“The Manifesto of the Socialist League”, 1885, 1893
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: 1885
- Creation: 1893
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
From the Collection: 2.4 Linear Feet (Two record cartons; one 5-inch document box; two bound volumes [albums]; two framed drawings.)
Language of Materials
English
Materials Specific Details
With the dealer's description and note. Two editions. The two editions are in pamphlet form with slightly different titles. One is a “new edition, annotated by William Morris and E. Belfort Bax,” published in 1885. The other pamphlet, entitled Manifesto of English Socialists, 1893 [with dealer’s description laid in], lists as joint authors Shaw, Morris and Hyndman, among others. An additional typed bibliographic note has an extensive holograph annotation by Shaw. Dan Laurence refers to this in a postcard to LaFayette Butler [see also item #179] when he asks Butler for copies of any “typescript sheets of notes and collations made by Geoffrey Wells for his bibliography of Shaw in the 1920’s.”
Repository Details
Part of the Bucknell University Special Collections/University Archives Repository
028 Bertrand Library
Bucknell University
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