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Literary scraps
Manuscripts
Clippings scrapbook of book reviews and author profiles of Elizabeth von Arnim, covering the years 1899-1910.
mssHM 82603
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California Yankee : William R. Staats, business pioneer : manuscript
Manuscripts
Manuscript copy of Carol Green Wilson's biography California Yankee : William R. Staats, business pioneer (1947), which tells the story of William R. Staats (1867-1928) and his life in Southern California. Includes little personal information on Staats and instead focuses on his business dealings, including those with Henry E. Huntington, and his involvement in the development of Union Oil, Southern California Edison, Throop University (Cal Tech), the Mount Wilson Observatory, the Valley Hunt Club, and the Santa Catalina Island Yacht Club. It is also a detailed history of the economic development of Southern California, and Pasadena in particular, from the 1880s to the 1910s. Typewritten 1944 manuscript with handwritten editing notes. Originally titled, "So Many Worlds : A Business Explorer in the Promised Land."
mssHM 72900
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Elizabeth Mary Russell, Countess Russell Papers
Manuscripts
The collection consists of manuscripts, journals (scattered years between 1896-1941), journal typescripts, ephemera, and correspondence by Countess Russell. There is also correspondence addressed to Countess Russell in the collection, and manuscripts by Mathilde Blind (Love's completeness : a poem), E.M. Forster (Nassenheide), Geoffrey Kerr (A scenario), and Katherine Mansfield (Poems). 1. Manuscripts (Boxes 1-3), are arranged alphabetically by author and title. The manuscripts cover a wide span of Elizabeth Russell's writing career beginning with plays she wrote in 1905 to amuse her children and including a prose piece she wrote in 1940 about traveling with a dog. Included in this series are: articles, book reviews, essays, plays, short stories, and travel accounts. The series also includes manuscripts by other authors, most notably, Augustine Birrell, Mathilde Blind, E.M. Forster, Geoffrey Kerr, Katherine Mansfield, and Amélie Rives. 2. Journals (Boxes 4-8), are arranged chronologically. The journals cover the years 1896-1899, 1901-1902, 1904, 1910, 1912-1916, 1918-1941. The journal volumes vary in length from just a few pages to several hundred pages; also, several of the volumes are only partially filled. 3. Journal Typescripts (Boxes 9-12), are arranged chronologically. The typescripts were typed at the request of Elizabeth von Arnim Butterworth in preparation for the biography of her mother, Countess Elizabeth Russell, Elizabeth of the German Garden, which she published in 1958 (written under the pseudonym, Leslie De Charms). The typescripts provide valuable assistance in reading the journals, especially when Elizabeth Russell's handwriting is difficult to decipher. Evidently, an original copy and at least two carbon copies were made at that time and the majority of the typescripts in the collection are carbon copies; the typescripts also contain many autograph notes made by Elizabeth von Arnim Butterworth. 4. Correspondence (Boxes 13-39), is arranged alphabetically by author. This series consists mainly of personal letters written by Elizabeth Russell, including letters to her daughters, Elizabeth von Arnim Butterworth (687 letters), Eva von Arnim-Schlagenthin (22 letters), Beatrix von Hirschberg (41 letters). This group includes letters to other family members and friends, including letters written to Marie Luise Backe (61 letters), Henry Herron Beauchamp (12 letters), Alexander Stewart Frere (237 letters), Katherine Mansfield (42 letters, copies and autograph), Maud Ritchie (87 letters), and Hugh Walpole (112 letters). This series also includes letters written by Sir Sydney Beauchamp, Sir Max Beerbohm, Poultney Bigelow, Augustine Birrell, E.M. Forster, Rudyard Kipling, Odette Kuen, Vernon Lee (Violet Paget), Lady Constance Malleson, Katherine Mansfield, George Moore, John Middleton Murry, Bertrand Russell, John Francis Stanley Russell, 2nd Earl, George Santayana, Ethel Smyth, and H.G. Wells. 5. Ephemera (Box 40), is arranged alphabetically by title. The ephemera consists mainly of articles by and about Elizabeth Russell, articles about John Francis Stanley Russell, 2nd Earl, miscellaneous receipts, cards, and notes, and a large scrapbook of reviews of books by Elizabeth Russell (1898-1905). Strengths of the collection: This collection has several strong subject points for the purpose of research. Elizabeth Russell's journals, together with her personal letters, provide an almost complete portrait of her life, including her literary triumphs, love affairs, and personal tragedies. In her journals and letters she describes the life of the leisured upper class ladies (of whom she was one) and gentlemen in the years between the world wars in England and on the Continent. Though Elizabeth Russell was born in Australia she always considered herself thoroughly English and thus her writing provides a unique view of the many places she lived and visited, especially of Germany and the German people. The collection also contains many letters and manuscripts which describe life during World War I and the beginning years of World War II in France, England and the United States; there are also many references to Adolf Hitler, the Nazis, the treatment of the Jewish people, and the Battle of Britain. The collection does have areas of weakness; there is a lack of manuscript material for Elizabeth Russell's works, especially of material from the writing of her many published novels. We also know, from published accounts, Elizabeth Russell requested her daughter to destroy letters and material which were deemed to be of an embarrassing nature, thus an unknown amount of love letters and personal papers were burned in 1958.
mssER 1-1787
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Henry Herron Beauchamp Papers
Manuscripts
The collection consists of H.H. Beauchamp's Journals with typewritten transcriptions for the years 1870-1907, in which he wrote extensively about family matters, as well as, his travels, often pasting in photos, newspaper clippings and other printed material about the places he visited; the collection also includes letters written by Beauchamp, mainly to his wife, Elizabeth Lassetter Beauchamp, and other family members. A second major part of the collection is the Elizabeth Mary, Countess Russell, Address book, correspondence, with one letter by George Moore, ephemera and manuscripts, which consist of two typewritten copies and printed proof sheets of her novel, "Mr. Skeffington." The papers consist of the following series: 1. Journals (Box 1) are arranged chronologically and cover the years 1870-1907. Beauchamp wrote extensively about his world travels from 1870 until 1890, often pasting in photos, newspaper clippings and other printed material about the places he visited. After 1890, the journals mainly focus on family life and concerns, especially the health of his large extended family. Elizabeth Russell (as "May") is only mentioned briefly in the earlier journals but becomes more important after 1888, during her courtship with von Arnim. 2. Journal Transcriptions (Boxes 2-3) are arranged chronologically. These transcriptions are photocopies of the typewritten originals; because the journals are somewhat fragile it is best to read the transcriptions for detailed content of the journals. 3. H. H. Beauchamp Correspondence & Ephemera (Boxes 4-5) is arranged alphabetically by author and addressee. The majority of the letters were written by Beauchamp to his wife "Louey" and cover the years 1870 to 1905. These letters can be read alongside the journals as they provide some further travel details but are mainly concerned with family matters. There are a small number of letters to other family members, including one letter to Elizabeth, Countess Russell. This material also includes a copy of Beauchamp's death certificate and the padded folder which originally held the letters. 4. Elizabeth Mary, Countess Russell Address book, Correspondence, Ephemera & Manuscripts (Boxes 6-7) is arranged by format and then alphabetically by author. This material includes Elizabeth's address book, and the letters, cards, and ephemera removed from the address book and cataloged separately. There is also one letter from George Moore to Elizabeth, originally with the Beauchamp letters. The manuscripts are two carbon copy, typewritten copies, and the printed proof sheets of Mr. Skeffington; the printed proof sheets have been removed to a long, flat folder for storage.
mssHM 77555-77664
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Burke E. Casari Papers
Manuscripts
This collection consists of one manuscript by Richard F. Burton, and letters and documents, by, among others, Isabel Burton, Richard Burton, Verney Lovett Cameron, William Marcus Coghlan, J. A. Froude, Charles George Gordon, J. A. Grant, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Quentin Keynes, Alexander William Kinglake, David Livingstone, Mary Lovell, Victoria L. Maylor, Edwards H. Metcalf, Edward Henry Palmer, Bernadette Rivett, Stephen Tabachnick, John Hanning Speke, Henry M. Stanley, and William H. Wood. The collection also includes artwork, lithographs, maps, photographs, printed material and Burton related research material gathered by Burke Casari. The papers consist of the following series: 1. Manuscript, Correspondence, Documents & Photographs (Boxes 1-2) are arranged alphabetically by author and subject. This series includes one manuscript by Richard Burton and letters and documents by, among others, Isabel Burton, Richard Burton, Verney Lovett Cameron, J. A. Froude, Charles George Gordon, J. A. Grant, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Alexander William Kinglake, David Livingstone, Victoria L. Maylor, Edward Henry Palmer, John Hanning Speke and Henry M. Stanley. This series also includes photographs of Isabel Burton, Emin Pasha, Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton) and David Livingstone. 2. Oversize Correspondence, Etching, Lithographs, Maps & Printed Material (Box 3) is arranged alphabetically by author and subject. This series includes correspondence between William Marcus Coghlan and Peter M. Melvill, Frederick Leighton's portrait of Burton, Vanity Fair lithographs, as well as maps of Africa, India and Sierra Leone dating from 1748-1880. This series also includes various Burton-related pages from the Illustrated London News. 3. Research Material (Box 4 - Red Slip Case). This series includes original published pages from The Athenæum, with articles by and about Richard Burton; including reviews of his publications and contributions by Burton, (1852-1906), 362 pages. 4. Research Material (Boxes 5-7) is arranged by subject and format. This material was collected by Burke Casari during his Burton research; it includes correspondence, printed material, photocopies of Burton articles and manuscripts, prints of Burton images, modern photos, research notes and clippings. The correspondence includes, among others, Quentin Keynes, Mary S. Lovell, Edward H. Metcalf, Bernadette Rivett and Stephen E. Tabachnick. 5. Kama Sutra (Box 8). Bound volume of a manuscript copy by an unknown author. 6. Correspondence and Research Material (Box 9) is arranged alphabetically by author. This series includes letters from Isabel Burton and Richard Burton to William Martin Wood and his wife, Mrs. William Martin Wood. This correspondence was removed from the Album now cataloged as Box 10. This series also includes research material collected by Burke Casari in support of his acquisition of the Kama Sutra and the album of correspondence; it includes email, photocopies and autograph notes. 7. Album (Box 10). Leather album and box; originally contained Burton and Wood correspondence.
mssHM 78795-78885, 80305-80324