Box 60

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2 signed typed letters from New Zealand-born cartoonist David Low to an M.J. Landa/ On letterhead of 3 Rodborough Road, Golders Green, London. Dated November 8, 1938 and January 4, 1944. Contents are brief and relate to potential work.

Scope and Contents Nine pieces of correspondence in the hand of Scottish folklorist, poet, and critic Andrew Lang from the turn of the 20th century. Five letters to unidentified recipients (four addressed “Dear Sir”), one postcard addressed to British historian G.G. Coulton (1858-1947) and postmarked February 11 1906, two letters addressed to journalist and author William Earl Hodgson (d. 1910), and what appears to be the final page of a four-page letter addressed to the Rev. Isaac Taylor (1829-1901),...

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Correspondence related to French Naval officer Jean Frédéric de la Farge. The materials are not addressed to him, but appear to be related to him or his family: the name Binse, his wife Louise’s maiden name, appears in a letter dated 1846 addressed to “Madame” – presumably Louise herself, and the town of Watertown, NY is mentioned several times – this being closest town to the family mansion in Jefferson County, New York.

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Materials related to British historian Michael Maclagan. There are four items: first, a note on Trinity College letterhead addressed “Dear Ursula” – potentially to fellow historian Ursula Dronke (1920-2012) – and dated January 15, 1949; an edited typescript of a brief review in the English Historical Review accompanied by an offprint of the same, dated 1978; and finally a handwritten obituary for fellow medieval historian Noel Denholm-Young (1904-1975).

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Three letters in the hand of American diplomat George Perkins Marsh. One dated 1856 addressed to a Rev. J.W. Holland, and two dated June 1860 to a Dr. Brennen (?). The Holland letter appears to pertain to a lecture invitation, while the Brennen letters refer to some of Marsh’s writings.

Scope and Contents A small collection of materials related to British Poet Laureate John Masefield. Two items pertain to a correspondence with Mildred Temple: one contains two partial handwritten letters addressed to Temple taped together in three pieces; a second item contains a portion of a similar letter glued to a piece of paper alongside a print of a portrait by William Strang with the inscription “For Mildred Temple from John Masefield September 5th 1936.” Also included is a 1945 Christmas card featuring...

Scope and Contents Four matted sepia-tone photographs, likely albumen, by pioneering Philadelphia-based photographer John Moran. Two of the prints are slightly smaller with curved upper corners, and have labels on the verso indicating they are views in a series called “Scenery in the Region of the Delaware Water Gap” by Moran & Storey – one is “The Gap, from Blockhead Mountain” (No. 578) and the other is “The Gap, from Table Rock” (No. 582). The other two prints are slightly larger with square corners and...

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Four letters, one typed and three handwritten by British playwright and novelist Charles Langbridge Morgan and addressed to Mrs. Asta Fleming Whiteside (1894-1979). The contents are brief and personal. Only the typed letter is dated – May 3rd, 1939.

Scope and Contents Six pieces of correspondence in the hand of British academic and literary historian Henry Morley, dated between 1870 and 1885. The letters are addressed from Morley’s residences in Haverstock, University College London, and Carisbrooke to six different recipients: one unknown, and one each to Mrs. Joseph Cash, C.H. Poole, Prof. W.B. Hodgson, a Mr. Routledge, and a Mr. Dalziel. Contents relate variously to Morley’s work and personal matters. Several of the letters show evidence of having been...

Scope and Contents Proofs of a portion of William Morris’ The Golden Legend, published by his Kelmscott Press in 1892. The proofs here are for pages 327-328, 330-332, and 345-352, and contain notes, editors’ marks, and handwritten initials where woodcuts would later be added. Also included is a note in Morris’ hand addressed to his collaborator the engraver C.E. Keates, and dated February 7th, 1893 regarding the proofs of some woodblocks Keates has made. Morris apparently finds them “quite satisfactory” and...

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A small collection of materials related to the British writer and critic Raymond Mortimer. Two letters in his hand addressed to the English publisher and translator Roger Senhouse (1899-1970), one with an envelope dated April 1946; contents personal. Also included is a news clipping from John O’London’s Weekly, a literary magazine, containing a write-up on the Denyse Clairoun Prize, which Mortimer judged. Dated 16 April 1948.

Scope and Contents A small collection of materials related to American diplomat Robert Daniel Murphy. Two notes on card from the Embassy of the United States of America, unsigned and addressed only to “Gentlemen”, one dated January 1938; one letter from “John” addressed to Murphy’s daughter Catherine T. Murphy (d. 1957); two pieces of correspondence in Murphy’s hand addressed to his children, including one letter that mentions dining with “young Douglas Fairbanks” during a wedding in Algiers. Curatorial...

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Three typed single-page letters signed by American writer and critic Hamilton Wright Mabie addressed to American clergyman Rev. Lyman Pierson Powell, dated May 19th, 1899, June 4th, 1900, and November 26th, 1900. The letters are typed on letterhead for The Outlook, a weekly magazine for which Mabie served as editor.

Scope and Contents Materials related to British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. A letter to Sir John Masterman (1891-1977) typed and signed by Macmillian in his capacity as the Chancellor of the University of Oxford, asking Masterman to continue his association with the Oxford Historic Building Fund. Dated January 30th, 1963. Along with the letter is a set of documents related to the OHBF and their Appeals. Also included is a news clipping from the Washington Post containing an obituary for Maurice, Viscount...

Scope and Contents A letter signed only “D” and addressed to Lady Montagu, written on a single folded sheet of paper. The entire contents of the letter are taken up by the description of a humorous anecdote that the writer indicates was “lately remarked by your Son & Daughter” wherein a lady falls headfirst into a ditch. The letter is illustrated, showing the unfortunate woman and her surprised husband, alongside the caption “a wildly devious morning’s walk…April 9th 1833.” The writer indicates that “Lord...

Scope and Contents A small collection of material related to the Oxford philologist Max Müller. Three items: One letter in his hand addressed to a Mrs. Bunsen addressing personal matters, undated; one folded sheet of blue lined paper with notes in Müller’s hand; one letter from German-Irish linguist Carl Friedrich Lottner (1834-1873) to an A. Butler asking him to pass a note on to Müller. Attached to the letter is the said note, featuring 7 drawings of what appear to be Sanskrit seals and coins, each with...

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Seven letters in the hand of English artist, author, and cricketer Philip Norman addressed to a Mr. Johnson. The contents refer to various queries on cricketing history, especially as it pertains to Norman’s research for his 1897 book Score and Annals of the West Kent Cricket Club. Each letter is dated: July 28, 1895, March 8, 1896, December 13, 1896, October 11, 1897, October 13, 1897, September 26, 1905, and October 20, 1905.

Scope and Contents Four letters in the hand of noted British soldier and military historian William Francis Patrick Napier, addressed to a Lt. Col. Rathbone between April 1857 and 1858. The contents refer largely to Napier’s research and reading, including articles by Rathbone. Three letters on mourning stationary dated 26 April, 7 August, and 29 September 1857 (the second with envelope), One on plain paper. Also included is a small printed biography of Napier that appears to have been clipped from a book or...

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Three letters in the hand of English theologian Francis Paget. All three are on mourning stationary, one bearing the symbol of Christ Church, Oxford where Paget was Dean. One dated June 19th 1900 is addressed merely “Dear Madam”, while a letter dated 11 February 2901 is to a Mr. Day and another dated May 2nd of the same year to a Mr. Lefroy. Contents are personal.

Scope and Contents Three letters, two typed and one handwritten, from British writer Hesketh Pearson to the editor of the Times Literary Supplement regarding an unfavorable review of Pearson’s book The Fool of Love: A Life of William Hazlitt (1934) by Simon Nowell-Smith (1909-1996). The first letter (dated 14 June 1934) asks the editor to print an enclosed letter to Nowell-Smith by means of reply, and outlines his objections and outrage, arguing that the critic “misrepresents me and questions my veracity as a...