]> brgchest Guide to the Gilbert Keith Chesterton collection of papers, [1895?]-1935 Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.

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 Machine readable finding aid created 2006. Description is in English Berg Coll MSS ChestertonGuide to the Gilbert Keith Chesterton collection of papers, [1895?]-1935 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 Gilbert Keith Chesterton collection of papers, [1895?]-1935 Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936. Berg Coll MSS Chesterton67 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 and typescripts, correspondence, an undated notebook, legal and financial documents, a sketchbook, and a portrait sketch. Subjects Personal Names Alyea, Dorothy C. (Dorothy Collins), 1898-1974. Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956. Chesterton, Edward. Elliott, H. B. Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall), 1868-1938. O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964. Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926. Wolfe, Ann. Wolfe, Humbert, 1885-1940. Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup), former owner. Young, Owen D., 1874- former owner. Organizations A. P. Watt and Son. James B. Pinker and Son. T. Fisher Unwin (Firm) American Play Company, former owner. Subjects Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936. Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936 -- Portraits. Document Types Correspondence Notebooks Administration Information Source

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

Custodial History

Previous owners include Humbert Wolfe, the American Play Company, W. T. H. Howe, and Owen D. Young.

 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

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer of autobiographies, biographies, essays, historical works, journalism, literary criticism, novels, plays, and short-stories.

 Scope and Content Note

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, an undated notebook, legal and financial documents, a sketchbook, and a portrait sketch. The manuscripts and typescripts include articles and essays, poems, and a number of reader's reports sent to the publisher T. Fisher Unwin about various authors. Also included are essays, reviews and notes for essays about Chesterton, in typescript and manuscript, written by W. H. Auden, Max Beerbohm, Sean O'Casey, Bernard Shaw, Ann Wolfe, and Humbert Wolfe. The correspondence consists of letters from the author, dating from 1904 to 1935, to E. V. Lucas, Clement King Shorter, the publisher T. Fisher Unwin, and the literary agency A. P. Watt and Son. The collection also includes correspondence relating to the author, dating from 1896 to 1928, between various correspondents, including Edward Chesterton, Dorothy Collins, H. B. Elliott, Humbert Wolfe, T. Fisher Unwin, A. P. Watt and Son, and the literary agency James B. Pinker and Son. There is one letter to Chesterton from Humbert Wolfe, dated April 19, 1933.

 Series Descriptions Manuscripts and Typescripts Manuscripts ballad of St. Barbara, The. Holograph poem n.d. ms. 6 p.

Accompanied by the printed text from The New Witness, Sept. 7, 1916. Y.

Inserted in: [Lucas, E. V., and C. L. Graves] If. [London] 1908 E. V. L. Holograph poem n.d. ms. 1 p.

Signed with initials. H.

Manuscript box From the Swedish embassy. (Strictly private and confidential) Holograph memorandum (?) n.d. ms. 1 p. Manuscript box (Perris) Garnett, Edward. Reader's report sent to T. Fisher Unwin about George Herbert Perris. Title under review: Leo Tolstoy. Entered under G. K. Chesterton with G. H. Perris as joint author in Public catalogue. ms. 1 item Manuscript box (Best) Reader's report sent to T. Fisher Unwin about George A. Best ms. 1 item Manuscript box (Caddick) Reader's report (fragment) sent to T. Fisher Unwin about Helen Caddick ms. 1 item Manuscript box (Carman) Reader's report sent to T. Fisher Unwin about Albert Richardson Carman ms. 1 item Manuscript box Reader's report sent to T. Fisher Unwin about anonymous work entitled Down Durley Lane ms. 1 p. Manuscript box (Drachmann) Reader's report sent to T. Fisher Unwin about Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann ms. 1 item Manuscript box (Gamble, G.) Reader's report sent to T. Fisher Unwin about George Gamble ms. 1 item Manuscript box (Gilman, C. P.) Reader's report sent to T. Fisher Unwin about Charlotte (Perkins) Statson Gilman ms. 1 item Manuscript box (Hamilton, E. W.) Reader's reports (2) sent to T. Fisher Unwin about Lord Ernest William Hamilton ms. 2 items Manuscript box (Hector) Reader's report sent to T. Fisher Unwin about "Mrs. Alexander," Annie French Hector ms. 1 item Manuscript box (Keeling) Reader's report sent to T. Fisher Unwin about Elsa D'Esterre Keeling ms. 1 item Manuscript box (Kent, J.) Reader's reports (2) sent to T. Fisher Unwin about J. Kent ms. 2 items Manuscript box (Lord, M.) Reader's report sent to T. Fisher Unwin about Milicent Lord ms. 1 item Manuscript box (MacIlwaine) Reader's report sent to T. Fisher Unwin about Herbert C. MacIlwaine ms. 1 item Manuscript box (MacManus) Reader's report sent to T. Fisher Unwin about Seumas MacManus ms. 1 item Manuscript box (Mann, Mrs. F.) Reader's report sent to T. Fisher Unwin about Mrs. Fairman Mann ms. 1 item Manuscript box (Mayne) Reader's report sent to T. Fisher Unwin about Edith Violet Mayne ms. 1 item Manuscript box (Reynolds-Ball) Reader's report sent to T. Fisher Unwin about Eustace Alfred Reynolds-Ball ms. 1 item Manuscript box (Tyrrell, J. W.) Reader's report sent to T. Fisher Unwin about James William Tyrrell ms. 1 item Manuscript box (Watson, J. R.) Reader's report sent to T. Fisher Unwin about John Reay Watson ms. 1 item Manuscript box (Webster, H. C.) Reader's report sent to T. Fisher Unwin about H. Cayley Webster ms. 1 item Shaw, Bernard. Chesterton on Shaw. Holograph review. Page 8 wanting [text of missing page supplied from copy written in unknown hands on p. 3 of "Post Office Telegraphs" official paper. 1909 Aug. 24 ms. 9 p.

Signed. H.

Manuscripts about Chesterton In his: Holograph notebooks, v. 13, p. [217]-[220] (reversed) O'Casey, Sean. [Notes] Holograph. Subject is G. K. Chesterton n.d. ms. 1 item Manuscript box (Wolfe, H.) Wolfe, Ann. [Reviews. Ward, Maisie; Gilbert Keith Chesterton] G. K. Chesterton by Maisie Ward. Holograph draft n.d. ms. 1 p.

With her: ANS to "Grandpa" [Joseph C. Graham] Dec. 1 [n.y.]. Came with the papers of her father, Humbert Wolfe

Manuscript box Wolfe, Humbert. Shylock reasons with Mr. Chesterton. Holograph and typescript poems. Incomplete: The crowder's tune and Three epitaphs. III. The little sleeper, wanting n.d. ms. 9 folders

Detailed analysis of contents on folders. On p. [2] of "After battle" his: [London sonnets] Sometimes when I think of love. Holograph draft, undated. 1 p. Folder 1

Notebooks Beerbohm, Max. Holograph notebook. Consists of preliminary notes for essays on the author's contemporaries, arranged alphabetically by the subject. Includes G. K. Chesterton and others n.d. notebooks 1 v.

Signed

Typescripts Manuscript box age of nonsense, The. Typescript with the author's ms. corrections. For his column Straws in the wind, in G. K.'s Weekly n.d. typescripts (emended) 5 p.

Signed

Manuscript box Art for aviators. Typescript with the author's ms. corrections [1931 Oct. 12] typescripts (emended) 5 p.

Signed Accompanying ms. note signed D. E. Collins. Published under title: On Mammoth Portraiture in his All I Survey, London, Methuen, 1933

Manuscript box common enemy, The. Typescript (carbon). For his column Straws in the wind, in G. K.'s weekly [1935 Oct. 16] typescripts 5 p.

Signed

Manuscript box end of the story, The. Typescript with the author's ms. corrections. For his column Straws in the wind, in G. K.'s weekly n.d. typescripts (emended) 5 p.

Signed

Manuscript box note on Rousseau, A. Typescript with the author's ms. corrections. For his column Straws in the wind, in G. K.'s weekly n.d. typescripts (emended) 4 p.

Signed

(Belloc) [One hundred and one ballades] Ballades urbane. Nos. I-LII. Uncorrected typescript (carbon) typescripts 53 p. (Belloc) [One hundred and one ballades] Ballades urbane. Nos. I-LII. Typescript with Hilaire Belloc's ms. corrections of ballades typescripts (emended) 20 p.

Signed with initials "B. C." and 3 additional ones, the last signed (?) by J. S. Phillimore

(Belloc) [One hundred and one ballades] Ballades urbane. Nos. I-LII. Another copy with no. V wanting and with Hilaire Belloc's ms. note "not mine, G[ilbert] K[eith] C[hesterton] M[aurice] B[aring] [E.C.] Bentley [T. Michael] Pope, etc.(?)" typescripts 1 item

Signed with initials, "B. C."

Manuscript box Vanity fair. Typewritten article with the author's ms. corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 12 p.

Signed

Typescripts related to Chesterton Manuscript box Auden, W. H. The gift of wonder. Typescript draft of essay with the author's ms. corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 7 p., 2 folders

Accompanied by his: 3 ALS, 2 ANS to John Sullivan, Aug. 21 [1967]-Dec. 2, 1972. 1 p. each; Sullivan, John. 2 TL (carbons) to W. H. Auden, Aug. 30 and Oct. 11, 1972. 1 p. each. Published in G. K. Chesterton: A Centenary Appraisal, edited by John Sullivan, London, 1974

Manuscript box Shaw, Bernard. Why not give the intellectuals a chance? Typewritten article with the author's ms. corrections and additions. Relates to G. K. Chesterton 1933 June 14 typescripts (emended) 18 p.

Accompanied by his: ALS to Richard Mealand of Nash's Pall Mall magazine. June 26, 1933. 1 p. Published in Nash's Pall Mall magazine, v. 92, no. 486, Nov. 1933, p. 8-9, 94-96

Correspondence Outgoing Correspondence Manuscript box (Chesterton) Collins, Dorothy. ALS to Humbert Wolfe. Written as secretary to G. K. Chesterton 1928 Sept. 12 corr. Out 1 p. Manuscript box Lucas, E. V. LS to 1935 Dec. 16 corr. Out 1 p.

H.

Manuscript box New Statesman. TLS to the editor. At head: The case against Chesterton. In reply to Bernard Shaw [n.d.] corr. Out 7 p. Manuscript box Shorter, Clement King. TLS to [n.y.] Feb. 14 corr. Out 1 item Manuscript box T. Fisher Unwin. ALS to [n.d.] corr. Out 2 p.

With reader's report by Edward Garnett

Manuscript box Watt and son, A. P. LS and TLS to 1904 Dec.; [1922] Feb. 23 corr. Out 2 items Incoming Correspondence Manuscript box Wolfe, Humbert. TL (carbon) to G. K. Chesterton 1933 Apr. 19 corr. In 1 leaf Related Correspondence Manuscript box (Chesterton) Chesterton, Edward. ALS to T. Fisher Unwin. Accepting for his son, G. K. Chesterton, an appointment in the firm of T. Fisher Unwin 1896 Nov. 4 corr. About 1 p. Manuscript box (Chesterton) Elliott, H. B. ALS to A. P. Watt & son. Relates to G. K. Chesterton and others 1912 Nov. 25 corr. About 1 item 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 G. K. Chesterton 1917 Oct. 29 corr. About 1 item Financial and Legal Documents Financial Documents Manuscript box (Chesterton) English review, The. Check made out to G. K. Chesterton by Ford Madox Ford 1909 Mar. 12 financial docs. 1 item Legal Documents Manuscript box (Chesterton) Agreements, correspondence, forms, statements from various theatrical agencies concerning G. K. Chesteron legal docs. 1 folder

From the files of the American Play Co.

Pictorial Works Sketchbooks Sketchbook with original pencil drawings and the author's ms. notes [1895?] sketchbooks 69 p. Portraits Manuscript box Russell, George William. Pen-and-ink self portrait sketch. 14 x 19 cm. Includes pencil sketches of W. B. Yeats, John O'Leary, Edward Martyn and G. K. Chesterton n.d. portraits 1 item

Signed with initials. With unidentified pen-and-ink illustration on verso