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06. Arts and Literature

 Record Group
Identifier: 06
Archival collections related to dance, theater, painting, sculpture, literature, and more.

Found in 127 Collections and/or Records:

Anonymous copybook of sermons, fables and letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0224
Abstract

This copybook contains handwritten sermons, fables, and letters. Included are: “A letter concerning a consumption,” “The Ambitious Man punished,” Useful and Amusing Conversations,” Useful and wholesome Reflections,” “Reflections on Voltaire’s Semiramis,” “Reflections on our dying Saviour’s Prayer upon the Cross,” and more.

Dates: 1750 - 1760

Stella Hope Shurtleff manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0237
Abstract

This collection contains the manuscript of a book by Stella Shurtleff called "Art Came to Texas: A Story of the History of Art in Texas". Also included are notes and correspondence regarding the history of art in Texas.

Dates: 1935 - 1936

Oswald Mueller manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0243
Abstract

This typewritten manuscript is titled "Seeking the Garden of the World". It is Oswald Mueller’s English translation of Fritz Scheffel’s Deutsche suchen den Garten der Welt. Mueller authors the preface, in which he describes the story as that of the failed German attempt to colonize Texas into a New-Germania.

Dates: 1948

Josef Nadler academic papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0261
Abstract:

Personal correspondence, and reviews of German author and professor of history of literature Josef Nadler's publications, as well as unpublished mss. of Nadler's writings, and seminar papers presented to him while he was a professor. The collection also includes research notes and materials on J.G. Hamann, such as bibliographical information, and other information on him, his philosophy, or his impact.

Dates: 1771 - 1961

Richardson Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0279
Abstract

This collection contains letters and literary drafts of Samuel Richardson; letters of his daughter, Anne Richardson, to her sister Martha Richardson Bridgen, and parents, and Sally Crowther Moodie. The collection also includes letters by Elizabeth (Leake) Richardson, Sally Crowther Moodie, and Jane Berthon regarding the Lisbon earthquake (1755); and correspondence from O.B. Kaiser to Samuel Richardson.

Dates: 1714 - 1802

Sir Walter Scott letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0302
Abstract:

Consists of two letters signed by Scott. One is dated 12 October 1826 and addressed to Andrew Lang, Esq. and appears to be a cover letter for a cheque. The other is addressed to an unknown recipient and concerns a claim to the Earldom of Stirling by one Humphrey Alexander (or a Humphrey and an Alexander).

Dates: 1826

John Galsworthy letters to Professor William Sadler

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0317
Abstract:

This collection consists of 11 letters written between the years 1911 and 1914 by John Galsworthy to Professor William Sadler. Most of the letters contain travel plans and arrangements for meeting each other; however, several of the letters comment on current events, including Galsworthy’s response to Sadler on the outbreak of World War I.

Dates: 1911 - 1914

Allan Cunningham papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0320
Abstract:

The bulk of this collection is comprised of correspondence to and from art historian Allan Cunningham. The correspondence largley concerns matters connected with Cunningham's numerous publishing projects, including his Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, which appeared between 1829 and 1833. Also included in the collection are three Mss. poems--one perhaps by the Rev. J. Judkins and two by Cunningham.

Dates: 1815 - 1841

John Masefield papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0323
Abstract:

This collection is comprised of 41 items, most of which are letters or cards from English poet, playwright and novelist, John Masefield to Miss Mabel Cary Fogg of West Didsbury, Manchester. The collection covers the years from 1911 to 1931, when the poet was in his most productive and well regarded years.

Dates: 1911 - 1931

Edward Knoblock papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0324
Abstract: Playwright, scenarist and novelist, Edward Knoblock (1874-1945) was born in New York City and educated at Harvard, but spent most of his professional life living and working in Great Britain. The Knoblock papers are comprised of correspondence received by Knoblock between the years 1904 and 1936, relating to theater in Great Britain during the early 20th century. Most of Knoblock's correspondents in this collection are well-known literary figures of the day, or prominent managers and...
Dates: 1904 - 1936