Box 1

One letter.

Includes 2 letters with mailing envelopes, one from Wise per his wife, and one signed "Loie Wise."

Three letters, including one from Wise per his wife and one from Louise Wise. A fourth letter is laid into Spec. Coll. Z1024 .W57 todd420b. Also includes two pages from catalog describing books in Wise's collection that Austin wrote and inscribed, with autograph note by Wise on Austin poem.

Photocopy of letter. The original letter is tipped into vol. 3 of The Browning Society's Papers . London: N. Trübner & Co., 1881-1891 (Spec. Coll. PR4229 .B76a).

Letter from Queen's Hotel, Hastings.

Letter from Hampstead.

Letter written on Shelley Society letterhead.

Eleven letters (three per his wife) from Wise from Hampstead, the Queen's Hotel in Hastings, and Percival's Hotel, Worthing. Includes carbon copies of four letters from Chadwyck-Healey to Wise, correspondence between Chadwyck-Healey and the firm of Elkins Matthews, and corrected proof of the Byron section of The Ashley Library with Wise's corrections.

Original letter accompanied by Frank Tober's autograph transcription of the letter.

One letter accompanied by Frank Tober's autograph transcript of the letter.

One letter to Forman.

Letter to Wise, accompanied by a copy of the auction catalog description and Frank Tober's autograph transcript of the letter with a brief biographical entry for Birrell taped to the reverse.

Two letters from Curle to Alfred L. Rose of New York, and an autograph note from Wise on fragment of a letter from Richard Curle.

One letter to Wise, and a typescript note from previous owner of letter

Two letters to Hart, one from Daniel Berkeley Updike and the other from George Parker Winship, about Carter and Pollard's recently-published exposé. The letters were originally laid into a copy of An Enquiry , suggesting that Hart sent both men copies of the book. Includes several newspaper clippings about the forgeries, all from 1934.

One carbon-copy typescript letter to "My very dear old Freddy," possibly Frederick Page. Includes a dealer's description, and a letter from Nicolas Barker to Robert Fleck regarding the attribution to Kernahan.

Includes correspondence, drafts of letters, clippings, and other materials related to the Times Literary Supplement review of Partington's book, Thomas J. Wise in the Original Cloth , along with the subsequent exchange of letters published in TLS. Correspondents included Partington, Arthur Cook, A. Pryce Jones, and Arthur Kirkby. Also includes handlist of Partington items.

Letter to William H. McCarthy, Library of the University of Texas, accompanied by mailing envelope and Christmas card inscribed to McCarthy.

Two letters from Ratchford, including a mimeograph copy of Ratchford's letter to the editor of Atlantic Monthly responding to an article by John Carter and a copy of that article. Also includes Ratchford's review of Partington's Thomas J. Wise in the Original Cloth

Includes letter and card from Partington to Alan Redway, two letters from Ernest to Alan Redway accompanied by draft letter to editor regarding George Redway's involvement in Swinburne blackmail scandal. Also includes two letters from John Carter to Alan Redway.

Two typescript letters from Shorter on The Sphere letterhead and two letters addressed to Shorter. Also includes newspaper clipping about Shorter's plan to give his collection to the British Museum.

One letter referring to Symons' unpublished work on Wise forgeries.

Two letters concerning alleged collusion of Frank Taylor with Thomas Wise on purchase of Swinburne copyrights and manuscripts. Handwritten copy of letter to Frank Taylor accompanied letter to Mrs. Watts-Dunton.

One letter to H. M. Schroeter with original mailing envelope.

Seven letters, including a draft and revised letter from Frank Tober to John Collins, and a letter from P. Barrows of The Brick Row Print and Book Shop to Mrs. Henriette W. Roberts concerning Wise's edition of Spenser's The Faerie Queene .