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Charlotte Yonge Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2456

  • Staff Only

This collection contains one letter from Charlotte M. Yonge to an unidentified Madam in 1878. It requests that the recipient send an advertisement and stamps to the publisher.

Dates

  • 1878

Conditions Governing Access

Collections are stored offsite and must be requested in advance. See www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.

Conditions Governing Use

The UT Libraries claims only physical ownership of most material in the collections. Persons wishing to broadcast or publish this material must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants on www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet

Abstract

This collection contains one letter from Charlotte M. Yonge to an unidentified Madam in 1878. It requests that the recipient send an advertisement and stamps to the publisher.

Biographical/Historical Note

Sometimes called the novelist of the Oxford Movement, Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901) was born in Otterbourne, England, devoted to the Church of England, and influenced by John Keble, a neighbour and one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. She began writing in 1848, and published about 100 works, chiefly novels. Her first commercial success, The Heir of Redclyffe (1854), provided the funding for the schooner Southern Cross, on behalf of George Selwyn. Similar charitable works were done with the profits from later novels. Yonge was also editor, for nearly forty years, of a magazine for young ladies, the Monthly Packet. Among the best known of her works are The Heir of Redclyffe, Heartsease, and The Daisy Chain. She also wrote Cameos from English History, and Lives of Bishop Patteson and Hannah More. (Some of her works are available through the UT Libraries.)

Arrangement

Collection consists of a single folder.

Acquisition Note

Collection is property of the UT Special Collections Library.

Repository Details

Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository

Contact:
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville TN 37996 USA
865-974-4480