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Record Id:

032-001997253

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032-001997253

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Add MS 63728

Title:

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW: twelve items formerly on display at Shaw's house, Ayot St. Lawrence, co. Hertf.; 1924-1946, n.d. Partly autograph, partly printed. Presented by the National Trust, 6 June 1984 and 1 Nov. 1989.

Paper; ff. 49. British Library arrangement.

1. ff. 1-1v. Certificate confirming Shaw's life membership of the Cremation Society; 28 April 1924. Signed by Shaw.

2. f. 2. Letter to Shaw from G. H. M. Twyman; 19 Feb. 1927. Signed. Includes a caricature.

3. ff. 3-4. Letter to Shaw from J. Rothwell; 6 Jan. 1934. With a caricature on the envelope.

4. f. 5. Letter to Shaw from Lennox Robinson on behalf of the Council of the Irish Academy of Letters; 26 May 1937. Typewritten.

5. ff. 6-6v. Letter, in shorthand, from Shaw to Siegfried Trebitsch; 18 Feb. 1942.

6. ff. 7-7v. Letter to Shaw from the Cremation Society; 25 May 1943. Signed.

7. ff. 8-9. Two letters from Shaw to Studman; 8 July 1944 and 15 December 1946.

8. ff. 10-10v. Letter to Shaw from Marie Stopes; 24 July 1946.

9. f. 11. 'Lines for the Ninetieth Birthday of George Bernard Shaw', by John Masefield; for 26 July 1946. Autograph.

10. f. 12. Christmas card to Shaw from Theodore and Eleanor Roosevelt; n.d.

11. ff. 13-49. Article by Shaw entitled 'The Censorship of the Stage in England', written for the North American Review; n.d. Autograph.

Scope & Content:

George Bernard Shaw, author: Correspondence, etc., and article: 1924-1946, n.d: Partly autogr.

includes:

ff. 1-1v, 7 Cremation Society: Certificate and letter to G. B. Shaw: 1924, 1943: Signed.
f. 2 George H. M. Twyman, of Gosport, county Hampshire: Letter to G. B. Shaw: 1927: Signed.
ff. 2, 4 Art. Cartoons and Caricatures: George Bernard Shaw, author: Caricatures of George Bernard Shaw: 1927, 1934.
f. 3 J. Rothwell, of Bolton: Letter, etc., to G. B. Shaw from J. Rothwell: 1934.
f. 5 Esmé Stuart Lennox Robinson, Director, Abbey Theatre Dublin: Irish Academy of Letters: Letter to G. B. Shaw from Lennox Robinson on behalf of the Irish Academy of Letters: 1937: Typewritten.
f. 6 Siegfried Trebitsch, author and translator: Letter from G. B. Shaw to Siegfried Trebitsch: 1942: Shorthand.
f. 7 P. Herbert Jones, general secretary of the Cremation Society: Letters to G. B. Shaw of P. Herbert Jones: 1943, 1945: Signed.
ff. 8-9 Studman: Letters from G. B. Shaw to — Studman: 1944, 1946.
f. 10 Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes, pioneer of birth control: Letter to G. B. Shaw: 1946.
f. 10 Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes, pioneer of birth control: Correspondence with G. B. Shaw of Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes: 1916-1949: Partly signed and draft.
f. 11 John Edward Masefield, OM; Poet Laureate: Poetry ENGLISH: `Lines for the Ninetieth Birthday of George Bernard Shaw' by John Edward Masefield: 1946: Autogr.
f. 12 Brigadier-General Theodore Roosevelt, son of Theodore Roosevelt, President of the USA: Letter, etc., to G. B. Shaw of Brig.-Gen. Theodore Roosevelt: 1932, 1933, n.d.: Partly typewritten.
f. 12 Theodore Roosevelt, US President: Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, wife of President T Roosevelt: Christmas card to G. B. Shaw from Theodore Roosevelt and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt: n.d: Signed.
ff. 13-49 George Bernard Shaw, author: 'The Censorship of the Stage in England' by George Bernard Shaw: 1899.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

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032-001997253

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1924

End Date:

1946

Date Range:

1924-1946

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Custodial History:

National Trust: Presented, in 1984 and 1989.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Cremation Society
Irish Academy of Letters
Jones, P Herbert, general secretary of the Cremation Society
Masefield, John Edward, Poet Laureate, 1878-1967,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000110288253
National Trust, 1895-
Robinson, Esmé Stuart Lennox, Director Abbey Theatre Dublin
Roosevelt, Eleanor Butler, wife of President T Roosevelt
Roosevelt, Theodore, Brigadier-General son of Theodore Roosevelt President of the USA
Roosevelt, Theodore, US President, 1858-1919,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121303885
Rothwell, J, of Bolton
Shaw, George Bernard, author and playwright, 1856-1950,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080436250
Stopes, Marie Charlotte Carmichael, pioneer of birth control, 1880-1958
Studman, —
Trebitsch, Siegfried, author and translator
Twyman, George H M, of Gosport Hants