MS#350.1: Walter Bett Research File on Swinburne., 12/31/1838-01/01/1888

File — Box: 2, Folder: 21

Identifier: GAMMS470.1.78

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

12/31/1838-01/01/1888

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 #350.1: Research file on Swinburne created by Walter Bett for his book, "The Infirmities of Genius," (New York: 1952). The file was acquired by Mayfield from Bett's widow, Ruth King Bett in 1971. Contents include: 1. ANS dated January 17 (no year) from Roger Howson, librarian, Columbia University, New York, to Walter Bett. Includes clipping of newspaper obituary (New York Times, April 23, 1962). 2. Clipping of "The Armada," by Algernon Charles Swinburne, published in The Fortnightly Review (August 1, 1888). 3. Clipping of "Swinburne: Personal Recollections," by Edmund Gosse, published in The Fortnightly Review, June 1909. 4. Clipping of "Swinburne's Lyrical Poetry," by Alice Meynell, published in The Dublin Review, July 1909. 5. Clipping of "Algernon Charles Swinburne," by William Robertson Nicoll, published in The Contemporary Review, May 1909. 6. Clipping of "A Tribute to Swinburne," by Ernest Rhys, published in The Nineteenth Century, June 1909. 7. Clipping of "The Fortifying Principle in Swinburne," by Louise Collier Willcox, published in the North American Review, June 1909. 8. TL carbon dated December 9, 1938 (2 pages) from Walter Brett to William Lennox, Harvard Medical School, re Swinburne's epileptiform fits. Includes TL dated September 30, 1938 (1 page) from William Lennox to the editor of Clinical Excerpts re an article entitled, "Looking into Swinburne."

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

BRETT, WALTER - RESEARCH FILE RE SWINBURNE, A.C. 1888-1938: Manuscript

SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES - RESEARCH FILE BY BRETT, WALTER 1888-1938: Manuscript

HOWSON, ROGER - OBITUARY 1962: Printed Item

HOWSON, ROGER - CORRES. TO BRETT, WALTER (ND): Autographed Letter

BRETT, WALTER - CORRES. FROM HOWSON, ROGER (ND): Autographed Letter

SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES - "ARMADA, THE" POEM (PRINTED 1888): Printed Item

"ARMADA, THE" BY SWINBURNE, A.C. - PRINTED 1888: Printed Item

GOSSE, EDMUND - "SWINBURNE: PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS" 1909: Printed Item

SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES - ESSAY BY GOSSE, EDMUND 1909: Printed Item

MEYNELL, ALICE - "SWINBURNE'S LYRICAL POETRY" ESSAY 1909: Printed Item

SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES - ESSAY BY MEYNELL, ALICE 1909: Printed Item

NICOLL, WILLIAM ROBERTSON - "ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE" ESSAY 1909: Printed Item

SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES - ESSAY BY NICOLL, WILLIAM R. 1909: Printed Item

RHYS, ERNEST - "TRIBUTE TO SWINBURNE" ESSAY 1909: Printed Item

SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES - ESSAY BY RHYS, ERNEST 1909: Printed Item

WILLCOX, LOUISE COLLIER - "FORTIFYING PRINCIPLE IN SWINBURNE" ESSAY 09: Printed Item

SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES - ESSAY BY WILLCOX, LOUISE COLLIER 1909: Printed Item

BRETT, WALTER - CORRES. TO LENNOX, WILLIAM RE SWINBURNE'S EPILEPSY '38: Typed Letter Signed

LENNOX, WILLIAM - CORRES. RE SWINBURNE'S EPILEPSY 1938: Typed Letter Signed

SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES - EPILEPSY - REF 1938: Typed Letter Signed