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Finding Aid for Aldous Huxley collection of papers, 1915-1973 bulk (1915-1963).

Guide to the Aldous Huxley collection of papers, 1915-1973 bulk (1915-1963).

Berg Coll MSS Huxley
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Table of Contents

Descriptive Summary Table of Contents

Title
Aldous Huxley collection of papers, 1915-1973 bulk (1915-1963).
Creator
Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963.
Call Number
Berg Coll MSS Huxley
Size
413 items
Repository
The New York Public Library. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. New York, New York
Abstract
This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, legal documents, portrait photographs, and pictorial works.

Administration Information Table of Contents

Source

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

Custodial History

Former owners include Sir Edward Howard Marsh.

Access

Collection is restricted to qualified scholars and researchers through the Office of Special Collections, Room 316

Restrictions on Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

Biography Table of Contents

Aldous Huxley was a British novelist, short-story writer, playwright, screenwriter, literary and social critic, and poet.

Scope and Content Note Table of Contents

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, legal documents, portrait photographs, and pictorial works. The typescripts include stories, plays, and criticism. The correspondence, dating from 1915 to 1963, includes letters from the author to Douglas Glass, D. H. and Frieda Lawrence, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols, Frances Petersen, Edward Sackville-West, Beth Wendel, Humbert Wolfe, Leonard Woolf, and others. There are also letters relating to the author, dating from 1917 to 1969, between various correspondents including Henry Miller, Carl Van Vechten, and others. There are letters addressed to Huxley from Joseph Anthony, Helen Harvey, Beth Wendel, Gilbert Perleberg, and others dating from 1938 to 1969, many relating to Huxley's play, The Genius and the Goddess.

Container List Table of Contents

   
Manuscripts and Typescripts Table of Contents
   
Manuscripts and typescripts written by Huxley Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Miscellaneous autograph material: 1 envelope n.d.
ms.
( 1 item )
Cased     
After many a summer dies the swan. Typescript of the dramatization with the author's and his collaborator's, Ralph Rose's ms. corrections [ca. 1958]
typescripts (emended)
( 139 p. )
Cased     
Genius and the goddess, The. Typescripts (16) of play with ms. corrections by Aldous Huxley, Beth Wendel and others [1955 - 1973]
typescripts (emended)
( 23 v. )

Detailed list of contents laid in v. 1

Manuscript box     
[Genius and the goddess, The] Memorandum on what must be played at Boston. Typescript [1957 Nov. 24]
typescripts
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Notes on a mental journey. Typescript with the author's ms. corrections n.d.
typescripts (emended)
( 16 p. )
Manuscript box     
100,000 say no! Nash's cross-examines the leaders of the peace pledge movement. Typescript (carbon) of interview with Huxley's ms. corrections and additions. Richard Mealand, editor of Nash's, conducted the interview with Huxley and Hugh R. L. Sheppard n.d.
typescripts (emended)
( 26 p. )

With original typescript of above, incomplete, with ms. corrections in an unidentified hand, undated 20 p.; Also TL (carbon) from Mealand to Nancy Pearn, March 31, 1936, 1 l. and 6 p. of typewritten answers with Huxley's emendations. Published in Nash's Pall Mall magazine, July 1936, p. 76-81

Manuscript box     
Postcript to a misadventure. Typescript (photocopy) with the author's ms. corrections. Sent to Matthew and Ellen Huxley 1957 Dec.
typescripts (emended)
( 3 p. )
Oversize (+)     
Those barren leaves. Typescript (carbon) with the author's ms. corrections n.d.
typescripts (emended)
( 506 p. )

Letter dated Dec. 3, 1924, from G. H. Doran presenting the typescript to [--?] Crosby, laid in

   
Manuscripts and typescripts relating to Huxley Table of Contents
Manuscript box (Huxley, A.)     
Berlin Translation Service, Los Angeles. Reviews of the German television production of Aldous Huxley's dramatization of his novel The genius and the goddess, in collaboration with Beth Wendel. Typescripts 1959 Apr. 30 - 1960 Jan. 9
typescripts
( 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
Colum, Mary (Maguire). Mortal coils, by Aldous Huxley. Typescript of book review with the author's ms. corrections. Page 3 wanting. Additional title in ms.: The quality of Aldous Huxley n.d.
typescripts (emended)
( 3 p. )

Signed

Manuscript box     
Nash's Pall Mall magazine. Many happy returns! Holograph and typescript contributions by various authors to the 25th anniversary issue of Nash's. Contributions solicited by and addressed to the editor of Nash's, Richard Mealand n.d.
ms.
( 57 folders )

Some contributions accompanied by correspondence. Detailed list of contents in folder 1. Published in Nash's, vol. 93, no. 494 (July 1934), p. 58-59, 142-147

In his: [Poems] Holograph notebook, Feb. 18 [ 1963]-April 5 [1966], p. 84-85     
Spender, Stephen. "Performing at / the gathering commemorating / Aldous Huxley dead..." Holograph draft of poem [1963] Dec. 18
ms.
( 2 p. )
   
Correspondence Table of Contents
   
Outgoing Correspondence Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Abercrombie, Lascelles. ALS to. Refers to D. H. Lawrence's letters 1931 July 24
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Allen, Rita. TLS, TL (incomplete), TL (copy) to. Relates to his play The genius and the goddess 1955 Dec. 11 - 1956 Jan. 1
corr. out
( 1 p. each )
Manuscript box     
Anderson, Robin. ALS to. Written on margin of letter from Robin Anderson to the author asking questions related to his Ends and means [1945 after Feb. 17]
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Armitage, Mrs. ALS to 1962 Aug. 14
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Burr, Courtney. Telegram to. Relates to his play The genius and the goddess 1957 Nov. 23?
corr. out
( 3 p. )
Manuscript box     
Christy, Mr. ALS to 1935 Apr. 3
corr. out
( 1 leaf )

B.

Manuscript box     
[Glass], [Douglas]. ALS to. Mentions Potocki case 1932 Mar. 9
corr. out
( 1 p. )

B.

Manuscript box     
Glass, esq., Douglas. Postcard to [19]32
corr. out
( 1 item )

Signed with initials. B.

Manuscript box     
Glass, [Douglas]. ALS to. Relates to Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk 1935 Dec. 15
corr. out
( 1 leaf )

B.

Manuscript box     
Glass, [Douglas]. ALS to. Relates to Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk 1936 Jan. 30
corr. out
( 1 leaf )

B.

Manuscript box     
Gordan, John D. ALS to. Relates to D. H. Lawrence 1958 Apr. 25
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Harvey, Helen. ALS to. Relates to Huxley's The genius and the goddess 1955 Dec. 11
corr. out
( 1 p. )

With TLS from Helen Harvey to Aldous Huxley, Jan. 10, 1957. 1 p. Relates to Huxley's The genius and the goddess

Manuscript box     
Harvey, Helen. TL (copy) to. Relates to Huxley's The genius and the goddess 1957 Jan. 10[?]
corr. out
( 1 p. )

With: TLS from Helen Harvey to Aldous Huxley, Jan. 10, 1957. 1 p.

Manuscript box     
Harvey, Helen. TL (copy) to. Relates to Huxley's The genius and the goddess 1957 Dec. 4
corr. out
( 5 p. )

With: TLS from Helen Harvey to Aldous Huxley, Jan. 10, 1957. 1 p.

Manuscript box     
Jones, [--?]. ANS to [n.d.]
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Kelly, Nancy. TL (carbon) to. Relates to his play The genius and the goddess [1957 Nov. 21]
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Kester, Max. TL to. Typed from a tape by Laura Huxley 1963 Nov. 17
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Land, Myrick. ALS to. Relates to disagreement between John Middleton Murry and D. H. Lawrence 1962 Mar. 1
corr. out
( 2 leaves )
Manuscript box     
Lawrence, David Herbert. ALS to 1928 Dec. 12
corr. out
( 2 leaves )
Manuscript box     
Lawrence, Frieda. 2 ALS to 1930 Apr. 27, 1930 June 6
corr. out
( 1 leaf each )
Manuscript box     
Lea, Frank Alfred. ALS to. Relates to John Middleton Murry 1957 July 17
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Leslie, [Seymour]. ALS to 1920 Aug. 12
corr. out
( 1 leaf )

With envelope addressed by the recipient (?) to Alexander Whitehead. Published in Letters of Aldous Huxley, ed. by Grover Smith, London, Chatto & Windus, 1969, p. 190

Inserted in: Huxley, Aldous. Eyeless in Gaza. London, 1936. 1st ed.     
Lucas, E[dward] V. ALS to 1924 Feb. 18
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Marsh, Sir Edward Howard. ALS to 1920 May 6
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Marsh, Edward Howard. ALS to 1921 Mar. 21
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Marsh, Edward Howard. ALS to 1921 Nov. 21
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Marsh, Edward Howard. ALS to 1922 June 19
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box. In: Nash's Pall Mall magazine. Many happy returns! Folder 23     
Nash's Pall Mall magazine. ALS to Richard Mealand. Includes his contribution to Nash's 25th anniversary issue 1934 Apr. 26
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Nash's Pall Mall magazine. ALS to Richard Mealand. Relates to his Eyeless in Gaza 1936 Jan. 29
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
International magazine company. Postcard to Richard Mealand 1937 Dec. 30
corr. out
( 1 item )
Manuscript box     
Nichols, Robert Malise Bowyer. 4 ALS to 1931 Jan. 18 - 1937 Feb. 16
corr. out
( 2 leaves each )
Manuscript box     
Perleberg, Gilbert C. 4 ALS, 2 TLS to 1938 June 17 - 1959 Jan. 10
corr. out
( 6 letters in 2 folders )

Accompanied by: Perleberg, Gilbert C. 6 TL (carbon) to Aldous Huxley, June 5, 1938-Dec. 16, 1958

Manuscript box     
Perleberg, Gilbert C. ALS to 1963 Feb. 4
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Perleberg, Gilbert C. ALS to [1963 May 30]
corr. out
( 3 p. )

Accompanied by: Perleberg, Gilbert C. TL (carbon) to Aldous Huxley, May 30, 1963. 2 p.

Manuscript box     
Petersen, Frances. ALS to [1915 June 19]
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Petersen, Frances. ALS to 1915 June 25
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Petersen, Frances. ALS to [1915 June?]
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Petersen, Frances. TN to 1916 Apr. 15
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Petersen, Frances. TLS to 1916 Apr. 20
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Petersen, Frances. ALS to [1917] Jan. 5
corr. out
( 2 leaves )
Manuscript box     
Petersen, Frances. ALS to 1917 June 17
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Petersen, Frances. ALS to 1917 Dec. 5
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Petersen, Frances. ALS to 1917 Dec. 15
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Petersen, Frances. ALS to 1918 Jan. 2
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Petersen, Frances. ALS to 1918 Feb. 5
corr. out
( 2 leaves )
Manuscript box     
Petersen, Frances. ALS to 1918 May 9
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Petersen, Frances. ALS to 1918 June 17
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Petersen, Frances. ALS to 1918 Nov. 18
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Petersen, Frances. ALS to [n.y.] Feb. 28
corr. out
( 2 leaves )
Manuscript box     
Petersen, Frances. ALS to [n.d.]
corr. out
( 2 leaves )
Manuscript box     
Petersen, Frances. TLS to [n.d.]
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Petersen, Frances. TLS to [n.d.]
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Pinker and son, James B. LS, ALS, etc. to 1939
corr. out
( 3 letters )
Manuscript box     
Sackville-West, Edward. ALS and TLS to 1936 Nov. 9, 1940 Jan. 9
corr. out
( 1 leaf each )
Manuscript box     
Secker, Martin. ALS to 1932 Oct. 21
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Sheppard, [H.R.L.]. ALS to 1936 Jan. 19
corr. out
( 3 p. )

Published in Letters of Aldous Huxley, ed. by Grover Smith, London, Chatto & Windus, 1969, p. 399. Came with Sir Edward Howard Marsh's correspondence

Manuscript box     
Spanner, Miss. ALS to. Letter of presentation by John Rawlings, son of the correspondent 1929 Apr. 29
corr. out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Squire, John Collings. ALS to 1919 Aug. 7
corr. out
( 3 p. )
Manuscript box     
Szladits, Mrs. [Charles]. ALS to 1955 July 30
corr. out
( 1 p. )

B.

Manuscript box     
Watt & son, A. P. ANS to [n.d.]
corr. out
( 1 p. )

Written at bottom of Watt's TLS to Huxley, May 26, 1941. With TL (carbon) from Watt, Jan. 17, 1941

Manuscript box     
Wendel, Beth. 29 ALS, 1 ANS, 14 TLS, 7 postcards, 5 telegrams to [1950 Mar. 24 - 1963 Aug. 10?]
corr. out
( 56 letters in 13 folders )

With 9 TLS (carbons), 4 TL (carbons) from Beth Wendel to Aldous Huxley, Jan. 19, 1955-Oct. 20, 1956. Folders 1-7

Manuscript box     
Wharton, Edith. ALS to 1932 Mar. 19
corr. out
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Wilson, [Charles]. ALS to 1930 Sept. 20
corr. out
( 3 p. )
Manuscript box     
Wolfe, Humbert. ALS to 1923 Jan. 15
corr. out
( 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
Woolf, Leonard Sidney. ALS to 1936 Mar. 2
corr. out
( 3 p. )
   
Incoming Correspondence Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Anthony, Joseph. TLS to Huxley. Relates to Huxley's play, The genius and the goddess 1956 Jan. 5
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

With: Huxley, A. TL (2 copies), TL (copy) to Joseph Anthony. Jan. 1, 1956. 2 p. each; Jan. 10, 1956. 1 p.

Manuscript box     
Harvey, Helen. TLS to Huxley. Relates to Huxley's play, The genius and the goddess 1957 Jan. 10
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

With: Huxley, A. ALS, 2 TL (copies) to Helen Harvey. Dec. 11, 1955. 1 p.; Jan. 10[?] 1957. 1 p.; Dec. 4, 1957. 5 p.

Manuscript box (Huxley, A.)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various correspondents, not listed separately, to Aldous Huxley and others, relating to the dramatization of his novel The genius and the goddess 1955 Sept. 29 - 1969 Aug. 13
in. corr.
( 72 letters in 10 folders )
Manuscript box     
Perleberg, Gilbert C. 6 TL (carbons) to Huxley 1938 June 5 - 1958 Dec. 16
in. corr.
( 6 letters )

With: Huxley, A. 4 ALS, 2 TLS to Gilbert C. Perleberg. June 17, 1938-Jan. 10, 1959. 2 folders

Manuscript box     
Perleberg, Gilbert C. TL (carbon) to Huxley 1963 May 30
in. corr.
( 2 p. )

With: Huxley, A. ALS to Gilbert C. Perleberg [before May 30, 1963] 3 p.

Manuscript box. In folders 1-7     
Wendel, Beth. 9 TLS (carbons), 4 TL (carbons) to Huxley 1955 Jan. 19 - 1956 Oct. 20
in. corr.
( 13 letters )

With: Huxley, A. 29 ALS, 1 ANS, 14 TLS, 7 postcards, 5 telegrams to Beth Wendel. [March 24, 1950 - Aug. 10[?] 1963] in 13 folders

   
Related Correspondence Table of Contents
Manuscript box (Pinker, J. B., firm)     
Letters, ALS, telegrams, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of James B. Pinker and son as literary agent for Aldous Huxley n.d.
related corr.
( 10 letters )
Manuscript box     
Miller, Henry. AN, in the third person, to Carl Van Vechten [n.d.]
related corr.
( 1 p. )

On p. 1 of prospectus for The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, translated by Swami Nikhilananda; foreword by Aldous Huxley, New York, 1942

Manuscript box (Marsh)     
Morrell, Lady Ottoline Violet Anne (Cavendish-Bentinck). ALS to Sir Edward Howard Marsh. Relates to Aldous Huxley 1917 Apr. 11
related corr.
( 1 leaf )
   
Legal Documents Table of Contents
Manuscript box (Huxley, A.)     
Agreements (5) between Aldous Huxley, Beth Wendel, and various producers relating to the dramatization of Huxley's novel The genius and the goddess 1957 Mar. 26 - 1962 Mar. 19
legal docs.
( 5 items in 2 folders )

With agreement between A. Huxley and B. Wendel relating to the terms of their collaboration, July 1, 1955. Folder 1

   
Portraits and Pictorial Works Table of Contents
   
Pictorial Works Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Genius and the goddess, The. Original pencilled sketches (3) for the set of the play n.d.
pictorial works
( 1 p. each )

With miscellaneous manuscript material relating to the production of the play. 7 items

   
Portraits Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Photograph of Aldous Huxley. 14 x 9 cm. n.d.
portraits
( 1 item )

Signed

Manuscript box. Enclosed in letter of Dec. 9, 1940     
2 photographs of Aldous Huxley, one with Anita Loos n.d.
portraits
( 2 items )

With: 3 ALS, 16 TLS, 1 TL to Edward Sackville-West [ca. Aug. 24, 1936]-Jan. 5, 1950

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