Beerbohm to Leonard Charles Smithers,, 1896 September 9
Scope and Content
The overall Oscar Wilde and His Literary Circle Collection is comprised of correspondence, draft manuscripts, notebooks, photographs, drawings, newspaper clippings and other items that reflect the life of Oscar Wilde and his colleagues in the context of their contemporary literary and artistic world. This finding aid describes only the correspondence portion of the larger Wilde collection. Items described here include correspondence to and from Wilde, his wife Constance, his mother Lady Wilde, and friends and colleagues, inclunding (among many others) Lord Alfred Douglas, More Adey, Christopher Millard, Robert Baldwin Ross, Adela Schuster and Ada Leverson.
Dates
- Creation: 1896 September 9
Creator
- From the Collection: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (Organization)
Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 38.36 Linear feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Existence and Location of Copies note
Also available on microfilm: CLC 145, 170, 220, 249
Physical Description
ALS 2 leaves. Stationery headed: 19 Hyde Park Place, W. With this: original envelope, addressed, stamped and cancelled; postmarked: Sept. 9, 1896
General note
References: Finzi 114
Clark shelfmark B415L S6642 [1896] [Sept. 9]
Repository Details
Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository