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1471. Ashley MS B1500, A4004, 5748

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1500, A4004, 5748
Title:
Letters (3) from G. B. Shaw to Clement Shorter; 5 Nov. 1904-16 Sept. 1925. In the letters Shaw sends 'my part of a "real conversation" between you and me' to Shorter, who had wished to interview him (B1500), declines to write a series of articles for the 'Sphere' because he can make more money in the time by writing plays (5748), and expresses his views on ill-health and on Scotland (A4004). For a further letter from Shaw to Shorter see B5019. Ashley Library Catalogue, [v, p. 17]; ix, p. 124.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, and Italian
Date Range:
5 Nov 1904-16 Sep 1925
Extent:
3 items

1472. Ashley MS B1506

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1506
Title:
Scope & Content:
Photograph of G. B. Shaw, with a note on verso 'Surly old dog I look now, don't I? G. B. S. 4/1/17.'; 1917. [Ashley Library Catalogue, ix, p. 124.] includes: f. 4 Art. Photographs: Photographs of G. B. Shaw: 1917, 1930: Signed.f. 4v Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letters, etc., of G. B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 item

1473. Ashley MS B1509

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1509
Title:
Scope & Content:
Note from G. B. Shaw to [ ], stating that he has just finished the first draft of a new play ['Getting Married'?]; 14 March 1908. [Ashley Library Catalogue, viii, p. 187.] includes: f. 5 Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letters, etc., of G. B. Shaw to Thomas James Wise: 1908?-1933, n.d.: P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1908
Extent:
1 item

1474. Ashley MS B1517

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1517
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letters etc from G. B. Shaw to T. J. Wise, 18 Aug. 1918 includes: ff. 6, 6b George Bernard Shaw, author: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Postcard to Thomas James Wise from George Bernard Shaw: 1918.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1918
Extent:
1 item

1475. Ashley MS B1517, B1518, B1521, A1525, A4011

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1517, B1518, B1521, A1525, A4011
Title:
Two Letters and two postcards from G. B. Shaw to T. J. Wise, and one letter to Wise from Blanche Patch, Shaw's secretary (B1521); 7 Nov. 1916-13 July 1933. The letters chiefly concern George Borrow (B1518), the bibliography of Shaw's Heartbreak House (published 1919. See F. E. Loewenstein, The Rehearsal Copies of Bernard Shaw's Plays, 1950) (B1517, B1521), bibliographies of Shaw's works (A1525), and the correspondence of Shaw with Ellen Terry (A4011) (for Ellen Terry's letters see Add. MSS. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
7 Nov 1916-13 Jul 1933
Extent:
5 items

1476. Ashley MS B1518

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1518
Title:
Scope & Content:
7 Nov. 1916 includes: f. 7 George Borrow, writer: Postcard of G. B. Shaw to T. J. Wise rel. to George Borrow: 1916.f. 7 Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letters, etc., of G. B. Shaw to Thomas James Wise: 1908?-1933, n.d.: Partly signed.ff. 7, 7b George Borrow, writer: George Bernard Sh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1916
Extent:
1 item

1477. Ashley MS B1521

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1521
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letter from B. Patch to T. J. Wise, 29 May 1924 includes: f. 8 Blanche Patch, secretary to G B Shaw: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letter to Thomas James Wise from Blanche Patch: 1924.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1924
Extent:
1 item

1478. Ashley MS B1526

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1526
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Scope & Content:
Letter from Ebba, Lady Low to T. J. Wise, thanking him for a cheque for £15 given for her copy, inscribed by G. B. Shaw, of the rough proof of his The Apple Cart (published in 1930); 15 March 1932. [Ashley Library Catalogue, xi, p. 103.] includes: ff. 9, 10 Lady Ebba Cecilia Low, widow of Si...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1932
Extent:
1 item

1479. Ashley MS B1529

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1529
Title:
Scope & Content:
1. Two Letters from Mrs D. Thorne to T. J. Wise, sending him a copy of her father, Henry Arthur Jones', attack on G. B. Shaw, Mr Mayor of Shakespeare's Town, and discussing certain aspects of the book; 21 June, 12 Sept. 1929. [Ashley Library Catalogue, x, p. 183]. 2. Postcard, with a portra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929-1930
Extent:
1 item

1480. Ashley MS B1547

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS B1547
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letter from Sir Michael Sadler to T. J. Wise, telling of his researches into the history of Shelley's expulsion from Oxford; 24 Dec. 1927. For another letter from Sadler to Wise see B5043. [Ashley Library Catalogue, v, p. 52.] includes: ff. 16, 16b Sir Michael Ernest Sadler, KCSI; educationa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1927
Extent:
1 item