Richard Hengist Horne papers, 1810-1884; with associated papers, 1798-1932

MLMSS 2410

fonds

1798-1932

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16 volumes of textual material

Richard Hengist Horne, poet, was born Richard Henry Horne but changed his second name to Hengist in 1867. In 1852 he left England for Australia. In Melbourne he continued to write while working for the government in a number of different posts. He returned to England in 1869.

I CORRESPONDENCE, 1822-1883.
- 1822 - 1851, Correspondence (Call No.: MLMSS 2410/2);
- 1852 - 1859, Correspondence (Call No.: MLMSS 2410/3);
- 1860 - May 1867, Correspondence (Call No.: MLMSS 2410/4);
- June 1867 - July 1870, Correspondence (Call No.: MLMSS 2410/5);
- August 1870 - May 1872, Correspondence (Call No.: MLMSS 2410/6);
- June 1872 - July 1875, Correspondence (Call No.: MLMSS 2410/7);
- August 1875 - May 1877, Correspondence (Call No.: MLMSS 2410/8);
- June 1877 - 1879, Correspondence (Call No.: MLMSS 2410/9);
- 1880 - 1881, Correspondence (Call No.: MLMSS 2410/10);
- 1882 - 1883, Correspondence (Call No.: MLMSS 2410/11);
- 1844 - 1883, Undated letters and unattached envelopes (Call No. : MLMSS 2410/12).

Correspondents include:
- Pakenham Beatty, 1881-1882;
- Robert Bell, 1840-1863; Jean Morison Campbell, 1872-1873;
- Caroline Chisholm, 1854; Benjamin Disraeli, 1870-1880;
- Daniel Henry Deniehy, 1858-1864:
- Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, 1849-1883;
- John Fairfax, 1862-1863; Henry (Harry) Buxton Forman, 1882-1883;
- W.E. Gladstone, 1872-1873;
- Thomas Adam Hill, 1862-1872;
- Charles Joseph La Trobe, 1853-1854;
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1837-1871;
- George Gordon McCrae, 1869-1870;
- Georgiana Huntly McCrae, 1869-1870;
- Samuel Ralph Townshend Mayer, 1871-1879;
- Henry Mayhew, 1872;
- Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869;
- Sir Robert Peel, 1878-1879;
- George Rignold, 1872-1879;
- Leonhard Schmitz, 1840-1881;
- Earl of Shaftesbury, 1843-1874;
- John Joseph Shillinglaw, 1869-1883;
- Herman Southward Smith, 1853-1882;
- William Charles Bonaparte Wyse, 1874-1881.

Refer to Correspondence Index for full list. Also guide and index to correspondents compiled in the Mitchell Library. See Manuscripts Guide Shelf. (Call No.: MLMSS 2041/1)

II WRITINGS, c.1825 - c.1882
- A. Poetry, c.1837 - c.1882 (Call No.: MLMSS 2410/13)
- - 'John Ferncliff An Australian Narrative Poem', 1866, Inscribed 'R.H. Horne Blue Mountains Victoria Australia 1866'(Call No.: MLMSS 2410/13/item 1);
- - Printed notices announcing the publication of this poem, c.1867 (Call No.: MLMSS 2410/13/Item 2)
- - Various poems, c. 1825 - c. 1882 (Call No. MLMSS 2410/14)
- B. Prose writings, c. 1825 - 1878
- - Various notes for an autobiography, 1846 - 1857, (Call No. MLMSS 2410/14)
- - Various writings, c.1825 - 1878, including 'Horrors of Imagination. From the Note - book of a Traveller in Ireland', c.1846; 'My Only Son. A Narrative', 1857+; part of an essay on 'Varieties of Vision', c.1871; a proposal to found a Guild of Literature and Art in Victoria, n.d. (Call No. MLMSS 2410/14)

III MISCELLANEOUS PERSONAL PAPERS, 1810 - 1884
- Includes references, financial material, copies of Horne's will. (Call No.: MLMSS 2410/15/Items 1-4)

IV NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS, 1850 - 1879
- Include annotated proofs of various writings by Horne (Call No.: MLMSS 2410/15/Item 5)

V PRINTED MATERIAL c. 1843 -1879
- Various playbills and notices filed at XV* Posters/Elections 101, XV* Posters/Lectures 25-26, and XV* Posters/Theatre 225-226 (Call No. MLMSS 2410/15/Items 6-11)

VI ASSOCIATED PAPERS, 1798-1932
Include correspondence of H. Buxton Forman, 1869 - 1911; Robert Bell, 1839; W.E. Gladstone, 1872; Thomas Adam Hill, 1867, n.d.; Samuel Ralph Townshend Mayer, 1875 - 1878; Leonhard Schmitz, 1840 - 1887; 7th Earl Shaftesbury, 1872; Herman Southwood Smith, 1869 - 1879; bibliography of Horne's works, compiled by Maurice Buxton Forman.

- A. Correspondence, 1798 - 1911. Includes correspondence of H. Buxton Forman, 1872 - 1911 (Call No.: MLMSS 2410/16/Item 1);
- B. Bibliography of Horne's works, compiled by Maurice Buxton Forman (Call No.: MLMSS 2410/16/Item 2-3);
- C. Miscellaneous, 1883 - 1932. Includes valuation for probate of the effects of, R.H. Horne, 1884 (Call No.: MLMSS 2410/16/Items 4-6).

Correspondence arranged chronologically.

Click here to see detailed contents list and index to correspondents - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2007/D00007/mss2410_horne.pdf