An Archival Discovery

Papers Relating to an Unattributed Journal comprises photographs, catalogue records, and administrative correspondence relating to a nineteenth-century manuscript whose original has long since disappeared.

Across three volumes, the surviving papers trace the changing relationship between the journal and the institutions responsible for its care. As the collection progresses, curiosity gives way to procedure, speculation is replaced by administration, and the archive itself becomes increasingly difficult to interpret.

The documents relating to the manuscript are arranged below in the order in which they entered the collection.