Arthur and Rhoda Symons Correspondence and Manuscripts, 1884-1973

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Series I: Arthur and Rhoda Bowser Symons Correspondence, 1884-1944



Box 5 Arthur Symons letters to Rhoda Bowser, 1898-1900 July



Box 6 Arthur Symons letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1900 August-1908



Box 7 Arthur Symons letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 January-June



Box 8 Arthur Symons letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 July-December



Box 9 Arthur Symons letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1910-1911



Box 10 Arthur Symons letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1912



Box 11 Arthur Symons letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1913 January-August



Box 12 Arthur Symons letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1913 September-circa 1914



Box 13 Arthur Symons letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1914



Box 14 Arthur Symons letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1915-1924



Box 15 Arthur Symons letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1925-1935



Box 16 Rhoda Bowser letters to Arthur Symons, 1898-1900 June



Box 17 Rhoda Bowser Symons letters to Arthur Symons, 1900 July-1902



Box 18 Rhoda Bowser Symons letters to Arthur Symons, 1909-1912



Box 19 Rhoda Bowser Symons letters to Arthur Symons, 1913 January-May



Box 20 Rhoda Bowser Symons letters to Arthur Symons, 1913 June-December



Box 21 Rhoda Bowser Symons letters to Arthur Symons, 1914-1922



Box 22 Rhoda Bowser Symons letters to Arthur Symons, 1923-1925



Box 23 Rhoda Bowser Symons letters to Arthur Symons, 1926-1928



Box 24 Rhoda Bowser Symons letters to Arthur Symons, 1929-1936



Box 25 Rhoda Bowser Symons letters to Arthur Symons, undated



Box 1 Folder 1 Agresti, Olivia Rossetti letter to Arthur Symons, 1903 October 30


Box 1 Folder 2 through 10 Alma-Tadema, Laurence letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1901 June 20-1924 December 18


Box 1 Folder 11 Anderssen, Hendrik C. letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 August 8


Box 1 Folder 12 Balfour, Arthur James letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1908 October 21


Box 1 Folder 13 Balfour, Charlotte Warre Cornish letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 January 1


Box 1 Folder 14 Barney, Natalie Clifford (written) telephone message to Arthur Symons, 1925 May 26


Box 1 Folder 15 through 22 Bowser, Isabel letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1908 October 4-1918 August 6


Box 1 Folder 23 Bowser, Isabella letter to Rhoda Bowser, 1894 May 30


Box 1 Folder 24 through 34 Bowser, John Edward letters to Rhoda Bowser, 1893 April 14-1900 November 14


Box 1 Folder 35 Brindley, F. letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1914 January 23


Box 1 Folder 36 Brooks, Colin letter to Arthur Symons, 1927 October 3


Box 1 Folder 37 through 41 Brooks, Edmund DeWitt letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1908 December 31-1909 June 24


Box 1 Folder 42 and 43 Bullen, Arthur Henry letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 March 8-March 12


Box 1 Folder 44 Byard, Theodore letter to Arthur Symons, 1924 February 11


Box 1 Folder 45 through 48 Campbell, Beatrice Stella Tanner letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1908 October 13-1909 July 7


Box 1 Folder 49 Colquhoun, Ethel M. Cookson letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 June 28


Box 1 Folder 50 through 54 Condor, Stella Belford letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 June 23-1909 August 8


Box 1 Folder 55 Craig, Edward Gordon letter to Arthur Symons, undated


Box 1 Folder 56 Craig, Edward Gordon letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1928 September 7


Box 1 Folder 57 Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa letter to Arthur Symons, 1900 March 26


Box 1 Folder 58 Daniels, Mabel Wheeler letter to Arthur Symons, 1909 July 18


Box 1 Folder 59 Davis, Mary postcard to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 July 22


Box 1 Folder 60 Davray, Henry letter to Arthur Symons, 1935 January 14

With clipping and envelope


Box 1 Folder 61 Debenham, Cecily Kenrick postcard to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1930 June 24


Box 1 Folder 62 Déjazet, Pauline-Virginie letter, undated


Box 1 Folder 63 Devi, Mira letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1934 March


Box 1 Folder 64 Dodkins, J. letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 April 16


Box 1 Folder 65 through 67 Duse, Eleonora letters and telegram to Arthur Symons, 1908 October 30, undated


Box 1 Folder 68 through 85 de Elizondo, José María letters to Arthur Symons, 1918 October 15-1922 September 24


Box 1 Folder 86 through 88 Ellis, Havelock letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 May 14-1914 January 2


Box 1 Folder 89 Ellis, Havelock letter to Arthur Symons, 1914 January 2


Box 1 Folder 91 Forbes-Robertson, Johnston letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, undated


Box 1 Folder 92 Goetze, Annie letter to Arthur Symons, 1940 April 11


Box 1 Folder 93 Golding, Louis letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1926 January 10


Box 1 Folder 94 and 95 Gompertz, Richard letters to Rhoda Bowser, 1897 June 14, July 8


Box 1 Folder 96 and 97 Gonne, Iseult letters to Arthur Symons, 1918 September 5, undated


Box 1 Folder 98 through 117 Gordine, Dora letters to Arthur Symons, 1937 February 17-1942 October 26


Box 1 Folder 118 Gosse, Ellen Epps letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 July 31


Box 1 Folder 119 Gosse, Edmund William letter to Arthur Symons, 1900 March 7


Box 1 Folder 120 through 122 Gosse, Edmund William letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1908 October 21-1910 April 9


Box 1 Folder 123 Gough, Sylvia letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1918 February 1


Box 1 Folder 124 Grenfell, A. letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 August 10


Box 1 Folder 125 Griffin, A. Watson letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1908 October 18


Box 1 Folder 126 through 128 Hare, Richard Gilbert letters to Arthur Symons, 1937 August 11-1939 March 14


Box 1 Folder 129 Haynes, Edmund Sidney Pollock letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 July 16


Box 1 Folder 130 through 132 Heinemann, William letters to Arthur Symons, 1912 October 21 and 28, 1913 August 22


Box 1 Folder 133 Heinemann, William letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1914 October 17


Box 1 Folder 134 Hodge, Harold letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 June 2


Box 1 Folder 135 Hordern, Mary Angela Mond Pearson postcard to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1919 December 19


Box 1 Folder 136 Hordern, Mary Angela Mond Pearson letter to Arthur Symons, 1939 January 13


Box 1 Folder 137 Huneker, James Gibbons card to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 June 9


Box 1 Folder 138 Huneker, Josephine letter to Arthur Symons, 1924 March 18


Box 1 Folder 139 Hyslop, Theo Bulkeley letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1914 January 21


Box 1 Folder 140 through 155 John, Augustus Edwin letters to Arthur Symons, 1908-1910, undated


Box 1 Folder 156 John, Augustus Edwin letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 December 22



Box 2 Folder 1 through 18 John, Augustus Edwin letters to Arthur Symons, 1910 March 27-1927 May 5


Box 2 Folder 19 and 20 Keynes, Lydia Lopokova letters to Arthur Symons, 1918 October


Box 2 Folder 21 Kyllman, Otto letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 August 11


Box 2 Folder 22 Kyllman, Otto letter to Arthur Symons, 1928 April 18


Box 2 Folder 23 through 26 La Tour, Mathilde Ruinard de Brimond letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1908 October 8-1909 July 24


Box 2 Folder 27 Ledger, Walter Edwin letter to Arthur Symons, 1914 January 3


Box 2 Folder 44 von Lützow, Anna postcard to Arthur Symons, 1899 October 9


Box 2 Folder 45 von Lützow, Anna letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1908 November 21


Box 2 Folder 46 and 47 von Lützow, Franz Heinrich Hieronymus Valentin postcards to Arthur Symons, 1898 July 17, 1914 April 15


Box 2 Folder 48 von Lützow, Franz Heinrich Hieronymus Valentin letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 June 12


Box 2 Folder 49 through 51 Marlowe, Julia letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 September 7-1913 July 19


Box 2 Folder 52 Mathias, Ina letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 May 13


Box 2 Folder 53 through 58 Melchett, Violet Florence Mabel Goetze Mond letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1908 October 16-1913 October 14


Box 2 Folder 59 through 62 Mond, Frida Löwenthal letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 August 11-1918 October 29


Box 2 Folder 64 through 69 Naidu, Sarojini Chattopadhyay letters to Arthur Symons, 1896 July 15-1914 October 20

Published inThe Calcutta Review,September 1969, pp. 137-146.


Box 2 Folder 70 Noguchi, Yone letter to Arthur Symons, 1916 May 7


Box 2 Folder 71 through 76 O'Dogherty, Faith Bowser telegram and postcards to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1915 May 7-1921 November 5


Box 2 Folder 77 O'Dogherty, Faith Bowser postcard to Arthur Symons, 1920 November 4


Box 2 Folder 78 through 81 O'Dogherty, Francis Blake letters to Faith Bowser O'Dogherty, 1935 July 9-November 12


Box 2 Folder 82 O'Neill, Rose letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, undated


Box 2 Folder 83 and 84 Pinero, Arthur Wing letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1917 January 4, June 30


Box 2 Folder 85 Plank, George Wolfe letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 June 10


Box 2 Folder 86 and 87 Primoli, Giuseppe postcards to Arthur Symons, undated


Box 2 Folder 88 Prothero, Mary Frances Butcher letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 April 13


Box 2 Folder 89 and 90 Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas letters to Arthur Symons, 1912 October 12, December 10


Box 2 Folder 91 Rendall, Vernon Horace letter to Arthur Symons, 1915 January 19


Box 2 Folder 92 Rhys, Edith letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 July 31


Box 2 Folder 93 through 95 Rietti, Vittorio letters to Arthur Symons, 1938 April 20, May 26, November 6


Box 2 Folder 96 through 101 Robertson, William Graham letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1913 March 5-November 11, 1929 December 28


Box 2 Folder 102 Robertson, William Graham letter to Arthur Symons, 1929 December 28


Box 2 Folder 103 and 104 Rodin, Auguste letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 June 19, 1914 May 8


Box 2 Folder 105 Rodin, Auguste letter to Arthur Symons, 1909 July 12


Box 2 Folder 106 Russell, Jame Samuel Risien letter to Charles Watkins, 1908 October 22

Discusses Arthur Symons' condition.


Box 2 Folder 107 through 109 Russell, Jame Samuel Risien letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1908 November 3-1909 June 19

Discuss Arthur Symons' condition and treatment.


Box 2 Folder 110 Rutherford, Hope Featherston Christmas card to Arthur Symons, 1941 December

Wartime photostatic mail.


Box 2 Folder 111 Sampson, John letter to Rhoda Bowser Syons, 1908 October 15


Box 2 Folder 112 Sillars, Jesse N. letter to Arthur Symons, 1944 April 20


Box 2 Folder 113 through 117 Simons, Hulda letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 April 1-1910 April 13


Box 2 Folder 118 through 120 Summers, Montague letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1925 July 26, September 5; 1929 December 28


Box 2 Folder 121 Sutherland, Millicent Fanny St. Clair-Erskine letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1908 June 15


Box 2 Folder 122 Sutro, Alfred etter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1913 April 10


Box 2 Folder 123 Swete, E. Lyall letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1915 December 29


Box 2 Folder 124 Symons, Anna Martyn letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 June 20


Box 2 Folder 125 Tchnolanova, Milla letter to Arthur Symons, 1931 November 15


Box 2 Folder 126 Symons, Arthur letter to James Sullivan Starkey, 1908 March 8

Addressed to "Seumas O'Sullivan," Starkey's pseudonym.



Box 3 Folder 1 Symons, Arthur letter requesting information concerning Thomas Hood, 1908 May 8

No recipient specified.


Box 3 Folder 2 Symons, Arthur letter to an editor, 1908 October 10


Box 3 Folder 3 through 6 Symons, Arthur letters to Robert Atkinson, 1908 August 10, 1916 September 10, undated


Box 3 Folder 7 Symons, Arthur note to Mrs. Bagg, undated


Box 3 Folder 8 Symons, Arthur letter to Arthur H. Bullen, 1909


Box 3 Folder 9 Symons, Arthur letter to W. Morris Colles, 1906 October 6


Box 3 Folder 10 Symons, Arthur letter to Stella Conder, 1902 June 19


Box 3 Folder 11 Symons, Arthur letter to Ferdnand Gregorius, 1909 March 29


Box 3 Folder 12 Symons, Arthur letter to Edward Hutton, 1909


Box 3 Folder 13 Symons, Arthur note to Selwyn Image, 1909


Box 3 Folder 14 Symons, Arthur letter to Augustus John, 1910 February

The poems "Do you remember, Julia, how one day," "One night while the stars were shaken in the sky," and "Apparitions: XI, Delicious Passion" were originally enclosed. See Box 26, folders 8, 19, and 69.


Box 3 Folder 15 through 17 Symons, Arthur letters to Vincent O'Sullivan, 1907 April 26, undated


Box 3 Folder 18 Symons, Arthur letter to Albert Isaac Myers, 1925 May 12


Box 3 Folder 19 Symons, Arthur letter to Lennox Robinson, 1930 September 18


Box 3 Folder 20 through 23 Symons, Arthur letters to William Christian Symons, 1884 November 25-26-1889 July 1

Poem written on reverse of 1884 letter.


Box 3 Folder 24 and 25 Symons, Mark Lancelot letter and postcard to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1922 December 22, undated


Box 3 Folder 26 Symons, Rhoda Bowser note to Agnes Tobin, 1909 July

Note to Tobin written in margin of poem by Arthur Symons, "The Land of Peace," copied by Rhoda Bowser Symons.


Box 3 Folder 27 through 55 Symons, Rhoda Bowser letters to Faith Bowser O'Dogherty, 1919 October 9-1936 October 30


Box 3 Folder 56 Symons, Rhoda Bowser letter to Isabel Bowser, 1919 October 9


Box 3 Folder 57 Symons, William Christian letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1909 May 29


Box 3 Folder 58 through 62 Terry, Ellen letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1907 July 4-circa 1917


Box 3 Folder 63 through 123 Thompson, Henry Francis Herbert letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1908 February 2-1924 December 4, undated


Box 3 Folder 124 Thorowgood, Agnes Watts letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1908 December 6



Box 4 Folder 1 through 53 Tobin, Agnes letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1907 September 5-1910 March 27


Box 4 Folder 54 through 56 Tobin, Agnes postcards to Arthur Symons, 1909 November 24, 1911 April 14, June 14


Box 4 Folder 57 Trench, Herbert letter to Edith Sophy Balfour Lyttelton, 1909 June 24

About Arthur Symons' Cornish tragedy in verse.


Box 4 Folder 58 Viereck, George Sylvester letter to Arthur Symons, 1914 May 22


Box 4 Folder 59 Watkins, Charles letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1908 October 22


Box 4 Folder 60 Watkins, Nona Bowser postcard to Arthur Symons, 1910 November 2


Box 4 Folder 61 through 76 Watkins, Nona Bowser postcards to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1910 October 30-1924 March 6


Box 4 Folder 77 Watts, Philip letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1908 November 5


Box 4 Folder 80 Winstedt, E. O. letter to Arthur Symons, 1924 March 10


Box 4 Folder 81 Yano, K. postcard to Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1928 January 30


Box 4 Folder 82 Edmée, H. letters and postcards to Arthur and Rhoda Bowser Symons, 1924-1931


Box 4 Folder 83 Postcards from various family members and friends, circa 1920s


Box 4 Folder 84 Arthur Symons publishing correspondence, circa 1920s


Box 4 Folder 85 Arthur and Rhoda Bowser Symons personal correspondence, circa 1910s


Box 4 Folder 86 Envelope containing three clippings and a photograph, undated


Box 4 Folder 87 Reprints of transcriptions of Arthur Symons' letters to George A. Macmillan and J. Dykes Campbell in the British Library, by Shinichi Miyazawa, circa 1980s