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 Machine readable finding aid created 2006. Description is in English Berg Coll MSS BeerbohmGuide to the Max Beerbohm collection of papers,1878-1964 bulk (1909-1957) The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature The New York Public LibraryNew York, New York The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. New York Public Library. Room 320. Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street New York, NY 10018-2788 (212) 930-0802 brgref@nypl.org http://nypl.org/research/chss/spe/brg/berg.html Staff 2006 Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider Processed and encoded through a gift from Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.

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 Descriptive Summary Max Beerbohm collection of papers, 1878-1964 bulk (1909-1957) Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956. Berg Coll MSS Beerbohm546 items The New York Public Library. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
New York, New York
 This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, a diary for 1911-1933, an undated notebook, legal documents, portraits and pictorial works. Subjects Personal Names Bell, Clive, 1881-1964. Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915, former owner. Fenn, Robert. Fletcher, Frank, 1870-1954, former owner. Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928. Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup), former owner. Jepson, Selwyn, 1899- Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953. Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965. Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Young, Owen D., 1874- former owner. Organizations Heinemann (Firm) Subjects Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956. Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956 -- Portraits. Document Types Correspondence DiariesNotebooks Administration Information Source

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

Custodial History

Former owners include W. T. H. Howe, Owen D. Young, Frank Fletcher, and Rupert Brooke.

 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

Sir Max Beerbohm was a British essayist, drama critic, and caricaturist.

 Scope and Content Note

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, a diary for 1911-1933, an undated notebook, legal documents, portraits and pictorial works. The manuscripts include holographs from "A Christmas Garland," "The Dreadful Dragon of Hay Hill," and other essays; notes toward works, and short stories. The typescripts include essays, stories, and contributions to a collection of tributes to the author for his 80th birthday. The legal documents include agreements and royalty statements for the author and the author's will. The correspondence includes letters, from 1885 to 1955, from the author to Edmund Gosse, Selwyn Jepson, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, and others. Also present are letters relating to the author and his 80th birthday tribute album, dating from 1903 to 1964, between various correspondents including Clive Bell, Robert W. Fenn, William Heinemann, Ltd., Selwyn Jepson, and others. There are letters to Beerbohm from Selwyn Jepson, W. S. Maugham, Bernard Shaw, and others, dating from 1898 to 1956.

Series Descriptions Manuscripts & Typescripts Manuscripts and Typescripts written by Beerbohm Manuscript box Ballad tragique a double refrain. Manuscript copy in Rupert Brooke's hand n.d. ms. 1 p.

Came with Brooke's correspondence with Margery Olivier

Manuscript box [Christmas garland]. All roads. Chapter V [by Maurice Baring]. Holograph n.d. ms. 9 p.

Published in the 1950 edition of A Christmas garland

Manuscript box [Christmas garland]. All roads. Chapter V [by Maurice Baring]. Typescript (original and carbon), incomplete, with the author's ms. corrections. Page 1 and 7 wanting n.d. typescripts (emended) 6 p. Manuscript box Christmas garland. Christmas by G. S. Str**t. Holograph n.d. ms. 4 p.

Signed. Published in his A Christmas garland, London, Heinemann, 1912

Manuscript box Christmas garland. Endeavour by J*hn G*alsw*rthy. Holograph n.d. ms. 5 p.

Published in his A Christmas garland, London, Heinemann, 1912

Manuscript box Christmas garland. Euphemia Clashthought. An imitation of Meredith. Holograph n.d. ms. 5 p.

Signed. An improved version of The victory of Aphasia Gibberish, published in the Saturday review, Illustrated supplement, Christmas, 1896

Manuscript box Christmas garland. The feast by J*s*ph C*nr*d. Holograph n.d. ms. 3 p.

Signed. Published in his A Christmas garland, London, Heinemann, 1912

Manuscript box Christmas garland. Mankind and Perkins by H. G. W*lls. Chapter XX. Holograph with the author's ms. corrections and marginal notes to the printer. Pages 4-5 are mounted cuttings from the Saturday review, Dec. 29, 1906 n.d. ms. 6 p.

Published in his A Christmas garland, London, Heinemann, 1912

Manuscript box Christmas garland. Our Christmas by H*l**re B*ll*c. Holograph n.d. ms. 4 p.

Published in his A Christmas garland, London, Heinemann, 1912

Manuscript box Christmas garland. A recollection by Edm*nd G*sse. Holograph n.d. ms. 6 p.

Signed. Published in his A Christmas garland, London, Heinemann, 1912

Manuscript box Christmas garland. Scruts by Arn*ld B*nn*tt. Holograph n.d. ms. 9 p.

Signed. Published in his A Christmas garland, London, Heinemann, 1912

Manuscript box Christmas garland. A sequelula to "The Dynasts" by Th*m*s H*rdy. Holograph n.d. ms. 7 p.

Signed. With Richard Clay and sons, ltd., stamp on verso of last page, Aug. 7, 1912 Published in his A Christmas garland, London, Heinemann, 1912

Manuscript box Christmas garland. Shakespeare and Christmas by Fr*nk H*rr*s. Incomplete holograph n.d. ms. 2 p.

Published in his A Christmas garland, London, Heinemann, 1912

Manuscript box "Dorian Gray". An examination paper. Holograph 1894 ms. 2 p.

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Manuscript box [Dreadful dragon of Hay Hill, The]. Fragment of a typescript, with the author's ms. corrections. "For a Variety of things." n.d. typescripts (emended) 15 p. Manuscript box Dreadful dragon of Hay Hill, The. Holograph n.d. ms. 15 p.

With holograph instructions to the printers. 1 p.; original pencil caricatures on verso of p. [15]

Manuscript box [Dreadful dragon of Hay Hill, The]. Incomplete holograph draft. Text of story from p. 1-44, as printed in the 1928 edition, wanting n.d. ms. 42 p.

With pencil caricatures and one pen-and-ink caricature on versos in the margins; preliminary pencil drawing of frontispiece on verso of p. [38]

Manuscript box Drinking song. Holograph notes and two drafts of poem 1915 ms. 3 p.

On verso of 1st draft: Mr. Barney Barnato. Holograph fragment, undated. 1 p.; On verso of 2nd draft: Unidentified original pencil caricature, undated. 1 p.

Manuscript box Fry of Wadham. Typescript (carbon) n.d. typescripts 6 p.

First published in English Illustrated Magazine, Aug. 1894

Manuscript box Golden bowl. Holograph fragmentary notes for essay. Page 2 mutilated. Relates to Henry James n.d. ms. 2 p.

With marginal pencil drawing

Manuscript box Good manners. Holograph essay n.d. ms. 8 p.

Signed.

Manuscript box Introduction [to Grant Richards' Memories of a misspent youth] typescript with the author's ms. corrections and instructions to the printer [1932] typescripts (emended) 4 p.

Signed. Accompanied by his: Niggling points -- hardly worth consideration. Holograph notes [1932] 4 p.; Also, his: 1 ALS, 1 ANS, postcard to Grant Richards, May 5, 6, and 20, 1932

In his: Holograph diary, Oct. 24, 1911-Jan. 8, 1933 "Long choosing and beginning late. [Extract from The Times, Dec. 10, 1961]" Holograph n.d. ms. 2 p. Manuscript box Lytton Strachey. Holograph. The Rede lecture for 1943. Page 31 is typescript with the author's ms. corrections of p. 15-16 of holograph text n.d. ms. 31 p. Manuscript box Meditations of a refugee. Typewritten essay with the author's ms. corrections and ANS to Methuen, the publisher. Essay written for the Library of the Queen's dolls' house n.d. typescripts (emended) 4 p.

With galley proof mounted on 2 p. and with the author's ms. corrections in the margins and ANS to Methuen. Reprinted in Benson, A. C., ed. The book of the Queen's dolls' house, London, Methuen [1924]

Manuscript box Mr. Barney Barnato. Holograph fragment n.d. ms. 1 p.

On verso of first draft of his: Drinking song. Holograph notes and two drafts of poem

Manuscript box Niggling points -- hardly worth consideration. Holograph notes. Comments on text of Grant Richards' Memories of a misspent youth [1932] ms. 4 p.

With his: Introduction [to Grant Richards' Memories of a misspent youth] Typescript, signed [1932] 4 p.

In case with: Hardy, T. The dynasts. London, New York, 1903, 06, 08. Copy 2 Note on this volume, A. Holograph 1928 Nov. 9 ms. 4 p.

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Manuscript box Notes and fragmentary drafts for projected essays n.d. ms. 3 p. and 28 p.

With original pencil caricatures on the versos of 4 sheets and some in the margins of rectos, including a sketch of his The happy hypocrite

Oversize (+) Peep into the past, A. Holograph n.d. ms. 1 item

Frank Fletcher bookplate; H.

Manuscript box [Rossetti and his circle]. Holograph introduction 1922 ms. 1 item

Signed. With original pencil drawing of the caricature of Dante Gabriel and Christina Rossetti and 2 pencil drafts for draperies on verso of p. 3

Manuscript box [Seven men] James Pethel. Typescript with the author's ms. corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 1 v. Manuscript box [Seven men] "Savonarola" Smith. Holograph n.d. ms. 15 p.

Published in Seven Men, 1919

Manuscript box [Seven men] Savonarola: a tragedy in five acts by E. S. Hinks. Holograph . Earlier than the prose version(?) Act III wanting n.d. ms. 17 p. Manuscript box Sister Dora. Galley proof with the author's ms. corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 1 item

Signed. With Sister Dora. Holograph; emended typescript

Manuscript box Sister Dora. Holograph n.d. ms. 6 p.

Signed. With Sister Dora. Emended typescript; galley proof (emended)

Manuscript box Sister Dora. Typescript, with the author's ms. corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 6 p.

With Sister Dora. Holograph; galley proof (emended)

Manuscript box Swinburne [No. 2 The Pines] Holograph draft of essay. Deleted title on p. 15: Little memories of No. 2 The Pines n.d. ms. 21 p.

Published in his: And even now, London, Heinemann, 1920

Manuscript box Via Tornabuoni by Lord Macaulay, The. Typescript with the author's ms. corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 3 p. Manuscripts and Typescripts relating to Beerbohm Manuscript box (Beerbohm) 80th birthday album. Typescripts of 39 contributions, not listed separately, to a collection of tributes to Max Beerbohm. Presented to Beerbohm on his 80th birthday, Aug. 24, 1952 [1952] typescripts 83 items in 8 folders

Includes carbon for each contribution; With typed roster of the Maximilian Society. Aug. 24, 1952. 1 p. Folder 8

Diaries In binder's dummy for Zuleika Dobson, with lettering on spine and title in the author's hand on p. 1 Diary with entries also in Florence Beerbohm's hand and a few ms. comments by her niece, Dodie Kahn, Holograph 1911 Oct. 24 - 1933 Jan. 8 diaries 124 p.

"Long choosing and beginning late. [Extracts from The Times, Dec. 10, 1961]" 2 p.; includes numerous pencil drawings, some of which are self-caricatures. 30 p.

Notebooks Cased Notebook, Holograph. Consists of preliminary notes for essays on the author's contemporaries, arranged alphabetically by the subject n.d. notebooks 1 v.

Signed.

Correspondence Outgoing Correspondence Manuscript box [Beerbohm], [Eliza Draper (his mother)]. 15 ALS 1885 Jan. - 1912 Apr. 7 corr. Out 15 items in 3 folders Manuscript box [Beerbohm], [his sister] Dora [Margaretta]. 3 ALS. Two letters undated 1910 Apr. 15 corr. Out 3 items Manuscript box Bennett, Arnold. 4 ALS 1909 - [192-?] corr. Out 4 items Manuscript box Brown, Curtis. ALS 1919 Dec. 7 corr. Out 3 p. Inserted in his: The works of Max Beerbohm. London, 1896. Copy 1 Fitch, Clyde. ALS [n.d.] corr. Out 1 p. Manuscript box Fremantle, Anne. ANS. On card [1936] Jan. 11 corr. Out 1 item Manuscript box Gosse, Edmund. ALS 1898 Nov. 20 corr. Out 1 item

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Manuscript box Gosse, Edmund. ALS 1907 Jan. corr. Out 1 p.

Enclosing illustration entitled "The Mote in the middle distance by H--ry J-m-s" clipped from The New York Herald H.

Manuscript box Gosse, Edmund. ALS 1909 June 4 corr. Out 7 p.

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Manuscript box Gosse, Edmund. ALS 1919 Sept. 19 corr. Out 5 p.

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Manuscript box Gosse, Edmund. ALS [1920] Mar. 29 corr. Out 1 item

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Manuscript box Hunt, Violet. 3 ALS 1906 Nov. 28 - 1921 Apr. 29 corr. Out 3 items Manuscript box Jepson, Selwyn. 13 ALS, 10 TLS, 4 ANS, 2 TNS, and 2 telegrams 1951 Jan. 7 - 1955 Nov. 5 corr. Out 31 items in 6 folders Manuscript box Leverson, Ada ALS [n.d.] corr. Out 3 p. Manuscript box Leverson, Mrs.. ALS [n.d.] corr. Out 3 p.

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Inserted in: Beerbohm, Max. A variety of things. London, 1928 Lucas, E. V. ALS 1935 Oct. 12 corr. Out 1 p.

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Manuscript box Marsh, Sir Edward. 9 ALS and 1 postcard 1909 Mar. 15 - 1952 Aug. 23 corr. Out 10 items in 2 folders Manuscript box Orioli, Pino. ALS 1939 Feb. 23 corr. Out 1 item Manuscript box Otto, [--?]. TL (transcript) 1952 Jan. 5 corr. Out 1 p.

Includes letter to the committee of the Savile Club

Manuscript box Perseus, Ella. AL. On card 1923 June 9 corr. Out 1 item

Signed "Ariadne Beerbohm".

Manuscript box Phillips, Cecil. 2 ALS 1945 Sept. 8; 1945 Sept. 19 corr. Out 2 items Manuscript box Raeburn, A[--?] H[--?]. ALS (draft) to [1952] corr. Out 1 p.

With 2 typewritten drafts, one with the author's ms. corrections, the other with additional AN, Sept. 21, 1952. 1 p. each; with ALS from A. H. Raeburn, Sept. 17, 1952, requesting a contribution to the Carthusian

Manuscript box Richards, Grant. 1 ALS, 1 ANS, postcard 1932 May 5 - 1932 May 20 corr. Out 3 items

With his: Introduction [to Grant Richards' Memories of a misspent youth] Typescript, [1932] 4 p.

Manuscript box [Rothenstein], Albert. 1 ALS and 1 ANS 1935 Oct. 19; 1935 Dec. 2 corr. Out 2 items Inserted in his: Yet again. London, 1909. Copy 1 Seccombe, Thomas. ALS 1909 Nov. 9 corr. Out 3 p. Manuscript box Smith, Logan Pearsall. ALS [n.d.] corr. Out 1 item Manuscript box Smithers, Leonard. ALS [n.d.] corr. Out 2 p.

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Manuscript box Unwin, T. Fischer. ALS. Relates to Louise de la Rame 1899 May 2 corr. Out 2 p. Manuscript box Unwin, T. Fischer. ALS. Relates to Louise de la Rame 1900 Mar. 21 corr. Out 3 p. Manuscript box Wolfe, Humbert. ALS 1934 Sept. corr. Out 1 item Manuscript box [--?]. AL (fragment) [n.d.] corr. Out 1 item Incoming Correspondence Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Dent, Alan. Circular letter to Max Beerbohm. On the occasion of Max Beerbohm's 77th birthday and sent to 77 members of the Maximilian society 1949 June 9 corr. In 1 p.

With marginal ANS to Sir Edward Howard Marsh, July 19, 1949. Came with Sir Edward Howard Marsh's correspondence

Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Dobson, Zuleika. ALS to Beerbohm 1956 May 17 corr. In 1 p. Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Great Britain. British Broadcasting Company. TL to Beerbohm 1953 July 6 corr. In 1 p.

Signed Douglas Cleverdon.

Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Great Britain. Prime Minister. TL to Beerbohm announcing the Prime Minister's intention to recommend to the king knighthood for Max Beerbohm 1939 May 9 corr. In 1 p.

Signed A. N. Rucker.

Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Jepson, Selwyn. 2 AL (incomplete drafts) to Beerbohm. Relates to musical version of Beerbohm's Zuleika Dobson 1954 Nov. 16; 1954 Nov. 24 corr. In 2 items Manuscript box Maugham, William Somerset. ALS to Beerbohm [1928 Feb.] corr. In 1 item Manuscript box Shaw, Bernard. Postcard to Beerbohm 1898 June 1 corr. In 1 item Related Correspondence Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Bax, Clifford. ANS to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm's 80th birthday album 1952 corr. About 1 p. Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Bell, Clive. ALS to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm's 80th birthday album 1952 June 22 corr. About 1 p. Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Bentley, Edmund Clerihew. 2 TNS to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm's 80th birthday album 1952 May 27; 1952 June 14 corr. About 2 items Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Betjeman, John. TNS to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm's 80th birthday album 1952 May 22 corr. About 1 p. Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Bone, James. 2 ANS and 1 postcard to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm's 80th birthday album 1952 May 27 - 1952 Aug. 12 corr. About 3 items Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Bonham-Carter, Lady Helen Violet (Asquith). ALS to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm 1956 June 21 corr. About 1 item Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Bowra, Sir Cecil Maurice. ANS to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm's 80th birthday album [1952] May 25 corr. About 1 p. Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Brown, Ivor John Carnegie. 1 ANS, 1 TNS, 1 postcard to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm's 80th birthday album 1952 [May 22] - 1952 June 22 corr. About 3 items Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Bryant, Sir Arthur. 1 TLS, 2 TNS to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm's 80th birthday album 1952 June 26 - 1952 July 15 corr. About 3 items Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Christopher Mann Management ltd., London. 2 TL, 3 TN to Selwyn Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm 1952 Dec. 10 - 1953 July 10 corr. About 5 items

Signed Roger Burford.

Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Fenn, Robert W. 12 TLS, 3 TNS, 1 telegram to Selwyn Jepson. Relates to musical version of Max Beerbohm's Zuleika Dobson 1954 Nov. 23 - 1957 Aug. 19 corr. About 16 items in 3 folders Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Fenn, Robert W. 10 TL (carbons) to James Ferman. Relates to musical version of Max Beerbohm's Zuleika Dobson 1954 Nov. 23 - 1957 Dec. 18 corr. About 10 items Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Fenn, Robert W. 4 TL (carbons) to Peter Tranchell. Relates to musical version of Max Beerbohm's Zuleika Dobson 1955 Feb. 15 - 1957 Apr. 23 corr. About 4 items Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Fenn, Robert W. 6 TL (carbons) to Donald Albery. Relates to musical version of Max Beerbohm's Zuleika Dobson 1955 July 5 - 1957 June 10 corr. About 6 items Manuscript box (Beerbohm) FitzGerald (C. T.) & Co., London. 6 TLS to Selwyn Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm's financial affairs 1952 Nov. 4 - 1955 Dec. 29 corr. About 6 items in 2 folders Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Garnett, David. 1 ALS, 1 ANS to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm's 80th birthday album. One undated 1952 June 26 corr. About 2 items Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Gosse, Philip. 2 ALS, 2 ANS to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm's 80th birthday album 1952 May 31 - 1953 Jan. 16 corr. About 4 items Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Great Britain. British Broadcasting Corporation. 6 AL and 4 TL to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm 1951 Dec. 31 - 1956 June 21 corr. About 10 items in 2 folders

4 TL signed Harman Grisewood.

Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Great Britain. British Broadcasting Corporation. 1 ALS and 9 TLS to Selwyn Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm 1952 Dec. 18 - 1957 Mar. 1 corr. About 10 items Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Hart-Davis (Rupert) ltd., London. 6 TL and 1 TN to Selwyn Jepson 1952 Oct. 28 - 1959 Sept. 10 corr. About 7 items in 2 folders

TN signed Rupert Hart-Davis. With his TL (incomplete) and TLS to Tania Jepson. Oct. 23, 1952 and Aug. 6, 1959. Folder 2

Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Heinemann, William, ltd., London. 9 TLS, 6 TNS to Selwyn Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm 1952 Nov. 28 - 1962 Jan. 5 corr. About 15 items in 2 folders Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Irving, Laurence Sidney Brodribb. 1 ALS, 2 ANS to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm's 80th birthday album 1952 May 21 - 1952 June 6 corr. About 3 items Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Jepson, Selwyn. AL (draft) to Michael Barry. 1952 Dec. 15 corr. About 1 item

With typed statement, signed Max Beerbohm, relating to his A social success. [1953?] 1 p.

Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Jepson, Selwyn. AL (draft) to Robert W. Fenn. Relates to the musical version of Max Beerbohm's Zuleika Dobson 1957 Mar. 7 corr. About 5 p.

With typed transcript (carbon). 2 p.

Manuscript box (Beerbohm) John, Augustus Edwin. 4 ANS to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm's 80th birthday album 1952 May 29 - 1952 June 27 corr. About 4 items Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Jungmann, Elisabeth. 1 ALS, 21 TLS, and 1 telegram to Selwyn Jepson. Last five letters written as Lady Beerbohm 1951 Oct. 16 - 1957 July 14 corr. About 23 items in 4 folders Manuscript box (Woolf) Keynes, John Maynard. 9 ALS, 5 TLS, 2 postcards to Leonard Sidney Woolf. Letter of Nov. 9, 1923 mentions Max Beerbohm 1903 Aug. 12 - 1942 Dec. 13 corr. About 16 items in 3 folders Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Knox, E. V. 2 ANS to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm's 80th birthday album 1952 May 26; 1952 Aug. 15 corr. About 2 items Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers and literary agents, not listed separately, to Selwyn Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm 1952 - 1957 corr. About 21 items in 2 folders Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various correspondents, not listed separately, to Selwyn Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm 1952 - 1958 corr. About 47 items in 4 folders Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Letters, ALS, TLS, etc., from various correspondents, not listed separately, to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max and Elisabeth Beerbohm 1956 May 9 - 1964 Nov. 5 corr. About 8 items Manuscript box (Wolfe, H.) Lynch, Bohun. 5 ALS, 1 ANS, 2 TLS to Humbert Wolfe 1924 May 16 - 1925 Oct. 5 corr. About 8 items in 2 folders

With four TL (carbon) replies; letter of May 29, 1925 encloses: Benn (Ernest) Ltd. TL, signed Victor Gollancz, to Bohun Lynch, May 27, 1925. 1 p.; with his TL (carbon) reply enclosed in letter of June 14, 1925

Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Mackenzie, Compton. 2 TNS to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm's 80th birthday album 1952 May 30; 1952 June 24 corr. About 2 items Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Marsh, Sir Edward Howard. 1 ALS and 1 ANS to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm's 80th birthday album. One dated May 1 and the other postmarked Aug. 13, 1952 1952 Aug. 13 corr. About 2 items Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Masefield, John. 2 ANS to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm's 80th birthday album. One undated 1952 June 26 corr. About 2 items Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Morgan, Charles. 2 TNS to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm's 80th birthday album 1952 May 23; 1952 Aug. 15 corr. About 2 items Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Mortimer, Raymond. ANS to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm's 80th birthday album 1952 May 27 corr. About 1 p. Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Roberts, Sydney Castle, sir. 2 ANS to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm's 80th birthday album 1952 June 6; 1952 June 14 corr. About 2 items Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Roberts, S[ydney] C[astle], sir. 10 ALS and 3 ANS to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm 1956 Jan. 6 - 1962 May 9 corr. About 13 items in 3 folders Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Rothenstein, Alice, lady. 5 ALS, 1 ANS to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm's 80th birthday album 1952 July 1 - 1956 Apr. 30 corr. About 6 items Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Rothenstein, John. 2 ANS to Tania Jepson. Relates to Max Beerbohm's 80th birthday album. One undated 1952 June 21 corr. About 2 items Manuscript box Sitwell, Osbert. ALS to Richard Aldington. Mentions Ezra Pound and Max Beerbohm 1928 Jan. 15 corr. About 1 item Legal Documents Manuscript box Last will of Henry Maximilian Beerbohm. Holograph. Witnessed by two persons in the presence of the testator 1939 Nov. 4 legal docs. 1 p.

Signed. With envelope inscribed by the author "My will"

Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Great Britain. British Broadcasting Corporation. Agreements, permissions, royalty statements, relating to television and radio adaptations of works by Beerbohm 1953 Apr. 29 - 1956 Jan. 9 legal docs. 11 items Manuscript box (Beerbohm) Hart-Davis (Rupert) ltd., London. Royalty statements (8) for Max Beerbohm 1953 June 30 - 1955 Dec. 31 legal docs. 8 items Portraits and Pictorial Works Pictorial Works Manuscript box Hay Hill, The dreadful dragon of]. Thia and Thol. Original water color of frontispiece with the artist's caption. 19 x 30 cm. 1928 pictorial works 1 item

Signed.

Manuscript box [Pinero, Arthur Wing]. Original pencil drawing. 11 x 18 cm. n.d. pictorial works 1 item Manuscript box [Sketch]. Mr. Magee in the chair. The boy president. Pen and ink on Merton College envelope. 11 x 9 cm. n.d. pictorial works 1 item Manuscript box [Sketch] of John Rothenstein. 13.5 x 20.5 cm. Pen and ink n.d. pictorial works 1 item Manuscript box Unidentified original pencil caricature n.d. pictorial works 1 p.

On verso of second draft of his: Drinking song. Holograph notes and two drafts of poem

Portraits Manuscript box Portrait photographs (2) of himself. 10 x 6 cm.; 16.5 x 11 cm. 1878; 1886 portraits 2 items

One signed "Max B." Holograph inscriptions

Manuscript box (Beerbohm) [Coburn, Alvin Langdon]. [Max Beerbohm]. Portrait photograph. 13.5 x 10.5 cm. Taken in London, Jan. 15, 1908 n.d. portraits 1 item

With negative 16 x 12 cm.

Manuscript box Photograph postcard of himself and Florence [Kahn] Beerbohm, his first wife. 13.5 x 7.5 cm. n.d. portraits 1 item Oversize (+++) Self-portrait, Original pencil. 28 x 28 cm. n.d. portraits 1 item

Three unidentified portraits on same sheet

In: Hardy, Thomas. The dynasts. London, 1903, 06, 08. Copy 2, v. 1 Hardy, Originals sketch of Thomas n.d. portraits 1 item Oversize (+++) [Kipling, Rudyard]. Original pencil and watercolor drawing of Rudyard Kipling holding a money bag, Shakespeare watching and George Meredith (?) and A. C. Swinburne (?) sitting in the clouds. 39 x 55 cm. n.d. portraits 1 item

With marginal sketches and two unidentified portraits on verso; additional sheet of same size, with 4 unidentified portraits laid in same folder