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Samuel Johnson collection
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RC0738
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1780-[196-] (Creation)
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30 cm of textual records and realia.
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Name of creator
(1709-1784)
Biographical history
Samuel Johnson, the English author and lexicographer, was one of the leading scholars and critics of his day.
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Scope and content
The collection consists of one autograph letter signed by Dr. Johnson, a copper token bearing Johnson's portrait, a typescript of a talk delivered to the Johnson Club in 1921, and offprints of articles relating to Johnson and James Boswell.
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Purchased as part of a larger book collection from Arthur G. Rippey of Denver, Colorado in the 1980s.
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Further accruals are not expected.
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RC0738
