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Mantel, Hilary, 1952-. Papers of Hilary Mantel, 1980-2005.

Title: Papers of Hilary Mantel, 1980-2005.

The collection is comprised primarily of the manuscripts and correspondence of Hilary Mantel (1952- ). Manuscripts include short stories, lectures, radio plays, articles and reviews, as well as various drafts and notes for Mantel's novels. Personal and business correspondence with a number of other prominent authors and figures is present, including Elizabeth Jane Howard, Barbara Epstein, Norman Hampson, Lesley Glaister, Miranda Miller and Auberon Waugh. Photographs, audio materials and ephemera, including some research material for her novels, are also present.

ArchivalResource: 1365 pieces.81 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/226352017 View

Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832. Autograph letter signed : Manchester, to John Villiers, [1821] Apr. 6.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Manchester, to John Villiers, [1821] Apr. 6.

Discussing at length his objections to the establishment of the Royal Society of Literature, noting that his twenty years of experience as a popular writer "may entitle me to speak with some opportunities of knowledge to which few others can lay claim." Emphatically stating that his feelings would deter him from becoming a member, and that the Society, which would be "entirely useless," would be hurtful to both the community of letters and to the sovereign, citing the effects of engendering competition among authors. Furthering his stance that it will be a "grand and mortifying failure" if some authors are excluded "for reasons moral or political" and noting that established authors would not likely join a society that is also open to "obscure pedants of universities and schools-men," and wondering how the two classes could accurately judge and criticize the same work, noting that "in literature you will find twenty people entertaining as many different opinions upon that which is called taste, and musing on the ethics of writing while receiving a stipend. Proudly reporting that he gives between £50 and £100 each year to aid "unfortunate men of literature." Regretting to hear that the plan is so far advanced and advising that "a timely retreat is better than a defeat."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (10 p., with address) ; 23 cm.

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Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain). Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1951.

Title: Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1951.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/183885130 View

Botfield, Beriah, 1807-1863. Letter: 1839 June 12, London, to David Laing, Signet Library, Edinburgh / Beriah Botfield.

Title: Letter: 1839 June 12, London, to David Laing, Signet Library, Edinburgh / Beriah Botfield. 1839.

Discusses his recent election to the Society of Antiquaries.

ArchivalResource: [3]p.

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Granville-Barker, Harley, 1877-1946. Letters received, ca. 1928.

Title: Letters received, ca. 1928.

Handwritten, typewritten, and signed letters addressed to Granville-Barker, a member of the Royal Society of Literature in Great Britain. These items were received by Granville-Barker and were from various British writers concerning contributions for a book sponsored by the Royal Society.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (40 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/367389731 View

De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. Letter : Taplow, Bucks, to A.E. Housman, 1929 Nov. 12.

Title: Letter : Taplow, Bucks, to A.E. Housman, 1929 Nov. 12.

TLS.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 23 x 18 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25157413 View

Hewlett, Maurice, 861-1923. Maurice Hewlett letters to Sir Henry Newbolt, 1903-1928.

Title: Maurice Hewlett letters to Sir Henry Newbolt, 1903-1928.

Consists of 68 autograph letters by Hewlett to his fellow poet Sir Henry Newbolt spanning the years 1903 or 1904 to 1921, though 31 of the letters are undated.

ArchivalResource: 0.2 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78379401 View

Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832. Autograph letter signed : Abbotsford near Melrose, to [the Secretary to the Royal Society of Literature], 1827 Apr. 10.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Abbotsford near Melrose, to [the Secretary to the Royal Society of Literature], 1827 Apr. 10.

Thanking him for a letter acquainting him with the fact that the Council of the Royal Society of Literature has issued Scott an honorary medal in recognition of his "attempts to illustrate the manners, antiquities, and History of Scotland." Noting that his son-in-law J. G. Lockhart would accept the medal on Scott's behalf on 27 April.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 22.4 cm

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Charnwood, Godfrey Rathbone Benson, Baron, 1864-1945. [Letter] 1918 Aug. 12, [London] / Charnwood.

Title: [Letter] 1918 Aug. 12, [London] / Charnwood.

ArchivalResource: 3 p. ; 26 cm.

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Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936. Letter : London, to Percy W. Ames, London, 1913 May 13.

Title: Letter : London, to Percy W. Ames, London, 1913 May 13.

AL.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 26 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24863268 View

William Empson papers

Title: William Empson papers

Papers of the British poet and critic, William Empson, including his correspondence,manuscript compositions, biographical material, photographs, clippings, andcorrespondence and compositions of others.

ArchivalResource: 25 linear feet (22 boxes, 24 volumes, and 23 folders shelved as volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00064/catalog View

Harley Granville-Barker letters, ca. 1928

Title: Harley Granville-Barker letters ca. 1928

Handwritten, typewritten, and signed letters addressed to Granville-Barker, a member of the Royal Society of Literature in Great Britain. These items were received by Granville-Barker and were from various British writers concerning contributions for a book sponsored by the Royal Society.

ArchivalResource: 2 folders; (0.2 linear ft.)

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Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain). [Minor publications].

Title: [Minor publications].

ArchivalResource: v. 26 cm.

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Harley Granville-Barker letters, ca. 1928

Title: Harley Granville-Barker letters ca. 1928

Handwritten, typewritten, and signed letters addressed to Granville-Barker, a member of the Royal Society of Literature in Great Britain. These items were received by Granville-Barker and were from various British writers concerning contributions for a book sponsored by the Royal Society.

ArchivalResource: 2 folders; (0.2 linear ft.)

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Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain). Some friends and admirers of the poet laureate desire to mark his eightieth birthday (the 23rd of October next) by the presentation of a gift and an address ... / Royal Society of Literature.

Title: Some friends and admirers of the poet laureate desire to mark his eightieth birthday (the 23rd of October next) by the presentation of a gift and an address ... / Royal Society of Literature. [1924?]

Announcement distributed to solicit subscriptions to raise Ł150 with which to purchase a clavichord for Robert Bridges' birthday. Subscriptions to be sent to S. Sassoon.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7921133 View

Brae, Andrew Edmund, d. 1881. Prospero's clothes-line [manuscript], 1869.

Title: Prospero's clothes-line [manuscript], 1869.

Autograph manuscript signed by Andrew Edmund Brae. Includes annotation in another hand "Written Nov. 1869, read Jan. 9, 1871."

ArchivalResource: 22 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/263097724 View

Mary Hyde Eccles papers, 1853-2005, (bulk) 1939-2003.

Title: Mary Hyde Eccles papers, 1853-2005, (bulk) 1939-2003.

Correspondence and other personal papers of Mary Hyde Eccles, a collector and literary scholar whose primary interest was Samuel Johnson.

ArchivalResource: 88 linear feet (84 boxes, 3 pf boxes, and 7 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01787/catalog View