Shaw, G.B. Letter to Frank Harris, 20 Oct. 1916
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: 20 Oct. 1916
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 holograph corrections. Although the title, “Bernard Shaw & Jesus the Christ,” appears at the top of the first page, this typed item with holograph corrections was sent as correspondence to Harris, who questions Shaw’s presentation of Jesus in the Preface to Androcles and the Lion. In this four-page document, Shaw defends his depiction of Jesus: “Almost everyone who is interested in Jesus has a pet conception of him, and protests against my preface for not reproducing it. But my preface has nothing to do with any modern conception of him. I go to the Bible and I find there four biographies of Jesus.” In a holograph note at the end, Shaw writes that he has “[kept] the original [of this letter] lest this should be torpedoed, as several of [his] letters have been in previous submarine eruptions.”
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