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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Telegrams to Ada Leverson, 1893-1895.

Title: Telegrams to Ada Leverson, 1893-1895.

Autograph telegrams (carbon copies) sent to Ada (Mrs. Ernest) Leverson, thanking her for her letters and accepting various social invitations.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (.1 linear ft.)

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Vol. CXXI. 1918.Alexander Galt Ross, brother of Robert Baldwin Ross: Lewis and Lewis; solicitors: Letter from Lewis and Lewis to Alexander Galt Ross: 1918.Robert Baldwin Ross, literary executor of Oscar Wilde: H. Clifford Smith, of Campden Hill Squar..., 1918

Title: Vol. CXXI. 1918.Alexander Galt Ross, brother of Robert Baldwin Ross: Lewis and Lewis; solicitors: Letter from Lewis and Lewis to Alexander Galt Ross: 1918.Robert Baldwin Ross, literary executor of Oscar Wilde: H. Clifford Smith, of Campden Hill Squar... 1918

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Sitwell, Osbert, 1892-1969. Osbert Sitwell Collection, 1887-1969.

Title: Osbert Sitwell Collection, 1887-1969.

Seventy-one notebooks with handwritten drafts of a wide variety of works make up a large portion of the Osbert Sitwell Collection, along with galley files and typescripts of additional titles, and an extensive assortment of correspondence. The Works series is composed of page and galley proofs for all five volumes of Sitwell's autobiography, LEFT HAND, RIGHT HAND. Holograph and typescript drafts of the collected essays of PENNY FOOLISH are present, as are drafts of POUND WISE, THE RED HORIZON, and SING HIGH! SING LOW!. The seventy-one notebooks which comprise the rest of the works series contain drafts of many of Sitwell's notable works, individual poems, and draft letters. Of particular note in the correspondence series are nearly a thousand letters from Sitwell to his companion David Horner, written between 1926 and 1964. There are smaller batches of letters to and from Lorna Andrade, Richard Grants, Edith and Sacheverell Sitwell, and others. The small Personal Papers Series comprises bank and royalty records, legal documents, lists, and Sitwell family photographs. The David Horner Series contains letters primarily to Horner from various friends and acquaintances. Leslie Hartley and Edith Sitwell are well represented in this series. The Third-Party Works and Correspondence Series holds works by Sitwellian scholars and friends as well as correspondence between his friends and business associates. Galley proofs of Richard Fifoot's bibliography of Edith Sitwell's work are present, in addition to poems by Sacheverell Sitwell and a holograph draft of Max Wykes-Joyce's TRIAD OF GENIUS. Also of note is a pen and ink sketch of Sitwell by Peter Roseland, lists and materials for Sitwell's poetry reading tour in America, and letters and documents regarding Ida Sitwell's scandal-laden bankruptcy.

ArchivalResource: 45 boxes (18.9 linear feet), 5 galley folders, 1 oversize folder.

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Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956. Max Beerbohm letters and memorabilia, 1900-1972.

Title: Max Beerbohm letters and memorabilia, 1900-1972.

The collection consists of six items: letter to My dear Mr. Henschel, 14 Nov. 1900, regretting he will miss Raleigh's lecture with news of his plans; to My dearest Mrs. Leverson, undated, as he prepares to depart for America; to Dear Miss Bagnold, 28 March, no year, with thanks for a book and drawing, and observations of her work; to My dear Ade, undated, regretting he missed an opportunity to exchange views on Frank Harris and Gertrude Kingston; also, printed broadside announcing The Grolier Club exhibition of Beerbohm, 21 Dec. 1971, with a Beerbohm drawing; card citing the hours of the exhibition, 22 Dec. 1972-11 Feb. 1972, with Beerbohm quotation on verso.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

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Vol. CXXIII. 1924-1933.A. S. Hope, friend of Alexander Galt Ross: Letters to A. G. Ross: 1924-1926.Sidney Fenold, of the Savile Club: Letter to A. G. Ross: 1926.E. O. Pope, secretary, United University Club: Letter to A. G. Ross: 1924.Margaret Storm ..., 1924-1933

Title: Vol. CXXIII. 1924-1933.A. S. Hope, friend of Alexander Galt Ross: Letters to A. G. Ross: 1924-1926.Sidney Fenold, of the Savile Club: Letter to A. G. Ross: 1926.E. O. Pope, secretary, United University Club: Letter to A. G. Ross: 1924.Margaret Storm ... 1924-1933

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Vol. CXXIX. n.d.Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, actor-manager: Robert Baldwin Ross, literary executor of Oscar Wilde: Letters to Robert Baldwin Ross from Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree: 1911-1918, n.d.: Partly typewritten.Sir Max Beerbohm, author and cartoonis...

Title: Vol. CXXIX. n.d.Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, actor-manager: Robert Baldwin Ross, literary executor of Oscar Wilde: Letters to Robert Baldwin Ross from Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree: 1911-1918, n.d.: Partly typewritten.Sir Max Beerbohm, author and cartoonis... Unspecified

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Oscar Wilde and his Literary Circle Collection: Correspondence, 1819, 1849-1957, 1962

Title: Oscar Wilde and his Literary Circle Collection:Correspondence, 1819, 1849-1957, 1962

Material described in this finding aidrepresents the main correspondence portion of the Oscar Wilde and his Literary Circlecollection at the Clark Library. The collection includes letters by Wilde, his wife, his mother, Lord Alfred Douglas, More Adey,Christopher Millard, Robert Ross, and Adela Schuster, among many others.

ArchivalResource: 92 boxes,; 8 feet ofbound volumes.

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Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965. W. Somerset Maugham collection, 1897-1956.

Title: W. Somerset Maugham collection, 1897-1956.

Contains letters from Maugham to various people, including William Morris Colles, Ada Leverson, Charles Hanson Towne, and Donald Goddard Wing; manuscript and proof versions of writings by Maugham, including "Ashenden, or the British agent", "Lady Frederick", and "On a Chinese Screen"; and an etching of Hugh Walpole hitting Elinor Mordaunt in the jaw.

ArchivalResource: 3.80 linear ft. (5 boxes)

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Houghton Library. Houghton Library printed book provenance file, L-Q. 1942.

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, L-Q.

Index to ownership/provenance information primarily from printed books at Houghton Library.

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Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965. W. Somerset Maugham collection, 1897-1956.

Title: W. Somerset Maugham collection, 1897-1956.

Contains letters from Maugham to various people, including William Morris Colles, Ada Leverson, Charles Hanson Towne, and Donald Goddard Wing; manuscript and proof versions of writings by Maugham, including "Ashenden, or the British agent", "Lady Frederick", and "On a Chinese Screen"; and an etching of Hugh Walpole hitting Elinor Mordaunt in the jaw.

ArchivalResource: 3.80 linear ft. (5 boxes)

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James, Henry, 1843-1916. Papers of Henry James [manuscript], 1876-1915, 1930-1939.

Title: Papers of Henry James [manuscript], 1876-1915, 1930-1939.

The collection contains manuscripts of "Honoré Daumier," "Tourgueneff," and "The saloon" (typed by Forrest Reid.); a translation of Alphonse Daudet's article on Turgenev; chapters VII, VIII, IX of "The Europeans," the last page from "Glasses"; and book reviewsof Elizabeth Stoddard's "Two Men" and Emile Zola's "Nana"; corrections to a page of the printed edition of "Princess Casamassima" and his play "Saloon." The collection also contains proofs and drafts of works on James including "Henry James at Home," by H. Montgomery Hyde; "Lady Barberina and other tales" edited by Herbert Ruhm; "The master" by Ford Madox Ford and "To Henry James," by Max Beerbohm and Edmund Gosse. Subjects discussed at some length include his writing and the art of writing; publication; problems with copyright and book pirating; photographic illustrations; the literary or artistic work of his correspondents and other contemporaries; travels in France and Italy; dislike of the United States and opinions on various European countries; life in London and the country; the theater, including productions of his work; social engagements; health; friends and family. Topics of interest include his relationship with Violet Hunt, the mistress of Ford Madox Ford; his friendship with sculptor Hendrick C. Anderson; the precarious mental health of his sister Alice; opinion of Daudet, and his admiration and criticism of the works of Mrs. Humphrey Ward and the outbreak of World War I. In addition there are very brief mentions of many of the noted literary figures of the day and occasional references to national and world events such as the assassination of Umberto I, the loss of the Titanic, Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee, and a 1911 railway strike. The collection also contains some correspondence of James scholars and collectors, 1930-1969, and some correspondence of James family members, particulalry Henry James, Sr., who comments in 1863 that Thucydides records an instance where an enemy's slaves were liberated and suggests Horace Greeley be told, and expounds on his theories of love, marriage, divorce and womanhood. There are also letters of William James, Sr. and William James, Jr., Henry's brother and nephew. The collection also contains numerous photographs and portraits of James, and Lamb House, Rye, England; cartoons of James by Max Beerbohm; and photographs of people and places associated with him.

ArchivalResource: 775 items.

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Oscar Wilde and his Literary Circle Collection: Manuscripts and Miscellaneous Materials, 1854-1962

Title: Oscar Wilde and his Literary Circle Collection: Manuscripts and Miscellaneous Materials, 1854-1962

This finding aid described literary and miscellaneous manuscripts related to or composed by Oscar Wilde and his literary circle. Significant manuscripts include drafts of , , and a chapter of . Lady Windermere's Fan An Ideal Husband The Picture of Dorian Gray

ArchivalResource: 92 boxes,; 8 feet of bound volumes.

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Eccles Bequest. Vol. LXXIV. Correspondence of Oscar Wilde with the following; 1888-1900. 1. Elizabeth Robins Parks; 1888-1895.2 Leonard C. Smithers; 1888-1899.3. Robert Baldwin Ross; 1889-1898.4. Ada and Ernest Leverson; 1892-1895.5. George Bernard S..., 1888-1900

Title: Eccles Bequest. Vol. LXXIV. Correspondence of Oscar Wilde with the following; 1888-1900. 1.Elizabeth Robins Parks; 1888-1895.2Leonard C. Smithers; 1888-1899.3.Robert Baldwin Ross; 1889-1898.4.Ada and Ernest Leverson; 1892-1895.5.George Bernard S... 1888-1900

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Leverson, Ada. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1911-1912.

Title: Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1911-1912.

ArchivalResource: 4 items (4 leaves).

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Ada Leverson Letters from Sitwells, ca. 1920-1935

Title: Ada Leverson Letters from Sitwells ca. 1920-1935

Postcards and letters from Edith, Osbert and Sacherevell Sitwell chiefly about literary matters and mutual friends. Includes one poem by Osbert Sitwell, "Aux Bords de la Mer." Most salutations are to "Sphinx."

ArchivalResource: 2 containers.; .25 linear feet of shelf space.; 167 items.

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Eccles Bequest. Vol. CLXVI. Portraits, etc., of Oscar Wilde; [1878-1985], n.d. Includes: caricatures:― drawings, including pen and ink drawing by James Edward Kelly inscribed 'To Dr Marcus M. Benjamin from his friend Kelly. I sketched Oscar Wilde fro..., 1878-1985

Title: Eccles Bequest. Vol. CLXVI. Portraits, etc., of Oscar Wilde; [1878-1985], n.d. Includes: caricatures:― drawings, including pen and ink drawing by James Edward Kelly inscribed 'To Dr Marcus M. Benjamin from his friend Kelly. I sketched Oscar Wilde fro... [1878-1985]

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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George Moore collection of papers, 1879]-[1935, 1889-1933

Title: George Moore collection of papers 1879]-[1935 1889-1933

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, legal documents, an undated notebook, and portraits.

ArchivalResource: 1,314 items

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SUPPLEMENTARY ABERCONWAY PAPERS. Vol. II A (ff. 130.) 1. Letters from: Maurice Baring, 1921: -John Christie, 1939: -C.B. Cochran, 1927: -Ada Leverson, 1927, n.d.: -Andrée and Dugald Sutherland Maccoll, 1945-1948: -A.E.W. Mason, 1927?, 1939?: -S..., 1911-1956

Title: SUPPLEMENTARY ABERCONWAY PAPERS. Vol. II A (ff. 130.) 1. Letters from: Maurice Baring, 1921: - John Christie, 1939: - C.B. Cochran, 1927: - Ada Leverson, 1927, n.d.: - Andrée and Dugald Sutherland Maccoll, 1945-1948: - A.E.W. Mason, 1927?, 1939?: - S... 1911-1956

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Collection, 1851-1957 (bulk 1877-1957).

Title: Collection, 1851-1957 (bulk 1877-1957).

The Oscar Wilde Collection, 1851-1957, is divided fairly evenly between works and correspondence. Series I is composed of five major works by Oscar Wilde. The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere's Fan, and A Woman of No Importance are present as complete typescripts while an incomplete draft of A Florentine Tragedy is handwritten. Salome, in French, is in a complete holograph notebook. A few additional items are also present. Series II is divided into outgoing and incoming correspondence. Outgoing correspondence are letters from Wilde to friends and associates including George Alexander, Frank Harris, and Ada Leverson, among others. Incoming correspondence includes letters to Wilde from a wide variety of friends and admirers. Series III is divided into works by other authors and third-party correspondence. Works by other authors include Mr. and Mrs. Daventry (based on a plot by Wilde) by Frank Harris and Robert Sherard's Oscar Wilde: The Story of an Unhappy Friendship. Third-party correspondence includes letters between people who were associated with Wilde, his family, and his biographers, including Vyvyan Holland, Arthur Ransome, and Constance Wilde. Additional Wilde materials can be found in the Ransom Center's Photography, Art, and Performing Arts Collection, as well as in other manuscript collections.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes (1.26 linear feet)

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Leverson, Ada. Letters from Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell, ca. 1920-1935.

Title: Letters from Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell, ca. 1920-1935.

Postcards and letters from Edith, Osbert and Sacherevell Sitwell chiefly about literary matters and mutual friends. Includes one poem by Osbert Sitwell, "Aux Bords de la Mer." Most salutations are to "Sphinx."

ArchivalResource: 350 p.

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Robert Baldwin Ross Collection, 1888-1951

Title: Robert Baldwin Ross Collection, 1888-1951

Correspondence, court papers, and other miscellaneous documents related to Robert Baldwin Ross.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes; (1.5 linear feet)

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Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956. ALS : Rouen, France, to Ada Leverson, [ca. 1895].

Title: ALS : Rouen, France, to Ada Leverson, [ca. 1895].

Mentions his doings in Rouen, and how he eagerly awaits his return to London to see her.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (5 p.); 18 cm.

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W. Somerset Maugham collection, 1897-1956

Title: W. Somerset Maugham collection 1897-1956

Contains letters from Maugham to various people, including William Morris Colles, Ada Leverson, Charles Hanson Towne, and Donald Goddard Wing; manuscript and proof versions of writings by Maugham, including "Ashenden, or the British agent", "Lady Frederick", and "On a Chinese Screen"; and an etching of Hugh Walpole hitting Elinor Mordaunt in the jaw.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 5; Other Storage Formats: Oversize; Linear Feet: 3.80

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