Kenneth Spencer Research Library Archival Collections

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."

Paden taught English at the University of Kansas from 1935-1973. This collection consists of congratulatory letters about his retirement in 1973.

Miscellaneous collection of letters, photographs, and other items concerning British painter William Holman Hunt, mostly compiled by University of Kansas English professor William Doremus Paden.