First editions of all of the works of both Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning; subsequent editions published during their lifetimes; numerous Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning presentation, inscribed, and association copies; rare titles concerning the Brownings and their works.
Rare books by and about members of the Brownings' circle of friends, acquaintances and contemporaries, notably those of Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
One of the most important resources for Matthew Arnold research in the USA comprising first and successive editions of his published works and eighty-four titles, annotated and marked, from his personal library. A BearCat Title Search for Matthew Arnold Library and Matthew Arnold Collection will provide a list of these works.
Browning Music
1500 music scores which constitute a nearly complete collection of every verse by Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning set to music as well as music related to or associated with their poetry.
Pre-1901 Periodicals
Meynell Collection Periodicals--approximately 300 periodical issues or articles from the personal libraries of Robert and/or Elizabeth Barrett Browining and their immediate families.
Hundreds of single periodical issues or articles containing reviews or criticism and interpretation of the Brownings' works or other information concerning the Brownings.
Approximately 5000 bound humanities-related periodical volumes published before 1901 which contain a wealth of information on the nineteenth century.
Stokes Shakespeare Collection
A small collection of significant eighteenth-century editions of Shakespeare as well as titles relating to the Bacon-Shakespeare authorship controversy.
