“Sixteen Self-Sketches” Manuscript, (undated)
Scope and Contents
Items in this collection range in date from 1882 to 1971. Shaw’s manuscripts, proofs and published works appear first in the collection, followed by his correspondence, which comprises the bulk of the material. Two separately collected albums of correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous items appear next, followed by theatrical business documents. Next are a series of correspondence to Shaw; papers of others concerning Shaw; and miscellaneous items of general interest, including drawings and photographs of Shaw. The last grouping is correspondence from dealers and scholars to LaFayette Butler about his Shaw collection. Comprising over 400 items, the collection measures approximately nine cubic feet.
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Dates
- Creation: (undated)
Creator
- From the Collection: Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 (Person)
- From the Collection: Langtry, Lillie, 1853-1929 (Person)
- From the Collection: Laurence, Dan H., 1920-2008 (Person)
- From the Collection: Weintraub, Stanley, 1929-2019 (Person)
- From the Collection: Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen, 1840-1922 (Person)
- From the Collection: Clausen, George, 1852-1944 (Person)
- From the Collection: Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 (Person)
- From the Collection: Frazer, James George, 1854-1941 (Person)
- From the Collection: Hunt, Edith Holman, 1846-1931 (Person)
- From the Collection: Kessler, Harry, Graf, 1868-1937 (Person)
- From the Collection: Mackail, J. W. (John William), 1859-1945 (Person)
- From the Collection: Morris, Jane, 1839-1914 (Person)
- From the Collection: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 (Person)
- From the Collection: Webb, Philip, 1831-1915 (Person)
- From the Collection: Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 (Person)
- From the Collection: Rothenstein, William, 1872-1945 (Person)
- From the Collection: Duschnes, Philip C., 1897-1970 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Full Extent
4 Pages
Language of Materials
English
Materials Specific Details
Corrected list; holograph note; holograph manuscript with typed transcription. a) Corrections and addition to the list of illustration for the first British edition; holograph note from Blair Maxwell of R.&R. Clark Ltd. b) “Shame and Wounded Snobbery,” original holograph manuscript in Shaw’s shorthand with typed transcription. It is a draft for part of Chapter IV [bound in a hard cover and entitled, “Early Days, Manuscript, Bernard Shaw.”]
Repository Details
Part of the Bucknell University Special Collections/University Archives Repository
028 Bertrand Library
Bucknell University
One Dent Drive
Lewisburg PA 17837 United States US
570-577-3101
570-577-3313 (Fax)
scua@bucknell.edu