Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946

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ANS from H.G. Wells to Leslie Clark, TLS from Marjorie Wells to Leslie Clark, TL from Amalgamated Press Ltd. to Marjorie Wells, "Introduction to Fairy Story by H.G. Wells," typescript, corrected and signed, by G.B. Stern, and a biographical sketch of Wells, holograph manuscript, mentioning Barbara Hicks and G. K. Chesterton.

Abstract: Correspondence, drafts of articles and poems, legal documents, press releases, clippings and other papers of the magazine which was published in New York from January 1941 to February 1942 under the editorship of Klaus Mann. Correspondents and writers include W.H. Auden, André Gide, Sir Julian Huxley, Christopher Isherwood, Heinrich Mann, Thomas Mann, William Carlos Williams and Stefan Zweig. Also in the papers is the proof for an unpublished article by Vladimir Nabokov, "Soviet Literature...

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The Mary Cadwalader Jones Correspondence contains letters from various individuals, including notable writers, poets, politicians, and artists, including Edith Wharton, Grover Cleveland, Ruth Draper, Edgar Lee Masters, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Nikola Tesla, and H.G. Wells.

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The David Low Papers contain correspondence, manuscripts of books and articles, illustrated lectures, letters to the editor, speeches, radio and television scripts, published drawings, Christmas and menu cards, and personal papers that document aspects of the life and career of David Low.

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Brief ANS concerning his The History of Mr. Polly.

Removed from his The History of Mr. Polly (London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [n.d.]).

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Two ANS concerning a dispute involving Wells, the Society of Authors, and G. Herbert Thring.

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The collection consists of letters and a few manuscripts by or related to Ezra Pound. Correspondents include Ubaldo degli Uberti; Ethel de Courcy Duncan; Robert Duncan; Gladys Hines; Lewis Maverick; Donald J. Paquette; Odon Por; and Louis Zukofsky. Manuscripts include holographs of "To Our Lady of Vicarious Atonement" and "What I Feel about Walt Whitman" by Pound and biographical notes on Pound by Lewis Maverick.

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Correspondence by, to, and about Dorothy Richardson, with manuscripts of her short stories, articles and novels, as well as other writings about Richardson. Accompanied by clippings of articles by and about Richardson and her friends, legal agreements, and photographs. Principal correspondents include John and Ruby Austen, Bernice Elliott, Peggy Kirkaldy, Alan and Rose Odle, Phyllis Playter and John Cowper Powys, Henry Savage, and H. G. Wells.

Abstract: The Donald Ogden Stewart and Ella Winter Papers consists of correspondence, writings, photographs, financial papers, and other material that document the work and lives of the writers Donald Ogden Stewart and Ella Winter. The Papers provide evidence of Stewart and Winter's writing careers as well as political activism. The Papers also relate to Stewart and Winter's friends and family, including Lincoln Steffens. The Papers illuminate the creative lives of Stewart and Winter and offer...

Abstract: The major part of the papers is made up of a nearly complete collection of Ernst Toller's plays printed in German and in English translation, together with copies of his articles (1917-1939) which were gathered from newspapers and periodicals from many countries by John M. Spalek, editor of Toller's works. Also assembled by Spalek and added to the papers are articles, books, and dissertations (1922-1972) about Toller in both German and English. The personal papers stem from the last five...

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The papers consist of correspondence to and from West, correspondence of her husband Henry Andrews, writings of Rebecca West, writings of others, personal papers, and writings about Rebecca West.

Abstract: The papers consist of letters, manuscripts, and other documents from the business files of Kurt Wolff Verlag. Chiefly correspondence with authors of the German Expressionist literary movement. Includes contracts, financial statements, and documentary material. Correspondents include Walter Hasenclever, Franz Kafka, and Franz Werfel. Most letters to the Kurt Wolff Verlag are directed to Kurt Wolff himself; others are addressed to persons associated with the Kurt Wolff Verlag, e.g. Georg...