Manuscripts

Alexander Irvine autograph collection

Description: An 18th and 19th century autograph collection of 77 items which consists primarily of letters of famous British and European authors, scientists, and celebrities. The collection contains letters in English, French, German, and Italian; it also includes clipped signatures, envelope fronts, and ephemera.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1786-1898
Call number: mssIrvineaut
Creator: Irvine, Alexander (1863-1941)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift from Alexander Irvine, February 1931.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Inglis - Wiffen; ephemera

Manuscripts

Contains mssHM 64475-64507, 64540. Ephemera includes clipped signatures, envelope fronts, miscellaneous notes, and family tree.

mssIrvineaut

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The collection consists mostly of Irvine's manuscripts, arranged alphabetically by title. The entirety of the first and the beginning of the second box consist of manuscript drafts - both typescript and autograph - of chapters from the author's larger works. The rest of the second box consists of manuscript drafts of sermons which Irvine gave after the turn of the century, most of them from his 1909-1910 tenure at the Church of the Ascension in New York City. The third upright box consists entirely of Irvine's manuscript essays, many of which appeared in publication. Most of these manuscripts are undated but it appears the bulk of these papers come the Irvine's final thirty years. The collection's final upright box contains the rest of Irvine's manuscripts. It also contains twenty-four folders of Irvine's correspondence, three folders of news clippings, six folders of ephemera, and one folder of photos. There are several items in oversize. Two large scrapbooks, each housed individually, contain a great deal of ephemera, photographs, and correspondence which Irvine himself organized. Other items in oversize include a small scrapbook containing mainly photos and news clippings from 1922 to 1938, and a large, thin packet containing four editions of The Psychological Review of Reviews from the early 1920s. There are also two oversize manuscripts: one a fragment from the draft of a script, and the other an undated essay titled "The Cost of Something for Nothing." Subjects in the collection include: John Brown; California; Eugene Debs; Carter Glass; Grand Army of the Republic; Hitler Youth; John L. Lewis; Abraham Lincoln; Jack London; Mexican Revolution; New York City; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Upton Sinclair; socialism; tuberculosis; Mark Twain; World War I; World War II; vaudeville; vigilantes; and Yale University.

mssIrvine papers

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Irvine, Alexander, 1863-1941. "Psalm of Armageddon:" [autograph draft] [undated]. 1 item

Manuscripts

mssIrvine papers

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Irvine, Alexander, 1863-1941. "The Glamour of London Auctions:" [autograph essay] [undated]. 1 item

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mssIrvine papers

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Irvine, Alexander, 1863-1941. "A Celtic Pilgrim's Progress:" [autograph essay] [undated]. 1 item

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[Irvine, Alexander, 1863-1941]. "My Home in Hollywood:" [autograph draft] [undated]. 1 item

Manuscripts

mssIrvine papers

Alexander Irvine autograph collection

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Alexander Irvine Papers

Irvine, Alexander, 1863-1941. "Psalm of Armageddon:" [autograph draft] [undated]. 1 item

Irvine, Alexander, 1863-1941. "The Glamour of London Auctions:" [autograph essay] [undated]. 1 item

Irvine, Alexander, 1863-1941. "A Celtic Pilgrim's Progress:" [autograph essay] [undated]. 1 item

[Irvine, Alexander, 1863-1941]. "My Home in Hollywood:" [autograph draft] [undated]. 1 item