| Description | 1. Postcard from J F Rotton, addressed to R W Chambers, dated 31 March 1904, reporting that he had ordered 'Dante e [il] suo secolo' and that it would eventually end up in the Dante Collection, along with the rest of his books.
2. Ts copy of Henry Clark Barlow's bequest in 1876.
3. Letter from A W K Miller, to R W Chambers, 13 December 1910, acknowledging receipt of a copy of the Catalogue of the Dante Collection at University College.
4. Ts copy of letter from R W Chambers, to Sir Herbert Thompson, dated 2 February 1920, regarding details of a loan of books for a Dante exhibition and asking whether Thompson would be willing to donate further material to the Dante Collection.
5. Ts copy of a letter from the Sub-Librarian, to Seton, dated 20 December 1920, stating that Mr Huxley of Granville Gardens had called offering to loan some of his books for the forthcoming Dante exhibition.
6. Letter from Herbert Thompson, to R W Chambers, dated 7 February 1921, regarding his willigness to lend some early editions of Dante for the exhibition and that he would also bring a list of books he would like to donate to the library.
7. Ts copy of letter from [R W Chambers], to Sir Herbert Thompson, dated 16 February 1921, thanking him for his offer of a donation to the library.
8. Letter from Herbert Thompson, to R W Chambers, dated 6 March 1921, thanking him for finding a home for his collection.
9. Letter from Herbert Thompson, to R W Chambers, dated 8 May 1921, confirming his willingness to donate the books that were on loan for the exhibition. |
| AdminHistory | UCL Library's Dante Collection owes its origin to the bequest by Henry Clark Barlow of his Italian library in 1876. At the same time, he endowed the UCL Barlow Memorial Lecture on Dante. The collection has since been supplemented by editions from the Morris Library (1869), the Mocatta Library (1906), and the Whitley Stokes Collection (1910). A printed catalogue was issued in 1910. Some later editions also came from the Rotton Library in 1926, from Sir Herbert Thompson in 1921, and from Huxley St. John Brooks, whose books were purchased by the Library on his death in 1949. |