Stuart B. Schimmel Collection of A. J. A. Symons Papers, 1922-1941, 1996

Stuart B. Schimmel Collection of A. J. A. Symons Papers, 1922-1941, 1996

Summary Information

Abstract

A small group of materials, chiefly consisting of English writer and bibliographer A. J. A. Symons' correspondence and records related to the First Edition Club, which Symons founded in 1922. Stuart B. Schimmel collected the materials.

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#1939
Bib ID:
13403639 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Schimmel, Stuart B
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
0.43 Linear Feet (1 manuscript box)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Description

Summary

The collection is a small group of materials, chiefly consisting of A. J. A. Symons' correspondence and records related to the First Edition Club, which Symons founded in 1922.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in one series.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Stuart B. Schimmel Collection of A. J. A. Symons Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Related Material

A.J.A. Symons, literary papers and correspondence with some related material: Another small collection of A. J. A. Symons' papers, at the University of Leeds, U.K.

Stuart B. Schimmel collection of Frederick Rolfe papers, 1892-1980: A collection of materials by and about Frederick Rolfe, subject of A. J. A. Symons' best-known work, which includes a lecture typescript by Symons and several letters written to Symons about Rolfe. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University.

Stuart B. Schimmel collection of Augustus Hare papers and drawing, 1854-1909: Another collection of manuscripts collected by Stuart B. Schimmel and subsequently given to the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University.

Stuart B. Schimmel - Oliver Wendell Holmes letters and documents, 1860-1946: Yet another of Schimmel's manuscript collections at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University.

Accruals

No additions are expected.

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was given to the Rare Book and Manuscript Library by Caroline Schimmel in 2013.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Processed by PTL, 2017

Reprocessed by CLB, July 2018

Finding aid written by PTL and CLB.

This collection was processed in 2017 as an addition to the Arthur and Rhoda Symons Correspondence (MS#1222). It was redescribed as a separate collection in July 2018 when A. J. A. Symons was identified as a different person from Arthur Symons.

Revision Description

2018-08-23 xml document instance created by Celeste Brewer.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical Note

Stuart B. Schimmel (1925-2013) was a prominent book and manuscript collector who lived in Greenwich, Connecticut. He joined the Grolier Club, a private society for New York City bibliophiles, in 1961, and served on its Council from 1972 until 1986.

A. J. A. (Alphonse James Albert) Symons (1900-1941) was an English writer, book collector, and bibliographer. He is best known for his experimental biography of the writer Frederick Rolfe, "The Quest For Corvo." He founded the First Edition Club, which published limited editions of literary works and exhibited rare books and manuscripts, in 1922. He also established the "Book Collectors Quarterly" in 1930. Symons was an expert on English writers and literary publications of the 1890s, such as Oscar Wilde.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Correspondence
Manuscripts (documents)
Photographs
Name
First Edition Club (London, England)
Symons, A. J. A (Alphonse James Albert), 1900-1941
Subject
Bibliographers
Private presses -- Great Britain

Stuart B. Schimmel Collection of A. J. A. Symons Papers, 1922-1941, 1996

In a brown cloth covered portfolio box, with leather tooled label on spine "A.J.A. Symons Misc." With Maggs Bros. Ltd catalog, 1996


Box 27

British Passport of A. J. A. Symons


Box 27

Visitors' Book of The First Edition Club, 17 Pall Mall East, London, 1922-1925


Box 27

Letter to Walter de la Mare, 29 April 1939


Box 27

Tennant biography. A.Ms., 15pp


Box 27

Edith Watson to Mr. Fisher, 8 August 1941


Box 27

Cyril Connolly to Symons on Wilde, 22 April 1941


Box 27

J.E. Agate to Symons, 9 June 1939


Box 27

J.A. to Symons, 9 June 1929-17 July 1939


Box 27

First Editions Club, 31 December 1930


Box 27

Symons to George Macy, 9 March 1931-4 October 1933


Box 27

Oscar Wilde Mss.


Box 27

A.D. Peters Royalty Accounts, 1935


Box 27

G.R. Renier to A.J.A. Symons, 2 June 1927


Box 27

Wilde Contract, 1934/35


Box 27

Symons to E. V. Rieu, 13 May 1935


Box 27

Copies of letters from Oscar Wilde to Leonard Smithers


Box 27

Photographs (2) of windmill and house


Miscellaneous letters by A.J.:


Box 27

TLS, April 10 1941. 5pp. To "Darling Hook" i.e. Natalie Sieveking


Box 27

Retained carbon of TLS, 5 March 1941, to Dr. Purdon Martin, 5 March 1941


Box 27

TLS, 3pp. Feb 20 1941 to "Mater darling", Feb 20 1941


Box 27

TLS, April 19 1941. Unsigned (unsent?, draft?) to "David"