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Record Id:
032-004254619
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-004254619
MDARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89440
Title:
Montague Summers papers
Scope & Content:

Correspondence and papers of Montague Summers, literary scholar and occultist, on gothic literature, bibliographic topics and supernatural matters.

1) Letters from Montague Summers, 1927-1938:

  • 9 letters to Messrs Ingpen and Stonehill, booksellers, and unidentified recipients, on book searches and orders. 1927-1928 and undated.
  • Letter to Dr Norman, on editing Malleus Maleficarum. 20 July 1928.
  • 4 letters to unidentified correspondents on vampires, haunting, etc. Feb-March 1929.
  • 2 letters to Ingpen & Stonehill. 1929-1930.
  • Letter to Michael Sadleir. 22 November 1938.

2) Letters to Montague Summers, 1937-1946:

  • Letter from Joseph L. Harrison of Forbes Library, Northampton, Massachusetts. 5 November 1937.
  • Letter from Michael Sadleir, Stroud, on helping Summers with his Braddon checklist. 13 May 1940.
  • Letter from Michael Sadleir. 20 January 1941.
  • Letter from The Fortune Press. 2 January 1941.
  • 2 letters from David & Orioli. January-February 1941• Letter Michael Sadleir. 7 September 1941.
  • 2 letters and a postcard from Abrose Heal. March-April 1944 and undated.
  • Letter from Alister Mathews. 27 April 1944.
  • Letter from H. Sellers, British Museum. 28 August 1944.
  • Letter from F. Algar. 26 November 1944.
  • Letter from George Hawtin. 6 December 1944.
  • Letter from H. Rooney Pelletier. 11 February 1945.
  • Letter from Michael Sadleir. 16 April 1945.
  • Letter from F. Algar. 8 August 1945.
  • Letter from Greville Poke. 20 September 1945.
  • Letter from E. A. M. James. 24 September 1945.
  • Letter from H. Rooney Pelletier. 3 December 1946.

3) Bibliographic notes and press cuttings. Includes:

  • Letter from F. Algar to Mr Barnes. Carbon copy. 17 October 1948.
  • Letter from Leslie Staples, editor of The Dickensian. Undated.
  • List of stories by the author of Lady Audley’s Secret (i.e. Mary Elizabeth Braddon).
  • Cuttings from catalogues and magazines, and bibliographic notes, chiefly relating to gothic literature.
  • Notes on his own books and articles.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
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Hierarchy:
032-004254619
Container:
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 file
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1927
End Date:
1948
Date Range:
1927-1948
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Up to 2002 part of the collection of Robert Lenkiewicz (1941–2002).

Former Internal References:
Deposit 11204
Source of Acquisition:
Donated by Mark Penwill, The Lenkiewicz-Foundation, 22 May 2019.
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Lenkiewicz, Robert Oscar, artist, 1941-2002
Mary, Alphonsus, born Augustus Montague Summers; literary scholar and occultist, 1880-1948