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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

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

Harry F. Williams papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0367

Abstract

The Harry F. Williams Papers concern the works, awards, and personal notes of the prominent professor of Romance Languages, Harry F. Williams (1911–1998).

Dates: 13th century–18th century, 1930–1985; Majority of material found within 15th century

Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Tennessee Williams collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0112

Abstract

The Tennessee Williams collection, spanning the dates 1939-2013, consists of an extensive collection of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, printed material, and ephemera related to American playwright Tennessee Williams.

Dates: 1939-2013

Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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Bruce Garland collection of Thomas Wise material

Frank W. Tober collection on literary forgery

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