Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Bruce Garland collection of Thomas Wise material
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0646
Abstract
The Bruce Garland collection of Thomas Wise material comprises approximately 1.6 linear feet of material pertaining to English bibliographer, book collector, and forger Thomas J. Wise (1859-1937). Much of the collection's material was compiled by English bibliographer and book collector John Carter (1905-1975), who co-authored with Graham Pollard (1903-1976) An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets (1934), which effectively outed Wise as a...
Dates:
1897-2007, undated; Majority of material found within 1934-1975
Frank W. Tober collection on literary forgery
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0601
Abstract
The Frank W. Tober collection on literary forgery comprises letters, books, pamphlets, journals and journal articles, newspaper clippings, auction and exhibition catalogs, and other ephemera related to literary forgery. While Tober collected specimens of a variety of manuscript and printed forgeries, he was most interested in the literary forgeries of Thomas J. Wise and H. Buxton Forman.
Dates:
1801-1994; Majority of material found within 1920-1990
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- Advertisements 1
- Bibliographers 1
- Drafts (documents) 1
- Forgeries (derivative objects) 1
- Galley proofs 1
- Invitations 1
- Literary forgeries and mystifications 1
- Literary forgeries and mystifications--Exhibitions 1
- Literary forgeries and mystifications--Specimens 1
- Manuscripts (documents) 1
- Page proofs 1
- Periodicals 1
- Receipts (financial records) 1
- Reprints 1
- Research notes 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Transcripts 1 + ∧ less
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