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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LIV (ff. 186). Correspondence with:

1. ff. 1-1v. Cosmo Monkhouse; 1900.

2. ff. 2-3v. Leonora Monkhouse; [1901].

3. f. 4. Leo E. Montgomery; 1935. Signed.

4. f. 5. Evan Frederick Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar; 1927. Signed.

5. ff. 6-7. John Morley, Viscount Morley of Blackburn; 1901-1902.

6. ff. 8-10. John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Michael Morton, al. 'Beachcomber'; 1928-1933.

7. f. 11. Geoffrey Moss; 1933. Signed.

8. f. 12. Thomas Moult; 1932.

9. ff. 13-15v. Charlotte Mulligan; [1905]. Enclosing a copy of a letter from Robert Browning.

10. f. 16. George Gilbert Aimé Murray; 1906. Typewritten.

11. ff. 17-22v. John Middleton Murry; 1930-1932. With a typewritten copy of a letter from Chesterton to Murry.

12. ff. 23-23v. Mary de Navarro; 1932.

13. ff. 24-25. Thomas Horatio Nelson, 4th Earl Nelson; 1932.

14. f. 26. Henry Woodd Nevinson; 1929. Signed.

15. ff. 27-27v. Sir Henry John Newbolt; 1915.

16. ff. 28-30. John Beverley Nichols; 1936. With a typewritten copy of Dorothy Collins's reply.

17. ff. 31-32. William Reginald Nicholson; 1918.

18. ff. 33-37. Alfred Noyes; 1929-1932, n.d.

19. ff. 38-40. Charles Leo O'Donnell; 1929-1931. Signed.

20. f. 41. Envelope addressed by Chesterton to W. Oldershaw; 1913. The letter originally in the envelope is now lost, but is published in Return to Chesterton, pp. 237-238.

21. ff. 42-56v. Conal Holmes O'Connell O'Riordan; 1918-1928. Partly signed. With a typewritten copy of O'Riordan's poem 'The joyful ballad'.

22. ff. 57-58v. Two letters from Chesterton to Hermon Ould, refusing the presidency of the P.E.N. Club; 1935. Typewritten copies. One published in D. B. Wyndham Lewis (ed.), G. K. Chesterton: an Anthology (1957), pp. 15-16.

23. ff. 59-61. Hilary Douglas Clerk Pepler; 1932-1935. With a typewritten copy of a letter from Chesterton.

24. ff. 62-63v. Alan Ian Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland; [1926].

25. ff. 64-72v. Katherine Elizabeth Macready Perugini; 1906-1910, n.d. One letter published in M. Ffinch, op. cit., pp. 147-148.

26. ff. 73-74v. William Lyon Phelps; 1925, 1931. Partly signed.

27. ff. 75-76. John Swinnerton Phillimore; 1922-1926.

28. ff. 77-78. Lisle March Phillipps; [1916].

29. ff. 79-81. Gabriel Pippet; 1927. With a woodcut of Don Quixote enclosed.

30. f. 82. Pope Pius XII; 1934. Signed. As Cardinal Eugene Pacelli acknowledging the gift of Peter's Pence.

31. ff. 83-85v. Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett; 1919. Partly signed.

32. ff. 86-90. Polish Legation in London; 1925-1927. Signed.

33. ff. 91-91v. Polish Literary Club (Cercle Littéraire Polonais (P.E.N. Club)); 1927. Signed by its chairman, F. Goetel.

34. ff. 92-103. Arthur Joseph Hungerford Pollen; 1928-1929. Partly signed, partly typewritten copies of replies by Dorothy Collins to Pollen's offer to buy Chesterton's illustrations for Hilaire Belloc's But Soft ―We Are Observed.

35. f. 104. Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery; 1908. Signed.

36. ff. 105-107v. Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch; 1907, 1932.

37. ff. 108-108v. Arthur Rackham; [1911].

38. ff. 109-116v. Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh; 1915-1921.

39. ff. 117-118v. G. Raoul-Duval; [1906].

40. f. 119. Agnes G. Regan, Executive Secretary, National Council of Catholic Women; 1927. Signed.

41. ff. 120-124v. Emil Reich; 1902-1908. Partly signed.

42. ff. 125-126v. Olga Richards; [1898].

43. ff. 127-128v. Thomas Lawrason Riggs; 1934.

44. ff. 129-130v. Anne Isabella Ritchie; circa 1918.

45. ff. 131-132. Carl Eric Bechhofer Roberts; 1928. Signed. With a typewritten copy of Chesterton's reply.

46. ff. 133-146. Richard Ellis Roberts; 1923-1935. Partly signed.

47. f. 147. Barry Robinson, of the Croydon Players; 1934. Signed.

48. ff. 148-148v. Esmé Stuart Lennox Robinson; [1929?].

49. ff. 149-150v. Robert Baldwin Ross; [1910].

50. ff. 151-164. Sir William Rothenstein; 1912-1934. Including a typewritten copy of a letter from Chesterton.

51. ff. 165-166. William H. Rowan; 1935. Signed.

52. ff. 167-172. Agnes Maude Royden; 1927. Signed. Partly imperfect.

53. ff. 173-185v. George William Erskine Russell; 1904-1907.

54. ff. 186-186v. Gerald Ryan; 1922.

includes:

  • f. 1 Cosmo Monkhouse, poet and critic: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from Cosmo Monkhouse: 1900.
  • f. 2 Leonora Monkhouse, wife of Cosmo Monkhouse: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from Leonora Monkhouse: [1901].
  • f. 4 Leo E. Montgomery, RC priest, of Eltham: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from Leo E. Montgomery: 1935: Signed.
  • f. 5 Evan Frederic Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar: Correspondence with G. K. Chesterton of Evan Frederic Morgan: 1927: Partly signed, partly typewritten copy.
  • ff. 6-7 John Morley, Viscount Morley of Blackburn: Letters to G. K. Chesterton from John Morley: 1901-1902.
  • ff. 8-10 John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Michael Morton, alias 'Beachcomber': Letters to G. K. Chesterton from John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Michael Morton: 1928-1933.
  • f. 11 Major Geoffrey McNeill-Moss, writer: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from Major Geoffrey McNeill-Moss: 1933: Signed.
  • f. 12 Thomas Moult, poet and critic: Letters to G. K. Chesterton from Thomas Moult: 1927-1932.
  • f. 13 Charlotte Mulligan: Letter to G. K. Chesterton enclosing a copy of a letter from Robert Browning: [1903].
  • f. 14 Robert Browning, poet: Letter to — of 1863: [1903]: Copy.
  • f. 16 George Gilbert Aimé Murray, OM; classical scholar: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from George Gilbert Aimé Murray: 1906: Typewritten.
  • ff. 17-22v John Middleton Murry, literary critic: Correspondence with G. K. Chesterton of John Middleton Murry: 1930-1932: Partly typewritten copy.
  • f. 23 Mary Anderson, afterwards De Navarro; actress and producer; wife of A De Navarro: Postcard to G. K. Chesterton from Mary Anderson: 1932.
  • ff. 24-25 Thomas Horatio Nelson, 4th Earl Nelson: Letters to G. K. Chesterton from Thomas Horatio Nelson: 1932.
  • f. 26 Henry Woodd Nevinson, journalist and author: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from Henry Woodd Nevinson: 1929: Signed.
  • f. 27 Sir Henry John Newbolt, poet: Letters to G. K. Chesterton from Sir Henry John Newbolt: 1915-1927: Partly signed.
  • ff. 28-30 John Beverley Nichols, writer: Dorothy Edith Collins, secretary to G K Chesterton: Letter from J. B. Nichols to G. K. Chesterton, with reply from D. E. Collins: 1936: Partly typewritten copy.
  • f. 31 William Reginald Nicholson, of Pangbourne: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from William Reginald Nicholson: 1918.
  • ff. 33, 36-37 Alfred Noyes, poet: Letters to F. A. Chesterton from Alfred Noyes: 1929-1936, n.d.: Map scale 1:CH.
  • ff. 34, 37 Alfred Noyes, poet: Letters to G. K. Chesterton from Alfred Noyes: 1930, n.d.
  • ff. 38-40 Charles Leo O'Donnell, President of the University of Notre Dame: Letters to G. K. Chesterton from Charles Leo O'Donnell: 1929-1931: Signed.
  • f. 40 Walter Oldershaw, father of L R F Oldershaw: Envelope addressed by G. K. Chesterton to Walter Oldershaw: 1913: Autogr.
  • ff. 42, 44, 46-55 Conal Holmes O'Connell O'Riordan, alias 'F Norreys Connell'; novelist and playwright: Letters, etc., to G. K. Chesterton: 1918-1925: Partly signed.
  • ff. 43, 45, 56 Conal Holmes O'Connell O'Riordan, alias 'F Norreys Connell'; novelist and playwright: Frances Alice Chesterton, née Blogg; wife of G K Chesterton: Letters to Frances Alice Chesterton from Conal Holmes O'Connell O'Riordan: 1923-1936.
  • ff. 47-55 Conal Holmes O'Connell O'Riordan, alias 'F Norreys Connell'; novelist and playwright: Poem 'The joyful ballad of God's son' by Conal Holmes O'Connell O'Riordan: [1925]: Typewritten.
  • ff. 57-58v Hermon Ould, General Secretary, PEN: Letters from G. K. Chesterton to Hermon Ould: 1935: Typewritten copies.
  • ff. 59-61 Hilary Douglas Clerk Pepler, of the 'St. Dominic's Press': Correspondence with G. K. Chesterton: 1922-1935: Partly typewritten copies.
  • f. 62 Alan Ian Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from Alan Ian Percy: [1926].
  • ff. 64-72v Katherine Elizabeth Macready Perugini, daughter of Charles Dickens: Frances Alice Chesterton, née Blogg; wife of G K Chesterton: Letters to G. K. and Frances Chesterton from Katherine Elizabeth Macready Perugini: 1906-1910, n.d.
  • ff. 73-74v William Lyon Phelps, of Yale University: Letters to G. K. Chesterton from William Lyon Phelps: 1925, 1931: Partly signed.
  • ff. 75-76 John Swinnerton Phillimore, classicist: Letters to G. K. Chesterton from John Swinnerton Phillimore: 1922-1926.
  • f. 77 Lisle March Phillipps, writer: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from Lisle March Phillipps: [1916].
  • ff. 79-81 Gabriel Pippet, artist: Letter to G. K. Chesterton, with a woodcut enclosed: 1927.
  • f. 82 Pius XII; Pope: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from Pius XII: 1934: Signed.
  • ff. 83-85v Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett, KCVO: Letters to G. K. Chesterton from Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett: 1919: Partly signed.
  • ff. 86, 88-89 Constantine Skirmunt, Polish diplomatist: Letters to G. K. Chesterton from Constantine Skirmunt: 1925: Signed.
  • ff. 86-90 Poland; Legation in London: Letters to G. K. Chesterton from Legation in London: 1925-1927: Signed.
  • f. 91 P.E.N. Club'u w Warszawie: Ferdynand Goetel, Polish author: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from Ferdynand Goetel for P.E.N. Club'u w Warszawie: 1927: Signed.
  • ff. 92-103 Dorothy Edith Collins, secretary to G K Chesterton: Arthur Joseph Hungerford Pollen, company director and writer on naval affairs: Beatrice H. Farquhar, secretary to A H Pollen: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from A. H. Pollen, continued by correspondence between D. E. Collins and Pollen's secretary, Beatrice H. Farquhar: 1928-1929: Partly signed, partly typewritten copies.
  • f. 104 Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from Archibald Philip Primrose: 1908: Signed.
  • ff. 105-107v Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, author; d.1944: Letters to G. K. Chesterton from Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch: 1907-1932.
  • f. 108 Arthur Rackham, book illustrator: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from Arthur Rackham: [1911].
  • ff. 109-116v Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Professor of English Literature, Oxford: Letters to G. K. Chesterton from Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh: 1915-1921.
  • f. 117 G. Raoul-Duval: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from G. Raoul-Duval: [1906].
  • f. 119 National Council of Catholic Women: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from National Council of Catholic Women: 1927.
  • f. 119 Agnes G. Regan, Executive Secretary, National Council of Catholic Women: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from Agnes G. Regan: 1927: Signed.
  • ff. 120-124v Emil Reich, historian: Letters to G. K. Chesterton from Emil Reich: 1902-1908: Partly signed.
  • f. 125 Olga Richards, friend of Frances Chesterton: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from Olga Richards: [1898].
  • f. 127 Reverend Thomas Lawrason Riggs, of Yale University: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from Rev. Thomas Lawrason Riggs: 1934.
  • f. 129 Anne Isabella Ritchie, née Thackeray; novelist; wife of Sir R T W Ritchie: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from Anne Isabella Ritchie: circa 1918.
  • ff. 131-132 Carl Eric Bechhofer Roberts, novelist: Correspondence with G. K. Chesterton of Carl Eric Bechhofer Roberts: 1928: Partly signed, partly typewritten copy.
  • ff. 133, 135-139, 142-146 Richard Ellis Roberts, writer: Letters to G. K. Chesterton from Richard Ellis Roberts: 1923-1935: Partly signed.
  • ff. 134, 140-141 Richard Ellis Roberts, writer: Frances Alice Chesterton, née Blogg; wife of G K Chesterton: Letters to Frances Alice Chesterton from Richard Ellis Roberts: 1926-1936.
  • f. 147 Barry Robinson, of the Croydon Players: Letters to G. K. Chesterton from Barry Robinson: 1934-1935: Signed.
  • f. 148 Esmé Stuart Lennox Robinson, Director, Abbey Theatre Dublin: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from Esmé Stuart Lennox Robinson: [1929?].
  • f. 149 Robert Baldwin Ross, literary executor of Oscar Wilde: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from Robert Baldwin Ross: [1910].
  • ff. 151-164 Sir William Rothenstein, Principal, Royal College of Art: Correspondence with G. K. Chesterton of Sir William Rothenstein: 1912-1934: Partly typewritten copy.
  • f. 165 William H. Rowan, of 'The Witness', Dubuque, Iowa: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from William H. Rowan: 1935: Signed.
  • ff. 167-172 Agnes Maude Royden, DD; wife of G W H Shaw: Dorothy Edith Collins, secretary to G K Chesterton: Letters to G. K. Chesterton and D. E. Collins from Agnes Maude Royden: 1927: Signed.
  • ff. 173-185v George William Erskine Russell, PC; MP: Letters to G. K. Chesterton from George William Erskine Russell: 1904-1907.
  • f. 186 Gerald Ryan, friend of G K Chesterton: Letter to G. K. Chesterton from Gerald Ryan: 1922.

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Names:
Anderson, Mary, afterwards de Navarro; actress and producer, 1859-1940 (Author)
Browning, Robert, poet, 1812-1889 (Author)
Chesterton, Frances Alice, née Blogg wife of G K Chesterton, 1875-1938 (Recipient)
Collins, Dorothy Edith, secretary to G K Chesterton, 1895-1988 (Recipient)
Couch, Arthur Thomas, Knight, author, d 1944 (Author)
Duval, G, correspondent of G K Chesterton, fl 1906 (Author)
Farquhar, Beatrice H, secretary to A H Pollen, fl 1928-1929 (Author)
Goetel, Ferdynand, author, playwright and activist, 1890-1960 (Author)
Legation of Poland in London (Author)
McNeill-Moss, Geoffrey, Major writer (Author)
Monkhouse, Cosmo, poet and critic (Author)
Monkhouse, Leonora, wife of Cosmo Monkhouse (Author)
Montgomery, Leo E, RC priest of Eltham (Author)
Morgan, Evan Frederic, 2nd Viscount Tredegar (Author)
Morley, John, Viscount Morley of Blackburn, statesman, 1838-1923 (Author)
Morton, John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Michael, humorous journalist; alias 'Beachcomber', 1893-1979 (Author)
Moult, Thomas, poet and critic (Author)
Mulligan, Charlotte (Author)
Murray, George Gilbert Aimé, OM, classical scholar, 1866-1957 (Author)
Murry, John Middleton, literary critic (Author)
National Council of Catholic Women (Author)
Nelson, Thomas Horatio, 4th Earl Nelson (Author)
Nevinson, Henry Woodd, journalist and author, 1856-1941 (Author)
Newbolt, Henry John, Knight, poet and writer, 1862-1938 (Author)
Nichols, John Beverley, writer (Author)
Nicholson, William Reginald, of Pangbourne (Author)
Noyes, Alfred, poet, 1880-1958 (Author)
O'Donnell, Charles Leo, President of the University of Notre Dame (Author)
O'Riordan, Conal Holmes O'Connell, alias 'F Norreys Connell', novelist and playwright (Author)
Oldershaw, Walter, father of L R F Oldershaw (Recipient)
Ould, Hermon, General Secretary PEN, 1885-1951 (Recipient)
P E N Club'u w Warszawie (Author)
Pepler, Hilary Douglas Clerk, of the 'St Dominic's Press' (Author)
Percy, Alan Ian, 8th Duke of Northumberland (Author)
Perugini, Katherine Elizabeth Macready, alias Kate, afterwards Collins, painter, daughter of Charles Dickens, 1839-1929 (Author)
Phelps, William Lyon, of Yale University (Author)
Phillimore, John Swinnerton, classicist (Author)
Phillipps, Lisle March, writer (Author)
Pippet, Gabriel, artist (Author)
Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958 (Author)
Plunkett, Horace Curzon, KCVO (Author)
Pollen, Arthur Joseph Hungerford, company director and writer on naval affairs (Author)
Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery (Author)
Rackham, Arthur, painter and illustrator, 1867-1939 (Author)
Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Professor of English Literature Oxford (Author)
Regan, Agnes G, Executive Secretary National Council of Catholic Women (Author)
Reich, Emil, historian (Author)
Richards, Olga, friend of Frances Chesterton (Author)
Riggs, Thomas Lawrason, Reverend of Yale University (Author)
Ritchie, Anne Isabella, née Thackeray novelist, wife of Sir R T W Ritchie (Author)
Roberts, Carl Eric Bechhofer, novelist (Author)
Roberts, Richard Ellis, writer (Author)
Robinson, Barry, of the Croydon Players (Author)
Robinson, Esmé Stuart Lennox, Director Abbey Theatre Dublin (Author)
Ross, Robert Baldwin, literary executor of Oscar Wilde (Author)
Rothenstein, William, Knight, artist and art administrator, 1872-1945 (Author)
Rowan, William H, of 'The Witness' Dubuque Iowa (Author)
Royden, Agnes Maude, suffragist and preacher, 1876-1956 (Author)
Russell, George William Erskine, PC, MP (Author)
Ryan, Gerald, friend of G K Chesterton (Author)
Skirmunt, Constantine, Polish diplomatist (Author)