Edward FitzGerald Life and Letters – Analysis of books and other material

These files form part of an archive of research material relating to the Life and Letters of Edward FitzGerald.  The data have been compiled by independent researchers W H (Bill) Martin and Sandra Mason;  their contact details are below.  The files comprise a number of searchable listings of information about FitzGerald’s letters and other aspects of his life. The information formed input to a book on Edward FitzGerald which is referenced below.

This section of the archive contains three databases relating to FitzGerald’s library of books and other literary papers.  The first of these, efgbooks, lists books known to have been in his possession from catalogues of sales of his effects after his death and a listing made by John Glyde (see references below).  The second database, efgtrinitycatal, documents the holdings of books and other material owned by FitzGerald that are currently held in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge. The third database, efgtrinitydetail, provides further details of the elements in the Trinity College FitzGerald holdings that we examined in more detail.  An explanatory README text file contains tables showing the fields included in the databases and giving definitions of them and of the codings used where relevant.