Correspondence of Arthur Conan Doyle and his family
Scope & Content:
Correspondence of Arthur Conan Doyle between family and friends as well as general correspondece. Includes the correspondence of Jean Conan Doyle, Denis Conan Doyle and Adrian Conan Doyle.
Literary manuscripts by Arthur Conan Doyle including: Early poems by Arthur and his sister Annette Conan Doyle, 'A Sordid Affair', 'Jelland's Voyage', 'The Disintegration Machine', 'The Fall of Devil Hawker', 'The Stark Munro Letters', 'The Adventures of the Retired Colourman', 'The Narrative o...
Correspondence from and to Arthur Conan Doyle on spiritualism, posters, newspaper articles, photographs, Arthur Conan Doyle's horoscope, reports on séances, lectures and notebooks on spiritualist matters and printed material on spiritualism.
Letters, poetry, school magazines, certificates and prizes from Conan Doyle’s time in education at Stonyhurst and Feldkirch in Austria. For more information about this period of Arthur Conan Doyle’s life, please see his correspondence, particularly his correspondence with his mother.
Autograph drafts, correspondence, election manifesto and pamphlets relating to Conan Doyle as prospective parliamentary candidate for Edinburgh and the Borders.