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Add MS 45338-45353

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032-002018072

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032-002018072

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Add MS 45338-45353

Title:

THE ROBERT STEELE GIFT

Scope & Content:

CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF WILLIAM MORRIS. Vols. I-XVI. Letters and papers of William Morris, the poet and artist (b. 1834, d. 1896), his wife Jane, called 'Janey' (d. 1914), his elder daughter Jane Alice, called 'Jenny', and more particularly his second daughter Mary, called 'May' (d. 1938); 1861-1938. The series is continued in Add. MSS. 45407-45412, 45746 (described pp. 176, 240, below) and Add. MSS. 52332, 52333. For Morris's literary works, see also Add. MSS. 45298-45337, described pp. 136-165 above. The present papers were used by J. W. Mackail for his Life of William Morris, 1899, by May Morris for the edition of her father's works published, in 24 vols., by Longmans, Green, & Co., 1910-1915, and by Philip Henderson, Letters of William Morris to his Family and Friends, 1950. See also Brit. Mus. Quart., xiv, 1939-1940, pp. 8-12. Sixteen volumes. Paper. Folio and quarto, Presented, with Add. Ch. 71267, by Robert Steele Esq., Litt.D., literary executor to Miss May Morris. As follows:-

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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Correspondence of Philip Speakman Webb, architect, with members of the Morris family, mainly…" },{ "id" : "040-002018079", "parent" : "036-002018078", "text" : "Add MS 45342: Vol. V, ff. 181Philip Speakman Webb, architect: Letters, etc., to members of the Morris family: 1868-1910, n.d.includes:ff. 132-146…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002018080", "parent" : "036-002018078", "text" : "Add MS 45343: Vol. VI, ff. 86Philip Speakman Webb, architect: Letters, etc., to members of the Morris family: 1868-1910, n.d." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002018081", "parent" : "032-002018072", "text" : "Add MS 45344: WILLIAM MORRIS PAPERS. Vol. VII. Plan, etc., by Philip Speakman Webb, of two cottages to be built in Crook's Close, Kelmscott, co. Oxon;…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002018082", "parent" : "032-002018072", "text" : "Add MS 45345: WILLIAM MORRIS PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 288). Miscellaneous correspondence of William Morris, mainly with persons of distinction in the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002018083", "parent" : "032-002018072", "text" : "Add MS 45346-45348: WILLIAM MORRIS PAPERS. Vols. IX-XI. Correspondence and papers of May Morris, including a few letters addressed to her mother and…" },{ "id" : "040-002018084", "parent" : "036-002018083", "text" : "Add MS 45346: Vol. IX (ff. 231). 1880-1908. includes: f. 1 Jane Alice Morris, daughter of Jane Morris: 'Record of the Secret Society': 1874. ff. 3,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002018085", "parent" : "036-002018083", "text" : "Add MS 45347: Vol. X (ff. 202). 1909-1924. includes: f. 1 Mary Evelyn De Morgan, artist; wife of W F de Morgan: Letter to Mrs William Morris: 1909. f.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002018086", "parent" : "036-002018083", "text" : "Add MS 45348: Vol. XI (ff. 149). 1925-1938, n.d. includes: f. 1 Sir William Hamo Thornycroft, sculptor: Letter to Miss May Morris: 1925. ff. 2, 13…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002018087", "parent" : "032-002018072", "text" : "Add MS 45349: WILLIAM MORRIS PAPERS. Vol. XII (ff. 19). Miscellaneous poems of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, and others; 1887-1902. Autograph fair copies made…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002018088", "parent" : "032-002018072", "text" : "Add MS 45350: WILLIAM MORRIS PAPERS. Vol. XIII (ff. 46). Biographical reminiscences of William Morris, as follows:- (1) 'Memorial of William Morris'…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002018089", "parent" : "032-002018072", "text" : "Add MS 45351 A-C: WILLIAM MORRIS PAPERS. Vol. XIV. Three small books of verses, mottoes, etc., in English, French, Italian, Latin, and Greek, written…" },{ "id" : "040-002018090", "parent" : "036-002018089", "text" : "Add MS 45351 A: Vol. XIV A, ff. 10" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002018091", "parent" : "036-002018089", "text" : "Add MS 45351 B: Vol. XIV B, ff. 17" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002018092", "parent" : "036-002018089", "text" : "Add MS 45351 C: Vol. XIV C, ff, i+20" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002018093", "parent" : "032-002018072", "text" : "Add MS 45352: WILLIAM MORRIS PAPERS. Vol. XV (ff. i + 42). 'Rose Mary' by Dante Gabriel Rossetti: an autograph copy, made for Mrs Morris, of the poem…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002018094", "parent" : "032-002018072", "text" : "Add MS 45353: WILLIAM MORRIS PAPERS. Vol. XVI (ff. 33). Miscellaneous correspondence, etc., of or relating to Dante Gabriel Rossetti; 1861-after 1882.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

18 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
French
Icelandic
Italian

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1861

End Date:

1938

Date Range:

1861-1938

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