1946-2004. For more information consult the appropriate curator.
Arrangement
Organized into three groupings by dates of accession: I. 1946-1980 Acquisitions. II. 1986-1995 Acquisitions. III. 2001-2004 Acquisitions.
Extent
3 Linear Feet (12 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.henley
William Ernest Henley (1849-1903)
William Ernest Henley was a British poet, editor, and critic whose friends included Rudyard Kipling and Robert Louis Stevenson. His works include A Book of Verses (1888), London Voluntaries (1893), and Hawthorn and Lavender (1899).
Processing Information
Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit. This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing, in 2014.
The collection is comprised of material formerly classed as MS Vault Shelves Henley, Uncat MS Vault File, Uncat MS Vault 450, Uncat MS Vault 619, Uncat MS Vault 642, Uncat MSS 116.
The finding aid for this collection is partially compiled from individual catalog cards that were created at or around the time of receipt by the library. Information from the catalog cards was repurposed in the finding aid in accordance with current archival descriptive standards. Some catalog cards, copies of which are filed with the collection, include more detailed descriptions of individual items and/or provenance notes. Descriptions for items not represented by catalog cards were derived from accession records, folder labels, or other available descriptive material.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Title
- Guide to the William Ernest Henley Collection
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- by Beinecke Staff
- Date
- May 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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