Felton Collection

In 1928, Kate Felton Elkins donated the library of her mother, Charlotte Ashley Felton, to Stanford. After an additional gift by Mr. and Mrs. Christian de Guigne, the Felton Collection consisted of 45,000 volumes and selected manuscripts.

The collection focuses on nineteenth and twentieth century American and British literary figures and its large holdings represent a tremendous resource for the study of Anglo-American literature. Included are first editions, important variant editions, and biographical and critical works; the collection includes more than 1,000 different authors.