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Box 1

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Contains 17 Results:

Photocopies of Max's drawings and letters

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents note

Includes photocopies of title pages of some books of Beerbohm's, and photocopies of letters written by Beerbohm.

Dates: 1931-2000

Dawson's Book Shop -- miniature books, 1966, 1989-1998

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents note

Includes a few catalogs of miniature books from Dawson's Book Shop, articles about miniature books, and a copy of a speech given by Glen Dawson in 1989 called "Adventures in Miniature Books" about his own life and experiences with miniature books.

Dates: 1966, 1989-1998

In Search of Max Beerbohm, ca. 1984

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents note

A typed manuscript with handwritten notes and edits for the miniature book "In Search of Max Beerbohm" by Wallace and Corry Nethery.

Dates: ca. 1984

Max & G.K.C., 1984-1985

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents note

Includes multiple drafts of typed manuscripts for "Max and G.K.C." and correspondence about the article.

Dates: 1984-1985

Meditations of a Refugee, The Queen's Dolls' House, etc, 1984-1986

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents note

Includes letters to Nethery from Clarence House and the Lord Chamberlain's Office at St. James's Palace regarding miniature books and Queen Mary's Dolls House. (Nethery was invited to Windsor Castle to view a miniature Beerbohm; he later published his own copy of the book and gave a copy to the Queen.) Also includes a souvenir book and articles about the doll house, and a copy of "Meditations of a Refugee" by Beerbohm (about pretending to go to the doll house).

Dates: 1984-1986

The Second Lady Beerbohm -- notes, photocopies, Berlin & Marbach

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents note

Includes notes and photocopies of letters about Max Beerbohm and his former secretary Elisabeth Jungmann who he married shortly before his death. Some notes and letters are in German.

Dates: 1931-2000

The Second Lady Beerbohm -- correspondence, 1985-1991

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence to and from Wallace and Corry Nethery about Elisabeth Jungmann. Letters are primarily to and from Eva Reichmann (a sister of Elisabeth), and Kenneth Rose. Some letters are in Dutch and German.

Dates: 1985-1991