Ephemera

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  Ephemera

  Manuscripts

  Includes one 1903 newspaper clipping concerning the restoration of the position of secretary at the British Museum; a program for the 1939 Conferment of Honorary Degrees ceremony by the University of Liverpool, where Arundell Esdaile received a degree of Doctor of Letters; the May 13, 1939, issue of the Liverpool Daily Post with account (page 6) of the awarding of the degree; three 1940 newspaper clippings about Arundell Esdaile's retirement from the British Museum; a 1944 library opening program; a 1944 clipping on Arundell Esdaile and his brother Alfred Esdaile. a 1958 genealogical clipping about Ann Arundell (d. 1649), presumably an ancestor; and an undated 3-page typescript biography of William Esdaile (1758-1837), presumably the grandfather of Arundell Esdaile, by an unidentified author.

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  Writings

  Manuscripts

  Sussex Note and Queries (May 1945), edited by Arundell Esdaile; the Library Association Record (June 1947) containing an article "University and Research Library Notes" by Arundell Esdaile; and various miscellaneous handwritten research notes (?), including fragments.

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  Essays

  Manuscripts

  Three Essays : Free Will. Teleology. Origins (Yeovil: Western Gazette &c. Company, Limited, [1908]) and a pamphlet "Socialism - An Essay" (April 1908), both inscribed to Arundell Esdaile, by William Esdaile.

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  Incoming correspondence

  Manuscripts

  Monuments in English Churches ("SPCK little book"); an October 27th card from Arundell Esdaile Harrington; and a short paper on Epiphanius Evesham for the Somerset Archaeological Society.

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  Incoming correspondence

  Manuscripts

  The Times on the preservation of church monuments through photographs; an invitation for Esdaile to become a representative of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings at the Conference (which led to the Council of National Buildings Record); an angry letter from Geoffrey Houghton-Brown about inadequate efforts to safeguard Westminster Abbey; correspondence about Joseph Wilton RA; the rejection of a novel manuscript by publisher John Murray; Arundell Esdaile's retirement from the British Museum; and a letter about the Leverhulme Fellowship (for the Dictionary of British Sculptors). The impact of the bombings destruction and uncertainty around the country is vividly brought out in these letters.

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  English Monumental Sculpture Since the Renaissance (published 1927; reissued 1979)

  Manuscripts

  Consists of a publisher's proof (complete draft text with page proofs corrected by Katharine and Arundell Esdaile); an annotated draft typescript fragment of Chapter V 'Neo-Hellenism & the Gothic Revival' – (pages 114-181); an original handwritten "Dedication" with note on change in dedication by Edmund Esdaile; and an undated review.

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