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The Charles Dickens Collection, 1836-1896
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- The Charles Dickens Collection
- Dates
-
1836-1896 (inclusive)18361896
- Quantity
- 2 cubic feet, (3 boxes)
- Collection Number
- OLPb136DIC
- Summary
- Includes serial publications, original parts, proofs, photographs, and articles about the great English novelist, Charles Dickens. Most of the materials were produced during Dickens' life.
- Repository
-
Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives
Aubrey R. Watzek Library
615 S. Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, OR
97219
Telephone: 5037687758
Fax: 5037687282
archives@lclark.edu - Access Restrictions
-
This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Includes serial publications, original parts, proofs, photographs, and articles.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
The Charles Dickens Collection, Lewis & Clark College Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by novel title, and by format and date for materials not associated with a specific novel.
Location of Collection
Special Collections Rare Books PR4500Acquisition Information
Assembled by Paul Merchant and donated to Lewis & Clark College in 2011.
Future Additions
The collection will be periodically supplemented with similar materials by Charles Dickens.
Processing Note
Processed in 2012.
Related Materials
Other books by Dickens are housed with Special Collections Rare Books.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1.1 | The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, proof cover | 1836 |
1.2 | Nicholas Nickleby, proof cover and 5 illustrations | 1838 |
1.3 | Martin Chuzzlewit, proof cover | Jan. 1843 |
1.4 | Dombey and Son, proof cover | Dec. 1846 |
1.5 |
Dombey and Son, no. 4
Chapters 17-19; London: Bradbury and Evans
|
Mar. 1847 |
1.6 |
David Copperfield, no. 1
Chapters 1-3; London: Bradbury and Evans
|
May 1849 |
1.7 | Bleak House, 15 proofs for original plates | 1852 |
1.8 |
Bleak House, no. 1
Chapters 1-4; London: Bradbury and Evans
|
Mar. 1852 |
1.9 |
The New York Journal, vol. 2 part
2
Hard Times, chapters 7-10; New York: P.D. Orius
|
Jun. 1854 |
1.10 |
Household Words, vol. 9 no. 5
Hard Times, chapters 20-36; New York: T.L. McElrath and Co.
|
Sep. 1854 |
1.11 |
Little Dorrit, no. 3
Chapters 9-11; London: Bradbury and Evans
|
Feb. 1856 |
1.12 |
>Harpers's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 8 no.
68
Little Dorrit, chapters 5-18
|
undated |
1.13 | A Tale of Two Cities, proof cover | 1859 |
1.14 | Our Mutual Friend, proof cover | May 1864 |
1.15 |
Our Mutual Friend, no. 1
Partial copy, chapters 1-4; London: Chapman and Hall
|
May 1864 |
1.16 |
The Leisure Hour Library, vol. 3 no.
255
Our Mutual Friend, entire novel; New York: F.M. Lupton
|
Aug. 1889 |
1.17 |
The Mystery of Edwin Drood, no. 1
Chapters 1-5; London: Chapman and Hall
|
Apr. 1870 |
2.1 |
Household Words, vol. 8 no. 176
1 original copy, 1 photocopy
|
Aug. 1853 |
2.2 |
Household Words, part 91 nos.
393-397
The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices (not by Dickens)
|
Oct. 1857 |
2.3 | Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions, the Extra Christmas Number | Dec. 1865 |
2.4 |
Mugby Junction, the Extra Christmas
Number
Contains 8 stories, 4 by Charles Dickens: "Barbox Brothers"; "Barbox Brothers
and Co."; "Main Line: the Boy at Mugby"; "No. 1 Branch Line: The
Signalman"
|
Dec. 1866 |
2.5 | Advertisements
"The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices"; "Hard Times"; "New Work of
Fiction"
|
undated |
2.6 | Charles Dickens, portrait | 1839 |
2.7 | Charles Dickens, portrait photograph | c. 1868 |
2.8 |
Emlyn Williams as Dickens
playbill
|
c. 1958 |
2.9 | book jacket for The Disappearance of Edwin Drood, by Peter Rowland, cover | 1991 |
2.10 | book jacket for Dickens, Drood, and the Detectives, by Ray Dubberke, cover | 1992 |
3.1 |
The Illustrated London News
Illustration and brief description of Dickens reading
|
Jul. 1858 |
3.2 |
Harper's Weekly, a Journal of Civilization,
vol. 4 no. 204
Great Expectations, chapters 1-3
|
Nov. 1860 |
3.3 |
Harper's Weekly
Article titled "Mr. Charles Dickens's New Reading"
|
Feb. 1869 |
3.4 |
Every Saturday, an Illustrated Journal of
Choice Reading, vol. 1 no. 15
Article on Dickens, illustrations, and chapters 1-2 of The Mystery of Edwin
Drood
|
Apr. 1870 |
3.5 |
The Graphic
Portrait of Wilkie Collins
|
Dec. 1871 |
3.6 | Sheet Music for Dombey and Son
"What Are the Wild Waves Saying?", a duet between Paul and Florence; music by
Stephen Glover; Boston: F. Trifet
|
1896 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Novelists, English -- 19th century
Personal Names
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870