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Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Bernard Shaw papers, 1878-1964.

Title: Bernard Shaw papers, 1878-1964.

Items related to George Bernard Shaw collected or received by Archibald Henderson (1877-1963), mathematics professor at the University of North Carolina, and other materials. Included is correspondence between Henderson and Shaw, his secretaries, and members of his family, largely relating to Henderson's biography of Shaw. Also included are letters and cards received from Shaw by Otto Kyllman of Constable & Co., London, publishers of Shaw's collected works, and carbon copies of the letters sent by Kyllman to Shaw. These letters, dated 1909-1950 (bulk 1929-1933), are concerned primarily with the business relations between the author and his publisher. Letters, 1891-1945 (photostatic copies), from Shaw to Sidney and Beatrice Potter Webb concern their common interest in the Fabian Society and socialism in theory and practice. Also included is correspondence, 1910-1950, between Shaw and Cyril Clemens. This consists largely of letters from Clemens to Shaw requesting permission to quote Shaw's work and to dedicate works to him, and soliciting his advice on publishing activities. Letters, 1888-1907 (copies), from Shaw to British publisher Thomas Fisher Unwin (1848-1935), concern publishing possibilities for his own work and that of others. Letters, 1896-1928, from Shaw to British actress Margaret Halstan (1879-1967) deal with the production of Shaw's plays in which Halstan appeared, offering advice on acting and making comments on the British theatrical scene. Letters from Shaw to Louis Calvert, Shavian actor and director, concern productions of "Major Barbara." There is a small amount of other correspondence and compositions by Shaw as well as prints and photographs of Shaw and other subjects.

ArchivalResource: About 5000 items (5.5 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26380339 View

Drawings for the London Stage Collection, 1886-1924, 1886-1897

Title: Drawings for the London Stage Collection 1886-1924 1886-1897

This collection comprises costume and set design drawings and programs from late-Victorian London stage productions.

ArchivalResource: 1.68 Linear feet (4 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/ycba.mss.0009 View

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Three autograph letters signed : Ayot St. Lawrence [Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England] and Parknasilla-on-Sea [Sneem, Kerry, Ireland], to [Louis] Calvert, 1912-1917.

Title: Three autograph letters signed : Ayot St. Lawrence [Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England] and Parknasilla-on-Sea [Sneem, Kerry, Ireland], to [Louis] Calvert, 1912-1917.

In the first of these letters, Shaw derides Calvert's abilities: "You are a wretched actor -- a perfect disgrace to me [...] What are you thinking of half the time? You have the most fatally discursive mind." In the second, he discusses possible roles for him but warns, "If I make a contract with you, the first shark you meet will simply swallow you, play, contract, and all [...] Your noble nature was not built for business." In the third, he declines to write a preface for Calvert's book (Problems of the Actor, 1919), as the publisher has requested, because he is resentful that "It is all a publisher's game to catch my circulation."

ArchivalResource: 3 items (3 leaves, 6 p.) ; 12-21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/743454841 View

Baker, George Pierce, 1866-1935. Papers of George Pierce Baker, 1882-1926 (inclusive), 1890-1926 (bulk).

Title: Papers of George Pierce Baker, 1882-1926 (inclusive), 1890-1926 (bulk).

Contains professional and family correspondence (ca. 35 boxes), manuscripts of published works, lecture notes, financial records, photographs, play scripts, scrapbooks, and programs.

ArchivalResource: ca. 75 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612379314 View