Shane Leslie - Correspondence (Autograph Copies)., 11/02/1859-12/17/1948

File — Box: 33, Folder: 8

Identifier: 50493

Collection-level Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

This collection essentially comprises the life and letters of Sir Shane Leslie whose boundless energy and wide-ranging interests took him all over Britain, the United States and Canada, bringing him in touch with people in many fields including the arts, economics, education, literature, politics and religion. Sir Shane's personal papers also reflect his deep concern and interest in Irish culture and politics, particularly the question of Irish independence through Home Rule.

The correspondence series of the collection reads like a who's who particularly from 1900 through 1971. Famous names include Angela Antrim, Margot Asquith, Nancy Astor, William Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Hilaire Belloc, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, J.E.C. Bodley, Brendan Bracken, G.K. Chesterton, Winston Churchill (cousin), Sydney Cockerell, Bourke Cockran, George Curzon, Charles Dilke, Alfred Douglas, Mrs. Fitzherbert, Francois Aidan Gasquet, Rupert Hart-Davis, Vyvyan Holland, John Maynard Keynes, William Somerset Maugham, Alice, Francis and Viola Meynell, Horace Plunkett, George Bernard Shaw, Clare Sheridan (wife of Wilfrid Sheridan, great-great grandson of Richard Brinsley Sheridan), Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice, Mark Sykes, Evelyn Waugh, William Butler Yeats.

The collection includes a signed black and white photograph inscribed by Leo Tolstoy to Shane Leslie, during the latter's visit to the great Russian author in Moscow in 1907. Sir Shane's manuscripts are also included in great abundance in the collection, including those for his autobiography, “Long Shadows.” The typescripts and drafts of a biography planned by Iris Leslie are also included in this series. Other notable series include Sir Shane's journals and appointment books; scrapbooks, particularly those concerning his visit to the U.S. 1957-1958; and editions of Sir Shane's own works that include tipped-in items such as correspondence relating to the work, notes by Sir Shane, and press cuttings.

Dates

11/02/1859-12/17/1948

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 40.25 Linear Feet (80 boxes and 1 oversized folder )

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Contains notebook of autograph copies by Shane Leslie of correspondence to himself and others. Note: some copies are annotated transcriptions by Sir Shane recalling various parts of letters from notable individuals. Correspondents include (in order of appearance) - @ Lord Curzon to Leonie Leslie 11/13/1916 @ Duchess of Connaught (Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, wife of Arthur William Duke of Connaught) to Leonie Leslie (1/14/1915) re World War One. @ Charles Beresford to "LL" (?) 11/2/1859 @ Pat Stratmore to Shane Leslie(?) 1/10/1947 w/ reply from latter 1/14/1947. @ Richard Norton to Shane Leslie n.d. @ Princess Sermonata (nee Colonna) to Leonie Leslie re Pius X, 4/10/1908. @ Somerset Maugham re Lily Langtry's true love, n.d. @ Ruth Draper 12/9/1937 @ Logan Pearsall Smith to Leonie Leslie 7/21/1943 @ Sean O'Kelly 1/17/1942 @ James Ramsay MacDonald to Hazel Lavery 4/20/1930 @ Robert Gilbert Lord Vansittart 12/17/1948 @ Duke of Alba 12/22/1936 @ Duke of Windsor to Shane Leslie re Henry Peter Hansell, 10/2/1959 @ Correspondence re Olive Guthrie and Lily Langtry @ Kathleen Hilton Young to Shane Leslie 6/6/1928 @ Correspondence to/re Lord Acton 9/16/1900 @ King George of Greece to Olive Guthrie c.1930-36 @ Crown Prince Gustaf (VI?) of Sweden to Leonie Leslie 5/31/1933 @ Princess Daisy to the Duke of Connaught 12/14/1907 @ Princess Beatrice to Leonie Leslie 12/9/1928

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

LESLIE, SHANE - CORRES. TO/FROM MISCELLANEOUS (TRANSCRIPTIONS): Autographed Letter

CURZON, GEORGE NATHANIEL - CORRES. TO LEONIE LESLIE 1916 (TRANSCR): Transcript

LESLIE, LEONIE BLANCHE - CORRES. FROM CURZON, LORD 1916 (TRANSCR): Transcript

CONNAUGHT, DUCHESS - CORRES. TO LEONIE LESLIE 1915 (TRANSCR): Transcript

LESLIE, LEONIE BLANCHE - CORRES. FROM CONNAUGHT, DUCHESS 1915 (TRANSCR: Transcript

BERESFORD, CHARLES - CORRES. TO ? 1859 (TRANSCR): Transcript

LESLIE, SHANE - MANUSCRIPT: TRANSCRIPTIONS - CORRES. 1859-1948: Transcript

STRATMORE, PAT - CORRES. TO SHANE LESLIE 1947 (TRANSCR): Transcript

LESLIE, SHANE - CORRES. TO STRATMORE, PAT 1947 (TRANSCR): Autographed Letter

NORTON, RICHARD - CORRES. TO SHANE LESLIE (TRANSCR): Transcript

SERMONATA, PRINCESS (NEE COLONNA) - CORRES. TO LEONIE LESLIE (TRANSCR): Transcript

LESLIE, LEONIE BLANCHE - CORRES. FROM SERMONATA, PRINCESS (TRANSCR): Transcript

MAUGHAM, WILLIAM SOMERSET - CORRES. RE LILY LANGTRY (TRANSCR): Transcript

LANGTRY, LILY - LOVERS - REFERENCE: Transcript

DRAPER, RUTH - CORRES. TO SHANE LESLIE 1937 (TRANSCR): Transcript

SMITH, LOGAN PEARSALL - CORRES. TO LEONIE LESLIE (TRANSCR) 1943: Transcript

LESLIE, LEONIE BLANCHE - CORRES. FROM SMITH, LOGAN PEARSALL (TRANSCR): Transcript

O'KELLY, SEAN T. - CORRES. TO SHANE LESLIE 1942 (TRANSCR): Transcript

MACDONALD, JAMES RAMSAY - CORRES. TO HAZEL LAVERY 1930 (TRANSCR): Transcript

LAVERY, HAZEL - CORRES. FROM MACDONALD, JAMES RAMSAY 1930 (TRANSCR): Transcript

VANSITTART, ROBERT GILBERT - CORRES. TO SHANE LESLIE 1948 (TRANSCR): Transcript

ALBA, DUKE OF - CORRES. TO SHANE LESLIE 1936 (TRANSCR): Transcript

WINDSOR, EDWARD (DUKE OF) - CORRES. TO SHANE LESLIE 1959 (TRANSCR): Transcript

HANSELL, HENRY PETER - REFERENCE: Transcript

GUTHRIE, OLIVE - REFERENCE: Transcript

LANGTRY, LILY - REFERENCE: Transcript

YOUNG, KATHLEEN HILTON - CORRES. TO SHANE LESLIE 1928 (TRANSCR): Transcript

ACTON, JOHN EMERICH EDWARD DALBERG - REFERENCE: Transcript

GEORGE II (OF GREECE) - CORRES. TO OLIVE GUTHRIE 1930-36 (TRANSCR): Transcript

GUTHRIE, OLIVE - CORRES. FROM GEORGE II (GREECE) 1930-36 (TRANSCR): Transcript

GUSTAF VI (SWEDEN?) - CORRES. TO LEONIE LESLIE 1933 (TRANSCR): Transcript

LESLIE, LEONIE BLANCHE - CORRES. FROM GUSTAF VI (SWEDEN?) 1933 (TRANSC: Transcript

DAISY, PRINCESS - CORRES. TO DUKE OF CONNAUGHT 1907 (TRANSCR): Transcript

CONNAUGHT, ARTHUR WILLIAM (DUKE) - CORRES. FROM PRINCESS DAISY 1907 (T: Transcript

BEATRICE, PRINCESS (ENGLAND) - CORRES. TO LEONIE LESLIE 1928 (TRANSCR): Transcript

LESLIE, LEONIE BLANCHE - CORRES. FROM BEATRICE, PRINCESS 1928 (TRANSCR: Transcript