T. Perceval Gerson collection on Oscar Wilde

Collection

Identifier: MS.1961.014

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of ephemera, clippings, and other material related to Oscar Wilde and his circle, originally from the T. Perceval Gerson collection. These items are also described as a part of the Clark Library's Wildeiana finding aid (available via the OAC). Materials include caricatures, clippings, and other ephemera produced during Wilde's lifetime (particularly during his 1882 tour of North America), as well as clippings, booksellers' catalogs, and other material from after his death in 1900 up to the 1950s.

Dates

Creation: 1882-1954

Conditions Governing Access

Collection open to researchers.

Publication Rights

The Clark Library owns the property rights to its collections but does not hold the copyright to these materials and therefore cannot grant or deny permission to use them. Researchers are responsible for determining the copyright status of any materials they may wish to use, investigating the owner of the copyright, and obtaining permission for their intended publication or other use. In all cases, you must cite the Clark Library as the source with the following credit line: The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Biographical Note

Gerson was born on May 27, 1872 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; awarded MD, University of Pennsylvania, 1895; pursued post-graduate work at Johns Hopkins Medical School for three years; interned in large eastern hospitals, and taught pathology at Johns Hopkins; practiced medicine in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, 1899-1903; in 1903 moved to Los Angeles, California; member of the Severance Club, a cultural conversation group, serving as president from 1917 until his death; founder, charter board member and leader of Hollywood Bowl Association; trustee of the Metropolitan University; director, the Southern California branch of the American Civil Liberties Union; physician to the California State Personnel Board; also a member of the California State Medical Society and the Los Angeles County Medical Association; died in Glendale, California in 1960. (biography from the UCLA Special Collections finding aid to the Gerson papers, available online.)

Extent

36 items

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Clippings, ephemera, bookseller descriptions, and other material about or related to Oscar Wilde, originally collected by Dr. T. Perceval Gerson.

Physical Location

This collection is stored at the Clark Library.

Acquisition Information

This collection was transferred to the Clark Library from the main UCLA Library around 1961 (MS.1961.014). During the UCLA Library's processing and cataloging of the Gerson collection, it appears that the clippings and other material related to Oscar Wilde were deemed more appropriate for the Clark Library's collections and were separated from the rest of the Gerson collection. More details about this collection history can be found in the "Biographical Narrative" section of the UCLA LSC finding aid to the Gerson collection.

Related Materials

The materials in this collection originated in the collection of T. Perceval Gerson. His papers and other autograph and clippings collections are a part of UCLA Library Special Collections. Please see the UCLA LSC finding aid to the Gerson collection for more information.

Processing Note

The material in this collection was processed and described in 2022 by Rebecca Fenning Marschall, and is also included in the Clark Library Wildeiana finding aid (available via the OAC).