Max Beerbohm Collection of Majl Ewing
Scope and Contents
This collection contains original art and prints by or related to Max Beerbohm, dating from approximately 1890 to 1964, and collected by UCLA English Professor Majl Ewing in the 1950s-1960s.
Dates
- Creation: 1896-1966, undated
Access
Collection is open for research.
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
Max Beerbohm was born Henry Maximilian Beerbohm on August 24, 1872, the youngest son of Julius and Eliza Beerbohm. His older half-brother was the actor and theater manager Herbert Beerbohm Tree. "Max" (as he was always known) was educated at Charterhouse and Merton College, Oxford, where he met some of his dearest and most influential friends, including William Rothenberg, Oscar Wilde, and Aubrey Beardsley, among others. He left Oxford in 1894 without a degree and around the same time, gained prominence as an essayist and caricaturist. From 1898 to 1910, he was also the drama critic for the Saturday Review. In 1910, he married American actress Florence Kahn and moved with her to Rapallo, Italy, where they would live the rest of their lives (with travels home to Britain during both World Wars and for their respective work). Beerbohm died in 1956.
Extent
5 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Original artwork and prints created by (or related to) caricaturist, author and artist Max Beerbohm. The items in this collection were a donation from the estate of UCLA Professor Majl Ewing.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in two series: Series I. Original work and prints by Max Beerbohm; Series II: Work by others and collection notes.
Physical Location
Clark Library
Acquisition Note
This collection was compiled by Majl Ewing and donated to the Clark Library after his 1967 death.
Processing Information
This collection was physically processed by Derek Quezada in 2011 and the finding aid was written by Rebecca Fenning Marschall in June 2012.
- Title
- Majl Ewing Collection on Max Beerbohm
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid by Rebecca Fenning Marschall
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository