Box 60

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A carte de visite featuring a portrait of Scottish writer and minister George MacDonald. The reverse bears the marks of H.J. Whitlock, photographer to the royal family, Birmingham. Undated.

Scope and Contents A 19th-century manuscript document on a single piece of folded paper, containing letters patent for creating members of the Baronetage of England. This appears to be a draft or boilerplate text with no names, only blanks where those of honorees would be inserted. A watermark on the paper reads “1837” providing a terminus post quem for the document’s creation, and indeed the repeated references to “our King” suggests that it must have been written between January and June of that very year:...

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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.

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A black and white photograph showing the destruction of Le Havre, France following bombing by the English in September of 1944 during Operation Astonia. The image appears to have been taken by photographer Gilbert Fernez, and is labeled on the back in blue ink.

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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Five pieces of correspondence related to the Landseer brothers, Thomas, Charles, and Edwin – all British artists. 1 in the hand of eldest brother Thomas addressed to a Mr. Hawlett (?), 3 in the hand of Charles – two to London businessman Elhanan Bicknell (1788-1861), and one to portrait painter Bryan Edward Duppa (1804-1866), and a note related to Edwin, apparently in the hand of fellow artist and lithographer W. Robertson. 1850s. Contents are personal.

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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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A single letter addressed to American writer Walter Lippmann from a friend on board the R.M.S. Mauretania, dated May 1914. Contents are personal.

Scope and Contents Four letters written to noted Shakespearean actor Otho Stuart (1863-1930) by three members of the theatrical Irving family, plus Ethel Irving who, though sharing their name and occupation, was of no relation. Only one letter is dated (1911), but it is likely they were all composed during the early years of the 20th century. Contents are largely personal and relate to a performance of Hamlet. Also present is a second letter in the hand of Laurence Irving to an unknown recipient. Curatorial...

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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...