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Sickert, Walter, 1860-1942. Walter Sickert note to My dear White, 1891 or 2.

Title: Walter Sickert note to My dear White, 1891 or 2.

On a card printed with the address "53, Glebe Place, Chelsea. S.W.," Sickert writes to My dear White (possibly the writer and critic Gleeson White), undated, answering an inquiry about Charles Augustus Howell and his death. The note mentions that Howell "died in a hospital a year or two ago." Since Howell died in 1890, the note was probably written in 1891 or 1892.

ArchivalResource: 1 card.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70669973 View

White, Gleeson, 1851-1898. Drawings, ca. 1870-1898.

Title: Drawings, ca. 1870-1898.

Consists of White's drawings and proofs for book covers. Book jacket designs include: 348 drawings in crayon, pencil, pen and ink, watercolor, and gouache. Book covers by White recognized the works of the following people: Robert Browning, Edward Coley Burne-Jones, and Thomas Gainsborough. Includes cookbooks, Girl's own paper, and handbooks for military organizations.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/664110526 View

Century Company records

Title: Century Company records

The Century Company published the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, which was widely regarded as the best general periodical of its time, performing a role as cultural arbiter during the 1880s and 1890s. It was founded in New York City in 1881 and also published the children's magazine St. Nicholas, dictionaries, and books. The Century Company records date from 1870 to the 1930s and chiefly contain correspondence with contributors, readers, public figures, and literary agents. A number of manuscripts and proofs in the collection are extensively edited and taken with annotations on letters provide a detailed record of the outlook, standards, and functions of the company.

ArchivalResource: 60.4 linear feet; 151 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/504 View

David Croal Thomson papers, 1879-1931

Title: David Croal Thomson papers 1879-1931

English art dealer and writer, Thomson (1855-1930) worked at or managed several major galleries in London and edited the . The papers primarily contain professional and personal correspondence. Letters to and from leading artists and social figures trace artistic trends and tastes as well as Thomson’s growing stature in London society. Personal correspondence consists largely of letters between members of Thomson’s family. The collection includes a small number of clippings, itineraries, and ephemera. Art Journal

ArchivalResource: circa 3100 items; (4.75 lin. ft.)

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt058031zf View

Stott, Edward, 1859-1918. Letters, ca. 1893-1916.

Title: Letters, ca. 1893-1916.

Collection includes 14 letters to James Little, ca 1893-1916; 12 to Herbert Gilchrist, 1908-1912; and one to Gleeson White, 1898.

ArchivalResource: 27 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81066743 View

Thomson, David Croal, 1855-1930. David Croal Thomson papers, 1879-1931.

Title: David Croal Thomson papers, 1879-1931.

Collection consists primarily of letters from artists, friends, relatives and businesses which Thomson received during his tenure as an art critic and editor for the Year's art and the Art journal. A few letters written by Thomson are also included. As head of the Goupil Gallery in London, he received letters from leading artists, art dealers and historians such as Thomas Agnew & Sons, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Bernard Berenson, Félix Bracquemond, Frank Brangwyn, Ford Madox Brown, Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, David Young Cameron, the French Gallery Edward Linley Sambourne, Walter Sickert, Frederick Stephens, George Frederick Watts, and Gleeson White. The letters reflect art trends and tastes, as well as what was being purchased and by whom, around the turn of the 20th century. They describe what artists are working on, exhibitions in which they are included, their observations on the art world, and notes about their works for reproduction in publications. There are also letters from art patrons in Great Britain, France, Canada, and the United States, and family correspondence, most written to Thomson's son, Herbert. Printed ephemera include newspaper clippings, brochure on exhibition at Barbizon House and some personal documents.

ArchivalResource: ca. 2,500 items (4.75 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78230016 View

Le Gallienne, Richard, 1866-1947. Letters, 1888-1938.

Title: Letters, 1888-1938.

Discussing his writing, publishing, health and family.

ArchivalResource: 128 items (336 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122371727 View

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915. Letters, 1871-1914.

Title: Letters, 1871-1914.

Letters by Crane to various correspondents concerning his work, exhibitions, and personal matters. Of special interest are seven letters to Sir James Dromgole Linton discussing artistic matters, the Art Workers Guild, the South London Art Gallery, and the invention of a method of tapestry-painting in indelible colors (1884-1895); to Gleeson White on the effect of the camera on art (1893); and to Edmund Evans about printing colors (1884). In an extensive 7 p. letter to Henry Holiday Crane discusses Sir Ebenezer Howard's 'To-morrow: a peaceful path to social reform' (London, 1898). Crane expresses his ideas about planning a "garden city", the ideal of a planned residential community. Crane criticizes Howard's scheme as lacking the means to prevent the accumulation of capital in private hands and thus becoming a commercial enterprise. Letters concerning plans for exhibitions include one to T.J. Cobden-Sanderson about a possible combined Morris/Burne-Jones exhibition to be held by the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society (1898). With one letter from the Art editor of 'Black and White' apologizing for attributing Crane's 'The Bridge of Life' to George Fredrick Watts (1896). Arranged chronologically.

ArchivalResource: 75 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84845776 View

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915. Miscellaneous letters, 1882-1914.

Title: Miscellaneous letters, 1882-1914.

Letters from Crane to various personal and business correspondents, including several to publisher John Lane and author Gleeson White, and magazine editors Hamilton Bell and Ross Sterling Turner, among others. Also includes several letters to unidentified correspondents, and one print in a collection of miscellaneous cards written by Crane.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81866218 View

White, Gleeson, 1851-1898. Autograph letter signed : London, to W.A. Knight, [no year] Apr. 28.

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to W.A. Knight, [no year] Apr. 28.

Concerning back numbers of the "Studio."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270587773 View

Horne, Herbert P. (Herbert Percy), 1864-1916. Letters, 1891-1912.

Title: Letters, 1891-1912.

Twenty letters written from Florence, 1896-1900, to Edgar Jepson, with mentions of Arthur Symons and Leonard Smithers; seventeen letters, 1899-1903, to Sarah Prideaux concerning book design; one letter, 1891, to Thomas Cobden-Sanderson; one letter, 1892, to Gleeson White; and one letter, 1912, to Douglas Ainslie.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86130302 View

Edward Sanford Martin correspondence and compositions, 1882-1939 (inclusive), 1900-1938 (bulk).

Title: Edward Sanford Martin correspondence and compositions, 1882-1939 (inclusive), 1900-1938 (bulk).

Correspondence and compositions of the American writer Edward Sandford Martin, documenting his socio-political interests and his interest in spiritualism.

ArchivalResource: 13 boxes (6.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00297/catalog View