Scope and Contents
This finding aid lists manuscripts by or relating to Frederic Shields.
Dates
- 1895-1912
Creator
Physical Description
Other Storage Formats: [xx rolls, oversize folders, framed items, whatever]
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Frederic Shields Collection is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from R. Metzdorf on the Daggett fund, 1957.
Extent
0.4 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Correspondence with Mackenzie Bell concerning a Christina Rossetti biography, the decoration of the Chapel of the Ascension in London, and other matters; with letters to Bell concerning the Chapel of the Ascension fund and ten letters by Ernestine Mills about the life and work of Shields.
Processing Information
This finding aid was produced from a previously existing card set in the Manuscripts Catalog, or from another inventory. All pertinent bibliographical information has been retained. If the collection also contains unlisted or unsorted material, this has been noted in the box-and-folder list. This finding aid will be updated once final folder numbering and labeling have been completed. The date of the update will be noted on the title page.
- Title
- Guide to the Frederic Shields Collection
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- by Beinecke Staff
- Date
- July 1997
- Description rules
- Beinecke Manuscript Unit Archival Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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