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Box MS.1957.008 Box 1

 Container

Contains 32 Results:

Collection of material on "Who wrote For Love of the King?", 1908-1926

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

This subseries includes biographical and historical material relating to Oscar Wilde and his coterie. Included are bills, petitions, public documents, and other miscellaneous historical and biographical resources. The items are arranged by the originator or person most concerned. Within these broad groups, the material is arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1908-1926

Methuen & Co. Ltd. v. Millard, 1926

 File — Box: MS.1957.008 Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Series 3.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains material collected by Christopher Millard in relation to the forged Oscar Wilde play For the love of the king, and the libel trial Methuen and Co. v. Millard (1926). Millard's extensive dossier on the trial and on Mrs. Chan-Toon, the forger of the play, contains correspondence, legal documents, and news clippings as well as other materials.

Dates: 1926

John Gilmorton, "A Literary Hoax?" The Outlook, 1925 August 8

 File — Box: MS.1957.008 Box 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Series 3.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains material collected by Christopher Millard in relation to the forged Oscar Wilde play For the love of the king, and the libel trial Methuen and Co. v. Millard (1926). Millard's extensive dossier on the trial and on Mrs. Chan-Toon, the forger of the play, contains correspondence, legal documents, and news clippings as well as other materials.

Dates: 1925 August 8

"Parrot in Court" and photo of Mrs. Chan-Toon, Daily Sketch, 1926 January 6

 File — Box: MS.1957.008 Box 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Series 3.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains material collected by Christopher Millard in relation to the forged Oscar Wilde play For the love of the king, and the libel trial Methuen and Co. v. Millard (1926). Millard's extensive dossier on the trial and on Mrs. Chan-Toon, the forger of the play, contains correspondence, legal documents, and news clippings as well as other materials.

Dates: 1926 January 6

Literary Intelligence typescript, 1925 September 3

 File — Box: MS.1957.008 Box 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Series 3.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains material collected by Christopher Millard in relation to the forged Oscar Wilde play For the love of the king, and the libel trial Methuen and Co. v. Millard (1926). Millard's extensive dossier on the trial and on Mrs. Chan-Toon, the forger of the play, contains correspondence, legal documents, and news clippings as well as other materials.

Dates: 1925 September 3

Correspondence file of incoming and outgoing letters between Millard and various parties, 1925 August 8

 File — Box: MS.1957.008 Box 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Series 3.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains material collected by Christopher Millard in relation to the forged Oscar Wilde play For the love of the king, and the libel trial Methuen and Co. v. Millard (1926). Millard's extensive dossier on the trial and on Mrs. Chan-Toon, the forger of the play, contains correspondence, legal documents, and news clippings as well as other materials.

Dates: 1925 August 8

"Who wrote 'For the love of the king'?" circular with letter from Millard, 1925?

 File — Box: MS.1957.008 Box 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Series 3.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains material collected by Christopher Millard in relation to the forged Oscar Wilde play For the love of the king, and the libel trial Methuen and Co. v. Millard (1926). Millard's extensive dossier on the trial and on Mrs. Chan-Toon, the forger of the play, contains correspondence, legal documents, and news clippings as well as other materials.

Dates: 1925?

Further list of documents in plaintiffs' possession, 1926

 File — Box: MS.1957.008 Box 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Series 3.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains material collected by Christopher Millard in relation to the forged Oscar Wilde play For the love of the king, and the libel trial Methuen and Co. v. Millard (1926). Millard's extensive dossier on the trial and on Mrs. Chan-Toon, the forger of the play, contains correspondence, legal documents, and news clippings as well as other materials.

Dates: 1926

Field Roscoe to Cann Jackson & Cann, 1926 October 13

 File — Box: MS.1957.008 Box 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: Series 3.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains material collected by Christopher Millard in relation to the forged Oscar Wilde play For the love of the king, and the libel trial Methuen and Co. v. Millard (1926). Millard's extensive dossier on the trial and on Mrs. Chan-Toon, the forger of the play, contains correspondence, legal documents, and news clippings as well as other materials.

Dates: 1926 October 13

CSM to LJ memo, 1926 November 8

 File — Box: MS.1957.008 Box 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Series 3.
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains material collected by Christopher Millard in relation to the forged Oscar Wilde play For the love of the king, and the libel trial Methuen and Co. v. Millard (1926). Millard's extensive dossier on the trial and on Mrs. Chan-Toon, the forger of the play, contains correspondence, legal documents, and news clippings as well as other materials.

Dates: 1926 November 8