Humbert Wolfe collection of papers 1901-1944

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Humbert Wolfe collection of papers 1901-1944

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, a notebook for 1901-1902, legal documents, and portraits.

ca. 3,567 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6309928

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Aldington, Richard, 1892-1962

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John Lane Company.

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Wells, James Raye

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Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup),

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Gould, Gerald, 1885-1936

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Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000350.0x000227 Noted English journalist, reviewer and poet. From the description of Gerald Gould letter to Miss Blodgett [manuscript], 1921 December 23. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 664830255 ...

Miller, Gilbert.

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Epithet: theatrical producer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001027.0x000250 Gilbert Miller (1884-1969) was active as a theatrical producer in New York and London from the early 1900s to the mid-1960s. He worked with a vast array of major artists and was responsible for bringing plays of noteworthy British and continental dramatists to New York as well as presenting a number of American plays. From ...

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Gordon Bottomley was an English author, known primarily for his verse plays. Born in Yorkshire, he took a job as a bank clerk, but had to give it up due to a tubercular condition, which contributed to his comparatively quiet life. He was an accomplished poet, and devoted himself to reviving the art of verse drama, writing some thirty plays, almost all of them in verse. He remains a gifted and visionary Georgian author. Bottomley married painter Emily Burton, and their home, The Sheiling, was a p...

British Broadcasting Company

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The two part documentary ‘No Plan, No Peace: The inside story of Iraq’s descent into chaos’ was produced by BBC Current Affairs and broadcast on the 28th and 29th October 2007. From the guide to the BBC Documentary: ‘No Plan, No Peace’ Collection, 2007, (Middle East Centre Archive, St Antony's College, Oxford) In December 1981, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a series of 13 controversial programmes by its Religious Affairs Correspondent, Gerald Priestland, under the title Priestland's...

Keedick, Lee

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Minney, R.J. (Rubeigh James), 1895-1979

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Lascelles, E. C. P. (Edward Charles Ponsonby), 1884-1956

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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Division of Economics and History

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Cassell &Company

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Garvin, J. L. (James Louis), 1868-1947

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Historian, of New Hampshire. From the description of James L. Garvin unpublished articles on Old Allenstown Meeting House and Bear Brook State Park, 1993-2003. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 236168101 ...

J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.

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Victor Gollancz, Ltd

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Rutherston, Albert, 1881-1953

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British book illustrator, painter and theater decorator. From the description of Letters, ca. 1915-1945. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82947055 ...

James B. Pinker and Son.

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The Pinker firm, founded by James Brand Pinker (1863-1922), was a firm of literary agents in London. John Galsworthy (1867-1933) was an English novelist and dramatist. From the description of James B. Pinker and Son correspondence concerning John Galsworthy, 1901-1946. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612372934 From the guide to the James B. Pinker and Son correspondence concerning John Galsworthy, 1901-1946., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard Univ...

Clegg, I. E. (Ivy E.)

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Garrod, H.W. (Heathcote William), 1878-1960

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Oxford University Press, Inc., 1964, 1971

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Royde-Smith, Naomi

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Wolfe, Ann

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Kelleher, Daniel Lawrence, 1883-

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Irish poet and author. From the description of Letter of Daniel Lawrence Kelleher, 1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79424063 ...

Horder, Thomas, 1871-1955

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Thornton Butterworth Ltd.

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East Moors Players

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Heinemann (Firm)

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Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893-1978

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Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978), the British writer, was the author of novels, short stories, poetry, a biography of T.H. White, and other writings. From the description of Sylvia Townsend Warner letters, 1937-1977. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122687134 Sylvia Townsend Warner was an English novelist, poet, biographer, and translator. From the description of Sylvia Townsend Warner collection of papers, 1922-1978. (New York Public Library). Wo...

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A.D. Peters (Firm)

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Vaughan, Hilda, 1892-1985

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Atkinson, Rita

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Chapman and Hall

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Lynch, Bohun, 1884-1928

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Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953

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Aldous Huxley was a British novelist, short-story writer, playwright, screenwriter, literary and social critic, and poet. From the guide to the Aldous Huxley collection of papers, 1915-1973, 1915-1963, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Winston Churchill's private secretary. From the description of Letter, [19--] Aug. 1 : to Mrs. Earle. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 24758114 ...

Fremantle, Anne, 1909-2002

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Morgan, Charles, 1894-1958

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English author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Kenley, Surrey, to Mr. George Cookson, 1919 Dec. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612819 Charles Morgan was an English author and literary critic. After publishing an early novel, he joined the London Times, where he later became theater critic. He served in both World Wars, and his essays, Menander's Mirror, were distributed in occupied France in World War II. He published numerous novels and several pla...

Moore, George, 1852-1933

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George Augustus Moore, novelist and story writer, was born February 24, 1852, at Moore Hall, County Mayo, Ireland. From the description of George Moore letters, 1895? (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record id: 501325752 Author who sometimes used the pseudonym, Lady Rhone. From the description of Letter : England, to Foster Baker, n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 23884097 George Moore was born at Moore Hall, County Mayo, Irel...

Macaulay, Rose, Dame

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Lion, Leon M., 1879-1947

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Canby, Henry Seidel, 1878-1961

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Writer, editor, critic. From the description of Reminiscences of Henry Seidel Canby and Amy Loveman : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481130 Epithet: editor of 'Saturday Review of Literature' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0001e2 Canby was a critic, editor and Yale University professor (1899-1922). He was one of the founder...

Methuen & Co.

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Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

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Weinstock was an executive editor at Knopf. From the description of Correspondence with Adolf Klarmann, 1945. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862789 American publishing house. From the description of Records. Series VIII., London Office Files, 1910-1957 (bulk 1928-1940). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122617133 From the description of Records, 1873-1996 (bul...

Monro, Alida Klemantaski

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Alida Klemantaski married British poet Harold Monro and worked with him in the Poetry Bookshop. From the description of Correspondence of Alida Klemantaski Monro, 1933. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31253970 ...

Harold Shaylor, Ltd

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Adam and Charles Black (Firm)

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Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc.

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Graves, Robert, 1895-1985

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Robert (Von Ranke) Graves was born in London in 1895. He attended King's College School and Rokeby School, Wimbledon, Copthorne School, Sussex, Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, 1907-14. In 1926, he received a B. Litt. From St. John's College, Oxford. He was the author of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, autobiographies, historical novels, essays, librettos, criticism, short stories, and children’s books. Graves also translated and edited a number of works. He died in 1985 in Deya, Majorca, Sp...

Thompson, Edward John, 1886-1946

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English teacher and writer. From the description of Royal audience and The Sufi's prayer : autograph manuscript of two poems signed : place not specified, 1928 Apr. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572102 ...

Wolfe, Humbert, 1885-1940

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English poet, playwright, and lampoonist. From the description of Humbert Wolfe letter September 12, 1921. (Ohio University). WorldCat record id: 13061267 Humbert Wolfe was an Italian-born English poet. From the guide to the Humbert Wolfe letter, September 12, 1921, (Ohio University) Humbert Wolfe was a gifted and energetic poet and civil servant. Born in Milan as Umberto Wolff, he became a British citizen when his father moved the family to England. Edu...

London Film Productions

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Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932

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Isabella Augusta Persse (1852-1932) married Sir William Henry Gregory (1817-1892). After her husband's death, Lady Gregory became an author and playwright. She also acted as manager of the Abbey Theatre from 1904-1912. From the description of Lady Gregory papers, 1879-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863298 Isabella Augusta Gregory, Lady Gregory (1852-1932), the Irish playwright and poet. For a fuller account of her life and achievements see the Dictionary of National...

Cresset Press

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Church, Richard, 1893-1972

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British author and poet. From the description of Letter, 1942 May 2. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853286 Richard Church was a British author and critic, known as a poet and as a writer for young people. Born in the Battersea dictrict of London, he was educated at public schools in Dulwich and at sixteen took a job with the civil service, where he remained for twenty-four years. He published a considerable amount of poetry, then began writing fiction; ...

Jameson, Storm, 1891-1986

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Storm Jameson was an English novelist, editor, critic, and peace activist. From the description of Margaret Storm Jameson letters, 1932-1954. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49014732 Jameson met Morley Roberts for the first time in 1933. She served as his literary executor. From the description of Correspondence from Morley Roberts, 1933-1942. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 642326304 English autho...

Curtis, Monica

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Moult, Thomas.

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Wolfe, Jessie Chalmer Graham

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Lynd, Sylvia

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Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000798.0x000021 ...

Ernest Benn Ltd.

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Amalgamated Press

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B.H. Blackwell Ltd.

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Gordan, John Dozier, 1907-1968

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Ivor Nicholson & Watson, Ltd.

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Gould, Barbara

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Minchin, H. Cotton

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British Captain Humphrey Cotton Minchin served as editor for The Legion book, which was commissioned by the Prince of Wales as a way to raise funds for the Royal British Legion, a charity organization that donates to current soldiers and veterans, as suggested by King George V. Not much is known about the editor. Some of the writing contributors include Rudyard Kipling, Edmund Blunden, Hilaire Belloc, Sir Henry Newbolt, and Sir Winston S. Churchill, who also wrote The Jungle Book (1894), Underto...