Manuscripts

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson letters

Description: Collection contains letters, poems, and drawings by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson to illustrator Emily Gertrude Thomson (1850-1929), British artist and illustrator. The correspondence deals mainly with discussions about the illustrations and publication of Dodgson's books, including Original Games and Puzzles. The material is mounted in two volumes of blue morocco with gilt decorations; both volumes are housed in one custom box.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1885-1897
Call number: mssHM 35938-36018
Creator: Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge (1832-1898)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of 1970.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Thomson, E. Gertrude
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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson letters

Manuscripts

Collection contains letters, poems, and drawings by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson to illustrator Emily Gertrude Thomson (1850-1929), British artist and illustrator. The correspondence deals mainly with discussions about the illustrations and publication of Dodgson's books, including Original Games and Puzzles. The material is mounted in two volumes of blue morocco with gilt decorations; both volumes are housed in one custom box.

mssHM 35938-36018

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Letters to Emily Gertrude Thomson

Manuscripts

Volume includes letters, postcard and letter cards written from Eastbourne and Christ Church, Oxford, England; many letters with envelopes. Also includes a pen and ink drawing of Alice for the book Original Games and Puzzles.

mssHM 35977-36018

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Letters to Emily Gertrude Thomson

Manuscripts

Volume includes letters written from Christ Church, Oxford and Eastbourne, England; many letters with envelopes. Also includes a pencil sketch of a girl and two poems, "Puck has fled the haunts of men" and "Puck has ventured back again."

mssHM 35938-35976

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Dodgson, Charles H. W., d. 1941. 1 letter to [Wilfred Partington, b. 1888], A.L.S. (3 p.), (1934, July 10), Hereford (Eng.)

Manuscripts

Cataloger's Note: C. H. W. Dodgson was the nephew of Lewis Carroll.

PAR 330

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Dodgson, Campbell, 1867-1948. 1 letter to Charles Fairfax Murray, 1849-1919, A.L.S. (1 p.), (1906, Mar. 15), London (Eng.)

Manuscripts

The collection includes a few manuscripts by Murray and one unidentified manuscript. Among the correspondents are: Arthur Christopher Benson, Wilhelm von Bode, Georgiana Burne-Jones, Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle, Campbell Dodgson, F.S. Ellis, J.R. Holliday, Charles Holroyd, M.R. James, Henry Currie Marillier, Mary Sandys, William Barclay Squire and Rowland Strong; additionally, there is a miscellaneous envelope signed by George Cruikshank. The collection also includes seven unsigned pencil and ink sketches, some of which are by Murray. There is one folder of ephemera containing international postage stamps, a fragment of a letter, and an envelope.

HM 76286.

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Dodgson, Campbell, 1867-1948. 1 letter to Charles Fairfax Murray, 1849-1919, A.L.S. (3 p.), (1907, July 7), London (Eng.)

Manuscripts

HM 76287.

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