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William A. Oliver, Jr. collection related to The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0638
Abstract
The William A. Oliver, Jr. collection related to The Mystery of Edwin Drood comprises 10.5 linear feet of material plus oversize items dating from 1844 to 2005 and includes extensive bibliographic information relating to the works of Charles Dickens and specifically to the author's final novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870), which was unfinished at the time of his death. The collection, which illuminates Oliver's activities as a...
Dates:
1844-2005
Rush family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0314
Abstract
The Rush family papers consist of materia spanning the late seventeenth to late nineteenth centuries relating to the prominent Rush family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Dates:
1789-circa 1898; Majority of material found within 1820-1860
Sombre Reptiles Press records
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0560
Abstract
The Berkeley, California-based Sombre Reptiles Press was founded in 1978 by poet Jerry Ratch and artist Mary Ann Hayden. This small collection consists of approximately one linear foot of material related to the operation of the press and the publication of its works, spanning the dates 1977 and 1994, with the bulk of the material dating from 1977 to 1982.
Dates:
1977-1994; Majority of material found within 1978-1982