Clippings, 1905 - 1933

File — Multiple Containers

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Series IV, the Stewart Marsh Ellis papers, forms the last series of the Montague Summers papers, consisting of the letters, scrapbooks, and ephemera of the literary biographer S.M. Ellis which came into Summers' possession after the death of Ellis in 1933. There is ample evidence of the shared interests of Ellis and Summers, particularly in Victorian Romantic literature, ghost stories, and in the supernatural, generally, and letters from each as well. The letters in the S.M. Ellis papers roughly equal in extent those to Montague Summers in the collection. In the case of the newspaper clippings collected by Ellis, only those marked for Ellis by the cutting services or showing his handwriting or other reasonable evidence have been described in this series; quite likely, clippings or other material originally collected by Ellis have been described in the first three series of the Montague Summers papers.

Dates

1905 - 1933

Conditions Governing Access

Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.

Extent

From the Collection: 9.64 Linear Feet (21 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

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Newspaper clippings collected by S.M. Ellis regarding various topics including George Meredith, William Harrison Ainsworth, Robert Louis Stevenson, political events and violence in Ireland, Sydney Dobell and history of Cheltenham (including some autograph notes and library call slips), supernatural lore and mummies' curses, and reports of hauntings and ghostly apparitions (including clippings removed from the Ghostiana and Phantomia scrapbook).