Manuscript Sources
Manuscripts and Drawings by Ruskin and the Ruskin Family Other Than Those Constituting This Edition
United Kingdom
Lancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster University
The Ruskin
RF T48
Richardson, Mary (1815–49). Diary (1833). Typescript transcription by Gertrude Atthill, granddaughter of Mary Bolding (née Richardson)
United Kingdom
Lancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster University
The Ruskin
RF 1140
Ruskin, John (1819–1900). Balsthal; Mont Blanc from Geneva. Drawing, pen and ink, 8 1/2 × 5 inches
United Kingdom
Kendal, Cumbria
Abbot Hall Art Gallery
280/63
Ruskin, John (1819–1900). Church. Dijon. Drawing, pen and ink; 11 3/4 × 8 1/4 inches
United Kingdom
Lancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster University
The Ruskin
RF MS13
Ruskin, John (1819–1900). Diary (1861, 1862, 1863, 1870)
United States
New York, New York
Pierpont Morgan Library
Viljoen Bequest V.13
1974.49:174
Ruskin, John (1819–1900). Hotel de Ville, Brussels (1833). Drawing, pencil, 12 × 9 inches
United Kingdom
Lancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster University
The Ruskin
RF 1449
Ruskin, John (1819–1900). Hotel de Ville, Brussels, after Samuel Prout. Drawing, pen and ink, with pencil wash; 6 3/4 × 4 1/4 inches
United Kingdom
Lancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster University
The Ruskin
RF 1198
Ruskin, John (1819–1900). Hotel de Ville, Cassel. Drawing, pencil, ink, ink wash, and bodycolor; 16 × 11 inches
United Kingdom
Lancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster University
The Ruskin
RF T70
Ruskin, John (1819–1900). Manuscript of "Constellations" (photograph)
United Kingdom
Lancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster University
The Ruskin
1996P1450
Ruskin, John (1819–1900). Hotel de Ville, Louvain, after Prout. Drawing, pencil on buff paper; 8 1/4 × 10 1/4 inches
United States
Austin, Texas
University of Texas
Harry Ransom Center
John Ruskin Collection, 1845–1960, undated
Box 5, Folders 2‐3
Ruskin, John (1819–1900). Letters: 40 ALS, 63 ALI, 3 AL, 3 AL/incomplete, 2 AL/copies, AL/copy/incomplete
to Alexander Dundas Ogilvy Wedderburn, 1874–1888, undated; and 3 ALS to May Wedderburn, 11 February 1881, undated;
and AL from Wedderburn to Ruskin, undated
United Kingdom
Lancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster University
The Ruskin
RF 1549
Ruskin, John (1819–1900). Near Oberhofen, Lake of Thun. Drawing, pen and ink; 8 1/2 × 5 inches
United States
Boston, Massachusetts
Museum of Fine Arts
Gift of Mrs. H. Ropes Cabot
52.361 (https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/sheet-of-six-swiss-and-italian-views-255603)
Ruskin, John (1819–1900). Sheet of Six Swiss and Italian Views (1833). Pen and ink on paper, 23 × 29.4 cm
United Kingdom
Lancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster University
The Ruskin
RF 2041
Ruskin, John (1819–1900). Street in Cologne, [?Cathedral] behind. Pen and ink, 13 1/4 × 9 inches
United States
New York, New York
Pierpont Morgan Library
Gift of Norman H. Strouse
1963.14 (https://www.themorgan.org/drawings/item/108911)
Ruskin, John (1819–1900). View of Coblentz. Verso: Slight Architectural Sketch [Baroque Gable with Volutes] (1833). Pen and gray ink on paper, 9 5/16 × 14 3/4 inches (237 × 375 mm)
United Kingdom
Lancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster University
The Ruskin
RF MS 28
Ruskin, John James (1785–1864). Account Book (1827–45)
United Kingdom
Lancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster University
The Ruskin
RF MS 33A
Ruskin, John James (1785–1864). Diary (1833–46)
United Kingdom
Lancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster University
The Ruskin
Ruskin Manuscript Letters
RF MSL 002/003
Ruskin, John James (1785–1864). Letters (1829–1862) to John Ruskin (1819–1900)
United Kingdom
Lancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster University
The Ruskin
Ruskin Manuscript Letters
RF MSL 003/004
Ruskin, John James (1785–1864). Letters (1838–1853) to W. H. Harrison (ca. 1792–1878)
Works in Manuscript by Authors Other Than the Ruskins
United States
New Brunswick
Rutgers University
Rutgers University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
J. Alexander Symington Collection
Collingwood, W. G. (1854–1932), Joan Severn (1846–1924), and E. T. Cook (1857–1919), ALS to Thomas J. Wise (1859–1937)
United States
New Haven
Yale University
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
John Ruskin Collection GEN MSS 1168 Series II, Unbound MSS
“‘Praeterita’—Autograph manuscript of most of the work. Bound in black cloth. Volume 1 of 6, undated” (box 26)
Goodspeed, Charles E. (1867–1950), ALS to Chauncey B. Tinker (1876–1963), 25 and 31 March 1941
United States
New Haven
Yale University
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
John Ruskin Collection GEN MSS 1168 Series II, Unbound MSS
“‘The Monastery’, manuscript, in an unidentified hand, of passages of verse, undated” (box 31)
Goodspeed, Charles E. (1867–1950), AL to Chauncey B. Tinker (1876–1963), 4 November 1942
United States
New Haven
Yale University
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
John Ruskin Collection GEN MSS 1168 Series I
box 13
Stevens, B. F., and Brown. Letters, telegrams, and other materials to Charles Goodspeed, relating to his purchases of John Ruskin material (4 May 1931–16 May 1933)
United States
New York
New York City
Pierpont Morgan Library
Viijoen, Helen Gill (1899–1974), Helen Gill Viljoen Papers