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Drafts of "Examination of an Enquiry into a Nineteenth-Century 'Shelley Fake' by Thomas J. Wise and William Roberts."

Garland's article, written for Oak Knoll as an introduction to a series of small articles marking Wiseian anniversaries, reexamined Wise's awareness of paper and typography. In these handwritten and type drafts, Garland argued against the prevailing belief that Wise was ignorant of the problems that paper and printing presented a forger.

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Drafts of "Note: Forman's Response to Marillier—Found"

H. Buxton Forman's response to a Harry Marillier letter—one which represents early suspicion about one of the forgeries—is the subject of these handwritten and typed Garland drafts.

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Drafts of "The Wise of Texas are Upon You": The Pariser Sale

Garland wrote this essay for the fortieth anniversary of the 1967 sale of the Maurice Pariser Collection. The collection was largely obtained for the University of Texas by William B. Todd.

Scope and Contents Drafts of "Wiseiana: An addition to Dead Love Lore."Drafts concerning a Richard Jennings letter, one that fits chronologically with others Garland had obtained from William B. Todd. The letter adds to the lore surrounding an event concerning Jennings and Wise, whereby Wise exchanged a forgery (not of his own) of Swinburne's Dead Love held by Jennings with an "original"— his...

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Notes for article[s] on Wise frauds in Garland's hand.

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Notes for article[s] on Wise frauds in Garland's hand.

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Letter to Percy Muir.

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Gabriel Wells, a steadfast supporter of Wise, wrote this letter of the Saturday Review of Literature denouncing An Enquiry . In pencil across the top, the letter reads, "Do not print. Cable from Gabriel Wells to that effect," suggesting that Wells may have hesitated to see his own defense of Wise in print.

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Photograph of Scribners' window display for the release of An Enquiry.

Originally laid in Pariser, Carter, and Pollard's autography presentation copy of the Pariser Catalogue inscribed to William B. Todd (SPEC Z1024.S68x 1967). [Copy 6]