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- Record Id:
- 040-002084302
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002084074
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001356.0x0000a8
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G. B. SHAW PAPERS: SERIES II. Vol. LXXIII (ff. 310). Contributions and prefaces by Shaw to works by others; 1894-1942? Partly shorthand, typewritten and printed.
1. ff. 1-18. Preface to 'The Theatrical “World” for 1894'.
2. ff. 19-36. Chapter XXVII of Cyril Maude's 'The Haymarket Theatre' (1903); 1902.
3. ff. 37-47. Preface to W. H. Davies, 'Autobiography of a Supertramp' (1908); 1907.
4. ff. 48-60. Notes on Brieux and French drama; [italics]circa[/italics] 1909-1911. See also 50666.
5. ff. 61-88. Preface to 'The W.E.A. Education Year Book 1918'.
6. ff. 89-170. Preface to S. and B. Webb, 'English Prisons under Local Government'; 1921-1922.
7. ff. 171-174. 'Mrs. Besant's Passage Through Fabian Socialism'; 1924?
8. ff. 175-214. 'How William Archer Impressed Bernard Shaw'; 1926.
9. ff. 215-227. Preface to G. H. Thring, 'The Marketing of Literary Property'; 1932.
10. ff. 228-286. 'Morris as I Knew Him'; 1936. Marginal annotations in pencil between f. 268 and f. 286 are by William Morris's daughter May.
11. ff. 287-302. Preface to Dickens, 'Great Expectations'; 1937?
12. ff. 303-305. 'Ensor Walters'; 1937.
13. ff. 306-308. Preface to MARS [Modern Architectural Research] Group catalogue, 'New Architecture' (1938); 1937.
14. ff. 309-310. Comments on Moscow Trials drafted for, but not used in preface to S. and B. Webb, 'The Truth about Soviet Russia'; 1940?-1942.
This volume was refoliated inn 2002-2003, but the bound sequence is unchanged.
includes:
- ff. 48-60 Eugène Brieux, French playwright: Essays, notes etc., of G. B. Shaw and C. F. Shaw relating to Eugène Brieux: 1903?-1917: Partly shorthand and printed.
- ff. 215-227 George Herbert Thring, solicitor; Secretary to the Society of Authors: Open letter by G. B. Shaw to George Herbert Thring: 1932: Printed.
- ff. 268-286 passim May Morris, alias Mary; daughter of William Morris: Marginal notes on G. B. Shaw's 'Morris as I Knew Him' by Mary Morris: 1936.
- ff. 268-286 passim May Morris, alias Mary; daughter of William Morris: Correspondence, etc., with G. B. Shaw of Mary Morris: 1885-1936.
- ff. 309-310 George Bernard Shaw, author: Notes on the Soviet Union: 1940?-1942: Typewritten drafts.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002084074
033-002084179
036-002084295
040-002084302 - Is part of:
- Add MS 50508-50743 : BERNARD SHAW PAPERS
Add MS 50593-50743 : SHAW PAPERS: SERIES II 50593-50743. Purchased from the residuary legatees of George Bernard Shaw, 9 April 1960, and…
Add MS 50659-50679 : C. CRITICAL WRITING AND ESSAYS
Add MS 50665 : G. B. SHAW PAPERS: SERIES II. Vol. LXXIII (ff. 310). Contributions and prefaces by Shaw to works by others; 1894-1942? Partly… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002084074[0002]/033-002084179[0003]/036-002084295[0007]/040-002084302
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 50508-50743
- Record Type (Level):
- File
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- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1894
- End Date:
- 1943
- Date Range:
- 1894-1943
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Names:
- Brieux, Eugène, French playwright
Morris, Mary, designer and craftswoman, called May, 1862-1938
Shaw, George Bernard, author and playwright, 1856-1950,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080436250
Thring, George Herbert, solicitor, Secretary to the Society of Authors