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Abercorn, James Albert Hamilton, Duke of, 1869-1953. 1 letter to [Wilfred Partington, b. 1888], A.L.S. (1 p.), (1932, May 3), Barons Court (Ulster, No. Ireland)

Description
The collection consists of manuscripts by Partington, James Agate, Jessie Conrad, R. B. Cunninghame Grahame, John Kirkby, and H. D. C. Pepler; these manuscripts include articles, essays, personal narratives, poems, and short stories. The correspondence mainly relates to Partington's work with the Bookman's journal, his books about Sir Walter Scott, and his various literary endeavors. The main subjects of these letters reflect the work and interests of Partington, including bibliography, forgery, and the authors Joseph Conrad, Sir Walter Scott, William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde and Thomas James Wise. There are also letters by Partington, mainly carbon copies, and a small group of letters from his family and friends. The collection also includes his research files and a small amount of ehpemera.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1912-1953.
Call number
PAR 68
Creator
Partington, Wilfred (1888-1955)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Acquired through Maggs Bros., from Sotheby's (London), Lot 426, July 28-29, 1977.
Associated people
Adcock, Arthur St. John, (1864-1930.)
Allan, P. B. M. (1884-1973.)
Beinecke, Edwin J. (1886-1970.)
Conrad, Jessie. (1872-1966.)
Craig, Edward Gordon, (1873-1956.)
De la Mare, Walter, (1882-1937.)
Drinkwater, John, (1879-1970.)
Forster, E. M. (1867-1933.)
Galsworthy, John, (1879-1959.)
Gosse, Philip, (1879-1937.)
Hardy, Florence Emily, (1907-1999.)
Hart-Davis, Rupert, (1859-1936.)
Housman, A. E. (1858-)
Ibbett, William Joseph, (1865-1936.)
Keen, Alan. (1871-)
Kipling, Rudyard, (1899-1975.)
Kirkby, John, (1883-1959.)
Laver, James, (1878-1967.)
McBey, James, (1875-1954.)
Masefield, John, (1880-1958.)
Maxwell-Scott, Walter, (1892-1979.)
Meikle, Henry W. (1884-1967.)
Morton, H. V. (1888-1955.)
Murray, John, (1859-1944.)
Partington, Wilfred, (1876-1949.)
Pollard, Alfred W. (1876-1952.)
Pope-Hennessy, Una, (1856-1950.)
Rosenbach, A. S. W. (1878-1968.)
Shaw, Bernard, (1858-1948.)
Sinclair, Upton, (1891-1970.)
Spielmann, M. H. (1884-1941.)
Thorp, Margaret Farrand, (-1948.)
Walpole, Hugh,
Watt, Alexander Strahan,
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