Fragments of letters to Lady Wilde,, 1800
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: 1800
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
13 pieces. 32 p. Various sizes. Includes annotations by Lady Wilde, 1826-1896/ 3 leaves of poem, "The Time to Die: an Autumn Sketch," re-housed in mylar and document binder; shelved in Wilde mss. bound section.
General note
Clark shelfmark W6712L F811 [18--]
Repository Details
Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository