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  1. 2008.008.0002 - Card, Autograph

    Als RLS signature with the phrase "after many days" on 2x 3 inch paper mounted to a slightly larger card . Framed with portrait of RLS standing leaning on a table with a cigarette in his hand.

    Record Type: Archive

    2008.008.0002
  2. 2008.009.0001 - Letter

    Als autographed letter addressed to Mr. Carr undated. Value unknown Transcription: Dear Mr. Carr, I have signed the paper, and took the liberty to put chaiman after my name to explain its precedence. I quite agree with your proposal "signed for - subscribers" is the ticket. I highly approve of your telegram. Mr. Osbourne suggests "local paper bought by government" as clearer and safer. It saves a word besides and will likely e...

    Record Type: Archive

    ALs from RLS to Mr. Carr (circa 1892)
  3. 2009.048.0002 - Autograph Note

    To ? From Robert Louis Stevenson "Please pay manager three dollars and eighty five cents." Framed with photograph of RLS sitting at a card table with King Kalakana in Hawaii.

    Record Type: Archive

    2009.048.0002
  4. 2009.089.0001 - Letter

    Original signed autograph letter, 1 pp., 4th April 1870, Argyll Hotel, Dunoon, Scotland. "My dear Mother, For the first time, I recieve a little news; but even that ..."

    Record Type: Archive

    2009.089.0001
  5. 2009.090.0001a-d - Poem

    Als The Bour-Tree Den original manuscript of four Verses 1881 with receipt dated Dec 2, 1944. Orignial signed autograph manuscript of four of the verses to 'The Bour-Tree Den' poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. 1pp. "Loud on the causey, soft on the sand, Round they rode by the tail of the land, Round and up by the Bour-Tree Den: Weary fa' the red-coat men! Clinkum-clank in the rain they ride, Down by the braes and the grey sea-side, ...

    Record Type: Archive

    2009-090-0001a
  6. 2010.030.0001 - Letter

    Als Letter from Isobel Field to T.J. Gannon Jr. Harmon on the Hudson, New York June 7, 1917 Autographed letter signed, one page, 8vo, Harmon-on-the-Hudson, New York, 6 June 1917. To T.J. Gannon, requesting that he: "...take my letters out of the sale. Surely you have no right to sell a person's private letters? I have no memory of ever asking ... for a position on the stage it must have been a passing fancy -- but hardly enough to enti...

    Record Type: Archive

    2010.030.0001
  7. 2010.045.0001 - Letter

    ALS written by Robert Louis Stevenson on July 12th, 1892 from vailima Plantation in Samoa to the Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson about the on going war in Samoa and RLS's desire for peace. The 2 page letter is mounted in beige mattboard with two prints: one of a sketch of RLS and the other of St. Gaudens' Portrait of Stevenson.

    Record Type: Archive

    2010.045.0001
  8. 2010.046.0001 - Letter

    STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Autographed letter signed, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. (postmarked Bournemouth, 5 April 1887), with the original holograph mailing envelope (torn; usual postmarks; soiled and spotted). To Miss Mary Carmichael, sending his apologies for troubling her, and writing: "... I am sick of the sickness you must feel about this business; yet I cannot answer your question till I have seen Mr. Longman ... [S]o vile is my memory, and so...

    Record Type: Archive

    2010.046.0001
  9. 2011.015.0001 - Letter

    ALS - written by Robert Louis Stevenson to his "old acquiantance" Charles Low, Esq. (he was a contemporary of Stevenson's at Edinburgh University and for many years the Times correspondent in Berlin). Letter is dated May 20th, 1892 from Vailima, Upolu, Samoa. "Dear Mr. Low. A [?] of a long time ago certainly; but I had not forgotten you any more than you had me; and it has often crossed my mind "what has become of the unusually clever youn...

    Record Type: Archive

    ALS from RLS to Mr. Chalres Low
  10. 2011.016.0001 - Letter

    ANS - this is a note from Robert Louis Stevenson (written in the third person) informing President and Mrs. Dole to his need to decline their invitation to visit the following day due to his imminent departure on the Mariposa. On stationary from the "Sans Souci / Seaside Resort / Geo. Lycurgus, Prop. / Mutual Telephone 283." with the location written as "Waikiki, Honolulu, H. I." and dated October 26th 1893. "Mr. Robert Louis Stevenson p...

    Record Type: Archive

    ANS from RLS to President & Mrs. Dole 1893
  11. 2011.018.0001 - Manuscript

    "The Prince" Chapter One - Robert Louis Stevenson - Autograph Manuscript note: empty original storage box remains onsite [Storage : Row 2 : Section 2 : Shelf 4]

    Record Type: Archive

    2011.018.0001
  12. 2011.116.0001b - cheque

    ACs - Check, dated August 4, 1887, from Robert Louis Stevenson to J. H. Thomas in the amount of 13 shillings sterling, drawn on The Wilts & Dorset Banking Company Limited, Bournemouth branch. Measure 3" by 8".

    Record Type: Archive

    2011.116.0001b
  13. 2013.009.0001a-b - Letter

    STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Autograph Letter Signed, to "My dear Mr. Dick," thanking him for the book, explaining that the purpose of his trouble was research for the development of a character, and commenting on recent changes [in the Savile Club]. 2 pages, 8vo, written on the first and third pages of a folded sheet, "Savile Club" stationery; complete separation at folds repaired by silking overall recto and verso with vertical separation through s...

    Record Type: Archive

    A.L.S. To Mr. Dick from RLS. n.d. (circa Nov.-Dec. 1878)
  14. 2020.001.0001 - Letter

    Original signed autograph letter, 3 pp., October 6, 1868, n.p. Written when Stevenson was 18 years old. Subject Margaret Isabella Stevenson

    Record Type: Archive

    Letter
  15. 2022.294.0001 - Book

    Small address book believed to be owned and written in by Robert Louis Stevensonc circa 1890. 25 pages with few entries in Stevenson's hand. Other handwriting likely Belle or Fanny.

    Record Type: Archive

    2022.294.0001
  16. 2023.083.0001 - Note

    Note regarding an item sent from Robert Louis Stevenson care of "R Towns and Co, Sydney, NSW" New South Wales

    Record Type: Archive

    2023.083.0001
  17. 2023.425.0001 - Receipt

    Receipt for Wells Fargo Co's Express received of Timothy Rearden valued at four dollars adressed to Mrs. Osbourne, Monterey.

    Record Type: Archive

    2023.425.0001
  18. 2023.426.0001 - Letter

    Letter from Sam Osbourne to father (Dr. Sam M Osbourne) c. 1865

    Record Type: Archive

    2023-426-0001 1
  19. 2023.427.0001 - Letter

    Letter from Sam Osbourne and Isobel (Belle) Osbourne to his father/grandfather, Dr. Sam Osbourne. 3pp

    Record Type: Archive

    2023-427-0001 1
  20. 2023.428.0001 - Letter

    Letter from Sam Osbourne and Fanny to his father/grandfather, Dr. Sam Osbourne. Partial Als. Page 5

    Record Type: Archive

    2023-428-0001 1

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