MS#293: Letter from May Morris to Theodore Watts-Dunton., 04/11/1909-04/11/1909

File — Box: 1, Folder: 56

Identifier: GAMMS470.1.56

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Contains all material by and pertaining to Algernon Charles Swinburne. Corresponding curatorial files maintained by John Mayfield for most items are cited. Access to these files are by permission from the Manuscripts Librarian.

Dates

04/11/1909-04/11/1909

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

From the Collection: 20 Cubic Feet (40 document cases)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Manuscript #293: ALS dated Easter Sunday 1909 [April 11, 1909](3 pages) from May Morris, daughter of Pre-Raphaelite artisan William Morris, to Theodore Watts-Dunton. Reference to her grief at learning of the death of Algernon Charles Swinburne: "...Only the other evening a young friend was reading the Atalanta to me, very beautifully & worthily. What a thing it is, that they leave all this behind them, to live with us..." See also Curatorial File and Index Card #293.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

MORRIS, MAY - CORRES. TO WATTS-DUNTON, THEODORE 1909: Autographed Letter

WATTS-DUNTON, THEODORE - CORRES. FROM MORRIS, MAY 1909: Autographed Letter

SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES - DEATH - REF BY MORRIS, MAY 1909: Autographed Letter

SWINHBURN, ALGERNON CHARLES - "ATALANTA IN CALYDON" - REF 1909: Autographed Letter

"ATALANTA IN CALYDON" BY SWINBURNE, A.C. - REF BY MORRIS, MAY 1909: Autographed Letter