Collection of documents related to Psychic messages from Oscar Wilde, 1924-1950
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: 1924-1950
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
General Physical Description note
2 boxes. Collection of documents, including typescripts, clippings, business contracts, correspondence (including 3 letters from Arthur Conan Doyle to Travers Smith), and the original manuscript automatic writings purported to be from Oscar Wilde. Also includes material prepared byGeraldine Dorothy Cumminsfor an 2nd edition from about 1949, which was never published.
Purchase, G.F. Sims, 1974 (accession MS.1974.009). Detailed bookseller description from Sims' catalog offering these materials is housed with this collection.
General note
Former Clark shelfmark f S649M3 P974 [1924]
Repository Details
Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository