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Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Typescript and manuscript versions, with illustration and 1941 letter from the editor of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence.
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Includes typescript and copy of article printed in The Architect (September 8, 1922); annotated typescript chapter XXI of "Studies of the English Sculptors from Pierce to Chantrey" published, 1922; manuscript chapters 1-3 of "John Bacon, R.A. 1749-1799" by Esdaile; and an unidentified fragment of a typescript and manuscript piece on Bacon (pages 11-19).
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Consists of typescript and manuscript (annotated) versions, (2 copies of pp 2-19) (no title page). Incomplete with accompanying letters.
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Consists of typescript and manuscript drafts of articles and notes on the Christmas Family (including Gerard Christmas, John Christmas, and Mathias Christmas) including "Gerard Christmas and his Sons, Carvers to the Navy" (typescript article, annotated); "Notes on Two English Sculptor Families. Gerard, John and Mathias Christmas" (typescript draft versions of article, annotated); manuscript article on the Christmas family; and miscellaneous notes on the family of sculptors.
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Consists of: Introduction (to book/pamphlet on Abbey), together with letter on The Guardian letterhead advocating an article on the Abbey to commemorate an exhibition of Abbey sculpture. "Monuments in Westminster Abbey ... prepared by Mrs. Arundell Esdaile" (Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings) (2 typescript versions; one is annotated and missing front page) "Re: Westminster Abbey Mons" (manuscript fragment, with additional fragments related to monuments) 1931 letter to Editor of The Times by Katharine Esdaile on Abbey monuments and subsequent correspondence. 1940-41 Correspondence from Lord Esher and another correspondent to Katharine Esdaile about problems of preservation during World War II bombings
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Pages of editorials and articles from The Architect, including unattributed articles probably by Esdaile. Includes the entire issue for May 2, 1919. Articles consist of: "Think!" (Editorial) (October 25, 1918) "Major Pawley's War Memorial Scheme" (Letter to the editor signed "Respice Finem") (November 15, 1918) "The Eighteenth Century Sculptures in Sir John Soane's Museum (Article by A.T. Bolton) (April 4, 1919) "Official Architecture-the Reasonable Dividing Line" (Editorial) (May 2, 1919, full issue) "Art Publications" (Review of current art periodicals) (May 9, 1919) "The Trail of the Amateur" (Editorial) (September 19, 1919) "The Perfect Garden" (Editorial) (September 26, 1919) "Royal Academy War Memorials Exhibition" (Article) (October 24, 1919) "Age and the Picturesque" (Editorial) (December 12, 1919)
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