David Roth Martyr Worthy collection of Frederick William Rolfe papers, 1892-1973

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Series I: Catalogued correspondence, 1892-1973



Box 1 Cantoni, Enrico correspondence with Grant Richards about medallions, 1900 April 24, 9 May, 2 folders


Box 1 D'Arcy, Ella letter to A. J. A. Symons, 1925 October 30


Box 1 Hay, Malcolm letters to David Roth and newspaper clippings about tree carvings by Rolfe on Hay's property, 1951 February 13-1951 December, 3 folders


Box 1 Hochheimer, Frank W. letters to Charles Sidney de Vere Beauclerk, Byrne Corrigan, J. Flynn, C. W. Bell, Mrs Tennant, the Father Provincial of the Jesuit Order, Llewellyn Jones, the Father General of the Jesuit Order, (text of letters in the hand of F. W. Rolfe),, 1897 June 9-August 16, 16 folders


Box 1 Hochheimer, Frank W. letters to Charles Sidney de Vere Beauclerk, 1897 December 4, 1898 June 18, 2 folders


Box 1 Holden, John letters to A. J. A. Symons about his impressions of Frederick Rolfe, 1933 July, 4 folders


Box 1 Jacob, J. M. letter to David Roth, 1934 February 19


Box 1 Morris, C. M. Victoria letter to Charles Sidney de Vere Beauclerk, enclosing letter from Frederick Rolfe, 1895 September 10


Box 1 Richardson, Agnes letter to Charles Sidney de Vere Beauclerk, 1897 July 13


Box 1 Rolfe, Frederick William note to Henry Charles Bainbridge asking for money, undated


Box 1 Rolfe, Frederick William letter to the 9th Marquis of Ruvigny, 1892 January 7


Box 1 Rolfe, Frederick William letter to C. M. Victoria Morris, signed "F. Austin,", 1895 September 5


Box 1 Rolfe, Frederick letters to Charles Sidney de Vere Beauclerk, 1896 April 3-1898 December 17, 44 folders


Box 1 Rolfe, Frederick letters to Mrs Tennant, 1896 July 13, 24, 2 folders


Box 1 Rolfe, Frederick letters to J. Flynn, 1897 April 9, June 21, 2 folders


Box 1 Rolfe, Frederick letters to Agnes Richardson, 1897 May 14-26, July 10, 22, 2 folders


Box 1 Rolfe, Frederick letters to Thomas Corrigan, 1897 June 18-July 5, 5 folders


Box 1 Rolfe, Frederick letter to N. J. Hammer, 1897 July 29


Box 1 Rolfe, Frederick letter to E. J. Catherwood, 1897 August 21


Box 1 Rolfe, Frederick letter to Mother M. Emerentia, 1898 January 15


Box 1 Rolfe, Frederick letter to C. W. Bell, 1898 May 1


Box 1 Rolfe, Frederick letter to John Lane (written in the third person), 1899 March 13


Box 1 Rolfe, Frederick letters to Grant Richards, 1899 April 6-1900 December 21, 35 folders


Box 1 Rolfe, Frederick letters to Henry C. Bainbridge, 1899 September, 3 folders


Box 1 Rolfe, Frederick letters to J. E. Lyons, 1900 April 9, July 18, November 27, 3 folders


Box 1 Rolfe, Frederick letter to Frederic Chapman, 1900 August 16



Box 2 Rolfe, Frederick letters to Henry C. Bainbridge, 1901-1903 December 4, 28 folders


Box 2 Rolfe, Frederick letters to Grant Richards, 1901 March 6-1903 August 9, 27 folders


Box 2 Typescript copies of letters from Frederick Rolfe to James Joseph Walsh (originals in Donald Weeks' collection), 1903-1911


Box 2 Rolfe, Frederick letters to Charles Sidney de Vere Beauclerk, 1903 April 19-1906 February 15, 5 folders


Box 2 Typescript copies of letters from Frederick Rolfe to Grant Richards (originals in Hempstead Public Library), 1903 August 6, 9, 2 folders


Box 2 Typescript copies of letters from Frederick Rolfe to Richard MacGillivray Dawkins (originals in Donald Weeks' collection), 1907-1912, 1 folders


Box 2 Rolfe, Frederick letters to the 9th Marquis of Ruvigny, 1908 July 5, 8, 2 folders


Box 2 Typescript copies of letters from Frederick Rolfe to Charles Masson Fox, known as the "Venice Letters,", 1909-1910


Box 2 Rolfe, Frederick letterbook, 1909-1910

Contains drafts and copies of letters to many different recipients, manuscript fragments, etc. Full contents list included.


Box 2 Rolfe, Nellie E. letter to David Roth, 1951 September 1


Box 2 Sims, George Frederick letters to David Roth about Rolfe manuscripts and their publishing rights, 1949-1951, 6 folders


Box 2 Skinner, Arthur Banks letter to Grant Richards about Enrico Cantoni medals, 1900 April 2


Box 2 Symons, Alphonse James Albert letters to Grant Richards about Frederick Rolfe manuscripts and Richards' recollections of Rolfe, 1926 September 27-1933 December, 1936 September 7, 19 folders


Box 2 Symons, Alphonse James Albert letter to Dawkins about Rolfe's translation of The Songs of Meleager,, 1936 August 6


Box 2 Mrs Tennant letter to Frederick Rolfe, 1897 July 11


Box 2 Watts, Augustine letter to Charles Sidney de Vere Beauclerk, 1897 May 29


Box 2 Webster, George letter to James B. Pinker, declining to publish Hadrian VII,, 1903 October 1


Box 2 Weeks, Donald letters to David Roth about his collection of Frederick Rolfe materials, 1956, 3 folders


Box 2 Woolf, Cecil letters to David Roth and Mrs. Roth on various Frederick Rolfe bibliography-related issues, 1953-1956, 1960, 10 folders


Box 2 Roth family correspondence about Frederick Rolfe collection, 1929-1973, 3 folders