Vol. XI (ff. 149). 1925-1938, n.d.includes:f. 1 Sir William Hamo Thornycroft, sculptor: Letter to Miss May Morris: 1925.ff. 2, 13 Anna Simons, German calligrapher: Letters to Miss May Morris: 1925, 1927.f. 5 Welbore St Clair Baddeley, of Painsw... 1925-1938

Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) was an English author and poet. His best-known works include the novels and short story collections The Jungle Book (1894), Just So Stories (1902), Puck of Pook's Hill (1906), and Kim (1901), as well as a number of poems such as "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), and "If-" (1910). Kipling was born in Bombay, India, into an artistic family: his father was a sculptor, pottery designer, and professor of architectural sculpture and tw...

Masefield, John, 1878-1967

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The English poet, playwright and novelist John Masefield was born in 1878 in Ledbury. After running away to sea early (when he was thirteen) he settled in London from 1897 and devoted himself to writing. Later he moved to Oxford which was where he lived when most of the following collection was produced. Masefield became Poet Laureate in 1930 and was awarded the Order of Merit in 1935. Among his more notable works are some early reflections of his maritime experiences in Salt Water Ba...

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

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Born in Dublin, Ireland, on July 26, 1856, George Bernard Shaw was the only son and third and youngest child of George Carr and Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly Shaw. Though descended from landed Irish gentry, Shaw's father was unable to sustain any more than a facade of gentility. Shaw's official education consisted of being tutored by an uncle and briefly attending Protestant and Catholic day schools. At fifteen Shaw began working as a bookkeeper in a land agent's office which required him t...

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935

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Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman (1860-1935) was the leading public intellectual of the women’s movement in the early 20th century. Born into the prestigious Beecher family, she struggled through a lonely childhood and disastrous marriage, which caused a nervous breakdown. Her mental health returned once she separated from her husband; she later gave him custody of their young daughter, and he had a happy second marriage to one of her close friends. She moved to California, and threw herself int...

Baddeley, Welbore St Clair, author

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Epithet: of Painswick; author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000566.0x000376 Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x0002ea ...

De Navarro, Mary Anderson, active 1925-1938, actress

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Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000267.0x000062 ...

Joynes, James Leigh, active 1883-1938, of the Social Democratic Federation

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Epithet: of the Social Democratic Federation British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000834.0x00014b ...

Beresford, George Charles, active 1925-1938, of Add MS 45348

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Epithet: of Add MS 45348 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001243.0x000246 ...

Olivier, Sydney H.

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Epithet: PC Title: Baron Olivier British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x000299 ...

Campbell, Niall Diarmid, active 1923-1938, 10th Duke of Argyll

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Title: 10th Duke of Argyll British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000351.0x000360 ...

Salt, Henry Stephens, social reformer

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Epithet: social reformer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x0003b7 ...

Aitken, Charles, active 1880-1938, Director National Gallery of British Art Millbank

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Epithet: Director National Gallery of British Art Millbank British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000253 ...

Hill, George Francis, Sir, KCB, Director British Museum

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Epithet: KCB, Director British Museum British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000562.0x000134 ...

HEADLAM, STEWART D.

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Epithet: Reverend Christian socialist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000834.0x0003b6 ...

Simons, Anna, active 1904-1938, German calligrapher

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Epithet: German calligrapher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001124.0x000154 ...

Laski, Harold Joseph, Professor of Political Science at London University

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Epithet: Professor of Political Science at London University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0000a2 ...

Walker, Emery, active 1881-1938, Knight 1930

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Epithet: Knight 1930 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000701.0x0003ba ...

Powys, Albert Reginald

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Epithet: architect British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000614.0x0001ec ...

Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901

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Frederick Startridge Ellis, bookseller and author who was for many years the official buyer for the British Museum. From the description of Frederick Startridge Ellis manuscript material : 1 item, 1886 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 185022282 From the guide to the Frederick Startridge Ellis manuscript material : 2 items, 1886-ca. 1887, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Epithet: bookseller and aut...

Unwin, Raymond, Sir, active 1925-1938, town-planner

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Epithet: town-planner British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x000232 ...

De Morgan, Mary Evelyn, active 1909-1938, artist; wife of W F de Morgan

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Epithet: artist; wife of W F de Morgan British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000267.0x00005d ...

Wise, Thomas James, book collector

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Epithet: book collector British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000352.0x000048 ...

Wilde, Jane Francesca Speranza, active 1925-1938, author; wife of Sir West Riding W Wilde

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Epithet: author; wife of Sir West Riding W Wilde British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000212.0x000077 ...

Walker, Dorothy, active 1925-1938, of Add MS 45301

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Epithet: of Add MS 45301 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x000390 ...

Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame, Unspecified, author

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Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000839.0x0001b0 Epithet: of Add MS 38653 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x000273 Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000300 Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graha...

Brett-Smith, H.F.B. (Herbert Francis Brett)

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Epithet: literary critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000176 H. F. B. Brett-Smith, British literary scholar. He edited Peacock's memoirs of Shelley (1909), Peacock's Four ages of poetry (1921), and a 1924 ten-volume edition of Peacock's works. From the description of H. F. B. Brett-Smith manuscript material : 3 items, 1924 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 76944679 ...

Bliss, Douglas Percy, 1900-1984

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Epithet: artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000126.0x000358 ...

Lethaby, William Richard, active 1909-1938, architect and author; surveyor of Westminster Abbey

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Epithet: architect and author; surveyor of Westminster Abbey British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000361.0x000022 ...

Wilson, Mona, active 1925-1938, author

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000300.0x000385 ...

Hewitt, William Graily, scribe

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Epithet: scribe British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000063 ...

Wallas, Graham, active 1925-1938, economist

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Epithet: economist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x000166 ...

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939

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W.B. (William Butler) Yeats (1865-1939), poet and dramatist, born in County Sligo, Ireland. From the description of W.B. Yeats collection, 1875-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863171 British poet. From the description of Letter : to William Weber, Brooklyn, New York : holograph, 12 May [no year]. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18786005 William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist. From t...

Grant, Corrie, active 1925-1938, KC; MP

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Epithet: KC; MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000839.0x000283 ...

Tozer, Amy J., active 1925-1938

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Ripley, Ishbel, active 1925-1938, née Macdonald; daughter of J Ramsay Macdonald, Prime Minister

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Epithet: née Macdonald; daughter of J Ramsay Macdonald, Prime Minister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001195.0x000180 ...

Fowler, George Herbert

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Epithet: CBE; zoologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001345.0x000321 ...

Jones, Edward Coley Burne-, Sir, 1833-1898, 1st Baronet, artist

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Epithet: artist Title: 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x00038b ...

Thornycroft, William Hamo, Sir, sculptor

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Epithet: sculptor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0001ba ...

Peirce, Harold, active 1925-1938, of Philadelphia

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Epithet: of Philadelphia British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001389.0x00028c ...

Stirling, Anna Maria Diana Wilhelmina, active 1925-1953, née Pickering sister-in-law of W de Morgan

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Epithet: née Pickering sister-in-law of W de Morgan British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x0003a7 ...

Stefánsson, Jón, active 1909-1938, of Reykjavik

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Epithet: of Reykjavik British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x000043 ...

Macdonald, James Ramsay, 1866-1937

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British Prime Minister. From the description of Letters (6) : London, to Harold Picton, 1931-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270972304 Epithet: Prime Minister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x0001c1 Margaret Macdonald (nee Gladstone), 1870-1911, was educated largely at home. As a young woman, she was involved in various branches of voluntary social work, including ...

De Morgan, Mary, -1907, author; sister of William Frend De Morgan

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Epithet: author; sister of William Frend De Morgan British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000267.0x00005e ...

Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944

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Epithet: bibliographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000146 ...

De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956

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Walter De la Mare (1873-1956) was a British poet, novelist, short story writer, critic, essayist, anthologist, dramatist, and a prolific writer of children's poetry and fiction. From the description of Papers of Walter De la Mare, 1923-1956. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122584933 Mégroz was the early biographer of de la Mare. From the description of Letter, c. 1923, to R.L. Mégroz. (Unknown). WorldCat record...

Baldwin, Stanley Baldwin, Earl, 1867-1947

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Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947) was born on 3 August 1867 in Lower Park, Bewdley, the son of industrialist Alfred Baldwin. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, before joining the family iron and steel business. He was elected a Conservative M.P. in 1906, and in December 1916 became Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Andrew Bonar Law. Thereafter, Baldwin served in David Lloyd George's government as Junior Lord of the Treasury, Financial Secretary ...

Hunt, Edith Holman, 1846-1931

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(Marion) Edith Holman Hunt, née Waugh, (1846-1931), English writer. She was the second wife of the Pre-Raphaelite painter William Holman Hunt. From the guide to the Edith Holman Hunt manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1890, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Epithet: wife of W Holman Hunt British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1000000...

Morris, Jane, 1839-1914

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Epithet: embroiderer and artist's model, wife of William Morris British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x00013f Wife of William Morris. From the description of Autograph correspondence card signed : Lechlade, to Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, 1913 Oct. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612697 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lechlade, to Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, 1898 June 7...

Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley, 1881-1959, 1st Earl of Halifax, politician and diplomat

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Title: 1st Baron Irwin; 1st Earl of Halifax British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001569.0x00014e Epithet: politician and diplomat Title: 1st Earl of Halifax British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x0001c6 Epithet: Baron Irwin Title: 3rd Viscount and 1st Earl of Halifax ...

Morris, Mary, 1862-1938

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daughter of William and Jane Morris Epithet: designer and craftswoman; called May British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001150.0x0003c8 ...