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Scope and Contents 1 Autograph Manuscript notebook dated circa 08/01/1904 to 10/10/1904, pp. 608 - 688, containing transcribed poems and other literary works, newspaper cuttings, and diary entries. The diary entries comprise a record of correspondence sent and received, book lists, descriptions of daily routines and publishing transactions, observations of his children and wife, and a dream record; these entries are interspersed with postal receipts, book advertisements, postcards, and numerous press cuttings...

Scope and Contents 1 Autograph Manuscript notebook dated 01/24/1905 to 04/12/1905 comprising diary entries concerning W. H. Chesson's family and acquaintances, records of correspondence sent and received, press cuttings, reading notes and title lists, original and copied poetry, an occasional dream record, and observations of daily life. Entries of note include a brief though interesting description (told by a Miss Macdonnell) of Florence Farr Emery reading poetry with W. B. Yeats in attendance [pp. 15 - 16],...

Scope and Contents 1 Autograph Manuscript notebook dated 04/14/1905 to 01/07/1906 comprising diary entries, records of publishing correspondence, original poetry, and a scrapbook collection of train tickets, postal receipts, calling cards, press cuttings, and Autograph Letters from various correspondents. Of note is one Autograph Letter Signed dated 05/05/1898 from the poet and book collector Thomas Hutchinson to W. H. Chesson praising his novel "Name This Child" and requesting from him an autograph note to be...

Scope and Contents 1 Autograph Manuscript notebook dated 03/14/1906 to 02/06/1909 containing Autograph Letters and diary entries comprising for the most part a journal of Chesson's dreams, interspersed with records of his correspondence and associations, and occasional tallies of progress on his "lexicon" or the "Chesson-Encyclopaedia", totaling his entries alphabetically. The diary records the death of his wife, Nora, on 04/14/1906 [p. 10], after the birth of their third child, Dagmar Chesson, and the...

Scope and Contents 1 Autograph Manuscript notebook dated from 02/06/1909 to 09/13/1920 containing diary entries recording Chesson's publishing associations and work, his domestic life, and progress on his "encyclopaedia". Chesson continues to record his dreams of his wife, Nora Hopper Chesson, and his father, Frederick William Chesson; however, many of the entries describe dreams abounding with prominent literary figures of the time such as Oscar Wilde, G. K. Chesterton, Rudyard Kipling, George Moore, Sir...

Scope and Contents 1 Autograph Manuscript Signed notebook dated 10/15/1920 to 02/11/1923 pages, titled inside the front cover "Dream Diary of Wilfred Hugh Chesson", containing Chesson's dated observations of his domestic and professional affairs, as well as his interior life and dreams. He continues to record dreams of his wife Nora Hopper Chesson, or which involve prominent authors or figures from the publishing world, including A. C. Swinburne, G. B. Shaw, M. P. Shiel, Joseph Conrad, James Milne, Thomas...