Manuscripts

Notebook #74

Description: Small notebook of Katharine Esdaile; largely pencil entries & mainly notes.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: Undated
Call number: mssEsdaile
Creator: Esdaile, Katharine Ada (1881-1950)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased by the Huntington Library in 1962. The collection was initially accessioned into the Huntington Art Reference Library in 1962. Sometime afterwards, the printed books and pamphlets were removed, separately catalogued, and shelved with the main body of the Art Reference Books, and the photographs were removed to the Photo Study Collection. In 2005, the Art Reference Library collection was merged into the main collection of the Huntington Library and the decision was made to re-integrate the printed material and photographs of the Esdaile collection into the papers.

Notebook #29

Manuscripts

Begun by Arundell Esdaile, 11/4/07; dated by Katharine Esdaile 1939. Arundell Esdaile's entries mainly in pen; Katharine Esdaile in pencil. Arundell Esdaile's entries not listed below. Places visited by Katharine Esdaile: - Woodford (Oct 25, 1939), Charles I (at 41 Harley St. (under C), Goudhurst (under G), Rowenden (?) (under H), Bettersder (?), book reverses Standen, Bishops Stortford (May 26, 1932), Thersted, Saffron Walden, Aspenden. Notebook is labeled: Arundell Esdaile "Books to Read" alphabetized; used by K.A.E. for mons. by place and sculptors.

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Notebooks of Katharine and Edmund Esdaile

Manuscripts

This series contains notebooks primarily used by Katharine Esdaile and Edmund Esdaile to document British sculptures during trips. The notebooks often contain pencil drawings and brief notes or transcriptions, and they vary in their degree of legibility. In additional, Notebook #38 contains a commonplace book kept by Katharine Esdaile in the late 1890s and Notebook #86 contains notes of classes in civil defense against mustard gas attacks, taken by Katharine Esdaile in April/May 1939. Thus far, no index has been found of the churches Katharine Esdaile visited, and there are also no lists of content in volumes written by Esdaile. Some workbooks are evidently written by Edmund Esdaile and these do have lists of contents. But how Katharine Esdaile traced relevant church entries later remains unclear. From the final volumes, she clearly was building up notes on sculptors, but how she kept records or knew where to find all the notes is also unclear. Titles and notebook numbers are chiefly based on typed labels affixed to the volumes.

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Notebook #44

Manuscripts

Address Book used as an early dictionary/notebook largely on sculptors, but also on monuments and materials (e.g. alabaster 'painting of monuments'). Rather haphazard arrangements; mainly collection of notes. Includes a 1927 letter to Katharine Esdaile tipped in.

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Notebook #75

Manuscripts

Largely pencil entries – beginning with collection of recipes; in several hands (Katharine Esdaile, Edmund Esdaile and others). Recipes (pages 1-10); Notes; state papers (page 14). Churches (places visited/people; Willingale Dor; Wribble (page 20); Kensington Palace; St. Sampson's Cocklake (?); St. Mary's Cricklake (?) (page 36); Chippenham; Notes (in Katharine Esdaile's handwriting?); St. David's (page 49); Hackney; BLANK PAGES (pages 54-55); Notes; St. Giles' Reading (?); BOOK REVERSES; Notes (page 66); BOOK REVERSES (page 93); More indecipherable notes; BLANK PAGES; Byrd (page 104); Queen's Library; Notes and rough sketches (to end).

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Notebook #42

Manuscripts

The back of the book contains story by Martin Esdaile (dated 1930, but unfinished) and "Winnie the Pooh" drawings Drawings (by Martin Esdaile?) (pages 1-13); notes in pencil by Katharine Esdaile and crossed through (pages 14-25) Churches visited: Woburn (Feb 21.35), Burnham, Willesden Parish Church [Pencil notes illegible pages 43-51] Trent, Ringmre (page 53), Chiddingley, [more pencil notes – much illegible pages 66-81] BOOK REVERSES [more pencil notes – some on church visits, but again largely illegible – page 83-105].

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Notebook #77

Manuscripts

Rough notebook in pencil in Katharine Esdaile's handwriting. Appears to be notes from "A History of the Royal Society" 1848, "Sir William Higgins' Hist. Roy. S 1906" "Minutes RS August 18 1785" and other notes.

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