Papers of W. Graham Robertson, 1875-1948.

Meynell, Alice Christiana Gertrude, 1847-1922

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Alice Christiana Gertrude Thompson was born in England on October 11, 1847 to Thomas James and Christiana (Weller) Thompson. Alice and her sister Elizabeth received their education from their father and were brought up primarily in the English countryside and Italy. Alice was encouraged to write poetry by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, to whom she was introduced by family friend Aubrey de Vere. Alice became a poet, and Elizabeth became a painter. In 1868, Alice was received into the Catholic Church a...

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915

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Walter Crane was born in Liverpool on 15 Aug 1845, second son of the portrait painter Thomas Crane and his wife Marie née Kearsley. The family moved first to Torquay, and in 1857 to London. From 1859-62 Crane was apprenticed to the wood engraver William James Linton, although he studied painting at the same time. In 1862 his painting 'The Lady of Shalott' was accepted by the Royal Academy. By the mid-1860s, Crane was illustrating children's books including coloured picture books desi...

Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry), 1858-1948

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Marion Harry Alexander Spielmann (London 22 May 1858 – 1948) was a prolific Victorian art critic and scholar and the editor of The Connoisseur and Magazine of Art. Among his voluminous output, he wrote a history of Punch, the first biography of John Everett Millais, and a detailed investigation into the evidence for portraits of William Shakespeare. Marion Spielmann (perhaps confusingly, several female relatives were similarly called Marian Spielmann) was born in London in 1858, the younges...

Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905

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Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) was a British actor-manager. Born Feb. 6, 1838, in Keinton Mandeville, Somerset, Eng., he died Oct. 13, 1905, in Bradford, Yorkshire. Irving's original name was John Henry Brodribb. He achieved early success and began to play leading roles throughout London, often with Ellen Terry. In 1878, he took over the Lyceum Theatre and hired Terry as the company's leading lady. This partnership lasted for 25 years and was reknowned throughout England and the United States. Bra...

Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966

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Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966) était acteur, metteur en scène, scénographe, graveur et théoricien du théâtre. Il était le fils de l'architecte Edward William Godwin (1833-1886) et de l'actrice Ellen Alice Terry (1848-1928). À sa naissance il s'appelait Edward Godwin Terry ; son nom fut officiellement changé en Edward Wardell en 1878. Il adopta le nom de scène Gordon Craig en 1891, qui fut officialisé par la suite. Edward Gordon Craig was born in England on 16 January 18...

Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967

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English actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Denys [Blakelock], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871310 Actress Vivien Leigh was born in Darjeeling, India, and returned to England with her parents after World War I. While attending a convent school, her mother took her to see a play, where she determined to become an actress. She had little experience before creating a sensation in the role of Scarlett O'Hara in the movie Gone With t...

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900

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Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000765.0x00005f Irish writer, poet, and playwright. From the description of Collection, 1851-1957 (bulk 1877-1957). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122625016 Irish poet, dramatist and novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed :...

Rehan, Ada, 1857-1916

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Ada Rehan was an Irish-American actress. From the description of Letter to Horace Howard Furness, 1890. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 206691443 Irish-American actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hotel Metropole, W.C., London, to Arthur Sullivan, 1891 Nov. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126537 Irish-born American stage actress. From the description of Papers, ca. 1879-1918. (University ...

Gielgud, John, 1904-2000

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (19) : London, to "Dear Mardi" [Mrs. John C. Hughes], 1972-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269589158 From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) and typed letter signed : London, Hampstead, and Beverly Hills, to Denys [Blakelock], 1958 Dec. 6-1964 May 30 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870868 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, t...

Moses, Montrose Jonas, 1878-1934

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Drama critic, journalist, and author of works on American and European drama and on children's literature. From the description of Montrose Jonas Moses papers, 1789-1960. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20019157 From the guide to the Montrose Jonas Moses Papers, 1789-1960, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) ...

Partridge, Bernard, 1861-

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British artist Bernard Partridge studied architecture and stained-glass design, and spent some time as an actor in his youth. He joined Punch as a staff cartoonist in the 1890s, and was a mainstay with the magazine for some fifty years, becoming chief cartoonist in 1901. His drawings are notable for their theatrical nature and conservative politics, and Partridge is considered among the best Punch illustrators. From the description of Bernard Partridge letter and Christmas cards, 189...

Campbell, Patrick, Mrs., 1865-1940

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Campbell, whose maiden name was Beatrice Stella Tanner, was an English actress. Von Zastrow was an actress as well. From the description of Mrs. Patrick Campbell letters to Bertha von Zastrow, 1902-1939 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 705558265 Beatrice Stella Cornwallis-West, known by her stage name as Mrs. Patrick Campbell, was a noted English stage actress, who remained popular for over 40 years. She created many classic roles, including Eliza Dooli...

Hunt, Violet, 1862-1942

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British author, biographer. From the description of Violet Hunt papers, 1858-1962. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64091790 Violet Hunt was an English author of novels, short stories, and poetry. She grew up in an artistic environment, and began publishing in her teens. Her work features strong female characters and expresses innovative views on women and women's roles in society. Her unconventional life made for public scandal, as she conducted a series of...

Sargent, Emily, 1857-

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Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898

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Burne-Jones, English painter and designer, was a friend of William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who influenced him in his art. From the description of Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones collection, 1881-1907. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 449884953 English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to John Ruskin, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 757841354 From the description of Autograph letter signe...

Poynter, Hugh E. (Hugh Edward), Sir, 1882-1968

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Playfair, Nigel, Sir, 1874-1934

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Pearson, Hesketh, 1887-1964

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English author of biographies, short stories, plays, and travel writing. From the description of Hesketh Pearson Papers, 1789-2001 (bulk 1921-1964). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122481627 Biographer of Oscar Wilde. From the description of Letters : concerning Oscar Wilde, [1882]-1945 (bulk 1943-1945). (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122316949 Hesketh...

Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943

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William Lyon Phelps was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on January 2, 1865. He received a B.A. degree from Yale in 1887, an A.M. degree from Harvard in 1891, and a Ph.D. from Yale in 1891. Phelps taught English at Yale from 1892 until 1933 and was a popularizer of literature through his public lectures, radio addresses, and syndicated newspaper columns. He died in New Haven on August 21, 1943. From the description of William Lyon Phelps papers, 1826-1944 (inclusive), 1887-1943 (bulk)...

Bancroft, Squire, 1841-1926

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English actor and theatrical manager. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mrs. Bartley, 1889 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622935 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London, to [W.A. Knight], 1907 Oct. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622939 English actor. From the description of Letter : London, to Joan Severn, 1900 June 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 761220960 From the description ...

Bancroft, Marie, 1839-1921

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English actress. From the description of Letter, [not before 1890]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936519 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Liverpool, Prince of Wales Theatre, to Mr. Lacy, Saturday. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270623082 English actress and theatre manager. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 18 Berkeley Square, [London], to Arthur Sullivan, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 27012...

Rattigan, Terence

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English dramatist. From the description of Table by the window : autograph manuscript : [England], ca. 1954. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616332 From the description of The deep blue sea : autograph manuscript and typescript : [New York and Connecticut?], ca. 1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616329 Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan (1911-77) was a playwright. See the Dictionary of National Biography for further information. From the guide to the Dr...

Owen, Will, 1869-1957

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Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943

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Woollcott, American critic, member of the Algonquin Round Table, and the inspiration for the character of Sheridan Whiteside in the play The Man Who Came to Dinner by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. From the description of [Letters, 1929-1940] / Alexander Woollcott. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 491398373 American drama critic, journalist, playwright, essayist, and actor. From the description of Alexander Woollcott collection, 1921-[194-]. (Boston Univers...

Robertson, W. Graham (Walford Graham), 1866-1948

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Epithet: painter and theatre designer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x000142 Walford Graham Robertson (1866-1948) was an English painter, writer, and collector of William Blake watercolors. From the description of Papers of W. Graham Robertson, 1875-1948. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122540425 Robertson was born on July 8, 1866;...

Brabourne, Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, Baron, 1829-1893

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Bax, Clifford, 1886-1962

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Clifford Bax was a diverse and talented writer, prolific and opinionated, perhaps best known for his verse plays. Born into an affluent family, Bax was greatly influenced by reading traditional English poets in his teens. He also developed an interest in mysticism, and later in Buddhism and Platonistic theories, all of which influenced his work and worldview; although he became a successful playwright, poet, novelist, critic, editor, and biographer, the mystical ideals espoused in his works coup...

Egerton, Alix, Lady

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Angeli, Helen Rossetti.

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Daughter of D.G. Rossetti. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Sir Sidney Carlyle Cockerell, 1948 July 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131583 Art historian, author; niece of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. From the description of Letters, 1903. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80965312 Helen Rossetti Angeli and Imogene Dennis maintained a collection of records of the Rossetti family and of other noted artists. Will...

Lowndes, Marie Belloc, 1868-1947

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English author. From the description of Typed letter signed : London, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1946 July 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868154 Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x00019a ...

Allingham, William, 1824-1889

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William Allingham, Irish poet, protegé of Leigh Hunt. From the description of William Allingham manuscript material, 1848-1856. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 72918490 English poet. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Ballyshannon and London, to Mrs. Howitt, 1857 June 16 and 1862 Aug. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131855 Poet. From the description of William Allingham correspondence, undated. (Unkno...

Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955

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American playwright. From the description of Letter, Surrey, England, to Malcolm Wells, New York City [manuscript], 1948 August 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647817235 Sherwood was a noted American dramatist. He was born in New Rochelle, N.Y., graduated from Harvard in 1918, and served in World War I. He wrote for Vanity Fair and Life magazines, serving as editor of the latter from 1924 to 1928. His first play, written in 1927, was an immediate success. H...

Preston, Kerrison

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Fuller, Loïe, 1862-1928

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American dancer who flourished in Paris in late 19th century, and was an agressive promoter of Rodin in America. Friend of the Rodins for over 25 years and an occasional model for his work. Particularly interested in lighting effects on draperies. Author of QUINZE ANS DE MA VIE, Paris: F. Juren, [1908]. From the description of Rodin, poet, philosopher, artist, colourist, thinker, sculptor, author, peasant, and prophet : corrected typescript, ca. 1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7...

Neilson, Julia, 1868-

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Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949

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Maeterlinck was a Belgian Symbolist poet, playwright, and essayist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1911. Colles (1855-1926) was a English journalist, literary agent, and founder and managing director of Authors' Syndicate in London, England. From the guide to the Maurice Maeterlinck letters to William Morris Colles, 1921-1929., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist. ...

Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward), 1864-1940

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A. Edward Newton was an authority on book collecting during the first half of the 20th century. His correspondence with Alfred Blake Trott, president of Daniels & Fisher Company of Denver, Colo. from 1929-1944, details book collecting as well as travels, and reflects on the political and economic climate of the time in Europe and the United States. Newton also sent Trott copies of articles, most published in the Atlantic monthly between 1922 and 1938. Some articles were privately printed by ...

Terry, Fred, 1863-1933

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x000311 ...

Sandys, Frederick, 1829-1904

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Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928

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British actress. From the description of Dame Ellen Terry correspondence and calling card, 1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980587 Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000002 Dame Ellen Terry was a 19th century British actress, who for many years performed opposite Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre, London. She was made a Dame Grand Cross in 1925. Fro...

Terry, Kate, 1844-1924

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English actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Catherine Dickens, 1866 Feb. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270591360 From the description of Autograph letters signed (3), dated : Kentish Town, 25 June 1866 and 12 July 1867, and [n.p., n.d.], to Miss Boyle, 1866 June 25, 1867 12 July, and n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676635 Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Descripti...

Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938

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Poynter, Edward John, 1836-1919

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : London, to W.A. Turner, 1876 Dec. 13 and 1878 June 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618911 British painter, President of the Royal Academy (1896-1918) and Director of the National Gallery (1894-1904). From the description of Letters, 1870-1913. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79723100 President of the Royal Academy. From the description of Letter : Tin...

Leblanc, Georgette, 1869-1941

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Norton, Frederic

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MacCarthy, Desmond, 1877-1952

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Sir (Charles Otto) Desmond MacCarthy, English literary reviewer and drama critic. From the description of Desmond MacCarthy manuscript material : 1 item, 1950 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 726886322 From the guide to the Desmond MacCarthy manuscript material : 1 item, 1950, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Desmond's first experience as an editor was with New Quarterly and then Eye Witness (late...

Row, Arthur William, 1878-1961

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Arthur W. Row (1878-1961) was an actor, writer and director. He was in the class of 1901, and was a member of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity, although he only attended Tufts in 1897-98 as a special student. This collection includes books, playscripts, photographs, periodicals that he wrote and letters all concerning his role as an actor, writer, and theatre director. An inventory of his collection exists, and while most of the items have been accounted for according to Row's inventory. In additi...

Rothenstein, John, 1901-1992

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Rothenstein (1901-1992) was an English author and Director of the Tate Gallery. Max Beerbohm was an English essayist, caricaturist, and parodist. From the description of Letters from the Beerbohm family and other correspondents, 1905-1957. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 82803710 Rothenstein (1901-1992) was an English author and Director of the Tate Gallery. From the guide to the Letters from the Beerbohm family and other correspondents, 1905-1957., (Ho...

Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1852-1917

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Herbert Beerbohm Tree was an English actor-manager and writer. From the description of Herbert Beerbohm Tree collection. [1891-1902]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676800446 English actor-manager of the early 20th century. From the description of Herbert D. B. Tree collection, 1891-1917. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 506484524 Herbert Beerbohm Tree was a successful actor manager, renowned for his product...

Helleu, Paul, 1859-1927

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Nationality: French. From the description of Femme au petit chapeau [electronic resource]. 1869-1927. (Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute). WorldCat record id: 222511846 From the description of Femme au chapeau noir [electronic resource]. 1869-1927. (Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute). WorldCat record id: 222511867 From the description of Alice deux mois [electronic resource]. 1869-1927. (Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute). WorldCat record id:...

McKinnel, Norman, 1870-1932

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Actor Norman McKinnel was born in Scotland. In addition to stage work, he appeared in numerous films in the 1920s and early 1930s. From the description of Norman McKinnel letter to Whelen, 1910 Nov. 14. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 51907500 ...

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925

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Florence 1856-1925 London. From the description of Portrait of Mrs. J.P. Morgan, Jr. (nee Jane Norton Grew, 1868-1925) [painting]. [ca. 1905] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270906593 Anglo-American painter. From the description of Letters, 1881-1916. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81028068 Sargent was an American-born painter who lived and worked in France, England and elsewhere. From the description of [Letter] Sunday, 33, T...

Morris, May, 1862-1938

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May Morris was the younger daughter of William and Jane Morris. She was a skilled embroiderer, teaching embroidery and running Morris & Co.'s embroidery department. She became an important figure in the Arts & Crafts movement, and joined her father in actively promoting socialism. Her introductions to the twenty-four volume set of Williams Morris's works published between 1910 and 1915 provided fresh details of Morris's career and family life. From the description of May Morr...

Watts-Dunton, Theodore, 1832-1914

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English critic and poet. From the description of Letter signed : Putney, to John Payne, 1909 June 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270661256 From the description of Autograph letter signed : The Pines, to Lewis Melville, 1908 Oct. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270661246 Theodore Watts-Dunton was an English poet, novelist, and literary critic. From the description of Theodore Watts-Dunton collection of papers, 1872-1912. (New York Public Library). ...

Gilbert, W.S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911

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English poet and librettist. From the description of Autograph quotation signed, dated : [London], 14 December 1909, 1909 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577865 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 10 March 1888, to [Michael Gunn?], 1888 Mar. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873354 Green was an English actor and comedian. Gilbert was an English playwright and humorist best known for his collaboration with Sir Arthur Sull...

Redgrave, Michael, Sir

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Bridie, James, 1888-1951

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A director of the Glascow Citizens Theatre. From the description of Letter : Helensburgh, to Laurence Housman, 1951 Jan. 5. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 25374669 ...

Grossmith, Weedon, 1852-1919

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Painter. From the description of Letter : London, to Bernard Evans, [18?̲̲] May 1. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28268781 ...

Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letters signed : Grand Hôtel Mürren ; and 31 Clifton Crescent, Fotherstone, to Olga Nethersole, 1913 July 26 and 1915 June 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126227 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Joan Severn, [1897?] Nov. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 763487288 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 11 December 1906, to an unidentified recipient, 1906...

White, Maude Valérie, 1855-1937

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Composer and author. From the description of Autograph letters (3) signed : to J.E. Millais or his daughter Mary, postmark 1887 Jan. 13, [no year] Jun. 27, and "Wednesday" [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588656 ...

Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917

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Buffalo Bill was employed as a scout by the United States 5th Cavalry, 1868-1872. In 1869 he participated in the Battle of Summit Springs, Colorado, in which the 5th Cavalry defeated Cheyenne Indians. From the description of Letter : Saint Louis, Missouri, to Joseph Witherspoon Cook, Greenwood, South Dakota, 1896 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702162229 From the description of Letter : Saint Louis, Mo., to Joseph Witherspoon Cook, Greenwood, S.D., 1896 May 23. (Unkno...

Taylor, Una

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Allingham, Helen Paterson, 1848-1926

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Mrs. William Allingham; English artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Shere, Guildford, to William A. Turner, [1878]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131735 Wife of the Irish poet William Allingham. From the description of Pictures exhibited by William Allingham : Godalming, 1885 Nov. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 709778144 English artist; Mrs. William Allingham. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Lo...

Bottomley, Gordon, 1874-1948

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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...

Moore, Jane Burden.

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Granville-Barker, Harley, 1877-1946

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Granville-Barker was an English actor, producer, dramatist, and critic. From the description of Papers, 1877-1937. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122468875 From the guide to the Papers, 1877-1937., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Harley Granville-Barker began his stage career as an actor in a provincial company, before first appearing in London in 1892. He went on to have a career on the stage, acting with many well known n...

Pinero, Arthur Wing, 1855-1934

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British playwright and actor. From the description of Letters, 1899-1903 : to F.A. Besant Rice. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34363756 British actor and writer; member of the Garrick Club. From the description of Letter written to Sir George Henschel, 1906. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122386412 Pinero was an English dramatist. From the description of Papers concerning The ...

James, Henry, 1843-1916

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James was an American novelist, short story writer, critic and dramatist. From the description of Henry James transcripts of letters to others, 1873-1915. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612731792 From the guide to the Henry James transcripts of letters to others, 1873-1915., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Henry James was born in New York, NY, in 1843. During his lifetime, he was a literary and art critic (writing for Natio...

Mackail, Denis George, 1892-

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Blackwood, Algernon, 1869-1951

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Blackwood was an American author. From the description of Autograph, 1914. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79137494 English author. From the description of Typed letters signed (2) : London, to Tom Turner, 1949 Jan 3 and 1949 Mar. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270881469 English novelist and short-story writer. From the description of Letters, 1925 May 27 and 1926 Nov. 11. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas...

Moore, Albert Joseph, 1841-1893

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to C.A. Howell, [1866 Nov. 14]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871547 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to [James McNeill] Whistler, 1878 Nov. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871548 ...

Todd, Ruthven, 1914-1978

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Ruthven Todd was born in Edinburgh, and educated at Fettes College and the Edinburgh School of Art. After graduating he held a few odd jobs, while concentrating on painting, and was associated with the Surrealist movement.. He later worked as a copywriter and journalist, and made a name for himself as a poet, novelist, and short-story writer. He was part of the Civil Defense during World War II, and moved to the United States after the war, where he worked at several colleges and opened a printi...

Agate, James, 1877-1947

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Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge), 1825-1900

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore was an English novelist and poet, Blackmore wrote several novels and many volumes of poetry, but is chiefly known for the historical romance Lorna Doone (1869) set on Exmoor. From the description of Richard Doddridge Blackmore letter, 26 Jan. 1895. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 429679657 Richard Doddridge Blackmore, British novelist and fruit farmer, best known for his Lorna Doone. From the description of R. D. Blackmore ma...

Hichens, Robert, 1864-1950

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Robert Hichens was a prolific English writer who issued more than seventy books during a career that extended for more than fifty years. Hichens was born in Speldhurst, England, in November 14, 1864 and by his mid-teens Hichens had already published his first novel, The Coastguard's Secret. In addition to writing novels, stories, and the lyrics for music, Hichens was a music critic for London World in the late 1890s. Hichens's work is represented in anthologies and he was a contributor to period...

Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956

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Beerbohm married Florence Kahn (1876-1951), an American actress, on May 4, 1910. From the description of Max Beerbohm letters to Florence Kahn, 1904-1948 (bulk 1904-1909). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 122418146 B. 1872 d. 1956. From the description of Max Beerbohm artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228432818 Beerbohm was a British author and caricaturist. Turner was a British author. From...

Symons, Arthur, 1865-1945

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Arthur Symons was an English critic and poet. From the description of Arthur Symons collection. [1906-1929]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676800282 Epithet: poet and critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001035.0x0001cd Arthurs Symons was an accomplished poet, critic, short story writer, travel writer, playwright, and editor. An important figure in the developmen...

Terriss, William, -1897

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Terriss acted as Daly's London agent and made the arrangements for his earlier tours in England. From the description of Autograph letters signed from William Terriss to various recipients [manuscript], 1883-1897. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 281643431 ...

Letts, W. M. (Winifred M.), 1882-1972

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English writer with an Irish mother who lived much of her life in Ireland. Known for her poems, novels and plays. From the description of W. M. Letts letter with poems to "Dear Sir" [manuscript], 1913 Sep 5. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 300017585 ...

Gibbs, Philip, 1877-1962

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English author. From the description of Philip Gibbs letter to Will Orton Tewson [manuscript], undated. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 451379763 Sir Philip Gibbs -- British writer and journalist -- was born in London and educated by his father at home. He displayed an early interest in journalism and publishing entering his first job at the publishing house of Cassell. Gibbs wrote his first novel, Founders of the empire (1899) while working at Cas...

Ainley, Henry, 1879-1945

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English actor-manager. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : 61 Princes Gardens, West Acton, to Denys Blakelock, 1943 Aug. 5, 1944 Aug. 14, and 1945 Feb. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870199 British actor-manager. From the description of Letter, 1904[?]. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31187635 ...

Pater, Walter, 1839-1894

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Pater was an English essayist and critic. From the description of Papers, ca. 1877-1894. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122468883 From the guide to the Papers, 1877-1894., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Pater was an English essayist and an art and literary critic. From the description of [Note, 1889 Apr. 16], Tuesday, 12 Earl's Terrace, Kensington, W. [to] Galton / Walter Pater. (Smith College). WorldCat record...

Williamson, George Charles, 1858-1942

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Williamson compiled a four-volume catalog of J. Pierpont Morgan's collection of miniatures that was published 1906-1908. A fifth volume was to have been issued but never appeared due to Morgan's death. At the request of the collector's son, J.P. Morgan (1867-1943), Williamson prepared a typescript of his notes and papers in October 1932 and sent it to Morgan. A second supplementary volume, comprising a re-typed version of that portion of the text to have accompanied the hand-colored plates inten...

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...

Trench, Herbert, 1865-1923

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Bastien-Lepage, Jules, 1848-1884

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Von Arnim, Elizabeth, 1866-1941

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Novelist. From the description of Letters, 1922-1928. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 39306118 Countess Russell (1866-1941), English author, was known under the name "Elizabeth" after publishing her novel titled, Elizabeth and her german garden. She was the daughter of Henry Herron Beauchamp and a cousin of Katherine Mansfield. She married Count Henning August von Arnim (d. 1910) and later married John Francis Stanley Russell, 2nd Earl Russell, in 1916 (they separa...

Delafield, E.M. 1890-1943

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E.M. Delafield was the pseudonym of Edmee Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, daughter of the novelist, Mrs. Henry de la Pasture. E.M. Delafield wrote approximately 40 books and three plays. Delafield was also a popular lecturer and she travelled throughout the U.S. and Russia. She wrote primarily about country life and women, but she also wrote a book on the Brontes, studies in criminology and radio plays. From the description of E.M. Delafield fonds. [ca. 1936-1961] (University of British C...

Dickens, Charles, 1837-1896

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Son of the author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Messrs. Pearson & Co., 1891 Nov. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270529459 English editor; son of the novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Alfred H. Miles, 1882 Apr. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270523866 Son of noted English author; editor and writer. From the description of Charles Dickens, Jr., letters to S. S. McClure [ma...

Gorell, Ronald Gorell Barnes, baron, 1884-1963

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Farren, Nellie, 1848-1904

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Singer. From the description of Signature : [n.p., n.d.], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270967484 ...

Seyler, Athene

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Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x000193 ...

Keynes, Geoffrey, 1887-1982

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Epithet: surgeon and bibliophile British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x00009b ...

Russell, Archibald George Blomefield, 1879-1955

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Walbrook, H. M. (Henry Mackinnon), 1865-1941

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Rothenstein, William, 1872-1945

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William Rothenstein was born in 1872 in Bradford. He studied art at the Slade School 1888-9 and in Paris at the Académie Julian from 1889 - 1893. Although he painted landscapes, people and architectural subjects he specialised in portraiture and published several series of lithographs from 1893, completing 800 portraits by 1926. He died in 1945. From the guide to the Study collection of 179 drawings and lithographs by Sir William Rothenstein 1896 - 1942, 1896-1942, (Tate Gallery Arch...

Bate, H. N. (Herbert Newell), 1871-1941

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Melville, Arthur, 1855-1904

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Barrie, J.M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937

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James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) was a playwright and novelist who is chiefly remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. Barrie was born in Scotland and moved to London in 1885 where he would reside for the remainder of his life. His first successful novel, Auld licht idylls, was published in 1888 and Barrie continued to write fictional and autobiographical tales until the late 1890s. In 1897 Barrie became focused on writing for the theatre, producing Peter Pan, the boy who wouldn't grow up, in 190...

Riley, Athelstan, 1858-1945

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Montesquiou-Fézensac, Robert, comte de, 1855-1921

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French aesthete, Symbolist poet, art collector and dandy. From the description of Les pas effacés : typescript, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270935518 ...

Sherard, Robert Harborough, 1861-1943

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Epithet: of Add MS 36182 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x0002ad Epithet: afterwards 4th Earl of Harborough; Prebendary of Salisbury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x0002b3 Robert Harborough Sherard was born in London on December 3, 1861, the fourth child of the Reverend Bennet Sherard Calcraft Ken...

Bourchier, Arthur, 1863-1927

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Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923

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Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) was a French actress. From the guide to the Sarah Bernhardt Collection, 1878-1969, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Actress, sculptor, and painter, Sarah Bernhardt was born in Paris, France. From the description of Letter, n.d. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007114 French born actress, artist, and writer. From the description of Sarah Bernhardt Collection, c...

German, Edward, 1862-1936

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Sir Edward German was an English composer. From the description of Edward German collection. [1907]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 667848476 English composer, 20th century. From the description of Autograph letter signed from German to Ivimey. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122448664 British composer. From the description of "'Fallen Fairies.'" : autograph manuscript, 1909 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2705...

Dent, Alan

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British radio, drama, and film critic; b. Alan Holmes Dent, in Scotland, 1905; d. 1978. From the description of Alan Dent collection, 1954-1971. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70958589 Epithet: author and critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x000313 ...

Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903

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American painter, etcher and author. From the description of Autograph letters, signed with his name : Lindsey Houses, Chelsea, and 28 Wimple Street, to [James Key] Caird and J.E. Millais, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588842 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Miss Cobden, [May 1881/1884]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270587769 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Chelsea, London, to Waldo Story, the sculptor, pos...

Sutro, Alfred, 1863-1933

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Epithet: dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000679.0x000101 Epithet: playwright and translator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000163 ...

Shipman, Louis Evan, 1869-1933

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Louis Evan Shipman was a playwright and author. He attended Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, Columbia University and Harvard University. From the guide to the Louis Evan Shipman papers, ca. 1859-1933., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Playwright, novelist and editor of Life (1922-1924), Louis Evan Shipman's most sucessful play was probably D'ARCY OF THE GUARDS (1901). Other titles include THE CRISIS, THE CROSSING, ON PAROLE, THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUT...

Craig, Edith, 1869-1947

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Edith Craig was born in Hertfordshire, England, Dec. 9, 1869; the daughter of actress Ellen Terry, she made her first stage appearance at the Court Theater in 1878 during a run of Olivia; was a member of Lyceum Theatre Company for many years, working with her mother and brother, Edward Gordon Craig, under the direction of Henry Irving; at one time designed and made costumes for many London productions, but in later years became engaged in stage management and play productions; as stage director ...

Coward, Noël, 1899-1973

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English composer, writer, actor, and producer. From the description of Signature on his visiting card, dated : [n.p., n.d.], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270899310 Badger's Green opened Jun. 12, 1930. From the description of Letter [1930] Jun. 20 [London] to Maurice Browne [London] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34365183 English actor and author. From the description of The Birth of Hope : autograph manuscript signed ...