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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

Mohammed Mrabet correspondence, reviews, and other material

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0674
Abstract

Moroccan author and artist Mohammed Mrabet (born 1940) worked closely with American expatriate writer and musician Paul Bowles (1910-1999). This collection contains letters from several of Mrabet's friends and acquaintances, most notably from American writers and editors Irving Stettner (1922-2004) and Michael Wolfe (born 1945). Also included are reviews of Mrabet's works and photocopied dust jackets from his books.

Dates: 1968-1989
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

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Articles 2
Auction catalogs 2
Collectors 2
Forgers (criminals) 2
Literary forgeries and mystifications--History--19th century 2
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Literary forgeries and mystifications--History--20th century 2
Pamphlets 2
Advertisements 1
Artists (visual artists) 1
Authors 1
Authors and publishers--20th century 1
Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence 1
Bibliographers 1
Book jackets 1
Drafts (documents) 1
Forgeries (derivative objects) 1
Galley proofs 1
Invitations 1
Literary forgeries and mystifications 1
Literary forgeries and mystifications--Exhibitions 1
Literary forgeries and mystifications--Specimens 1
Manuscripts (documents) 1
Page proofs 1
Periodicals 1
Photocopies 1
Receipts (financial records) 1
Reprints 1
Research notes 1
Scrapbooks 1
Tangier (Morocco)--Intellectual life--20th century 1
Tangier (Morocco)--Social life and customs--20th century 1
Transcripts 1
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Language
Arabic 1
Dutch; Flemish 1
French 1
Spanish; Castilian 1
 
Names
Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917 2
Todd, William B. 2
Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937 2
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
Carter, John, 1905-1975 1
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Fleck, Robert D., 1947- 1
Garland, Bruce 1
Mrabet, Mohammed, 1936- 1
Oak Knoll Books (Firm) 1
Prokosch, Frederic, 1908-1989 1
Stettner, Irving, 1922- 1
Stettner, Irving, 1922- --Correspondence 1
Tober, Frank W., 1919-1995 1
Wise, Louise 1
Wolfe, Michael, 1945- 1
Wolfe, Michael, 1945- --Correspondence 1
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