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Find out where Bram Stoker’s surviving letters, manuscripts and papers are held, and whether you can see them online.
Bram’s surviving papers are scattered across libraries and collections around the world. Many institutions have digitised some of their holdings, but it is still hard to see the material together, or even to find out which institution holds a particular document.
Our aim is to make this website the natural starting point for finding them. Bram Stoker Worldwide brings the institutions’ own catalogue descriptions together in one place, and links you to the holders of the originals and to free digital copies wherever they exist. To read and search the texts we have published here, use Letters and documents.
This catalogue is incomplete. Coverage varies by institution, and if a search finds nothing, that does not mean nothing survives. See how far each institution is covered so far, and what remains to be checked.
This catalogue is incomplete. Coverage varies by institution, and a missing result does not mean that no relevant material survives. Leeds and Emory have more detailed coverage; the other institutions have selected starting records. A file can contain several documents; digital representations are counted separately.
BC MS 19c Stoker/02/01 · Dec 28 1885
Autograph manuscript of 'Personal impressions of America' lecture, delivered at the London Institute (and elsewhere), Dec. 28. 1885, with various notes and memoranda.
BC MS 19c Stoker/02/02 · Jan 23 1892
Manuscript of short story entitled 'The secret of the growing gold', published in 'Black & White', Jan. 23, 1892, together with printed copy.
MSS 1514; Box: 3, Folder: 16 · undated
Photograph file in the John Moore Bram Stoker collection. The title distinguishes format, subject and any stated signature or reproduction. A file can contain more than one photograph.
MSS 1514, Series 1; individual container not yet verified · 1707 February 28
File listed in the John Moore collection’s correspondence-series navigation. The institutional title and date wording are retained; individual contents, container details and digital access have not been verified.
BC MS 19c Stoker/01/610 · [c. 29 Apr 1882]
Correspondent-file entry in Leeds’ Stoker archive. The title and date are taken from the institutional hierarchy; the file may contain more than one letter.
Catalogue identifier EX00043475; class Periodicals · 1997
Publication listed in the Leslie Shepard collection guide. Catalogue heading: Shepard, Leslie. Listed imprint: Dublin, Ireland of the Welcomes, 1997.
MS 11076/5/19 · 1979
Production publicity with signed flyer; not a film script.
ISBN 0450031152; class 920Stoker (individual copy identifier not supplied) · 1977
Publication listed in the Leslie Shepard collection guide. Catalogue heading: Ludlam, Harry. Listed imprint: New English Library, 1977.
ISBN 0572002173; class 920Stoker (individual copy identifier not supplied) · 1962
Publication listed in the Leslie Shepard collection guide. Catalogue heading: Ludlam, Harry. Listed imprint: Foulsham, 1962.
LO 1557 · 1886
Printed 48-page lecture given at the London Institution on 28 December 1885, published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. This is a printed edition rather than Bram’s manuscript lecture notes.
ISBN 0448124408; class 823.8 (individual copy identifier not supplied) · 1976
Publication listed in the Leslie Shepard collection guide. Catalogue heading: Brokaw, Kurt. Listed imprint: New York, Grosset and Dunlap A filmways Company, 1976.
MS 11076/4/14 · 26 February 1909
Collier correspondence about publishing Seymour Hicks’s play.
MS 11076/3/121 · 9 May 1912
Letter, reply draft and related festival papers.
MS 11076/3/40 · 18 Oct 1889
Correspondence about leaving the RCSI chair.
MS 11076/3/7 · 9‐12 Dec 1868
Reporter appointment and a related introduction.
MS 11076/1/11 · 14 December 1865
Pension notification; surname uncertain in source.
MS 11076/3/84 · 2 Apr 1896
Alan Pim’s recommendation and Thomas Stoker’s departure.
MS 11076/3/85 · 7 Aug 1897
Correspondence about health and cycling plans.
MS 11076/3/99 · 14 Nov 1902
Letter acknowledging assistance.
MS 7117/3 · 1934
Identified in Trinity’s published subject index; subject matter, full date and physical extent not supplied there.
BC MS 19c Stoker/01/1 · 5 Apr 1901 - 1 Dec 1909; 6 n.d.
Correspondent-file entry in Leeds’ Stoker archive. The title and date are taken from the institutional hierarchy; the file may contain more than one letter.
BC MS 19c Stoker/01/2 · 24 (?) Jun 1894
Is free to join Irving's cast. Endorsed "Regret". Sender was an actor.
MS 11076/1/21 · 17 September 1912
Later manuscript copy; creation date is not the marriage date.
MS 11076/14/7 · Undated
Two mounted views of the shared gravestone.
MS 11076/1/17 · 27 June–1 November 1871
Eight letters plus receipt about the French trust.
This catalogue brings together selected records from twenty institutions, shown in the institution filter and coverage table. Coverage varies and remains incomplete; it is not a census of surviving Stoker material. Record counts include institutions, collections, series, files and digital representations. A file may contain several documents.
“Images online” and “Selected images online” identify checked digital links. “Some material online” describes partial collection coverage. “No digital copy linked in record” means no image link was found in the checked catalogue page. “Digital access not yet checked” identifies entries imported from an index whose individual access page still needs inspection. These labels do not establish that a complete file or collection has been digitised. No complete searchable handwriting transcription has been confirmed for these manuscripts.
References and dates follow the holding institutions. Apparent inconsistencies and source-specific rights statements are identified within each record. Use the institutional record to confirm access, arrange a visit or seek permission.
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