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San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Henry Yates Thompson letter to George Watson Cole
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Three letters written by Silvanus P. Thompson (1851-1916) to "Marillier," presumably Henry Currie Maillier. The letters discuss Thompson's work as a collaborator, with members of the Gilbert Club, on the translation of William Gilbert's book, De Magnete (1600), and Thompson's authorship of accompanying Notes. In one letter, Thompson describes the ideal behind the translation as being: "As Gilbert would have done it had he written it in English." Includes also a one-page description of a lecture Thompson gave on this topic.
mssHM 82727-82730
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The three volumes are bound in matching leather bindings; with indexes and extensive bibliographic comments on each emblem volume. Volume I - From the Emblem books of the Reverend Thomas Corser MA Strand, Manchester. Volume II - From the Emblem books of Henry Yates Thompson Esq. Thingwall, near Liverpool. Volume III - From the Emblem books of Henry Yates Thompson and of Henry Green MA Knutsford.
mssHM 944
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The collection consists of manuscripts by Dunstan Thompson, including book reviews, diaries, essays, plays, poems, and short stories, and correspondence (both to and from Thompson), photographs, drawings and ephemera. Correspondents represented in the collection include: Harry Brown, Cyril Connolly, Paul Dehn, T.S. Eliot, Edith Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell, Stephen Spender, Philip Trower, Howard R. Turner, and Oscar Williams. Business correspondents include: William Abrahams, Margot Johnson, John Lehmann, Simon and Schuster and William Morris Agency. The papers consist of the following series: 1. Manuscripts (Boxes 1-4) are arranged alphabetically by author and title. The manuscripts include book reviews, diaries, essays, plays, and short stories by Dunstan Thompson; his poems, both published and unpublished, are cataloged separately, beginning in Box 3. This series also includes manuscripts by other authors, most notably: Harry Brown, Paul Dehn, Coman Leavenworth, Stephen Spender, Ruthven Todd, and Philip Trower. 2. Correspondence (Boxes 5-8) is arranged alphabetically by author. This series includes personal letters, letters related to Dunstan Thompson's Catholic faith and his writing. There is a large group of letters between Thompson and his mother, Virginia Leita Thompson, beginning in 1945. Thompson's business correspondence has been cataloged separately in Box 8; these are letters to and from literary agents, editors, publishers and literary publications, including William Abrahams, Margot Johnson, John Lehmann, Atlantic Monthly Press, David Higham Associates, Simon and Schuster, William Morris Agency, Horizon, and the New Yorker. This series also includes letters written to Philip Trower, beginning in 1975, with the death of Dunstan Thompson, and then later, in response to Trower's request for information and remembrances of Thompson for the memoir Trower was writing. Also included in this series are letters from notable people including Harry Brown, Cyril Connolly, Paul Dehn, T.S. Eliot, Edith Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell, Stephen Spender, Philip Trower, Howard R. Turner, and Oscar Williams. 3. Photographs & Prints (Box 9) are arranged alphabetically by subject then sub-arranged chronologically. These include family photographs, a small number of photographs of friends, as well as photographs of various homes, and locations important to Thompson. There are also photographs and negatives from his trip to the Middle East in 1946-1947, and from his trip to Rome in 1950. 4. Drawings & Prints (Box 10) are arranged alphabetically by artist. Included in this series are original pencil drawings and sketches by Dunstan Thompson, but the majority are photographs or prints of paintings and drawings, by the artists Gene Derwood, John Hurst, Alfonso Ossorio, and Philip Trower. 5. Ephemera; Addenda (Boxes 10-12) is arranged by subject, then alphabetically by author and title. This series includes personal and family material for the Thompson family, printed material related to Dunstan Thompson's writing, and articles about him and others. The addenda includes a sketch by Thompson; biographical notes about Thompson by Philip Trower; photographs related to the life and work of Thompson.
mssThompson
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The collection contains over three hundred folders of correspondence that are arranged alphabetically by correspondent in fifty-eight boxes. The collection ranges from 1878 to 1972, with the bulk of the correspondence being from the years 1900 to 1979. The correspondence includes letters, telegrams, postcards, photographs and one record disc (box 26). The correspondence is mainly related to the library collection itself or to the library as an institution. The letters include commentary on the collection, the acquisition and transfer of items, inquiries about the holdings of the library, letters of thanks and congratulations from visitors, financial transactions, and letters between members of the staff. Box 52 contains miscellaneous files labeled as crank files which are often unsolicited.
HIA 31.1
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Manuscripts
The collection contains over three hundred folders of correspondence that are arranged alphabetically by correspondent in fifty-eight boxes. The collection ranges from 1878 to 1972, with the bulk of the correspondence being from the years 1900 to 1979. The correspondence includes letters, telegrams, postcards, photographs and one record disc (box 26). The correspondence is mainly related to the library collection itself or to the library as an institution. The letters include commentary on the collection, the acquisition and transfer of items, inquiries about the holdings of the library, letters of thanks and congratulations from visitors, financial transactions, and letters between members of the staff. Box 52 contains miscellaneous files labeled as crank files which are often unsolicited.
HIA 31.1
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Manuscripts
The collection contains over three hundred folders of correspondence that are arranged alphabetically by correspondent in fifty-eight boxes. The collection ranges from 1878 to 1972, with the bulk of the correspondence being from the years 1900 to 1979. The correspondence includes letters, telegrams, postcards, photographs and one record disc (box 26). The correspondence is mainly related to the library collection itself or to the library as an institution. The letters include commentary on the collection, the acquisition and transfer of items, inquiries about the holdings of the library, letters of thanks and congratulations from visitors, financial transactions, and letters between members of the staff. Box 52 contains miscellaneous files labeled as crank files which are often unsolicited.
HIA 31.1