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Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1859 - 1937

Biography

Thomas James Wise (1859-1937), bibliophile who collected the Ashley Library, now housed by the British Library; forger.

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Letter : London, to an unidentified recipient, 1916 Jul 2

 Part of Collection — Box 60: [Barcode: 39002137225356], Folder: GROUP 2288, F-3
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS to "Dear Sir," enclosing a printed excerpt from his bibliography of Algernon Charles Swinburne, concerning the 1864 publication and a twentieth-century facsimile of Dead Love.

Dates: 1916 Jul 2

Letter : London, to Charles A. Stonehill, 1926 May 15

 Part of Collection — Box 60: [Barcode: 39002137225356], Folder: GROUP 2288, F-2
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS with envelope.

Dates: 1926 May 15

Letter : London, to Edward Clodd, 1914 Mar 26

 Part of Collection — Box 60: [Barcode: 39002137225356], Folder: GROUP 2288, F-4
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC

Letter : London, to Harry Buxton Forman, 1894 Jan 12

 Part of Collection — Box 60: [Barcode: 39002137225356], Folder: GROUP 2288, F-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC

Letters, 1900, n.d.

 Part of Collection — Box 60: [Barcode: 39002137225356], Folder: GROUP 2288, F-5
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS to Mrs. A. C. Maltby, Jan 24, 1900; and four ALS to unidentified recipients, 1900 and n.d.

Dates: 1900, n.d.

Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1231
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, writings, research, notes, scrapbooks, and other materials documenting Lounsbury's personal life and professional career as an author and educator of English literature at Yale University. Correspondence with Yale colleagues, students, authors, and officials details his academic and literary interests, and activity in the areas of international language and simplified spelling. Personal materials include letters relating to Lounsbury's Civil War...
Dates: 1829-1915

Note about Daniel Defoe, n.d.

 Part of Collection — Box 207 (Broadside): [Barcode: 39002137226107], Folder: GROUP 2288, F-6
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ANS, photocopy, concerning pamphlets attributed to Defoe by George Aitken.

Dates: n.d.