This collection consists of letters and exhibit catalogs concerning British painter and designer Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893), compiled originally by University of Kansas English Department faculty member William Doremus Paden.

A collection of six letters by poet and biographer Mathilde Blind. Correspondents include Charles Rowley, a social reformer and figure involved in the Manchester, England arts scene, pre-Raphaellite painter Frederic Shields, and a "Mr. Dolman."