Manuscripts

James Joyce materials

Description: Material includes mssHM 41117-41190; the manuscripts and letters are written by James Joyce unless otherwise noted. The Donald S. Friede material consists mainly of typewritten carbon copies which are brittle and fragile, with some damage but no loss of text.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1901-1938
Call number: mssThompsonj
Creator: Thompson, John Hinsdale(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Mrs. Jill Thompson Perkins, March 1974.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Miscellaneous printed material on James Joyce

Manuscripts

The collection contains original James Joyce material with additional material concerning James Joyce scholarship and John Hinsdale Thompson's collecting of the James Joyce material. The first series of the collection contains 73 original items (1901-1938, mssHM 41118-41190), either written by or about James Joyce and include: Joyce's translation of Gerhart Hauptmann's Before sunrise; a corrected typescript of a portion of Penelope; and various poems. Also included are autograph letters by Joyce to various recipients, and the correspondence of Donald S. Friede concerning his publication and the copyright of Joyce's Work in progress. The second series includes 169 items of supporting material (1939-1973) which consists chiefly of correspondence between John Hinsdale Thompson, booksellers, and other Joyce scholars; the majority of these letters are addressed to Thompson. Also contains manuscripts, printer's material, printed material, and ephemera concerning Joyce scholarship.

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John Hinsdale Thompson collection of James Joyce materials

Manuscripts

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Harry F. Marks miscellaneous printed material concerning James Joyce

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James Joyce scholarship materials

Manuscripts

The material includes correspondence, manuscripts, printed material, ephemera, and envelopes. The letters are written by or addressed to John Hinsdale Thompson unless otherwise noted.

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Notes, etc., on the "Cloacal Obsession" in Joyce

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James Joyce materials

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