The Cottingley Fairies collection. 1920-2001.

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Wright, Elsie. The Cottingley Fairies collection.

The Cottingley Fairies collection. 1920-2001.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85885627

Comprises: (1) PHOTOGRAPHS: 11 prints of the 5 fairy photographs; early glass negatives; enlargements of the fairy photographs; "behind the scenes" photographs; 9 damaged photographs; and several other photographs by Elsie and Frances of Elsie, Frances, other people, and landscapes; (2) BOOKS: 11 books (and 1 video) related to the case of Cottingley Fairies, 1973-1998; (3) JOURNAL ARTICLES, 1920-1992: including the 1920 and 1921 issues of the Strand Magazine in which the fairy photographs were originally published, and twelve issues of the British Journal of Photography containing a series of articles by Geoffrey Crawley entitled "That Astonishing Affair of the Cottingley Fairies", 1982-1985, which revealed how the photographs were probably made; (4) NEWS CUTTINGS relating to the case of the Cottingley Fairies; (5) WATERCOLOUR/DRAWING: 2 sketches of flying fairies by Elsie Wright; (6) CORRESPONDENCE: 2 boxes of correspondence, including 22 letters from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

7 boxes (+ 11 books, a video, and a magazine file); photographs, together with manuscript, typescript, and printed material (some photocopies)

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds