Jane Austen’s letters form part of college library
The Advertiser-Tribune of Ohio has an article about the Besse Letter Collection, part of Heidelberg College’s Beeghly Library, in which a volume of Jane Austen’s letters is included with other famous and not-so-famous folks.
Back then, letter writing was an art, he added. The books containing correspondence were to comprise a working collection, able to be a resource for students, faculty and others who used the library. Krakora said that the collection was allowed to be, and has been, added to over the years, with the stipulation that they be in English.
Krakora said that Besse had an eclectic collection, including statesmen, artists and literary people.
“Those of Jane Austen and the letters of Beethoven,” Krakora said. “Their letters tell how they think and what they think. It is a broad collection, the gem of our library.”
