William R. Lawrence papers
Overview
The William R. Lawrence papers consist of letters written by nineteenth-century notable people (including Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Carter Hall, prolific publisher-authors), which were gathered by Lawrence (1829-1856) as an autograph collection. Many autographed items, including portrait images, were placed in individual folders and some items have been commented upon (perhaps by Lawrence). The collection includes the signed letter, dated November 22, 1836, from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Samuel Carter Hall.
Dates
- Creation: 1750-1905
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to the public and must be used in the John M.K. Davis Reading Room of the Watkinson Library, Trinity College Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws when using this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Information on literary rights available in the repository. Also, digital surrogates may be provided to researchers, in accordance with the duplication policy of the Watkinson Library.
Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs unless otherwise specified. It is the researcher's responsibility to secure permission to publish materials from the appropriate copyright holder.
Archival materials may contain sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal and/or state right to privacy laws or other regulations. While we make a good faith effort to identify and remove such materials, some may be missed during processing. If a researcher finds sensitive personal information (e.g. social security numbers) in a collection, please bring it to the attention of the reading room staff.
Biographical / Historical
William Roderick Lawrence (1829-1856) was a painter and poet and lifelong resident of Hartford, Connecticut. Born on March 3, 1829, Roderick studied medicine at his father's insistence, but never practiced. Fond of natural history, he found his calling drawing and coloring insects, and went on to illustrate--with great success--a medical book pertaining to blood circulation. A poet himself, he illustrated Lydia Sigourney's "Poems of the Sea." Lawrence died on October 9, 1856 of tuberculosis.
Full Extent
1 Cubic Feet (3 flat archival boxes) ; Flat archival box (15.5 x 10.5 x 3) equals .28 cubic feet (UNLV calculator)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in a single series.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source Unknown
Processing Information
The collection was arranged prior to 2016. The collection was catalogued sometime between 2016 and 2019.
- Title
- Guide to the William R. Lawrence papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Eric C. Stoykovich
- Date
- 2020-04-24
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Watkinson Library - Archival Collections Repository