Frederick Rolfe collection of papers, 1891-1954 bulk (1891-1910)

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Creator

Rolfe, Frederick, 1860-1913.

Location

Berg Collection of English and American Literature

Extent

• 48 items.

Scope/Contents Note

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, a typescript, and correspondence. The manuscripts includea poem and lists of books and characters; the typescript is a carbon of "Unpublished Letters of Baron Corvo." The correspondence consists of letters from the author, datingfrom 1891 to 1911, to W. W. Astor, Charles Philip Kains-Jackson, G. T. Maquay, and Lonsdale Ragg, as well as letters relating to the author, dating from [1891?] to 1954, between various correspondents, including R. H. Benson, Winifred E. Deighton, Leonard H. Green, Charles Philip Kains-Jackson, John Gambril Nicholson, Laura Ragg, Lonsdale Ragg, Nancy Gleeson White, and others. There is also an August 1909 letter to Rolfe from Lonsdale Ragg.

Biographical/Historical Note

Frederick Rolfe was an English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. He wrote under the pseudonym Baron Corvo.

Controlled Access Terms

• Rolfe, Frederick, 1860-1913.
• Correspondence.

Additional Creator Names

• Astor, William Waldorf Astor, Viscount, 1848-1919.
• Benson, Robert, 1850-1929.
• Deighton, Winifred.
• Green, Leonard.
• Kains-Jackson, Charles Philip.
• Maquay, G. T.
• Nicholson, John Gambril, 1861-1931.
• Ragg, Laura Maria Roberts.
• Ragg, Lonsdale, 1866-1945.
• White, Nancy Gleeson.
• Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1898-1975. fmo
• Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup) fmo
• John Shaw Billings Memorial Collection.