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Add MS 73309 B
- Record Id:
- 040-001988858
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001988635
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000292.0x00004c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 73309 B
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXXIV B. 'The Looney: a magazine for the madhouse'; [1909]. A magazine complied by Chesterton and his family during the summer of 1909, in the autograph of each compiler. Including the following contributions by Chesterton: 'Rhyme of the idiot uncle to the imbecile child'; 'Immortal idiots', a series of cartoons (published in The Coloured Lands); 'Delusions of the cells', four cartoons; 'Fernley Asylum', three cartoons with text; drawings for the cover (published as the wrapper of The Coloured Lands) and rejected cover. Purchased by Dorothy Collins in 1953 from Peter Oldershaw, whose childhood drawing of Uncle Gilbert is at f. 11, see Add. 73296 B, 73475 A.
ff. 13. 400 x 290mm.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001988635
036-001988712
037-001988856
040-001988858 - Is part of:
- Add MS 73186-73484 : G K Chesterton Papers
Add MS 73242-73309 : D. Literary Papers.
Add MS 73309 A-D : G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXXIV A-D. Miscellaneous notes, games, programmes, school election material, political…
Add MS 73309 B : G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXXIV B. 'The Looney: a magazine for the madhouse'; [1909]. A magazine complied by Chesterton… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001988635[0004]/036-001988712[0015]/037-001988856[0002]/040-001988858
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 73186-73484
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1909
- End Date:
- 1909
- Date Range:
- [1909]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)