Lewis Walpole Library
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The Lewis Walpole Library in Farmington, Connecticut possesses important collections of eighteenth-century English literary manuscripts and books, including the preeminent gathering of Horace Walpole's papers and effects from his estate at Strawberry Hill. Its collections include eighteenth-century British books, manuscripts, prints, drawings and paintings, as well as important examples of the decorative arts. Gathered by Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis and Annie Burr Lewis in historic structures at Farmington and given to Yale University, the Lewis Walpole Library is a department of Yale University Library.
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Sterling Memorial • Cross-Campus • Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript • Lillian Goldman Law • Babylonian Collection • Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical • Lewis Walpole • Extinct:Brothers in Unity • Extinct:Linonian Society
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