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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
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

William A. Oliver, Jr. collection related to The Mystery of Edwin Drood

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0638
Abstract The William A. Oliver, Jr. collection related to The Mystery of Edwin Drood comprises 10.5 linear feet of material plus oversize items dating from 1844 to 2005 and includes extensive bibliographic information relating to the works of Charles Dickens and specifically to the author's final novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870), which was unfinished at the time of his death. The collection, which illuminates Oliver's activities as a...
Dates: 1844-2005
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Robert A. Wilson - Marianne Moore collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0641
Abstract

The Robert A. Wilson - Marianne Moore collection comprises 1 linear foot of material spanning the dates between 1925 and 1997 and includes correspondence to and from American poet Marianne Moore, the majority of which was written to Phoenix Book Shop proprietor Robert A. Wilson; works by and about Moore; newspaper clippings, photographs, pamphlets, broadsheets, and invitations documenting aspects of Moore’s career and public appearances; audio recordings; and realia.

Dates: 1925-1997; Majority of material found within 1950-1977
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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Auction catalogs 3
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Literary forgeries and mystifications--History--19th century 2
Literary forgeries and mystifications--History--20th century 2
Periodicals 2
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Receipts (financial records) 2
Scrapbooks 2
Advertisements 1
Annotated bibliographies 1
Audio cassette 1
Authors 1
Book collecting 1
Book collectors 1
Booksellers 1
Broadsides (notices) 1
Candlesticks 1
Critics 1
Drafts (documents) 1
England--Description and travel 1
English literature--History and criticism 1
Figurines 1
Forgeries (derivative objects) 1
Galley proofs 1
Handkerchiefs 1
Literary forgeries and mystifications 1
Literary forgeries and mystifications--Exhibitions 1
Literary forgeries and mystifications--Specimens 1
London (England)--History--19th century 1
Maps (documents) 1
Novelists, English--19th century 1
Page proofs 1
Phonograph records 1
Photographs 1
Plaques (flat objects) 1
Playbills 1
Poets 1
Poets, American--20th century--Correspondence 1
Proofs (printed matter) 1
Reprints 1
Research notes 1
Rochester (Kent, England)--History--19th century 1
Screenplays 1
Tear sheets 1
Tickets 1
Transcripts 1
VHS 1
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Language
French 2
Danish 1
 
Names
Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917 2
Todd, William B. 2
Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937 2
Carter, John, 1905-1975 1
Dickens Fellowship (London, England) 1
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Dickens Fellowship (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Dickens, Cedric Charles 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Adaptations 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Criticism and interpretation 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Mystery of Edwin Drood 1
Fleck, Robert D., 1947- 1
Garland, Bruce 1
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 1
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972--Correspondence 1
Nicoll, W. Robertson (William Robertson), Sir, 1851-1923 1
Oak Knoll Books (Firm) 1
Oliver, William Albert, 1926-2005 1
Phoenix Book Shop 1
Prokosch, Frederic, 1908-1989 1
Tober, Frank W., 1919-1995 1
Walters, John Cuming 1
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922- --Correspondence 1
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 1
Wise, Louise 1
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