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Box 4

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Contains 20 Results:

Miscellaneous writings, undated

 File — Box: 4, Folder: F65
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Contains numbered list of 51 books, a short poem, and introductory remarks for a play

Dates: undated

Letter to Gladys Storey from Anne Ritchie, 1918 September 27

 File — Box: 4, Folder: F66
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Pencil note identifies Anne Ritchie as Thackeray's daughter.

Dates: 1918 September 27

Scribbling Diary 1926, 1926

 File — Box: 4, Folder: F67
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Daily diary kept by Gladys Storey for social and business engagements.

Dates: 1926

Minute Book, 1916-1946

 File — Box: 4, Folder: F68
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Record book for Gladys Storey's Bovril Fund. Includes meeting notes for 1916-1918, and 1940-1946, when the committee was revived for World War II. George Storey was chair of the committee until 1918, and Gladys took over as chair in 1940. Includes several letters to Gladys and call for donations "For The Soldier In The Firing Line."

Dates: 1916-1946

Notebook containing Photographs and Postcards, undated

 File — Box: 4, Folder: F69
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Postcards and photographic images on paper of northern England, Scotland, and Ireland, pasted onto notebook paper with handwritten labels. Some in color. Includes a short newspaper clipping mentioning Gladys Storey's costume in a play. Gladys Storey was an actress, and this may have been compiled on one of her theatrical tours.

Dates: undated

Extra covers from G. A. Storey's bindings, undated

 File — Box: 4, Folder: F70
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Examples of the covers used by Storey when he bound volumes of his writings.

Dates: undated

Some Notes on Art and Its Troubles, circa 1912

 File — Box: 4, Folder: F56
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Art-related essays written, collected, and bound by Storey.

Dates: circa 1912

Twelve Lessons in Perspective, 1913, 1913-1914

 File — Box: 4, Folder: F57
Scope and Contents Binding detached. Lectures presented by Storey January 22 to February 28, 1913. Added in pencil inside front cover, "[S]torey, R. A., 1914, on Jan 27th." Includes many diagrams, sketches, and laid-in illustrations from his book on perspective. Also included is draft of letter to "Dear Lamb" requesting gift of money from the R.A. upon his retirement in recognition of his past services. He indicates that he is unable to leave the house due to his health, so the date of...
Dates: 1913-1914

Gaunts Physics and other notes, circa 1913

 File — Box: 4, Folder: F58
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Storey's collected and bound notes from several publications on light and color. Includes some essays on art written by Storey, including his lecture on light and color delivered at the Royal Academy. Front board detached.

Dates: circa 1913

Notes and Essays on Art, Literature, etc. (Artists at Play), circa 1914

 File — Box: 4, Folder: F59
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Self-bound typescript composed of anecdotal entries on artists, essays, and poems.

Dates: circa 1914

Sundry Notes Recollections. Materials for Book, circa 1854-1915

 File — Box: 4, Folder: F60
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Notes, essays, poems, and stories collected and bound by Storey dating from 1854-1915. Includes laid-in illustrations from other publications, a preface for his second autobiography, and a variety of autobiographical materials.

Dates: circa 1854-1915

Notes for Sardonius. 50 notes., 1908-1916

 File — Box: 4, Folder: F61
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Miscellaneous collection of notes on variety of subjects, including art, fiction, poetry, and lectures attended by Storey. Also includes items recopied by Storey, and some pasted-in leaves from other notebooks (see F51 for Sardonius).

Dates: 1908-1916

List of Pictures Sketches by G. A. Storey. 1900, 1900-1912

 File — Box: 4, Folder: F62
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Vellum-bound ledger with list of paintings and sketches with dates and selling prices. Includes additions made up to 1912. Also includes a list of "The Literary Works of G. A. Storey" made after 1910.

Dates: 1900-1912

Pills to Purge Melancholy, undated

 File — Box: 4, Folder: F63
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Green leatherbound book with one remaining clasp, and "1824" written on the cover. The rest of the book is blank.

Dates: undated

Sporting Artists Other Recollections. Mostly Humourous, undated

 File — Box: 4, Folder: F64
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Anecdotes by Storey, collected and bound by the author. Includes a simple pencil sketch of houses.

Dates: undated

Sardonius. Part 2. The Mirrors., 1915

 File — Box: 4, Folder: F51
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Homemade wrappers. Includes laid in notebook pages, "Nietzsche for the War," addressed to the Editor of the Times, Sep. 7th, 1914.

Dates: 1915

Chats on Art, 1903

 File — Box: 4, Folder: F52
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Several essays on art collected and bound by Storey in blue paper wrapper. Includes one diagram.

Dates: 1903

Sundry Notes on Art, etc., circa 1908

 File — Box: 4, Folder: F53
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Collected notes and recopied materials dating from 1893-1908, bound together by Storey. Some exist in separate versions in other notebooks. Accompanied by one notebook sheet containing poem, "Raleigh and the Kings Concience", dated 1905.

Dates: circa 1908

Notes on Art and Artists, circa 1909-1912

 File — Box: 4, Folder: F54
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Various essays and notes on art written, collected, and bound by Storey. Includes rough draft of essay on photography and art.

Dates: circa 1909-1912

Fra. Bacon, a Wayward Essay, 1912

 File — Box: 4, Folder: F55
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Includes pasted-in newspaper clippings related to Francis Bacon.

Dates: 1912