Patrick Cahill collection of Belloc and Chesterton materials, 1909-1973, undated (bulk 1951-1958).

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Patrick Cahill collection of Belloc and Chesterton materials, 1909-1973, undated (bulk 1951-1958).

Patrick Cahill collection of Belloc and Chesterton materials documents Cahill's research and work on British writers Hilaire Belloc and G.K. Chesterton. It includes manuscript and typescript version of some of Cahill's publications such as "Chesterton and the Future of Democracy," Old Thunder: a Centenary Tribute to Hilaire Belloc, and Cahill's principal work, The English First Editions of Hilaire Belloc. The collection includes copies of works by other authors including several musical scores of Belloc's works. The correspondence in this collection pertains primarily to Cahill's search for existing copies of Belloc's works, as well as his frequent sales of his own copies of Belloc's texts. Of particular interest is a sound recording entitled The Authentic Voice of H. Belloc Singing; The recording features Belloc singing four of his own songs.

1 linear foot (2 boxes).

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Cahill, Partick, 1908-

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Distributist League

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Cahill, Patrick, 1908-

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Chesterton, G.K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936

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English literary critic and author. From the description of Epitaph, [not after 1936]. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 31402388 Author and journalist. From the description of Poem of G. K. Chesterton, 1898. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455163 Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an English poet, journalist, author, and critic. His literary criticism included works about Robert Browning, Charles Dickens, and George Berna...

Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953

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Franco-British writer. From the description of Letters : to Miss Penn, 1917 Nov. 24 and 1929 Mar. 15. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122601939 English historian, essayist, poet and novelist born La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France July 27, 1870; died Guildford, England July 16, 1953. Belloc wrote biographies of Robespierre (1901) Marie Antoinette (1909) and numerous works on English political history. From 1920-19...