Wilde to Margaret Hunt,, 1880-1887
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: 1880-1887
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: Wilde 28-15
Physical Description
Ten letters with original envelopes and typescripts mounted and bound in red morocco; gilt tooled. In red cloth box case, 11 x 8-1/2 x 1-3/4 in. Lettered on spine: Oscar Wilde. Autograph Letter.
General note
References: Finzi 2580
Clark shelfmark W6721L H942 1880-87 Bound
Repository Details
Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository