BIB_ID
307511
Accession number
MA 7788.1-87
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
[1862-1895].
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 box (87 items), unbound ; ca. 17-20 cm
Notes
This collection formed part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material.
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Collection consists of 51 letters from John Ruskin to the sanitary reformer and pathologist Dr. Simon and his wife Jane O'Meara Simon; 19 letters from Joan Severn to Dr. and Mrs. Simon; 10 letters from Mrs. Simon to Severn; 4 letters from Dr. Parsons to Dr. Simon; and 1 letter each from Violet Carttet to Mrs. Simon; Mrs. Simon to Severn; and George Richmond to Mrs. Simon. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related records for more information.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (28.4 cm)
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