Manuscripts
Outgoing correspondence
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Outgoing correspondence
Manuscripts
This collection contains the papers of English art historian Katharine Ada Esdaile (1881-1950), with the bulk of the materials relating to her research and writings on British monumental sculpture, sculptors, and church monuments from the medieval period to 19th century. Material types include personal writings, diaries, correspondence, business papers, family papers and photographs, research files and research notebooks, and miscellaneous published and unpublished materials. Notably the collection includes more than 600 chiefly pre-World War II visitor booklets and pamphlets produced locally by British churches and approximately 3500 photographs taken or collected by Esdaile of sculpture, often funerary monuments in English churches, ranging from large churches like Westminster Abbey to small rural parishes. This collection provides a resource for viewpoints on monumental sculpture in the early 20th century (for instance as represented in book reviews by Esdaile) and for information about Esdaile's experience as a woman art historian in the early 20th century. Given the broadness of Esdaile's scope, from medieval to 19th century British monumental sculpture, the collection is less useful for specific information about monuments or sculptors. In addition, many of Esdaile's attributions in her notes appear to have been based primarily on her own instincts and do not have citations. Many of Esdaile's notes are handwritten on small scraps of paper or are fragments, sometimes making the information difficult to parse. The collection is chiefly Esdaile's files, but the dates on some items (such as post-1950 booklets) indicate the collection was added to and used after her death, presumably by her son Edmund Esdaile, who also made notes on items in the collection and appears to have done the preliminary organization of the papers after Esdaile's death.
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Outgoing Correspondence
Manuscripts
Approx. 230 items: folder contains Thomas' correspondence from year 1976. Includes: a cross-section of a typical years' correspondence. Some of the material consists of routine replies along the lines "I have forwarded your letter to (the department / editor) most likely to be interested," the rest is responses to specific criticisms of LAT or replies to acquaintances.
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Outgoing Correspondence
Manuscripts
Approx.200 items: folder contains correspondence--memos and letters--from Thomas' last year as LAT Editor, a position he held from 1971 until 1988. Includes: a cross-section of a typical years' correspondence, plus material related to his approaching retirement.
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Outgoing Correspondence
Manuscripts
Approx. 150 items: folder contains Thomas' correspondence from year 1975. Includes: a cross-section of a typical year's replies to his mail.
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Outgoing Correspondence
Manuscripts
Arranged in reverse chronological order. Date range is 1971-1988.
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