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Description: Contains letters to and from H. Rider Haggard; written from London, South Africa, Wales, Norfolk, California, Canada, New York, and Washington, D.C. Includes Theodore Roosevelt letters signed to Haggard dated 1905 March 11 (HM 43669) and 1905 June 24 (HM 43570).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1900-1907
Call number: mssHM 43398-43700
Creator: Haggard, H. Rider (1856-1925)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Magg's, January 1953.
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Correspondence

Manuscripts

Contains letters to and from H. Rider Haggard; written from London, Washington, D.C., Norfolk, Copenhagen, Egypt, and Australia. Includes Theodore Roosevelt letters signed to Haggard dated 1909 February 11 (HM 43671) and 1910 May 28 (HM 43672).

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Correspondence and manuscripts

Manuscripts

Contains manuscripts and letters to and from H. Rider Haggard; written from London, South Africa, Dublin, Egypt, Edinburgh, Berlin, Rhodesia, Norfolk.

mssHM 43398-43700

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Correspondence, manuscripts and documents

Manuscripts

Contains manuscripts and letters written to and from H. Rider Haggard; written from Norfolk, London, Paris, France, and South Africa. Also includes one folder of printed material, legal documents, autograph notes, and clippings.

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H. Rider Haggard correspondence

Manuscripts

A collection of 303 letters to and from Sir Henry Rider Haggard, as well as manuscripts, legal documents, and ephemera. A frequent subject of discussion is the fortunes of the British Empire, particularly in South Africa and Rhodesia. Some other letters discuss the alleged plagiarism of Haggard by a Frenchman. Correspondents include: Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell; Arthur James Balfour, Earl of Balfour; Sir Walter Besant; George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess of Curzon; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Edmund Gosse; Rudyard Kipling; and Theodore Roosevelt. Also includes 1 folder of printed material, legal documents, autograph notes, and clippings.

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Partington, Wilfred, b. 1888. "Letter-Books of Wilfred Partington. Chronological List of Correspondents and Typescripts of Selected Letters: Vol. I: 1919-1921," carbon copy (MS.S., typewritten: 112 p.), (1919-1921)

Manuscripts

With autograph corrections and notes. Cataloger's Note: the "Chronological List of Correspondents" appears to be missing. Also, many of the originals of these letters are in the collection, but a significant number have been removed by Partington, including original letters by: Max Beerbohm, Joseph Conrad, H. Rider Haggard, William Orpen, and Thomas James Wise.

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Edwin W. Field Correspondence

Manuscripts

Collection of letters from various artists, mostly addressed to Edwin Wilkins Field, with some addressed to his son Walter Field who was also an artist. A few of the letters concern Field's efforts to pass some kind of measure ensuring artistic copyright. Most of the letters are from members of either the Royal Academy or the Old Water-Colour Society. Among the correspondents are: 2 letters from George Cruikshank. HM 42895 & 42896 1 letter from Sir John Everett Millais. HM 42922 3 letters from Samuel Cousins. HM 42890-42891

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