Wilde to Various persons,, 1884-1889
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: 1884-1889
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 27-43
Physical Description
63 TL 62 leaves. 34 cm. Collection of typescript copies of letters to various people, made by Alphonse James Albert Symons.Includes copies of 2 letters to Wilde, 1 from Lady Wildeand 1 from John Donaghue. Also, a copy of a letter from Lady Wilde to Clarisse Moore. In brown notebook. Bookplate of A. J. A. Symons.
General note
Clark shelfmark W6721L C697 [1884-1889] Boxed
Repository Details
Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository