Correspondence of Thomas James Wise
Overview
Two pieces of correspondence from bibliophile and notorious English forger Thomas James Wise (1857-1937). Consists of a 1930 letter written by him to "My dear Robert," and a 1931 postcard to W.R. Smythe in Dublin, Ireland, both sent from Hampstead, England.
Dates
- Creation: 1930 - 1931
Creator
- Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1 folder (2 items in 1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
In the collection is a holograph, signed letter (1 leaf, folded to make 4 pages) from Wise to "My dear Robert," dated June 28, 1930. The other item is a holograph, signed postcard directed to W.R. Smythe Esq., located at 37 Highfield Road, Rathgar, Dublin, ireland, and dated December 14, 1931.
Physical Location
MS P354
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Mrs. P.S. O'Hegarty, 1959.
Separated Materials
Found laid in P.S. O'Hegarty's copy of Literary anecdotes of the nineteenth century: contributions towards a literary history of the period, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll and Thomas J. Wise (London, 1895-1896), in Spencer Research Library (Reference) at call number: C18903, v. 1-2.
Clippings dated circa 1945 regarding Elizabeth Barrett Browning's publications, also found in this volume and probably laid in by P.S. O'Hegarty, have been removed to the O'Hegarty file.
Subject
- Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Thomas James Wise Collection
- Subtitle
- Correspondence of Thomas James Wise
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, 1963; revised by ksc, 2006, 2007. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2007.
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in <language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/5631399356
- Preferred citation
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Correspondence of Thomas James Wise, Department of Special Collections, MS P354, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository