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Harris to George Sylvester Viereck, 1926 January 8

 File — Box: ms Wilde 30, Folder: 33

Scope and Contents

Typed letter signed by Harris, with "Answered George Sylvester Viereck" in blue pen signed at the bottom.

This letter details Harris's issues with Lord Alfred Douglas over his "New Preface to the Life of Oscar Wilde." Includes a typed copy of Harris's December 16, 1925 letter to Douglas.

Before acquisition by the Clark, this letter was apparently laid in a bound manuscript of Richard LeGallienne's "On some recent editions of Oscar Wilde" (Clark call number MS.2000.011) as it is described in bookseller information laid into that volume, but was acquired separately. Another letter from Lord Alfred Douglas to Viereck (dated April 26, 1907) was also originally laid into the same volume, but was also acquired separately by the Clark (accession MS.2000.010; now in msWilde Box 86/14). All three of these items were originally brought together by collector Francis Kettaneh, and were sold together by Lew David Feldman (House of El Dieff; item 25 in his 40th anniversary catalog. These items are all accompanied by typescript transcriptions written in the same italic font. The acquisition details of this letter and the LeGallienne bound manuscript are unknown as of June 2024.

Dates

  • Creation: 1926 January 8

Creator

Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 38.36 Linear feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository

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