Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1839]-1930. (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
3 boxes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Edmund Yates was a Victorian journalist, novelist, lecturer, comic versifier and playwright. He was a friend of Dickens, and co-founder, owner and editor of the weekly newspaper "The World".
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, [1839]-1930
Collection alternatively titled as: Edmund Yates Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Mainly letters, postcards and telegrams written to or by Edmund Hodgson Yates or his son Edmund Smedley Yates, or to or by other members of the family. The papers were collected by Edmund Hodgson Yates and Edmund Smedley Yates.
Bulk of papers 1840s-1890s.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
BOX 1 :
Folders 1-4 : Cat. nos. 1-325;
Folder 5 : Letters of G.A. Sala.
BOX 2 :
Folder 6 : Letters of G.A. Sala;
Folder 7 - Envelope 11 : Cat nos. 326-634, 636-668, 670-674, 679-686.
BOX 3 : Envelopes 12-17 : Cat. nos. 635, 669, 675-678.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright applies.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Edwards, P. D. and Dowling, Andrew (1993). The Edmund Yates papers in the University of Queensland Library : a catalogue. St. Lucia, Qld.: Victorian Fiction Research Unit, Department of English, University of Queensland
Sala, George Augustus and McKenzie, Judy (1993). Letters of George Augustus Sala to Edmund Yates in the Edmund Yates papers, University of Queensland Library St. Lucia, Qld.: Victorian Fiction Research Unit, Department of English, University of Queensland.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Material from this collection has been cited in:
McKenzie, Judy (1994). An edition of the letters of George Augustus Sala to Edmund Yates in the Edmund Yates papers, the University of Queensland. PhD Thesis, School of English, Media Studies and Art History, The University of Queensland.
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Yates, Edmund, 1831-1894 (Subject)
- Sala, George Augustus, 1828-1895 (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, Linda Justo, 5-Aug-2021. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.