James Gilvarry literary letters and manuscripts, 1885-1927

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James Gilvarry literary letters and manuscripts



Box 1 Bennett, Arnold, London, To Miss Renard, t. l. s., 1p., 22 Sept. 1923

Discusses Max Beerbohm's parody in A Christmas Garland.

Gift of James Gilvarry, 1980.


Box 1 Colum, Padraic, "The Sea Bird to the Wave", n.p., a.ms. s., 1p., (poem), 18 Dec. 1916

Gift of James Gilvarry, 1983


Box 1 Lawrence, David Herbert, n.p., t.ms.s., 7p. (with related envelope), [1926?]

Essay on the Mîchaelangelo statue; signed with printed signature, Autograph corrections on each page. Published in Phoenix: Posthumous Papers, New York, The Viking Press, 1936,

Gift of James Gilvarry in memory of William York Tindall, 1981


Box 1 Melville, Herman, New York, photograph, 6.5x4.25 in., [October 1885]

Portrait by Rockwood, with signature of Melville attached.

Gift of James Gilvarry, 198-?


Box 1 Pound, Ezra, London, To Seumas O'Sullivan, pseud. (James Starkey), a.l.s., 3p., [circa Dec. 1914]

Gift of James Gilvarry, 1983


Box 1 Santayana, George, Rome, To E. W. Titus, a.l.s., 2p. (with envelope), 11 Feb. 1927

Gift of James Gilvarry, 1983