Autograph collection compiled by Katherine Probert in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The bulk of the collection comes from the publisher John Murray and relates to its authors.

The contents are as follows:

Letter of Lord Brougham to John Murray II, regarding Madame de Staël, circa 1817.

Manuscript fragment of Sir Walter Scott's article 'Letters from the Hon. Horace Walpole', 1818.

Letter of Lord Byron to John Murray II, Pisa, 3 July 1822.

Manuscript draft of printed invitation, Byron statue Committee, 1826.

Letter of John Gibson Lockhart to John Murray II and III, 21 September 1832.

Letter fragment of John Gibson Lockhart to John Murray III, 28 September 1834.

Letter of John Wilson Croker to John Murray III, 4 February 1842.

Letter of William Gladstone to John Murray III, 26 January 1846.

Manuscript of Princess Victoria and Prince Frederick William, 19-21 November 1868.

Manuscript of duke and duchess d'Aumale and Victor Emmanuel Taparelli d'Azeglio, 15 October 1868.

Letter of James Hall Nasmyth to Mrs Murray, 12 April 1886.

Letter of William Gladstone to Lady Cork, 8 Mar 1887.

Letter of Lord Carnarvon to John Murray III, 16 November 1889.

Letter of Sir Theodore Martin to John Murray IV, 15 October 1891.

Letter of Edmond Warre to John Murray IV, 4 April 1892.

Letter of Lord Leven to John Murray III, 6 April 1892.

Letter of Lord Houghton to John Murray IV, 7 April 1892.

Letter of William Gladstone to John Murray IV, 21 June 1892.

Letter of Lord Wolseley to John Murray IV, 11 July 1893.

Letter of Lord Salisbury to John Murray, 14 April 1892.

Letter of Otto G-[unknown: G:] to John Murray IV, 14 April 1892.

Letter of Sir David Gill to John Murray III, 29 November 1892.

Letter of Carlyon Bellairs to John Murray IV, 26 July 1893.

Letter of Prince Albert Edward (Edward VII) to Lady Cork, 15 March [1895].

Letter of Lord Salisbury to John Murray IV, 3 February 1896.

Letter of William Gladstone to John Murray IV, 11 April 1900.

Letter of unknown to Lady Cork, 5 November 1902.

Manuscript poem, St. Moritz, of John Murray IV, 1904.

Letter of George Peel to John Murray IV, 16 August 1905.

Letter of Duke of Argyll to Sir Edmund William Gosse, 28 August 1906.

Letter of Princess Helena to John Murray, 8 February 1908.

Letter of George Peel to John Murray IV, 27 March 1908.

Letter of [unknown] to John Murray IV, not dated, circa November 1908.

Letter of Edmund Gosse to Francis Hodgson, 20 October 1911.

Letter of reference of unknown regarding Katherine Probert, 25 October 1911.

Letter of reference of unknown regarding Katherine Probert, 25 October 1911.

Letter of unknown to John Murray IV, 31 May 1912.

Letter of Lord Curzon to John Murray, 29 March 1913.

Letter of Lord Stamfordham to John Murray IV, 4 June 1913.

Letter of Mary Ward to Mr. Goldsmith, 19 January 1915.

Letter of Bertram Pollock to John Murray IV, 5 January 1917.

Pre-printed and annotated response card of Prince Albert to Patrick Hodgson, 8 November 1920.

Letter of Patrick Hodgson to Katherine Probert, 22 June 1922.

Letter of unknown to Katherine Probert, 7 July 1923.

Letter of Princess Mary to John Murray V, not dated, [circa January 1924].

Letter of Chancellor of Saint Michael and Saint George to Patrick Hodgson, 31 December 1925.

Letter of unknown to Sir John Murray IV, 4 June 1926.

Letter of Maude Royden to John Murray IV, 10 June 1926.

Letter of Princess Beatrice to John Murray IV, 12 July 1926.

Letter of Violet Jacob to John Murray IV, 14 August 1926.

Letter of Albert to Patrick Hodgson, 24 August 1926.

Letter of Elizabeth to Patrick Hodgson, 4 September 1926.

Letter of Princes Louise to John Murray IV, 12 November 1927.

Letter of unknown to Patrick Hodgson, 15 November 1927.

Letter of Nellie Melba to the Duchess of York, [1927].

Letter of Princess Beatrice to Mr Hodgson, 21 November 1928.

Letter of Rudyard Kipling to Hodgson, 12 August 1929.

Letter of Rudyard Kipling to Patrick Hodgson, 17 August 1929.

Letter of Princess Beatrice to Mr Hodgson, 23 December 1929.

Letter of unknown to unknown, December 1929.

Photocard of Bagshot Park, 1930.

Letter of Princes Louise to Mr Hodgson, 11 May 1930.

Letter of Ruth Draper to Lady Norah, 7 July 1931.

Letter of unknown to Lady Hodgson, [9 March 1932].

Letter of unknown [Harry] to Earl of Ellesmere, 28 June 1934.

Letter of Harry to Francis, 28 June 1934.

Autograph of Vera Lynn, 6 November 1992.

Letter of Earl of Carnarvon to John Murray III, not specified [16 November 18--].

Christmas envelope and card of Princes Louise to Lady Emily Alexander, undated.

Letter of Edward P. to Lord Byng, undated.

Letter of Jenny Lind-Goldschmidt to John Murray, undated.

Letter of Lord Salisbury to John Murray, undated.

Letter of unknown to unknown, undated.

Handwritten business card of Gabriel Rossetti, undated.

Letter of George Borrow to John Murray, undated.

Letter of Lord Salisbury to John Murray, undated.

Letter fragment of Princess Helena to John Murray, undated.