Douglas to Reginald Ashley Caton,, 1928 July 7-1928 November 8
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: 1928 July 7-1928 November 8
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
Physical Description
4 ALS 10 p. Various sizes. With letter from the Confidential Agency and copy of an affidavit concerning a suit against Harrods for selling Life and Confessions of Oscar Wilde, by Frank Harris. With 3 addressed and cancelled envelopes.
General note
Clark shelfmark D733L C366 1928 July 7 - Nov. 8
Repository Details
Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository