Wilde to Samuel Smith,, 1883 December 31
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: 1883 December 31
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 30-89
Physical Description
ALS 4 p. With this: original envelope, addressed, stamped and cancelled; postmarked: London, Dec. 31, 1883; also, printed announcement of Wilde's lecture at Worcester, December 18, 1883.
General note
References: Finzi 2773
Clark shelfmark W6721L S659 [1883] [Dec. 31]
Repository Details
Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository