Overview
Letters of Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco.
Dates
- Creation: 1874-1903
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in Portuguese.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
.25 linear feet (2 volumes)Contains letters by and about Castelo Branco all addressed to Joaquim Ferreira Moutinho. Castelo Branco's letters to Moutinho pertain to literary and other matters. Principal writers of letters about Castelo Branco are Ana Plácido, Antonio Alves Mendes da Silva Ribeiro, and José Francisco Trindade Coelho.
Biographical / Historical
Camilo Castelo Branco was a Portuguese novelist.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
*82M-51. Purchased with the Amy Lowell fund and the Bessie L. Potter fund, received: 1983.
- Title
- Castelo Branco, Camilo, 1825-1890. Camilo Castelo Branco correspondence: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00454
Repository Details
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