Wilde to Sir William Robert Wills Wilde,, 1875 June 16
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: 1875 June 16
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 31-44
Physical Description
ALS 6 p. With this: four pages of original sketches by Wilde; also, original envelope, addressed, stamped and cancelled, and another envelope marked in Sir William's hand: "Oscar. Letters from Milan, Padua, Venice, Verona. June 26, 1875."
General note
References: Finzi 2810; Dulau 4
Clark shelfmark W6721L W6723 [1875] Jun. 16
Repository Details
Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository