- TxAM-CRS 1572
- 1976
This collection contains 5 manuscripts discussing Italian editions of Agatha Christe's works. Also included are two of Christie's publications where the forward and afterword were written by Julian Symons.
This collection contains 5 manuscripts discussing Italian editions of Agatha Christe's works. Also included are two of Christie's publications where the forward and afterword were written by Julian Symons.
This collection contains the original manuscript of "Nothing Serious", typed and heavily corrected. Also included are one handwritten letter, three typed letters from Wodehouse, and one photograph of a sketch of Wodehouse.
Percival Pollard Publishing Contract
This collection contains the legal contract with The Neale Publishing Company to publish Pollard's manuscript, "Their Day in Court" (February 24, 1909).
This collection consists of three handwritten letters from Phil Burne-Jones, dated around 1887. Each letter is addressed separately to the following people: Mrs. Bell (1-page, ALS), Dr. Bird (1 folio), and "Aggie" (1 folio). All letter have their own typed transcription. Also included is a receipt for the sale of Phil's letters (1 page).
This collection contains letters that are instigated by the inquiries of Mr. Charles Perry Gould, and his desire to have Llewelyn Powys write an introduction for the upcoming reprint of The Simple Cobbler of Agawam. It contains the initial contact, the deal under which Powys writes the introduction, and also what happens to his writings after Powys' death. Sometimes in his letters to Mr. Gould, Llewelyn encloses postcards of Davos, Switzerland, as well as a picture of the author himself.
Powys, Llewelyn, 1884-1939
This collection contains letters from Theodore F. (T. F.) Powys to his sister, Lucy Penny, and his friend, the writer Valentine Ackland.
Powys, Theodore F., 1875-1953
This collection consists of letters written by or about Edward Thomas, an English author, and one manuscript of a foreword written by his wife, Helen Thomas. The subject of each one varies from Edward Thomas' death, a rejection letter for a short story he later published elsewhere, to general correspondence with a photographer friend, Frederick Evans, and Mrs. Thomas' foreword which was added to a new edition of her then-late husband's children's book, Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds.
The collection came with detailed notes on each item, as well as a transcription of what is written on the original pieces of paper. Thus, it was copied to this finding guide, as a helpful aid to deciphering the handwriting.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
Open Your Eyes - And Where are You? An Untrue Tale
This collection contains a "complete manuscript copy, written in a ruled notebook in black ink with occasional corrections in red, a few additional pencil notes... a few additional sheets with re-drafting in ink or pencil loosely inserted... Written by a cousin of H. Rider Haggard, this unpublished novella presents the fantasies of a child ill in bed in the form of six dreams." - bookseller's description.
William A. Owens Papers, Part Three
This collection contains the third part of William A. Owens' materials deposited in the Cushing Archives. Materials consist of personal correspondence, from 1964 through 1988, essays, manuscripts, photographs, research for books, and articles.
Included within the series are short stories and articles such as "This Stubborn Soil", "Wildcatter", "Look to the River", "Tell Me a Story", "Sing Me a Song", "Historic Texas", "Eye Deep in Hell", and work by other authors; Cleaver and Witherspoon family genealogy; letters of Roy Bedichek; "Three Friends"; videotapes of Owens's work; and photographs.
Owens, William A., 1905-1990
This collection contains seven original handwritten letters by Browning, two copies of letters to Browning, one original handwritten letter to Browning from artist John Nettleship and one letter fragment with Browning's signature.
Also included is a program for the Armstrong-Browning Library Dedication, newspaper clippings regarding a stolen Browning relic and Dr. Frederick Furnivall, and a magazine article "Browning on the Brazos".
H. E. Bates and Agnes Miller Parker - Victor Gollancz, Ltd. Collection
This collection contains correspondence and contracts transmitted between H. E. Bates, Agnes Miller Parker, and the London publishing house of Victor Gollancz, Ltd. Among the contents are 28 letters from H. E. Bates and 30 letters from Agnes Miller Parker (Agnes M. McCance), all to Victor Gollancz or his representatives, concerning three books, one of which was projected but never published under the firm's imprint. Also present are single letters from Edmund Blunden, Sylvia Lynd, and the illustrator, Peter Partington.
This collection consists of an example of H. Rider Haggard's (Sir Henry Rider Haggard) autograph, dated 1889 and written on stationary reading "Ditchingham House, Bungay" (Haggard's home in Suffolk), together with a carte de visite of Haggard, printed by Newsboy in New York, Undated.
One Hundred and Eleven Poems Correspondence
This collections contains an archive of correspondence that supplements the Golden Cockerel Press production of One Hundred and Eleven Poems written by Robert Herrick.
This collection includes correspondence and biographical information of several individuals, musical scores, programs, books, photographs, articles, works by several individuals, video cassettes, and a cassette tape.
Strassberg, Robert
This collection consists of handwritten research notes, correspondence from various individuals, institutions and organizations, and photocopied materials collected by Dominic Hibberd for his 2001 biography Harold Monro: Poet of the New Age. It also includes the papers and research notes of Ruth Tomalin. Alida Monro left Tomalin money to write a biography of Harold Monro, but this was contested by an executor of the will. Though she won her court case, Tomalin did not write the biography, and instead passed her notes to Patric Dickson, another potential biographer, who in turn gave them to Dominic Hibberd. The collection also contains publicity materials and publication information for Hibberd's book.
Monro, Harold, 1879-1932
This collection contains one handwritten letter from Phelps to "Madam" regarding Robert Louis Stevenson (2-pages ALS with a typed transcription).
This collection contains a portion of a handwritten poem "The Accused", signed by Louise Driscoll, and one newspaper clipping with the poem in its entirety.
This collection contains one handwritten letter from Macready to "sir" dated 1854 (1-page, ALS with a typed transcription), and another letter to "William Simpson" (1 folio with a typed transcription).
This collection contains a handwritten unpublished play by Cumberland, "Atonement" (33 pp., bound), and one page of information regarding the play (typed).
This collection contains one handwritten letter dated 1907 from J. M. Barrie to Miss Riding (1 folio; 1 typed transcription; 1 page with signature).