Miscellaneous materials from the Satcher collection
Scope and Contents note
This subseries includes manuscripts of speeches, plays, poems, and other literary works created by Oscar Wilde and his coterie. Many are in the author's hand. Virtually all of the titles given to the works have been supplied by later catalogers and scholars. They are arranged alphabetically by author or originator, and then by title. Further arrangement is by date.
Dates
- Creation: 1854-1962
Creator
- From the Collection: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (Organization)
Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 38.36 Linear Feet (90 boxes plus bound volumes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Description
Includes a copy of The Book Collector with the Dudley Edwards essay "The Wilde Goose Chase," the book Arrows of Desire by James M. Hayes, the 1957 G.F. Sims catalog listing the "Dorian Hope" forgeries, and The Singer's Mentor: Songs for Every Occasion (1928).
Gift of the Satcher estate, 1966 (accession MS.1966.010)
Repository Details
Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository