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Ashley MS 5750
- Record Id:
- 040-001980252
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001978147
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001482.0x0001fd
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS 5750
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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Letters to Clement Shorter from various correspondents; 1900-1925. As follows:―
1. Letter from J. M. Barrie, on the death of Mrs Clement Shorter; 7 Jan. 1918. ff. 1, 1b.
2. Letter from W. T. Field, Hon. Secretary of the Brontë Society, concerning the fate of the Museum should the Society be wound up; 19 March 1914. f. 2.
3. Letter from Thomas Hardy, conveying New Year's good wishes, and promising a poem; 8 Jan. 1925. Printed in The Collected Letters of Thomas Hardy, vi, 1987, ed. R. L. Purdy and M. Millgate, p. 302. f. 3.
4. Letter from Maurice Hewlett, declining to permit the publication in The World of an article about himself at home; 28 Jan. 1902. ff. 4-5b.
5. Letter from Alfred Noyes, agreeing to write some verses but not to read them; 2 Feb. 1910. ff. 6-7.
6. Letter from A. T. Quiller-Couch, 28 March 1907 (ff. 8-9), with another letter to Mrs Shorter [Dora Sigerson], 1 Oct. 1900 (ff. 10, 10b). In the letters Quiller-Couch tells a story about an old clergyman reciting her poem 'Ireland', and asks her permission to print 'Ireland' and 'Wishes' in the Oxford Book of Verses.
7. Two letters from H. G. Wells, concerning Israel Zangwill and the Russian Question; n.d. ff. 11, 12.
8. Letter from W. B. Yeats, asking if he may bring [George] Moore to dinner; n.d. ff. 13, 14.
Quarto; ff. 14.
includes:
- ff. 1, 1b Clement King Shorter, journalist and author: Sir James Matthew Barrie, Baronet; author: Letter to Clement King Shorter from Sir James Matthew Barrie: 1918.
- f. 2 Clement King Shorter, journalist and author: William Taylor Field, of the Brontë Society: Letter to Clement King Shorter from William Taylor Field: 1914.
- f. 3 Clement King Shorter, journalist and author: Thomas Hardy, OM; novelist: Letter to Clement King Shorter from Thomas Hardy: 1925.
- ff. 4-5b Clement King Shorter, journalist and author: Maurice Henry Hewlett, author: Letter to Clement King Shorter from Maurice Henry Hewlett: 1902.
- ff. 6-7 Clement King Shorter, journalist and author: Alfred Noyes, poet: Letter to Clement King Shorter from Alfred Noyes: 1910.
- ff. 8-9 Clement King Shorter, journalist and author: Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, author; d.1944: Letter to Clement King Shorter from Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch: 1907.
- ff. 10, 10b Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, author; d.1944: Dora Sigerson, poet; wife of C K Shorter: Letter to Dora Sigerson from Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch: 1900.
- ff. 11, 12 Clement King Shorter, journalist and author: Herbert George Wells, author: Letters to Clement King Shorter from Herbert George Wells: n.d.
- ff. 13, 14 Clement King Shorter, journalist and author: William Butler Yeats, poet: Letter to Clement King Shorter from William Butler Yeats: n.d.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Ashley Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001978147
040-001980252 - Is part of:
- Ashley MS A17-5768 : Ashley Manuscripts
Ashley MS 5750 : Letters to Clement Shorter from various correspondents; 1900-1925. As follows:― 1. Letter from J. M. Barrie, on the death… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001978147[1504]/040-001980252
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Ashley MS A17-5768
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1900
- End Date:
- 1925
- Date Range:
- 1900-1925
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Barrie, James Matthew, Baronet, author, 1860-1937
Couch, Arthur Thomas, Knight, author, d 1944
Field, William Taylor, of the Brontë Society, fl 1914
Hardy, Thomas, OM, novelist, 1840-1928,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121333830
Hewlett, Maurice Henry, author, 1861-1923
Noyes, Alfred, poet, 1880-1958
Shorter, Clement King, journalist and author
Sigerson, Dora, poet, wife of C K Shorter
Wells, Herbert George, novelist, 1866-1946
Yeats, William Butler, poet, 1865-1939,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120960541