C. Frederick Kittle collection of Doyleana, 1836-2000.

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

C. Frederick Kittle Collection of Doyleana (Newberry Library). Core Materials.

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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...

Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878

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George Cruikshank was a British artist, social and political caricaturist, and illustrator. From the description of George Cruikshand papers, 1827-1897 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 26507077 English artist, illustrator and satirist. From the description of Album of George Cruikshank Color Prints, 1835. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 48116918 English artist and caricaturist. From the description of ALS : to Dr. Roberts, 1841[?] Feb....

Curnow, Leslie

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A.W. Wall Ltd.

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Barr, Robert, 1850-1912

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Humorist and author Robert Barr was born in Scotland, and raised in Canada, where he became headmaster of a school in Ontario. He published a humorous sketch of a boating trip in the Detroit Free Press under the pseudonym Luke Sharp, and embarked on a diverse and successful career in literature. He worked as a journalist in Detroit and London, writing short fiction as well, before co-founding The Idler. In addition to humorous works, Barr also wrote successful novels, detective fiction, and play...

Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930

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British author, best known for his stories about detective Sherlock Holmes. From the description of Letter : South Norwood, to Major Pond, 1894 May 31. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 57008581 English physician, novelist and detective-story writer. From the description of Papers of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [manuscript], 1893-1985 (bulk 1893-1927). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816353 Doyle was an English mystery writer perh...

Park, William, 1951-

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Doyle, Charles Altamont

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Beecher, Edward N.

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Gillette, William, 1853-1937

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American actor and author. From the description of Autograph letters and cards signed (7) and typewritten letters signed (8) : Hadlyme, Conn., etc., to William H. Briggs and others at Harper & Brothers, 1927 Jan. 2-1928 May 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269589041 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to the Editor of the Hartford Courant, 1889 Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269575084 American actor and playwright. Fro...

Doyle, Lena Jean Annette Conan

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Vernet, Horace, 1789-1863

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French painter and lithographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Versailles, 28 August 1840, to M. [Hector] Berlioz in Paris, 1840 Aug. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677983 French painter. From the description of Letters, ca. 1812-1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79720558 ...

Paget, Sidney, 1861-1908

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Illustrator. From the description of Mr. Peytral's story, ca. 1903. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367346249 ...

Doyle, John, 1797-1868

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Irish born lithographer, portraitist and caricaturist, Doyle worked in London as a portrait lithographer and eventually turned to political caricature. His plates were issued by the publisher, Thomas M. McLean, in volume form both in 1841 and 1844. Doyle used the pseudonym H.B. to sign most of his works. He was considered to be the first political caricaturist of the 19th century. From the description of Political sketches : lithographic caricatures, 1834-1849. (Unknown). WorldCat re...

Doyle, Jean Leckie.

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Society for Psychical Research (Great Britain)

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Fast, Francis R.

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Doyle family.

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Vidocq, Eugène François, 1775-1857.

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Eugène François Vidocq (1775-1857) was a French police officer who founded the first private detective agency in 1832 in Paris. From the guide to the Vidocq mss., 1833-1847, (Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)) Famous French detective who served as the head of the Sûretéte-Nationale from ca. 1807-1827. He later founded a private detective agency, the first of its kind, and established measures to protect tradesmen and merchants from swindlers. From...

Liberal Unionist Party (Great Britain)

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Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926

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Harry Houdini (born Erik Weisz; March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) was a Hungarian-born American escape artist, illusionist, stunt performer and mysteriarch, noted for his escape acts. He first attracted notice in vaudeville in the United States and then as "Harry 'Handcuff' Houdini" on a tour of Europe, where he challenged police forces to keep him locked up. Soon he extended his repertoire to include chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, straitjackets under water, and having to escape from ...

Ford, Arthur Lee

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Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883

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English artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to H. Cholmondeley Pennell, "Saturday," [watermark 1865]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270529642 From the description of Autograph letter signed : n.p. [London], to "My dear Oliphant", n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525596 From the description of Autograph letter signed : n.p., to E. Dalziel, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525592 From the description of Autograph letter sign...

Doyle, Mary Louise Conan.

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Kittle, C. Frederick.

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Chicago physician and collector. A native of Athens, Ohio, Dr. C. Frederick Kittle graduated from Ohio University in 1942, went on to earn a medical degree at the University of Chicago, and completed his training in thoracic surgery at the University of Kansas. He has practiced at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies, Veterans Administration hospitals in Missouri and Kansas, the University of Chicago Hospitals, Cook Coun...

Slater, Oscar, 1872-1948

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Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915

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English nurse executed by Germans. From the description of Document signed : Brussels, 1912 Oct. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270134676 British nurse. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Prison de St. Gilles, Brussels, to Miss Butcher, 1915 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133635 ...

Sullivan, Mark, 1874-1952

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Journalist and author. From the description of Sullivan scrapbooks, 1940-1941. (Maryland Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70953441 From the description of Mark Sullivan papers, 1900-1935 (bulk 1919-1935). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80376365 American author and journalist. From the description of Typed letters signed (2) : Washington, D.C., to Dr. Francis Harvey Green, 1920 Aug. 4 and 1933 May 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875010 ...