Francis Bacon Library Archive: Finding Aid 602120

Finding aid prepared by Suzanne Oatey.
The Huntington Library
2012
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Finding aid last updated on January 12, 2024, by Maggie Hughes.


Contributing Institution: The Huntington Library
Title: Francis Bacon Library archive
Creator: Francis Bacon Foundation
Identifier/Call Number: 602120
Physical Description: 70.6 Linear Feet (152 boxes, 1 oversize folder, 1 object)
Date (inclusive): 1846-1996
Date (bulk): 1920-1990
Abstract: The Francis Bacon Library was a private rare book research library on the campus of the Claremont Colleges in Claremont, California. It was founded by Walter Conrad Arensberg and his wife, Louise Stevens Arensberg. In 1938, they established The Francis Bacon Foundation to promote study of the life and works of statesman Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626). The Foundation administered the Francis Bacon Library, which included a comprehensive collection on the Shakespeare authorship controversy, a subject of great personal interest to Walter Arensberg, who believed that Bacon was the true author of Shakespeare's plays. This archive contains the records of the Library, which closed in 1995, including papers and correspondence of scholars interested in Bacon and the authorship question. It also contains the personal and family papers of the Arensbergs, and Walter Arensberg's cryptographic files and research on the authorship controversy.
Language of Material: The records are in English.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Francis Bacon Library archive, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by the Francis Bacon Foundation, Claremont, California, November 1995.

Separated Materials

A small bronze sculpture by Anna Hyatt Huntington (American, 1876-1973) that was part of Series 5. Art and Artifacts was transferred to The Huntington Art Division on June 10, 2019. The item description read: WA-2/778. Sculpture. Artist: Hyatt. Bronze, feline.

Biographical / Historical

The Francis Bacon Library was a private rare book library that stood on the campus of Claremont Colleges, California, from 1960 to 1995. It was established and operated by the Francis Bacon Foundation, created in 1938 by Walter Conrad Arensberg (1878-1954) and his wife, Louise Stevens Arensberg (1879-1953).
The library grew out of the private collection of Walter Arensberg, a scholar, poet and art collector born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to a wealthy industrial family. He became interested in Dante during his undergraduate years at Harvard University, 1896-1900, and started collecting Dante material. His interests grew to include the Renaissance, and in particular, philosopher, essayist and statesman Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626). Arensberg began collecting books by and about Bacon, along with material in all the fields of Bacon's interest: law, politics, affairs of state, philosophy, the natural and physical sciences, literature, cryptography, magic, witchcraft, the occult, alchemy, and Rosicrucianism. He became convinced that Bacon was the true author of the plays and poems attributed to William Shakespeare, and embarked on what would become a lifelong obsession – using cryptographic methods to discover supposed hidden meanings and secret messages embedded in Shakespeare's text by Bacon or by a Baconian secret society. Arensberg, an intellectual with a passion for chess, numerology and word games, became engrossed with analyzing texts, and hired researchers and cryptographers to assist him. He published The Cryptography of Shakespeare in 1922 and other works on the subject throughout the 1920s. Though Arensberg's efforts were ultimately unsuccessful and his unorthodox cipher systems considered incapable of proof, his conviction and enthusiasm for his theories seldom waned, even up until his death in 1954.
The Arensbergs had relocated from New York to Los Angeles in 1921. They had begun collecting art in New York, where they had developed friendships with avant-garde intellectuals and artists--in particular, Marcel Duchamp. After moving west, they eventually settled, in 1927, into a home in Hollywood that became filled with books and art. While Walter steadily enlarged his library and conducted his cryptographic research, he and Louise were also building an important collection of modern and pre-Columbian art.
In 1938, Walter and Louise Arensberg founded the Francis Bacon Foundation as an educational and research institution to promote study in science, literature, religion, history and philosophy, with special emphasis on Bacon's life, character and influences. Booksellers in Europe became aware of the Arensbergs' search for rare books and manuscripts, and together with Foundation President and Library Director Elizabeth Wrigley, the Arensbergs assembled one of the most extensive libraries of Bacon material in the world.
The Foundation administered the library out of the Arensbergs' home at 7065 Hillside Avenue, Hollywood, until it was moved to an office building in Pasadena in 1954, after the Arensbergs' deaths. There, the Francis Bacon Library opened its doors to the public for the first time, as the Arensbergs had intended. In 1960, the library found a permanent home on the campus of the Claremont Colleges in Claremont, California, in a new building financed by the Foundation. The small red-brick building was formally dedicated May 8, 1960, and drew scholars, students, faculty and members of the public to its doors for 35 years, until it was closed in 1995. A major factor in its closing was the failing health of Elizabeth Wrigley, longtime director of the library, who had begun working for Mr. Arensberg in 1944. (See Biographical Note on Elizabeth Wrigley in Library Records series.)
Under Wrigley's guidance, the library had grown to over 14,000 titles by 1995. It had one of the world's largest collections on Francis Bacon, and one of the largest collections on the Shakespeare authorship controversy in the United States. The library also held works by numerous other Elizabethan and Jacobean authors, and supporting collections in emblem literature, Rosicrucian works, and early American political theory.
The library primarily served the academic community but made efforts to welcome the larger public pursuing scholarship, education or simply personal interest. The library staff held regular open houses and exhibits to attract new visitors, many of whom were students. Each year, they mounted a major themed exhibition and a lecture and fete in honor of Bacon's birthday. The library interior was richly decorated with Oriental rugs, gooseneck lamps and an iron chandelier that hung from a beamed oak ceiling. It was a place for serious research but had its lighthearted moments too. A 1987 exhibit on divination included 20 different methods of divination for visitors to actually try. There was an overwhelmingly favorable response and coverage in the local media, including an article in a local newspaper featuring a photo of a costumed librarian gazing into a crystal ball. The library held memberships in professional organizations and co-sponsored events and lectures related to Bacon and Renaissance literature. It was an associate presenter of the Renaissance Conference of Southern California, along with the Huntington Library, the Getty and others. The library also sponsored a lecture series at the University of Southern California featuring prominent scholars from all over the world.
Regarding the Bacon-Shakespeare authorship question, in a 1981 letter, library director Elizabeth Wrigley explained: "Our late founder, Walter Arensberg, had his own cipher system, and we continued to work on it for six years after his death. At that time the Board of Trustees felt that we should not continue as we did not have his guidance. The Foundation does not promote the controversy. We make written materials available to scholars, but that is it. We serve as a kind of clearinghouse for Bacon scholarship, which does include some work on the controversy."
When the library closed in 1995, its collection of books and manuscripts were donated to the Huntington Library, along with institutional records and some of the Arensbergs' personal papers. The papers related to the Arensbergs' art collection and most of the Foundation's administrative records were given to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which had earlier been given the art collection.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the archive of the Francis Bacon Library, a private rare book research library on the campus of the Claremont Colleges in Claremont, California. The archive is organized into five series: Library Records; Personal Papers given to the Library; Francis Bacon Foundation Records; the Walter and Louise Arensberg Papers; and the Art and Artifacts Collection.
The Library records include administration and collection records, gifts and acquisitions, exhibit records, and a large portion of correspondence. The correspondence, almost entirely written by library director Elizabeth Wrigley, is with students, other organizations, scholars, and, notably, interested Baconians (supporters of the theory that Francis Bacon was the true author of the plays attributed to Shakespeare). There are also records of gifts to the library, including books, ephemera and papers of Baconians and other scholars studying the Shakespeare authorship question. These papers comprise the Personal Papers series, and are organized by owner name: Isabelle Kittson Brown, Eugene Dernay, George Drury, Johan Franco, R. W. (Reginald Walter) Gibson, Olive Woodward Hoss, Karl [Richards] Wallace, and A. Allen Woodruff.
The Francis Bacon Foundation papers contain articles of incorporation, financial and legal documents, and some correspondence of the board members. There are also clippings and photostats on Shakespeare, Bacon and Elizabethan history that were collected for research purposes. This represents only a portion of the Foundation records; the remainder are in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The personal and family papers of Walter and Louise Arensberg include Walter Arensberg's cryptographic research files, charts and notes; personal papers; drafts of his poems and books; correspondence with Baconians; photographs; and letters of Arensberg and [Louise] Stevens family members. The letters between Walter and his brother Charles F. C. Arensberg are particularly personal and informative.
This portion of the Arensbergs' personal papers does not include their correspondence with artists or their art-collecting activities. Those papers (the Arensberg Archives) were given by the Francis Bacon Foundation to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which also holds the Arensberg Art Collection of Modern and pre-Columbian art.
The last series of the archive is a group of art objects and historical artifacts that belonged to the Foundation and library. Some were collected by the Arensbergs, and some were acquired by the library after their deaths. They are listed with their original descriptions kept by the Foundation.
The collection is organized into these series and subseries:
  1. Series 1. Library Records
  2. 1.1 Administrative records
  3. 1.2 Collection records
  4. 1.3 Correspondence
  5. 1.3.1. General
  6. 1.3.2. Colleges, Universities and Schools
  7. 1.3.3. Foundations, Societies, etc.
  8. 1.3.4. Libraries and Related Institutions
  9. 1.3.5. Correspondence with Baconians
  10. 1.4 Exhibits
  11. 1.5 Financial records
  12. Series 2. Personal Papers
  13. 2.1. Isabelle Kittson Brown Papers, circa 1880-1928
  14. 2.2. Eugene Dernay Papers, 1861-1960
  15. 2.3 George Drury Papers, 1960-1964
  16. 2.4. Johan Franco publication plates, undated
  17. 2.5. R. W. (Reginald Walter) Gibson Papers, circa 1940-1959
  18. 2.6. Olive Woodward Hoss Papers, circa 1920-1969
  19. 2.7. Karl [Richards] Wallace Papers, circa 1960-1973
  20. 2.8. A. Allen Woodruff Papers, circa 1893-1949
  21. Series 3. Francis Bacon Foundation Records
  22. Series 4. Walter and Louise Arensberg Papers
  23. 4.1. Correspondence
  24. 4.1.1. General
  25. 4.1.2. Correspondence with Baconians
  26. 4.1.3. Arensberg Family correspondence
  27. 4.1.4. Stevens Family correspondence
  28. 4.2. Personal
  29. 4.3. Writings
  30. 4.4. Financial
  31. 4.5. Legal
  32. 4.6. Research
  33. 4.7. Photographs
  34. Series 5. Art and Artifacts Collection

Arrangement

The arrangement and titles of the files have been kept as much as possible in the original order of the records maintained by the Arensbergs and the library staff. Folders are arranged alphabetically by title within series. Documents within folders are arranged in chronological order by date with undated materials residing at the end of each folder. One exception is research files, which have been kept in their original order, which was not always chronological, but often by topic.

Related Materials

  1. Arsenberg, Walter, 1878-1954. Journal entries for a work in progress [microfilm]. The Huntington Library (Call number: MSS MFilm 00337, reels 1-14)  
  2. Francis Bacon Foundation/Arensberg Collection. The Huntington Library.  Selected collection of manuscripts, rare books and reference books formerly in the Francis Bacon Library. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
  3. Arensberg Archives. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives.
  4. Francis Bacon Foundation Records. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Cryptography.
Ciphers.
Francis Bacon Library.
Research libraries.
Rare books.
Claremont Colleges.
Lichfield Cathedral.
Art objects
Artifacts
Audiotapes
Business records
Clippings -- 19th century
Clippings -- 20th century
Ephemera
Letters (correspondence)
Notes -- United States
Passports -- United States -- 20th century
Personal Papers -- United States
Photographs -- 19th century
Photographs -- 20th century
Poems -- 20th century
Scrapbooks
Arensberg, Walter, 1878-1954
Arensberg, Lou (Mary Louise Stevens)
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 -- Authorship.
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 -- Bibliography.
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Brown, Isabelle, 1860-1928
Franco, Johan, 1908-1988
Friedman, William F. (William Frederick), 1891-1969
Gibson, R. W. (Reginald Walter)
Manly, John Matthews, 1865-1940
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Authorship -- Baconian theory.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Stevens, John E. 1909-1988
Wallace, Karl Richards, 1905-1973
Wolfe, Clyde Lynne Earle, b. 1885
Wrigley, Elizabeth S.
Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968
Huston, John, 1906-1987
Keller, Helen, 1880-1968
Lawrence, Frieda von Richthofen, 1879-1956
Miller, Henry, 1891-1980
Weston, Edward, 1886-1958
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900

 

1. LIBRARY RECORDS, 1938-1996

Scope and Content Note

Includes administrative records; applications for reading privileges; event records such as open houses, lectures, book sales and exhibits; collection records; and a large portion of correspondence almost entirely written by Elizabeth Wrigley, library director.
The insurance files are of note for listings of many of the rare books and their appraised values.
A significant part of this series are the letters received from many interested people about the Shakespeare authorship question from 1920s to 1995. The correspondence shows how, over the years, Wrigley developed personal relationships with many of the scholars who were interested in the library. The correspondence with collector R. W. Gibson, who published a bibliography of Bacon in 1950, contains interesting details about specific Bacon works. The correspondence also presents a good record of what the library held, and what they were still buying, seeking and collecting.
There are some attachments of flyers, article reprints, clippings and some photographs with the correspondence. Copies of scholarly articles written by correspondents are filed with their correspondence, as originally organized.
The Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable files contain many articles and reprints regarding the Shakespeare authorship question.

Biographical Note

Elizabeth Wrigley (1915-1997) was associated with the Francis Bacon Library for 50 years, almost the entire time of its existence. Wrigley held bachelor's degrees in Elizabethan literature and library science and was an analyst for U.S. Steel in her native Pittsburgh from 1941 to 1943. Shortly after she and her husband moved to California, they were invited to tea at the Hollywood home of Walter Arensberg. He needed help with his library and in 1944, she went to work for him as a research assistant and rare book cataloger. The next year she was named as an executive and member of the board of the Foundation. By 1959, Wrigley was president of the Foundation and director of the library.
Wrigley was a woman of colorful character known to invite visitors to the library for "coffee at 10 a.m. and tea at 4 p.m." She was extremely knowledgeable about Bacon and the Shakespeare authorship issue, and served on the Board of Advisors of the Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable. Wrigley was also an active member of the American Cryptogram Association, most likely an interest developed in her years working with Walter Arensberg.
In 1958, Wrigley published Short title catalogue numbers in the library of the Francis Bacon Foundation, incorporated, and a supplement in 1967. Due to health issues, she stopped working for the Foundation and library in 1995, and the library closed the same year. She passed away in 1997 at age 81.
 

1.1. Administrative Records

Box 1, Folder 1

Applications for reading privileges, 1960-1962

Box 1, Folder 2

Applications for reading privileges, 1963

Box 1, Folder 3

Applications for reading privileges, 1964

Box 1, Folder 4

Applications for reading privileges, 1965-1966

Box 1, Folder 5

Applications for reading privileges, 1967

Box 1, Folder 6

Applications for reading privileges, 1968

Box 1, Folder 7

Applications for reading privileges, 1969

Box 1, Folder 8

Applications for reading privileges, 1970

Box 1, Folder 9

Applications for reading privileges, 1971

Box 1, Folder 10

Applications for reading privileges, 1972-1973

Box 1, Folder 11

Applications for reading privileges, 1974-1975

Box 1, Folder 12

Applications for reading privileges, 1976

Box 1, Folder 13

Applications for reading privileges, 1977

Box 2, Folder 1

Applications for reading privileges, 1978-1979

Box 2, Folder 2

Applications for reading privileges, 1980-1981

Box 2, Folder 3

Applications for reading privileges, 1982-1983

Box 2, Folder 4

Applications for reading privileges, 1984-1985

Box 2, Folder 5

Applications for reading privileges, 1986-1987

Box 2, Folder 6

Applications for reading privileges, 1988

Box 2, Folder 7

Applications for reading privileges, 1989-1990

Box 2, Folder 8

Applications for reading privileges, 1991-1992

Box 2, Folder 9

Applications for reading privileges, 1993-1995

Box 2, Folder 10

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, 1973-1978

Box 2, Folder 11

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, 1979-1982

Box 2, Folder 12

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, 1983-1989

Box 2, Folder 13

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, 1990-1994

Box 3, Folder 1

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Lists, 1974-1994

Box 3, Folder 2

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1974

Box 3, Folder 3

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1975

Box 3, Folder 4

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1976

Box 3, Folder 5

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1977

Box 3, Folder 6

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1978

Box 3, Folder 7

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1979

Box 3, Folder 8

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1980

Box 3, Folder 9

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1981

Box 3, Folder 10

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1982

Box 3, Folder 11

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1983

Box 3, Folder 12

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1984

Box 3, Folder 13

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1985

Box 3, Folder 14

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1986

Box 3, Folder 15

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1987

Box 3, Folder 16

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1988

Box 3, Folder 17

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1989

Box 3, Folder 18

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1990

Box 3, Folder 19

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1991

Box 3, Folder 20

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1992

Box 3, Folder 21

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1993

Box 3, Folder 22

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1994

Box 3, Folder 23

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1995

Box 3, Folder 24

Bacon Scholars [lists of names and addresses], 1984, 1987, undated

Box 4, Folder 1

Building, Construction and maintenance, 1959-1965

Box 4, Folder 2

Building, Construction of addition and maintenance, 1967-1979

Box 4, Folder 3

Cataloging Reports, 1954-1956

Box 4, Folder 4

Cataloging Reports, 1957-1992

Box 4, Folder 5

Copyright Issues, 1977-1978

Box 4, Folder 6

Cryptography Contest, 1962, 1979

Box 4, Folder 7

Development Projects, 1966-1991

Box 4, Folder 8

Grants, Requests for (individuals), 1984-1995

Box 4, Folder 9

Library, Published profiles and descriptions, 1980-1993

Box 4, Folder 10

Library, Reports by others, circa 1970-1980

Box 4, Folder 11

Library, Amateur film reel of interiors and exteriors, (8 mm. Kodachrome film), circa 1960

Box 5, Folder 1

Photographs, Library building, interiors and exteriors, 1960, 1974, undated

Box 5, Folder 2

Photographs, Elizabeth Wrigley (Library Director), portraits in Library, undated

Box 5, Folder 3

Photographs, Employees and visitors in Library (unidentified), undated

Box 5, Folder 4

Publicity, Adair, Douglass, Gift, 1967

Box 5, Folder 5

Publicity, Book Sale, 1962-1970

Box 5, Folder 6

Publicity, Book Sale, 1971-1987

Box 5, Folder 7

Publicity, Book Sale, 1988-1994

Box 5, Folder 8

Publicity, Brown, Isabelle Kittson, Collection, 1972

Box 5, Folder 9

Publicity, General, 1956-1965

Box 5, Folder 10

Publicity, General, 1966-1969

Box 5, Folder 11

Publicity, General, 1970-1979

Box 5, Folder 12

Publicity, General, 1980-1993

Box 5, Folder 13

Questionnaires about Library and staff, 1972 – 1980. Includes Elizabeth Wrigley's resume and descriptions of the Library's holdings.

Box 112

Reader cards, by name, (A-Z), 1960-1995.

Box 5, Folder 14

Salary statistics for library professionals, 1970-1979

Box 113

Visitor registers, [Register 1] May 31, 1960-Dec. 1965

Box 134, Folder 2

Visitor registers, [Register 2] Jan. 3, 1966-Dec. 14, 1970

Box 113

Visitor registers, [Register 3] Dec. 14, 1970-Jan. 17, 1975

Box 113

Visitor registers, [Register 4] Jan. 17, 1975-May 19, 1978

Box 114

Visitor registers, [Register 5] May 19, 1978-Dec. 14, 1982

Box 114

Visitor registers, [Register 6] Dec. 14, 1982-Dec. 19, 1989

Box 114

Visitor registers, [Register 7] Dec. 19, 1989-Nov. 20, 1995

Box 5, Folder 15

Visitor thank-you notes, miscellaneous, 1960-1982

Box 5, Folder 16

Wrigley, Elizabeth, Book-buying trip to England, 1974

 

1.2. Collection records

Box 6, Folder 1

Acquisitions Committee, 1961-1963

Box 6, Folder 2

Appraisals, 1971

Box 6, Folder 3

Appraisals, 1972-1975

Box 6, Folder 4

Bacon Lists and desiderata, 1946-1994

Box 6, Folder 5

Catalog listings, National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, 1976-1977

Box 6, Folder 6

Collections, General, 1964-1991

Box 6, Folder 7

Conservation of Materials, 1975-1992

Box 6, Folder 8

Continental Editions, undated

Box 6, Folder 9

Correspondence, General, (A-B), 1963-1991

Box 6, Folder 10

Correspondence, General, (C-F), 1949-1992

Box 7, Folder 1

Correspondence, General, (G-H), 1967-1993

Box 7, Folder 2

Correspondence, General, (I-M), 1971-1991

Box 7, Folder 3

Correspondence, General, (N-R), 1957-1988

Box 7, Folder 4

Correspondence, General, (S-Z), 1959-1993

Box 7, Folder 5

Cryptology Lists, [after 1976]

Box 7, Folder 6

Duplicates Sold, 1975-1977

Box 7, Folder 7

Gifts to Library, chronological list, 1971-1995

Box 7, Folder 8

Gifts to Library, 1955-1972

Box 7, Folder 9

Gifts to Library, 1973-1983

Box 7, Folder 10

Gifts to Library, 1984-1994

Box 8, Folder 1

Gifts to Library, Adair, Douglass (Lee-Bernard Collection), Catalog, 1972-1973

Box 8, Folder 2

Gifts to Library, Adair, Douglass (Lee-Bernard Collection), Correspondence, 1965-1969

Box 8, Folder 3

Gifts to Library, Adair, Douglass (Lee-Bernard Collection), Reprints of Adair's writings on Federalist Papers, 1944-1965, undated

Box 115

Gifts to Library, Adair, Douglass (Lee-Bernard Collection), Bibliographic cards and notes (4 envelopes)

Box 8, Folder 4

Gifts to Library, Brown, Isabelle Kittson, 1971, (1 of 2)

Box 8, Folder 5

Gifts to Library, Brown, Isabelle Kittson, 1971, (2 of 2)

Box 8, Folder 6

Gifts to Library, Brown, Isabelle Kittson, gift appraisal, 1971-1972

Box 8, Folder 7

Gifts to Library, Dernay, Eugene, 1959

Box 8, Folder 8

Gifts to Library, Hoss, Olive Woodward, 1974-1975

Box 8, Folder 9

Gifts to Library, McKaig, Betty (Elizabeth), undated

Box 8, Folder 10

Gifts to Library, Ogden, C. K. (Charles Kay), Collection ("U.C.L.A. gift"), undated

Box 8, Folder 11

Gifts to Library, Woodruff, A. Allen, 1972-1973

Box 8, Folder 12

Insurance lists, circa 1960

Box 8, Folder 13

Insurance lists, 1978

Box 9, Folder 1

Insurance lists, Bacon, Cryptology, Emblem and Rosicrucian Collections, 1981-1984

Box 9, Folder 2

Insurance lists, General, Bacon, Cryptology, Emblem and Rosicrucian Collections, 1981-1984

Box 9, Folder 3

Insurance lists, General Collection, 1981 (1 of 3)

Box 9, Folder 4

Insurance lists, General Collection, 1981, 1984 (2 of 3)

Box 9, Folder 5

Insurance lists, General Collection, 1981 (3 of 3)

Box 134, Folder 1

Insurance lists, [after 1988] (Oversize)

Box 9, Folder 6

Insurance lists, Rare Collection, 1993

Box 9, Folder 7

Inter-library loan policies, 1952-1988

Box 9, Folder 8

Inter-library loan records, 1958-1993

Box 9, Folder 9

Master copies regarding Bacon etc., circa 1960-1970

Box 9, Folder 10

Microfiche information, circa 1984

Box 10, Folder 1

Offered, Books, (A), 1983-1992

Box 10, Folder 2

Offered, Books, (B-C), 1983-1992

Box 10, Folder 3

Offered, Books, (D-M), 1982-1994

Box 10, Folder 4

Offered, Books, (P-T), 1982-1994

Box 10, Folder 5

Offered, Books, (U-Z), 1982-1992

Box 10, Folder 6

Ordering and auctions, etc., 1983-1992

Box 10, Folder 7

Provenance, 1947-1986

Box 10, Folder 8

Publications of Walter C. Arensberg (Records of gifts to other institutions), 1953-1955

Box 10, Folder 9

Publications of the Francis Bacon Foundation (Indexes of library holdings), 1952-1972

Box 10, Folder 10

Purchased, Books, 1976, (A-E)

Box 10, Folder 11

Purchased, Books, 1976, (F-M)

Box 10, Folder 12

Purchased, Books, 1976, (N-Z)

Box 11, Folder 1

Purchased, Books, 1977

Box 11, Folder 2

Purchased, Books, 1978, (A-L)

Box 11, Folder 3

Purchased, Books, 1978, (M-Z)

Box 11, Folder 4

Purchased, Books, 1979

Box 11, Folder 5

Purchased, Books, 1980

Box 11, Folder 6

Purchased, Books, 1981

Box 11, Folder 7

Purchased, Books, 1982

Box 12, Folder 1

Purchased, Books, 1983

Box 12, Folder 2

Purchased, Books, 1984

Box 12, Folder 3

Purchased, Books, 1985

Box 12, Folder 4

Purchased, Books, 1986

Box 12, Folder 5

Purchased, Books, 1987

Box 12, Folder 6

Purchased, Books, 1988

Box 12, Folder 7

Purchased, Books, 1989

Box 12, Folder 8

Purchased, Books, 1990

Box 12, Folder 9

Purchased, Books, 1991

Box 13, Folder 1

Purchased, Books, 1992

Box 13, Folder 2

Purchased, Books, 1993

Box 13, Folder 3

Purchased, Books, 1994

Box 13, Folder 4

Rosicrucian books, Collations, etc., undated. Includes photograph of Max Heindel (1865-1919).

Box 13, Folder 5

Scholarship, Reprints, "Matching Shakespeare, Folder Computer Testing of Elizabethan Texts," 1990, 1994

Box 13, Folder 6

Scholarship, Reprints, Miscellaneous (A - M), circa 1960-1989

Box 13, Folder 7

Scholarship, Reprints, Miscellaneous (N - Z), 1944-1992

Box 13, Folder 8

Subscriptions and Memberships, 1960-1991

Box 13, Folder 9

Theft Prevention, 1981

 

1.3. Correspondence

 

Subseries 1.3.1. General Correspondence

Box 14, Folder 1

General correspondence, (A)

Box 14, Folder 2

General correspondence, (Ba-Bi)

Box 14, Folder 3

General correspondence, (Bj-Bu)

Box 14, Folder 4

General correspondence, Box, Ian, 1983, 1993

Box 14, Folder 5

General correspondence, (Ca-Ci)

Box 14, Folder 6

General correspondence, Cardwell, [Brother] Kenneth, 1987 - 1995

Box 14, Folder 7

General correspondence, (Cl-Cy)

Box 14, Folder 8

General correspondence, Coquillette, Daniel R., 1984, 1993

Box 14, Folder 9

General correspondence, Coquillette, Daniel R., draft of scholarly paper, 1984

Box 15, Folder 1

General correspondence, (D)

Box 15, Folder 2

General correspondence, Davidonis, Alexander, 1985-1987

Box 15, Folder 3

General correspondence, Dick, Hugh G., 1956-1965

Box 15, Folder 4

General correspondence, Drury, George, 1961-1963

Box 15, Folder 5

General correspondence, (E)

Box 15, Folder 6

General correspondence, Epstein, Joel, 1962-1980

Box 15, Folder 7

General correspondence, (F)

Box 15, Folder 8

General correspondence, Fattori, Marta, 1975-1985

Box 15, Folder 9

General correspondence, Filby, P. William, 1965-1981

Box 15, Folder 10

General correspondence, Freedman, Joyce T., 1973-1985. Includes photographs of Elizabeth Wrigley and Freedman in front of Francis Bacon Library, 1974.

Box 15, Folder 11

General correspondence, Fry, Frances, 1977-1992

Box 15, Folder 12

General correspondence, (G)

Box 16, Folder 1

General correspondence, Gibson, R. W. (Reginald Walter), 1943-1958

Box 16, Folder 2

General correspondence, Gibson, R. W. (Reginald Walter), 1959-1961

Box 16, Folder 3

General correspondence, Gibson, R. W. (Reginald Walter), 1962-1964

Box 16, Folder 4

General correspondence, Gibson, R. W. (Reginald Walter), 1965-1971

Box 16, Folder 5

General correspondence, Glaisdale, Right Honorable Lord Simon of, 1985

Box 16, Folder 6

General correspondence, Goodrich, Norma, 1986-1993

Box 16, Folder 7

General correspondence, (Ha-Hog)

Box 16, Folder 8

General correspondence, Hanson, David J., 1983-1995

General

See also Library Records, Folder "General correspondence, Oak Island Exploration Company"
Box 16, Folder 9

General correspondence, Hogan, John C., 1982

Box 16, Folder 10

General correspondence, Hogan, John C., 1983-1986

Box 17, Folder 1

General correspondence, Hogan, John C., writings, 1983

Box 17, Folder 2

General correspondence, (Hol-Hy)

Box 17, Folder 3

General correspondence, Hovey, Kenneth, 1991-1993

Box 17, Folder 4

General correspondence, (I - J)

Box 17, Folder 5

General correspondence, Index of English Literary Manuscripts, 1975-1982

Box 17, Folder 6

General correspondence, (K)

Box 17, Folder 7

General correspondence, Kinney, Arthur F., (English Literary Renaissance), 1978-1995

Box 17, Folder 8

General correspondence, Kristeller, Paul Oskar, 1956-1993

Box 17, Folder 9

General correspondence, Kristeller, Paul Oskar, lecture text, 1965

Box 18, Folder 1

General correspondence, (L)

Box 18, Folder 2

General correspondence, Le Doeuff, Michele, 1983-1993

Box 18, Folder 3

General correspondence, Leary, Thomas P., 1957-1985

Box 18, Folder 4

General correspondence, Leary, Thomas P., 1986-1993

Box 18, Folder 5

General correspondence, Levin, Harry, 1985

Box 18, Folder 6

General correspondence, Los Angeles, City of, circa 1960-1981

Box 18, Folder 7

General correspondence, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966, 1988-1992

Box 18, Folder 8

General correspondence, (Ma)

Box 18, Folder 9

General correspondence, Mathews, Mrs. Nieves H., 1972-1989

Box 18, Folder 10

General correspondence, (Mc-Mw)

Box 18, Folder 11

General correspondence, McCutcheon, Elizabeth, 1973-1991

Box 19, Folder 1

General correspondence, Miller, Ruth Loyd, 1978-1986

Box 19, Folder 2

General correspondence, Miller, Ruth Loyd, clippings (about her and/or Shakespeare authorship), circa 1950 -1976

Box 19, Folder 3

General correspondence, Mouton, Johann, 1978-1991

Box 19, Folder 4

General correspondence, (N)

Box 19, Folder 5

General correspondence, (O)

Box 19, Folder 6

General correspondence, Oak Island Exploration Company, 1991-1992

General

See also Library Records, Folder "General correspondence, Hanson, David J."
Box 19, Folder 7

General correspondence, Oak Island Inn, Nova Scotia, 1993

Box 19, Folder 8

General correspondence, (P)

Box 19, Folder 9

General correspondence, Patrick, J. Max, 1958-1983

Box 19, Folder 10

General correspondence, Paul, Debjani and Pran G., 1959-1973

Box 19, Folder 11

General correspondence, (R)

Box 19, Folder 12

General correspondence, Rees, Graham, 1982-1990

Box 20, Folder 1

General correspondence, Roe, Richard Paul, 1989-1990

Box 20, Folder 2

General correspondence, Royal "Shake-speare" [Shakespeare] Revels, Ojai (California), 1985-1986

Box 20, Folder 3

General correspondence, (Sa-Sj)

Box 20, Folder 4

General correspondence, Sessions, William A., 1969-1995

Box 20, Folder 5

General correspondence, (Sm-Sw)

Box 20, Folder 6

General correspondence, Smith, A. Hassell, 1969-1990

Box 20, Folder 7

General correspondence, Snow, Lynn (regarding Bacon-Shawe-Cooke Indentures), 1982-1983

Box 20, Folder 8

General correspondence, (T)

Box 20, Folder 9

General correspondence, (U - V)

Box 20, Folder 10

General correspondence, Ule, Louis, 1974-1993

Box 21, Folder 1

General correspondence, Urbach, Peter, 1983-1994

Box 21, Folder 2

General correspondence, Verulam Museum, St. Albans, England, 1959-1983

Box 21, Folder 3

General correspondence, Vickers, Brian, 1964-1995

Box 21, Folder 4

General correspondence, (W - Z)

Box 21, Folder 5

General correspondence, Wallace, Karl (Richards) and Dorothy, 1966-1975

Box 21, Folder 6

General correspondence, Wheeler, Harvey, 1970-1995

Box 21, Folder 7

General correspondence, Whitney, Charles, 1976-1990

 

Subseries 1.3.2. Colleges, Universities and Schools

Box 22, Folder 1

California Institute of Technology, 1972

Box 22, Folder 2

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1975-1995

Box 22, Folder 3

California State University, Branches, 1965-1988

Box 22, Folder 4

California, University of, Branches, 1955-1975

Box 22, Folder 5

California, University of, Branches, 1976-1994

Box 22, Folder 6

Claremont Colleges, 1955-1960

Box 22, Folder 7

Claremont Colleges, 1961-1963

Box 22, Folder 8

Claremont Colleges, 1964-1966

Box 22, Folder 9

Claremont Colleges, 1967-1969

Box 22, Folder 10

Claremont Colleges, 1970-1971

Box 23, Folder 1

Claremont Colleges, 1972-1973

Box 23, Folder 2

Claremont Colleges, 1974-1975

Box 23, Folder 3

Claremont Colleges, 1976-1977

Box 23, Folder 4

Claremont Colleges, 1978-1979

Box 23, Folder 5

Claremont Colleges, 1980-1981

Box 23, Folder 6

Claremont Colleges, 1982-1984

Box 23, Folder 7

Claremont Colleges, 1985-1986

Box 23, Folder 8

Claremont Colleges, 1987-1989

Box 23, Folder 9

Claremont Colleges, 1990-1993

Box 23, Folder 10

Claremont Colleges, Affiliates, 1974-1989

Box 24, Folder 1

Claremont Colleges, College Student Personnel Institute, 1969-1970

Box 24, Folder 2

Claremont Colleges, Educational Resource and Information Center, 1968-1973

Box 24, Folder 3

Claremont Colleges, Lectures and Seminars, 1963-1991

Box 24, Folder 4

Claremont Colleges, Student Directories, 1982, 1994

Box 24, Folder 5

Claremont Men's College, Shakespeare Clinic, 1987-1991

Box 24, Folder 6

Columbia University, 1956-1991

Box 24, Folder 7

Grants, Requests for, 1958-1968

Box 24, Folder 8

Grants, Requests for, 1969-1992

Box 24, Folder 9

Harvard University, 1954-1981

Box 24, Folder 10

Maps of campuses, various circa 1970s- circa 1995

Box 24, Folder 11

Miscellaneous schools, (A-B), circa 1955-1990

Box 25, Folder 1

Miscellaneous schools, (C), circa 1955-1990

Box 25, Folder 2

Miscellaneous schools, (D-F), circa 1955-1990

Box 25, Folder 3

Miscellaneous schools, (G-H), circa 1955-1990

Box 25, Folder 4

Miscellaneous schools, (I-K), circa 1955-1990

Box 25, Folder 5

Miscellaneous schools, (L), circa 1955-1990

Box 25, Folder 6

Miscellaneous schools, (M), circa 1955-1990

Box 25, Folder 7

Miscellaneous schools, (N), circa 1955-1990

Box 25, Folder 8

Miscellaneous schools, (O-Q), circa 1955-1990

Box 25, Folder 9

Miscellaneous schools, (R-Sa), circa 1955-1990

Box 26, Folder 1

Miscellaneous schools, (Sc-T), circa 1955-1990

Box 26, Folder 2

Miscellaneous schools, (U-Z), circa 1955-1990

Box 26, Folder 3

Occidental College, 1956-1988

Box 26, Folder 4

Stanford University, 1954-1961

Box 26, Folder 5

Stanford University, 1962-1992

Box 26, Folder 6

University of Southern California, 1955-1956

Box 26, Folder 7

University of Southern California, 1957-1959

Box 26, Folder 8

University of Southern California, 1960-1990

Box 26, Folder 9

University of Toronto, 1959-1991

Box 26, Folder 10

Westmont College, 1965-1978

 

Subseries 1.3.3. Foundations, Societies, Etc.

Box 27, Folder 1

American Cryptogram Association, 1958-1960

Box 27, Folder 2

American Cryptogram Association, 1961-1962

Box 27, Folder 3

American Cryptogram Association, 1963-1965

Box 27, Folder 4

American Cryptogram Association, 1966-1967

Box 27, Folder 5

American Cryptogram Association, 1968-1969

Box 27, Folder 6

American Cryptogram Association, 1970

Box 27, Folder 7

American Cryptogram Association, 1971

Box 27, Folder 8

American Cryptogram Association, 1972

Box 27, Folder 9

American Cryptogram Association, 1973

Box 27, Folder 10

American Cryptogram Association, 1974-1976

Box 27, Folder 11

American Cryptogram Association, 1977-1979

Box 28, Folder 1

American Cryptogram Association, 1980-1985

Box 28, Folder 2

American Cryptogram Association, 1986-1988

Box 28, Folder 3

American Cryptogram Association, 1989-1993

Box 28, Folder 4

Bacon's Castle, Virginia, 1986

Box 28, Folder 5

Baconian Foundation, Oregon, 1987-1988

Box 28, Folder 6

Claremont Council of Renaissance Studies, 1978

Box 28, Folder 7

Conference on British Studies, 1977-1980

Box 28, Folder 8

English-Speaking Union of the United States, 1966-1980

Box 28, Folder 9

English-Speaking Union of the United States, 1988-1995

Box 28, Folder 10

Foundation Center, New York, 1986-1988

Box 28, Folder 11

Francis Bacon Research Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon (England), 1980-1986

Box 28, Folder 12

Francis Bacon Research Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon (England), 1987-1994

Box 29, Folder 1

Grants, Requests for, 1957-1965

Box 29, Folder 2

Grants, Requests for, 1966-1969

Box 29, Folder 3

Grants, Requests for, 1970-1972

Box 29, Folder 4

Grants, Requests for, 1973-1976

Box 29, Folder 5

Grants, Requests for, 1984-1990

Box 29, Folder 6

Grants, Requests for, 1991-1995

Box 29, Folder 7

Miscellaneous Foundations, (A-B), circa 1960-1990

Box 30, Folder 1

Miscellaneous Foundations, (C), circa 1960-1990

Box 30, Folder 2

Miscellaneous Foundations, (D-E), circa 1960-1990

Box 30, Folder 3

Miscellaneous Foundations, (F), circa 1960-1990

Box 30, Folder 4

Miscellaneous Foundations, (G-H), circa 1960-1990

Box 30, Folder 5

Miscellaneous Foundations, (I-J), circa 1960-1990

Box 30, Folder 6

Miscellaneous Foundations, (K-M), circa 1960-1990

Box 30, Folder 7

Miscellaneous Foundations, (N-O), circa 1960-1990

Box 31, Folder 1

Miscellaneous Foundations, (P-Q), circa 1960-1990

Box 31, Folder 2

Miscellaneous Foundations, (R), circa 1960-1990

Box 31, Folder 3

Miscellaneous Foundations, (S), circa 1960-1990

Box 31, Folder 4

Miscellaneous Foundations, (T-V), circa 1960-1990

Box 31, Folder 5

Miscellaneous Foundations, (W-Z), circa 1960-1990

Box 31, Folder 6

Modern Humanities Research Association, London, 1958-1995

Box 31, Folder 7

Modern Language Association of America, 1954-1973

Box 31, Folder 8

Modern Language Association of America, 1974-1995

Box 31, Folder 9

North American Conference on British Studies, 1984-1994

Box 32, Folder 1

Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies, 1977-1995

Box 32, Folder 2

Planetary Society, 1988-1994

Box 32, Folder 3

Renaissance Conference of Southern California, 1970-1995

Box 32, Folder 4

Renaissance Society of America, 1956-1995

Box 32, Folder 5

Richard III Society, New York, 1978-1986

Box 32, Folder 6

Richard III Society, New York, 1987-1995

Box 32, Folder 7

Rosicrucian Order, San Jose (California), 1957-1988

Box 32, Folder 8

Shakespeare Association of America, 1956-1991

Box 33, Folder 1

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable (Los Angeles), 1983

Box 33, Folder 2

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1984

Box 33, Folder 3

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1985

Box 33, Folder 4

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1986

Box 33, Folder 5

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1987

Box 33, Folder 6

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1988

Box 33, Folder 7

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1989

Box 33, Folder 8

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1990-1992

Box 34, Folder 1

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1993

Box 34, Folder 2

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1994

Box 34, Folder 3

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1995

Box 34, Folder 4

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, Miscellaneous articles, 1920-1986

Box 34, Folder 5

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, Miscellaneous articles, circa 1950-1990 (1 of 2)

Box 34, Folder 6

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, Miscellaneous articles, circa 1950-1990 (2 of 2)

Box 34, Folder 7

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, Miscellaneous articles, undated

Box 34, Folder 8

Shakespeare Oxford Society, Nashua, New Hampshire, 1966-1995

Box 35, Folder 1

Shakespeare Society of America, Los Angeles (California), 1983, 1987

Box 35, Folder 2

Shakespearean Authorship Society (formerly The Shakespeare Fellowship), London, 1952-1982

Box 35, Folder 3

Smithsonian Institution, 1980-1983

Box 35, Folder 4

Veritat Foundation, Los Angeles (California), 1987-1990

 

Subseries 1.3.4. Libraries and Related Institutions

Box 35, Folder 5

American Library Association, 1961-1973

Box 35, Folder 6

American Library Association, 1974-1995

Box 35, Folder 7

Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Archival Center, 1981-1995

Box 35, Folder 8

Bodleian Library, 1954-1990

Box 35, Folder 9

British Library, 1974-1984

Box 35, Folder 10

British Museum, 1958-1974

Box 35, Folder 11

California Academic and Research Libraries (CARL), 1978-1996

Box 36, Folder 1

California Center for the Book, 1986-1987

Box 36, Folder 2

California Library Association, 1957-1995

Box 36, Folder 3

California State Library Foundation, 1971-1995

Box 36, Folder 4

Claremont Librarians in Concert, 1969-1980

Box 36, Folder 5

Claremont Librarians in Concert, 1981-1990

Box 36, Folder 6

Clark Library [William Andrews Clark Memorial Library], 1957-1994

Box 36, Folder 7

Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services, 1976-1980

Box 36, Folder 8

Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services, 1981-1988

Box 37, Folder 1

Denison Library, Scripps College, 1979-1993

Box 37, Folder 2

Folger Shakespeare Library, 1954-1988

Box 37, Folder 3

Honnold Library, Claremont Colleges, 1958-1971

Box 37, Folder 4

Honnold Library, Claremont Colleges, 1972-1973

Box 37, Folder 5

Honnold Library, Claremont Colleges, 1974-1983

Box 37, Folder 6

Honnold Library, Claremont Colleges, 1984-1994

Box 38, Folder 1

Houghton Library, Harvard University, 1958-1983

Box 38, Folder 2

Huntington Library, 1954-1973

Box 38, Folder 3

Huntington Library, 1974-1982

Box 38, Folder 4

Huntington Library, 1983-1995

Box 38, Folder 5

Huntington Library, Morkisch, Erwin F., correspondence, 1952-1959

Box 38, Folder 6

Information Center for Southern California Libraries, 1970-1974

Box 38, Folder 7

Inland Library System, 1974-1975

Box 38, Folder 8

Lambeth Palace Library, 1967-1973

Box 38, Folder 9

Library of Congress, 1957-1994

Box 39, Folder 1

Miscellaneous Libraries, (A-B), 1944-1995

Box 39, Folder 2

Miscellaneous Libraries, (C-J), 1944-1995

Box 39, Folder 3

Miscellaneous Libraries, (K-R), 1944-1995

Box 39, Folder 4

Miscellaneous Libraries, (S-Z), 1944-1995

Box 39, Folder 5

Peabody Institute [Filby, P. William], Baltimore (Md.), 1957-1964. Includes photograph of Elizabeth Wrigley and Vera Filby in front of the Francis Bacon Library, 1961.

Box 40, Folder 1

Rare Books and Manuscripts Conference, 1976-1982

Box 40, Folder 2

Rare Books and Manuscripts Conference, 1983-1995

Box 40, Folder 3

School of Theology at Claremont, Library, 1970-1982

Box 40, Folder 4

Scripps College Library, 1960-1970

Box 40, Folder 5

Society of American Archivists, 1976-1983

Box 40, Folder 6

Society of American Archivists, 1984-1995

Box 40, Folder 7

Society of California Archivists, 1978-1995

Box 40, Folder 8

Special Libraries Association, 1967-1974

Box 41, Folder 1

Special Libraries Association, 1975-1995

Box 41, Folder 2

University of Southern California, School of Library Science, 1972-1978

Box 41, Folder 3

Wian, Robert, Library, Palos Verdes Peninsula (California), 1970-1972

 

Subseries 1.3.5. Correspondence with Baconians

Box 41, Folder 4

Correspondence with Baconians, (A-B)

Box 41, Folder 5

Correspondence with Baconians, Alsup, Frances, 1976-1994

Box 41, Folder 6

Correspondence with Baconians, The Association of "Sixty-Seven," Storrington (England), 1965-67

Box 41, Folder 7

Correspondence with Baconians, Ballantine, Roberta, 1981-1985

Box 41, Folder 8

Correspondence with Baconians, Barwick, Cecil, 1984-1987

Box 41, Folder 9

Correspondence with Baconians, Briggs, Arthur E., 1955-1969

Box 41, Folder 10

Correspondence with Baconians, Brown, Ernest Clive, 1956-1981

Box 42, Folder 1

Correspondence with Baconians, (C)

Box 42, Folder 2

Correspondence with Baconians, Chafee, Raymond V., 1955

Box 42, Folder 3

Correspondence with Baconians, Clairmonte, Mrs. Glenn, 1944-1977

Box 42, Folder 4

Correspondence with Baconians, Covington, Annette, 1955-1960

Box 42, Folder 5

Correspondence with Baconians, Creuz, Conrad H. F., 1956-1963

Box 42, Folder 6

Correspondence with Baconians, (D)

Box 42, Folder 7

Correspondence with Baconians, Day, Frederick E., 1966-1975

Box 42, Folder 8

Correspondence with Baconians, Dernay, Eugene, 1957-1961

Box 42, Folder 9

Correspondence with Baconians, (F, H)

Box 42, Folder 10

Correspondence with Baconians, Francis Bacon Society, London, 1938-1972

Box 42, Folder 11

Correspondence with Baconians, Francis Bacon Society, London, 1973-1990

Box 43, Folder 1

Correspondence with Baconians, Franco, Johan (and Eloise), 1955-1960

Box 43, Folder 2

Correspondence with Baconians, Franco, Johan (and Eloise), 1961-1970

Box 43, Folder 3

Correspondence with Baconians, Franco, Johan (and Eloise), 1971-1994

Box 43, Folder 4

Correspondence with Baconians, Friedman, William F., 1954-1962

General

See also Walter and Louise Arensberg Papers, Folder "Correspondence, Friedman, William F."
Box 43, Folder 5

Correspondence with Baconians, Gaines, Frank L., 1958-1960

Box 43, Folder 6

Correspondence with Baconians, Gerstenberg, Dr. Joachim, 1966-1971

Box 43, Folder 7

Correspondence with Baconians, Greene, Margaret, 1966-1978

Box 44, Folder 1

Correspondence with Baconians, Hall, Marie Bauer and Manly, 1955-1990

Box 44, Folder 2

Correspondence with Baconians, Heppenheimer, Helene, 1954-1958

Box 44, Folder 3

Correspondence with Baconians, Heustis, Larry, 1975-1976

Box 44, Folder 4

Correspondence with Baconians, Hieronimus, Robert R., 1972-1973

Box 44, Folder 5

Correspondence with Baconians, Hieronimus, Robert R., 1974-1985

Box 44, Folder 6

Correspondence with Baconians, Hovhaness, Mrs. Alan, 1975-1976

Box 44, Folder 7

Correspondence with Baconians, (J, M)

Box 44, Folder 8

Correspondence with Baconians, MacDonald, Mrs. F. B., 1957-1972

Box 44, Folder 9

Correspondence with Baconians, MacDuff, Donald (Ewen) and Laura, 1961-1965

Box 45, Folder 1

Correspondence with Baconians, MacDuff, Donald (Ewen) and Laura, 1966-1988

Box 45, Folder 2

Correspondence with Baconians, McKaig, Elizabeth, 1976-1991

Box 45, Folder 3

Correspondence with Baconians, (N - R)

Box 45, Folder 4

Correspondence with Baconians, Pares, Cmdr. Martin, 1956-1964

Box 45, Folder 5

Correspondence with Baconians, Pares, Cmdr. Martin, 1965-1982

Box 45, Folder 6

Correspondence with Baconians, Peck, Andrew S., 1959-1966

Box 46, Folder 1

Correspondence with Baconians, Peck, Andrew S., 1989-1993

Box 46, Folder 2

Correspondence with Baconians, (S-W)

Box 46, Folder 3

Correspondence with Baconians, Slagle, A. Russell, 1956-1957

Box 46, Folder 4

Correspondence with Baconians, Slagle, A. Russell, 1958

Box 46, Folder 5

Correspondence with Baconians, Slagle, A. Russell, 1959-1965

Box 46, Folder 6

Correspondence with Baconians, Slagle, A. Russell, 1966-1988

Box 47, Folder 1

Correspondence with Baconians, Strong, Leonell, 1975-1982

Box 47, Folder 2

Correspondence with Baconians, Tomasson, Gunnar, 1984-1990

Box 47, Folder 3

Correspondence with Baconians, Wang, Dorothy, 1986-1994

Box 47, Folder 4

Correspondence with Baconians, Weagant, James R., 1955-1964

Box 47, Folder 5

Correspondence with Baconians, Weagant, James R., copies of correspondence with others, circa 1950-1960

Box 47, Folder 6

Correspondence with Baconians, Weagant, James R., notes and writings, circa 1950s

Box 47, Folder 7

Correspondence with Baconians, Werts, Geraldine Alten, 1961

Box 47, Folder 8

Correspondence with Baconians, Woodruff, Allen M., 1956-1967. Includes photographs of his book collection. See Library records, Folder "Gifts to Library."

 

1.4. Exhibits

Box 48, Folder 1

List of Library exhibits, 1960-1992

Box 48, Folder 2

Exhibits, "Commemoration of the 400th Anniversary of Francis Bacon's Birth," Jan. 1961

Box 48, Folder 3

Exhibits, "The Art of Secret Writing," Nov. 1962

Box 48, Folder 4

Exhibits, "Witchcraft, Magic and Alchemy," Nov. 1963

Box 48, Folder 5

Exhibits, "Shakespeare, Folder What They Said About Him," Nov. 1964

Box 48, Folder 6

Exhibits, "Dante," 1965 and undated

Box 48, Folder 7

Exhibits, "Emblem Literature of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Folder Devices, Imprese, Hierglyphs, Images and Emblemata," Nov. 1966

Box 48, Folder 8

Exhibits, "Rosicrucians, Past and Present," Nov. 1967

Box 48, Folder 9

Exhibits, "The Lee-Bernard Collection in American Political Theory," Nov. 1968

Box 48, Folder 10

Exhibits, "Three Hundred Years of Divination," Nov. 1970

Box 48, Folder 11

Exhibits, "The Shakespeare-Authorship Controversy, Folder A Sampling of Books and Letters Illustrating the Baconian Theory," Nov. 1971

Box 48, Folder 12

Exhibits, "The Age of Elizabeth," (Isabelle Kittson Brown collection), 1972

Box 48, Folder 13

Exhibits, "The Dominant and the Dominated, Folder Women of Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England," Nov. 1973

Box 48, Folder 14

Exhibits, "Witchcraft, Black and White," Nov. 1974. Includes four photographs of exhibit and staff member in the library.

Box 48, Folder 15

Exhibits, "Star-Crossed, Folder Astrology Then and Now," Nov. 1975

Box 48, Folder 16

Exhibits, "Claremont Looks At America," Nov. 1976

Box 48, Folder 17

Exhibits, "Life in Elizabethan England," Nov. 1977

Box 48, Folder 18

Exhibits, "Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Emblem Literature," Nov. 1978

Box 48, Folder 19

Exhibits, "Codes and Ciphers, Folder Secret Writing Through the Ages," Nov. 1979

Box 48, Folder 20

Exhibits, "Life in Shakespeare's England" and "Was Shakespeare Shakespeare?" 1981 (1 of 2)

Box 48, Folder 21

Exhibits, "Life in Shakespeare's England" and "Was Shakespeare Shakespeare?" 1981 (2 of 2)

Box 49, Folder 1

Exhibits, "Apollinaire, Folder Pantomime and Ideogramme," Mar. 1982

Box 49, Folder 2

Exhibits, "The Arensbergs and Their Circle," Nov. 1982

Box 49, Folder 3

Exhibits, "Calendars and Almanacs in the Francis Bacon Library," Aug. 1983

Box 49, Folder 4

Exhibits, "Treason and Gunpowder Plot," Nov. 1983

Box 49, Folder 5

Exhibits, "Early Music at the Francis Bacon Library," Dec. 1983

Box 49, Folder 6

Exhibits, "Gloriana, Folder The Life and Reign of Elizabeth I," Nov. 1984

Box 49, Folder 7

Exhibits, "London, Folder A Tourist's Guide to the Year 1600," Nov. 1985 (1 of 2)

Box 49, Folder 8

Exhibits, "London, Folder A Tourist's Guide to the Year 1600," Nov. 1985 (2 of 2)

Box 49, Folder 9

Exhibits, "Sir Francis Bacon, Folder Herald of a New Age," Nov. 1986 (1 of 2)

Box 49, Folder 10

Exhibits, "Sir Francis Bacon, Folder Herald of a New Age," Nov. 1986 (2 of 2)

Box 49, Folder 11

Exhibits, "Divination, Folder The Search for Hidden Knowledge," Nov. 1987 (1 of 3)

Box 49, Folder 12

Exhibits, "Divination, Folder The Search for Hidden Knowledge," Nov. 1987 (2 of 3)

Box 50, Folder 1

Exhibits, "Divination, Folder The Search for Hidden Knowledge," Nov. 1987 (3 of 3)

Box 50, Folder 2

Exhibits, "Merchants, Pirates, Sea Dogs All, Folder The Rise of English Sea Power," Nov. 1988

Box 50, Folder 3

Exhibits, "Two Queens on One Isle, Folder Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I," Nov. 1989 (1 of 2)

Box 50, Folder 4

Exhibits, "Two Queens on One Isle, Folder Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I," Nov. 1989 (2 of 2)

Box 50, Folder 5

Exhibits, "Emblem Books of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries," Nov. 1990

Box 50, Folder 6

Exhibits, "Summer Garden Exhibit," 1991

Box 50, Folder 7

Exhibits, "Costume In the Age of Francis Bacon, 1561-1626," Nov. 1991

Box 50, Folder 8

Exhibits, "Of Physicke and Health, Folder Medicine in the Late Renaissance," Nov. 1992

Box 50, Folder 9

Exhibits, "Horticulture and Culture, Folder Books From the Francis Bacon Library," Mar. 1993

Box 50, Folder 10

Exhibits, "Place, Time and Space, Folder A Geography of England and the World in Bacon's Era," Nov. 1993

Box 50, Folder 11

Exhibits, "Elizabethans at Home, Folder Daily Life in the Age of Sir Francis Bacon," Nov. 1994

Box 50, Folder 12

Exhibits, "The Man in the London Street in the Age of Francis Bacon," 1995

Box 50, Folder 13

Exhibits, "Aldine," undated

Box 50, Folder 14

Exhibits, "Courtesy Books," undated

Box 51, Folder 1

Exhibits, Francis Bacon-related exhibit materials (1 of 2)

Box 51, Folder 2

Exhibits, Francis Bacon-related exhibit materials (2 of 2)

Box 51, Folder 3

Exhibits, Miscellaneous display labels and other exhibit materials, 1979-1992

Box 51, Folder 4

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Buildings and places, (1 of 2)

Box 51, Folder 5

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Buildings and places, (2 of 2)

Box 51, Folder 6

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Miscellaneous subjects (1 of 6)

Box 51, Folder 7

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Miscellaneous subjects (2 of 6)

Box 52, Folder 1

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Miscellaneous subjects (3 of 6)

Box 52, Folder 2

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Miscellaneous subjects (4 of 6)

Box 52, Folder 3

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Miscellaneous subjects (5 of 6)

Box 52, Folder 4

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Miscellaneous subjects (6 of 6)

Box 52, Folder 5

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Photographic reproductions, various subjects

Box 53, Folder 1

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Portraits (1 of 3)

Box 53, Folder 2

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Portraits (2 of 3)

Box 53, Folder 3

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Portraits (3 of 3)

Box 53, Folder 4

Exhibits, Shakespeare Authorship controversy materials (1 of 2)

Box 53, Folder 5

Exhibits, Shakespeare Authorship controversy materials (2 of 2)

 

1.5. Financial records

Box 54, Folder 1

Insurance, Policies and correspondence, 1955-1970

Box 54, Folder 2

Insurance, Policies, obsolete, 1954-1966

Box 54, Folder 3

Insurance, Storage, Bekins warehouse, 1970-1976

Box 54, Folder 4

Invoices, Miscellaneous, "A" circa 1960-1980

Box 54, Folder 5

Invoices, Miscellaneous, "Ba-Be" circa 1960-1980

Box 54, Folder 6

Invoices, Miscellaneous, "Bi-Bl" circa 1960-1980

Box 54, Folder 7

Royalties, Bacon Concordance [Published by the Francis Bacon Foundation], 1973-1990

 

2. PERSONAL PAPERS

Scope and Content Note

Collections of personal papers given to the Francis Bacon Library by the owners or their heirs. In most cases, they were part of a larger gift that included rare books. Much of the material concerns Bacon and the Shakespeare authorship question. The papers include auditapes, ephemera, publication plates, photographs, drafts and galley proofs, correspondence, research notes and clippings.
 

2.1. Isabelle Kittson Brown Papers, circa 1880-1928

Scope and Contents

Isabelle Kittson Brown (1860-1928) was a scholar of Elizabethan history who authored several books on the subject under the pseudonym Basil Brown, most notably Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594), published in 1921. Her papers include correspondence with Baconians, galley proofs, photographs, and extensive research notes relating to Shakespeare, Bacon and other Elizabethan figures. A large portion of her research centers on Shakespeare's sonnets and her arguments that Bacon wrote them. This collection also includes theater-related photographs and ephemera, including Oscar Wilde's autograph in an album. Gift to the Francis Bacon Library of Mrs. Brown's son, Ernest Clive Brown, 1971.
See also Library Records: "Gifts to Library, Brown, Isabelle" and "Correspondence with Baconians, Brown, Ernest Clive."
Box 119

Bookplate, Isabelle Brown bookplate (copper on wood), and paper copies, undated

Box 55, Folder 1

Correspondence, The Bacon Society, London, 1903-1910

Box 55, Folder 2

Correspondence, The Bacon Society of America, 1922-1926

Box 55, Folder 3

Correspondence, Columbia University Library, New York, 1908-1929

Box 55, Folder 4

Correspondence, Dobell, Bertram, 1911

Box 55, Folder 5

Correspondence, [Letters to editors], drafts, 1920-1921, undated

Box 55, Folder 6

Correspondence, Morgan, Appleton, 1908-1921, undated

Box 55, Folder 7

Correspondence, Sihler, E. G., 1916-1925

Box 55, Folder 8

Correspondence, Various, (A-Z), 1905-1928

Box 55, Folder 9

Ephemera, Cigar band collection in scrapbook ("Ernest Clive Brown's Collection of Cigar Bands"), May 11, 1910

Box 55, Folder 10

Ephemera, Embroidery books and miscellaneous items, 1899-1916

Box 55, Folder 11

Ephemera, New York City, miscellaneous (includes Bell Telephone Directory of businesses), circa 1900-1924

Box 55, Folder 12

Ephemera, Shakespeare-related lectures and publications, circa 1875-1921

Box 55, Folder 13

Ephemera, Theater and performing arts programs, etc., circa 1887-1915

Box 55, Folder 14

Ephemera, Theater, Oscar Wilde autograph in album, March 11, 1881

Box 55, Folder 15

Ephemera and pamphlets, World War I, 1916-1919 (1 of 2)

Box 55, Folder 16

Ephemera and pamphlets, World War I, 1916-1919 (2 of 2)

Box 56, Folder 1

Glass plate negative, "Lichfield, stained-glass window," (Lichfield Cathedral), circa 1905

Box 56, Folder 2

"Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594)," Acknowledgements and dedication notes, 1920-1921

Box 56, Folder 3

"Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594)," Pamphlets and advertisements, 1921

Box 56, Folder 4

"Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594)," Proof copy, 1921 (copy 1)

Box 56, Folder 5

"Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594)," Proof copy, 1921 (copy 2)

Box 56, Folder 6

"Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594)," Reviews and notices, 1921-1924

Box 56, Folder 7

Miscellaneous personal writings by Brown, circa 1894-1914

Box 116, Folder 1

Newspaper Clippings, Cancer treatment, 1928

Box 116, Folder 2

Newspaper Clippings, Great Britain-related (Elizabethan history, royalty, etc.), circa 1880-1926

Box 116, Folder 3

Newspaper Clippings, Literature and authors, circa 1880-1926

Box 116, Folder 4

Newspaper Clippings, Miscellaneous, circa 1880-1926

Box 116, Folder 5

Newspaper Clippings, Shakespeare and Bacon-related, circa 1880-1926 (1 of 2)

Box 116, Folder 6

Newspaper Clippings, Shakespeare and Bacon-related, circa 1880-1926 (2 of 2)

Box 117, Folder 1

Newspaper Clippings, Theater and performing arts, circa 1880-1926

Box 117, Folder 2

Newspaper Clippings, Women's issues, 1921

Box 117, Folder 3

Newspaper Clippings, World War I, 1914-1919 (1 of 2)

Box 117, Folder 4

Newspaper Clippings, World War I, 1914-1919 (2 of 2)

Object 1

Painting, Portrait of Isabelle Kittson Brown in Elizabethan costume by Miss? Parks 1907

Box 56, Folder 8

Photographs, Miscellaneous, Folder art reproductions; Constance M. Pott; General Tom Thumb; Westminster Abbey tomb, circa 1890-1900

Box 57, Folder 1

Photographs, Old Gorhambury House, St. Albans (England). Isabelle Brown and son Clive are in some views, 1905, 1908

Box 57, Folder 2

Photographs, Theater actors, Folder Mary Anderson (2); Sarah Bernhardt (5, one by Nadar, Paris); Isabella Irving (1); Lily Langtry (1); Helena [Madame] Modjeska (3); Ellen Terry (2); unknown man (1), circa 1890-1900

Box 117, Folder 5

Photographs, Theater actors, Folder Marie Jensen in "The Oolah." Imperial size photograph by B. J. Falk, circa 1889

Box 57, Folder 3

Postcards, Views of St. Albans (England) and one of Eaton Hall (England), etching reproductions, circa 1900

Box 57, Folder 4

Research notes, Shakespeare, Bacon, Elizabeth I, etc., circa 1900-1928 (1 of 6)

Box 57, Folder 5

Research notes, Shakespeare, Bacon, Elizabeth I, etc., circa 1900-1928 (2 of 6)

Box 57, Folder 6

Research notes, Shakespeare, Bacon, Elizabeth I, etc., circa 1900-1928 (3 of 6)

Box 57, Folder 7

Research notes, Shakespeare, Bacon, Elizabeth I, etc., circa 1900-1928 (4 of 6)

Box 58, Folder 1

Research notes, Shakespeare, Bacon, Elizabeth I, etc., circa 1900-1928 (5 of 6)

Box 58, Folder 2

Research notes, Shakespeare, Bacon, Elizabeth I, etc., circa 1900-1928 (6 of 6)

Box 118, Folder 1

Research notes and drafts, "Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594)" and miscellaneous, circa 1920 (1 of 3)

Box 118, Folder 2

Research notes and drafts, "Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594)" and miscellaneous, circa 1920 (2 of 3)

Box 118, Folder 3

Research notes and drafts, "Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594)" and miscellaneous, circa 1920 (3 of 3)

Box 58, Folder 3

Research notes and drafts, [Shakespeare's Sonnets], circa 1900-1928 (1 of 2)

Box 58, Folder 4

Research notes and drafts, [Shakespeare's Sonnets], circa 1900-1928 (2 of 2)

Box 119

Research notes and drafts, "Shakespeare's Sonnets, Folder Their History, Their Meaning, Their Author, By Mrs. E. C. Brown, New York, 1904."

Box 58, Folder 5

Research notes and drafts, "Supposed Caricature of the Droeshout Portrait of Shakespeare," circa 1910

Box 59, Folder 1

Transcripts, Various excerpts from circa 17th-19th c. source material (1 of 3)

Box 59, Folder 2

Transcripts, Various excerpts from circa 17th-19th c. source material (2 of 3)

Box 59, Folder 3

Transcripts, Various excerpts from circa 17th-19th c. source material (3 of 3)

Box 59, Folder 4

Transcripts, "Gesta Grayorum" (1688) (partial)

Box 59, Folder 5

Writings and correspondence of Ernest Clive Brown upon the death of (his wife) Isabelle Kittson Brown, 1928

Box 59, Folder 6

Obituaries on Isabelle Kittson Brown, 1928

 

2.2. Eugene Dernay Papers, 1861-1960 (bulk 1910-1945)

Scope and Contents

The papers of Eugene Dernay (d. 1961), a Hungarian-born translator, include correspondence, ephemera and his numerical cipher work on the Bacon-Shakespeare question and the cryptography of Cervantes' Don Quixote. Dernay was a Baconian and member of the Bacon Society of America. Gift to the Francis Bacon Library of Eugene Dernay, 1959.
Box 60, Folder 1

[Baconians in the United States], list, circa 1936

Box 60, Folder 2

Book dealers catalogs, 1916-1960

Box 60, Folder 3

Cipher notebook, Bacon and alternate versions of name (1 of 2)

Box 60, Folder 4

Cipher notebook, Bacon and alternate versions of name (2 of 2)

Box 60, Folder 5

Cipher notebook, Shakespeare alternate spellings

Box 60, Folder 6

Cipher notebook, [Words], "A"

Box 60, Folder 7

Cipher notebook, [Words], "B"

Box 60, Folder 8

Cipher notebook, [Words], "C"

Box 60, Folder 9

Cipher notebook, [Words], "D-E"

Box 61, Folder 1

Cipher notebook, [Words], "F-G"

Box 61, Folder 2

Cipher notebook, [Words], "H-I"

Box 61, Folder 3

Cipher notebook, [Words], "J-L"

Box 61, Folder 4

Cipher notebook, [Words], "M-O"

Box 61, Folder 5

Cipher notebook, [Words], "P-Q"

Box 61, Folder 6

Cipher notebook, [Words], "R"

Box 61, Folder 7

Cipher notebook, [Words], "S"

Box 61, Folder 8

Cipher notebook, [Words], "St. or Saint"

Box 61, Folder 9

Cipher notebook, [Words], "T"

Box 62, Folder 1

Cipher notebook, [Words], "U-Z"

Box 62, Folder 2

Cipher notebook, "100-149"

Box 62, Folder 3

Cipher notebook, "150-200"

Box 62, Folder 4

Cipher notebook, "201-300"

Box 62, Folder 5

Cipher notebook, "301-400"

Box 62, Folder 6

Cipher notebook, "401-500"

Box 62, Folder 7

Cipher notebook, "501-651"

Box 62, Folder 8

Cipher notebook, "652-1749"

Box 62, Folder 9

Cipher notebooks, Miscellaneous notes

Box 63, Folder 1

Correspondence, Gray, Ethel, 1940-1951

Box 63, Folder 2

Correspondence, Morgan, J. E. (John Edward), 1940-1948, undated

Box 63, Folder 3

Correspondence, Owen, Walter, 1940-1945

Box 63, Folder 4

Correspondence, [Regarding books offered], 1916-1945

Box 63, Folder 5

Correspondence, Various, (A-Z), 1928-1956

Box 63, Folder 6

Third-party Correspondence, Bauer, Maria and Kenneth Sylvian Guthrie, 1939

Box 63, Folder 7

Third-party Correspondence, Montgomery, C. A. (Charles Alexander) and various, 1909-1921

Box 63, Folder 8

Third-party Correspondence, Morgan, J. E. (John Edward) and Ethel Gray, 1938-1944

Box 63, Folder 9

Third-party Correspondence, Morgan, J. E. (John Edward) and Ethel Gray, undated

Box 64, Folder 1

Journals and ephemera related to Shakespeare, 1861-1953

Box 64, Folder 2

Newspaper clippings, circa 1910-1955 (1 of 4) (Subjects are Shakespeare, literature, English history, art, etc.)

Box 64, Folder 3

Newspaper clippings, circa 1910-1955 (2 of 4)

Box 64, Folder 4

Newspaper clippings, circa 1910-1955 (3 of 4)

Box 64, Folder 5

Newspaper clippings, circa 1910-1955 (4 of 4)

Box 65, Folder 1

Newspaper clippings, The Shakespeare Fellowship's series in The Hackney Spectator on the Shakespeare authorship controversy, 1923-1925

Box 65, Folder 2

Notes and translations, undated

Box 65, Folder 3

Research notes on Francis Bacon, circa 1920, 1950

Box 65, Folder 4

Shakespeare Fellowship, literature and annual report, 1927-1930

Box 65, Folder 5

Shakespeare Tercentenary ephemera, 1916

Box 133, Folder 1

Photographs, Montgomery, C. A. (Charles Alexander), portraits, undated

Box 133, Folder 2

Photographs, Tombstones, Stratford-upon-Avon, undated

Box 133, Folder 3

Photographs, Westminster Abbey, inscriptions and monuments, undated

Folder 120, Folder 1

Photostats, Bacon, Francis, texts (1 of 2)

Folder 120, Folder 2

Photostats, Bacon, Francis, texts (2 of 2)

Folder 120, Folder 3

Photostats and photographs, Bacon, Francis, monument in St. Michael's Church

Folder 120, Folder 4

Photostats, prints and engravings, Bacon, Francis

Box 133, Folder 4

Photostats, Excerpts from various texts (1 of 2)

Box 133, Folder 5

Photostats, Excerpts from various texts (2 of 2)

Box 133, Folder 6

Photostats, Historical portraits, various Elizabethan figures, etc.

Box 121, Folder 1

Photostats, Jewell, Bishop John, "An Apologie in the Defense of the Church of England…" (1562)

Box 121, Folder 2

Photostats, Shakespeare texts and portraits

Box 121, Folder 3

Photostats, Shakespeare, "King Richard III" (1634)

Box 121, Folder 4

Photostats, Shakespeare, "Love's Labour's Lost" from Second Folio

Box 121, Folder 5

Photostats, Sidney, Sir Philip, various texts

Box 65, Folder 6

Writings, Guthrie, Kenneth Sylvian, 1930

Box 122, Folder 1

Writings, Montgomery, C. A. (Charles Alexander), circa 1910-1927 (1 of 3)

Box 122, Folder 2

Writings, Montgomery, C. A. (Charles Alexander), circa 1910-1927 (2 of 3)

Box 122, Folder 3

Writings, Montgomery, C. A. (Charles Alexander), circa 1910-1927 (3 of 3)

Box 122, Folder 4

Writings, Montgomery, C. A. (Charles Alexander), notes on Delia Bacon

Box 65, Folder 7

Writings, Morgan, J. E. (John Edward), circa 1939

 

2.3. George Drury Papers, 1960-1964

Scope and Contents

George Drury (1917-2010) was a professor and charter faculty member of Monteith College, Michigan.
This collection consists of correspondence, ephemera and six audiotape recordings of the Francis Bacon Celebration held at Monteith College, January 20-27, 1961. Lecturers are George Drury, Sally Cassidy, Norman Cleary, Max Coral, Robert McRae, Robert Merton, Woodburn Ross, Dean Jesse Shera, John Tossey, and Paule Verdet. Gift of George Drury.
Box 66, Folder 1

Audiotape recording, "Bacon Is Shakespeare," radio interview with Riley Crabb, December 8, 1964; "The Baconian Heresy," a lecture by Riley Crabb, June 16, 1962

Box 66, Folder 2

Audiotape recording, Monteith College Bacon Celebration, January 20-27, 1961, (1 of 6)

Box 66, Folder 3

Audiotape recording, Monteith College Bacon Celebration, January 20-27, 1961, (2 of 6)

Box 66, Folder 4

Audiotape recording, Monteith College Bacon Celebration, January 20-27, 1961, (3 of 6)

Box 66, Folder 5

Audiotape recording, Monteith College Bacon Celebration, January 20-27, 1961, (4 of 6)

Box 66, Folder 6

Audiotape recording, Monteith College Bacon Celebration, January 20-27, 1961, (5 of 6)

Box 66, Folder 7

Audiotape recording, Monteith College Bacon Celebration, January 20-27, 1961, (6 of 6)

Box 66, Folder 8

Monteith College Bacon Celebration, 1961, correspondence regarding planning, 1960-1961. Includes brief autograph letters from Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) and J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967).

Box 66, Folder 9

Monteith College Bacon Celebration, 1961, program details

Box 66, Folder 10

Monteith College Bacon Celebration, 1961, publicity and clippings

 

2.4. Johan Franco Publication plates, undated

Scope and Contents

Johan Franco (1908-1988) was a music composer, author, book collector, and a Baconian. In 1947 he published The Bacon-Shakespeare identities revealed by their hand-writings. The items here are publication plates for one or more works related to Bacon. He and his wife Eloise kept a nearly 40-year correspondence with the Arensbergs and the Library; see "Correspondence with Baconians, Franco, Johan" in both the Library records series and Walter and Louise Arensberg Papers. The library bought a number of Emblem books from him, and others were donated after his death.
Box 115

Copper plates for publications, Folder Reproductions of pages from Bacon's works (5 metal plates on wood blocks)

 

2.5. R. W. (Reginald Walter) Gibson Papers, circa 1940-1959.

Scope and Contents

R. W. Gibson worked for Blackwell's, Oxford, and was also a Bacon collector. These are primarily his research notes and correspondence for his publication Francis Bacon; a bibliography of his works and Baconiana to the year 1750 (Oxford, Folder Scrivener Press, 1950). Much of the correspondence concerns details of holdings of Bacon material in libraries all over the world. See also Library records, General Correspondence files for his correspondence with Elizabeth Wrigley concerning books and manuscripts offered and sold to the Francis Bacon Library.
Box 67, Folder 1

Correspondence, (A-B), circa 1940-1960

Box 67, Folder 2

Correspondence, Francis Bacon Society, London, 1944-1950

Box 67, Folder 3

Correspondence, British Museum, 1942-1959

Box 67, Folder 4

Correspondence, (C-D), circa 1940-1960

Box 67, Folder 5

Correspondence, Cambridge University Library, 1942-1959

Box 67, Folder 6

Correspondence, Deutsch, Morton, 1958-1959

Box 67, Folder 7

Correspondence, (E-F), circa 1940-1960

Box 67, Folder 8

Correspondence, Folger Shakespeare Library, 1943-1948

Box 67, Folder 9

Correspondence, (G), circa 1940-1960

Box 67, Folder 10

Correspondence, (H), circa 1940-1960

Box 67, Folder 11

Correspondence, Harvard University, Houghton Library, 1944-1951

Box 67, Folder 12

Correspondence, Harvard University, Law Library, 1945-1947

Box 67, Folder 13

Correspondence, Huntington Library, 1943-1947

Box 68, Folder 1

Correspondence, (I-J), circa 1940-1960

Box 68, Folder 2

Correspondence, (K-L), circa 1940-1960

Box 68, Folder 3

Correspondence, University of Leeds, Library, 1944-1945

Box 68, Folder 4

Correspondence, (M), circa 1940-1960

Box 68, Folder 5

Correspondence, (N-P), circa 1940-1960

Box 68, Folder 6

Correspondence, National Library of Scotland, 1943-1946

Box 68, Folder 7

Correspondence, Pares, Cmdr. G. Martin, 1944-1960

Box 68, Folder 8

Correspondence, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1946-1950

Box 68, Folder 9

Correspondence, (Q-S), circa 1940-1960

Box 68, Folder 10

Correspondence, (T-Z), circa 1940-1960

Box 68, Folder 11

Correspondence, Trinity College (University of Cambridge) Library, 1944-1950

Box 68, Folder 12

Correspondence, Vatican Library [Biblioteca apostolica vaticana], 1945-1946

Box 68, Folder 13

Correspondence, Woodruff, Allen M., 1946-1949

Box 68, Folder 14

Correspondence, Yale University Library, 1944-1947

 

2.6. Olive Woodward Hoss Papers, circa 1920-1969

Scope and Contents

This is a small group of Hoss' correspondence (1939-1952), clippings and ephemera related to Bacon, Shakespeare and Tudor England. Hoss' husband gave her books and these papers to the Library. See Library records, Folder "Gifts to Library, Hoss, Olive Woodward."
Box 69, Folder 1

Clippings, correspondence and ephemera (primarily related to Bacon and Shakespeare)

 

2.7. Karl (Richards) Wallace Papers, circa 1960-1973

Scope and Contents

Karl Richards Wallace (1905-1973) was a scholar and author who wrote on the subjects of rhetoric, public speaking and Francis Bacon. His first Bacon book was Bacon's theory of public address ..." in 1933. This collection consists of the bibliographic index cards, notes and periodicals list he kept on Bacon.
Box 123, Folder 1

Notes and periodicals list for Francis Bacon bibliography

Box 123, Folder 2

Bibliography cards for Francis Bacon bibliography, (A-B)

Box 123, Folder 3

Bibliography cards for Francis Bacon bibliography, (C-E)

Box 123, Folder 4

Bibliography cards for Francis Bacon bibliography, (F-I)

Box 123, Folder 5

Bibliography cards for Francis Bacon bibliography, (J-M)

Box 123, Folder 6

Bibliography cards for Francis Bacon bibliography, (N-R)

Box 123, Folder 7

Bibliography cards for Francis Bacon bibliography, (S-U)

Box 123, Folder 8

Bibliography cards for Francis Bacon bibliography, (V-Z)

 

2.8. A. Allen Woodruff Papers, circa 1893-1949

Scope and Contents

A. Allen Woodruff (d. 1949), former officer in the British Royal Navy (WWI), was interested in the Bacon-Shakespeare authorship question and cryptography. The collection includes cardboard cipher wheels created by Woodruff, research notes, technical analyses, and correspondence with Baconians. Gift to the Francis Bacon Library along with his books, by his wife, Mrs. Francis Stokes, 1973.
Box 69, Folder 2

The Cryptogram, a publication of the American Cryptogram Association, New York (8 issues), 1943-1944

Box 69, Folder 3

Cipher wheels made by A. Allen Woodruff, circa 1920-1949 (1 of 2)

Box 69, Folder 4

Cipher wheels made by A. Allen Woodruff, circa 1920-1949 (2 of 2)

Box 69, Folder 5

Clippings and pamphlets, Bacon Society of America, Bacon Society of London, others, circa 1893, 1920-1930

Box 69, Folder 6

Correspondence, 1920, 1936, 1948, undated

Box 69, Folder 7

Research notes, circa 1920-1949

 

3. FRANCIS BACON FOUNDATION RECORDS

Scope and Content Note

Includes articles of incorporation, Board correspondence, administrative records, employee files (including employees of the Francis Bacon Library), safe deposit box lists and perpetuation files. There are also clippings on the Shakespeare authorship question, some dating to the 19th century. Other research reference materials are photographs, photostats and clippings related to Bacon, Shakespeare, English history and Lichfield Cathedral, England.
This represents only a portion of the Foundation records. The remainder are in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Box 70, Folder 1

Articles of Incorporation (and amendments), 1938-1948

Box 70, Folder 2

Articles of Incorporation (and amendments), 1952-1980

Box 70, Folder 3

Board of Trustees, Meetings and notices, 1938-1952

Box 70, Folder 4

Board of Trustees, Stevens, John E., correspondence, 1954-1963

General

(See also Walter and Louise Arensberg Papers, Folder "Stevens Family Correspondence, Stevens, John E."
Box 70, Folder 5

Board of Trustees, Stevens, John E., correspondence, 1964-1988

Box 70, Folder 6

Brochures, 1954-1975

Box 71, Folder 1

Clippings, Bacon, Francis, circa 1920-1980

Box 71, Folder 2

Clippings, Books, circa 1920-1970

Box 71, Folder 3

Clippings, History and biography, circa 1920-1980

Box 71, Folder 4

Clippings, Miscellaneous, circa 1950-1990

Box 71, Folder 5

Clippings, Philosophy and science, circa 1950-1960

Box 72, Folder 1

Clippings, Shakespeare, circa 1920-1990 (1 of 2)

Box 72, Folder 2

Clippings, Shakespeare, circa 1920-1990 (2 of 2)

Box 72, Folder 3

Clippings, Shakespeare authorship controversy, Montreal Gazette, 1910-1911

Box 72, Folder 4

Clippings, Shakespeare authorship controversy, circa 1920-1990 (1 of 2)

Box 72, Folder 5

Clippings, Shakespeare authorship controversy, circa 1920-1990 (2 of 2)

Box 124

Clippings scrapbook, "Cuttings from Newspapers Respecting the Bacon-Shakespeare 'Craze,'" 1887-1888. Clips from British newspapers, including The Daily Telegraph, The Standard, Daily Mail and others. Some handwritten notes. Original owner unknown.

Box 124

Clippings scrapbook, "Press Cuttings Relating to Spenser's Tomb," 1938. British newspaper coverage of the opening of Edmund Spenser's tomb in Westminster Abbey, 1938.

Box 124

Clippings scrapbook, Shakespeare authorship controversy, 1850-1964 [Clippings book 3]

Box 125

Clippings scrapbook, Shakespeare authorship controversy, 1913-1950s [Clippings book 4]

Box 73, Folder 1

Employees, Job postings

Box 73, Folder 2

Employees, Records and correspondence, 1937-1953

Box 73, Folder 3

Employees, Records and correspondence, 1954-1970

Box 73, Folder 4

Employees, Records and correspondence, 1971-1995

Box 73, Folder 5

Financial, Accounts, "Old Foundation," 1937-1938

Box 73, Folder 6

Financial, Accounts, 1943-1954

Box 73, Folder 7

Financial, Property Tax, City of Pasadena, 1955-1960

Box 73, Folder 8

Financial, Tax exemption certificate, 1938, 1954

Box 73, Folder 9

Financial, Taxes, 1938-1948

Box 73, Folder 10

Financial, Taxes, 1949-1954

Box 73, Folder 11

Insurance, 1937-1949

Box 73, Folder 12

Insurance, 1950-1954

Box 74, Folder 1

Lecture series announcements, 1956-1969

Box 74, Folder 2

Legal documents and correspondence, 1937-1948

Box 74, Folder 3

Legal documents and correspondence, 1949-1954

Box 74, Folder 4

Operating Committee correspondence, 1954-1961

Box 74, Folder 5

Perpetuation notes, 1950-1954

Box 74, Folder 6

Photographs and photostats, Bacon, Francis, family and miscellaneous

Box 74, Folder 7

Photographs and photostats, Bacon, Francis, portraits and monuments

Box 74, Folder 8

Photographs and photostats, Bacon, Francis, "The Two Bookes of the Advancement of Learning" (1605) (partial)

Box 74, Folder 9

Photographs and photostats, Lichfield Cathedral (1 of 2)

Box 75, Folder 1

Photographs and photostats, Lichfield Cathedral (2 of 2)

Box 75, Folder 2

Photographs and photostats, Lichfield Cathedral, glass plates of engravings (3)

Box 75, Folder 3

Photographs and photostats, Lichfield Cathedral, photographs by Giles G. (Giles Greville) Healey, circa 1948-1951

Box 75, Folder 4

Photographs and photostats, Miscellaneous

Box 75, Folder 5

Photographs and photostats, Shakespeare-related

Box (Tube)152

Photographs and photostats, Shakespeare-related. Five items rolled in tube:

General

1. Photograph of inscription on Shakespeare monument in Westminster Abbey.
2. Photostat of rubbing from above inscription.
3. Rubbing from Garrick tomb inscription in Westminster Abbey.
4. Rubbing from Samuel Johnson's tomb inscription in Westminster Abbey.
5. Illustrated leaf (pp. 4-5) from Robert Fludd's "Collectis Operum - 1617" - Integrae Naturae Speculum Artisque Imago.
Box 75, Folder 6

Photographs and photostats, Shakespeare, First Folio (1623), first and last pages of plays

Box 76, Folder 1

Publications, "Concordance to the Essays of Francis Bacon," correspondence, 1970-1981

General

See also Library Records, Folder "Financial records, Royalties, Bacon Concordance"
Box 76, Folder 2

Publications, "Concordance to the Essays of Francis Bacon," Drafts and working papers, approx. 1960-1973 (1 of 2)

Box 76, Folder 3

Publications, "Concordance to the Essays of Francis Bacon," Drafts and working papers, approx. 1960-1973 (2 of 2)

Box 76, Folder 4

Publications, "Concordance to the Essays of Francis Bacon," Reviews and listings, 1971-1975

Box 76, Folder 5

Published listings and descriptions of the Francis Bacon Foundation, 1981-1993

Box 76, Folder 6

Safe deposit box, lists of contents, 1940-1954

 

4. WALTER AND LOUISE ARENSBERG PAPERS

Scope and Content Note

A significant portion of these papers consists of Walter Arensberg's cryptographic research notes and files, circa 1920 to 1954. His notes demonstrate his conviction that he would eventually unlock the key to the ciphers in Shakespeare's texts despite unsuccessful results and contrary opinion. There are many typescripts by Arensberg, but also research work done by his staff, at his direction. The titles of his research subject files give a good idea of the topics of interest to Arensberg, many related to mythology and symbolism. There are a few letters with private researchers or librarians dealing with specific topics in the subject files. The research work was carried on by the staff for approximately six years after his death in January 1954.
Also included here is personal correspondence with family, friends and other Baconians, and some of Walter's early and experimental poetry.
Walter's letters to Louise in 1923 and 1924 are an account of his first visit to Lichfield, England, where he hoped to convince local authorities of his theory that Bacon was buried there.
The letters of Walter's father, Conrad Christian Arensberg, demonstrate his pride in Walter's books of the 1920s. Letters to his brother Charles F. C. Arensberg, to whom he appeared to be close, contain some accounts from Walter about his Baconian theories. Also of note are letters from Helen Keller (to Charles F. C. Arensberg); writer Henry Miller; film director John Huston; noted World War II cryptologist William F. Friedman; and Clyde Wolfe, a California Institute of Technology professor whom Arensberg hired, along with Friedman, to assist with his cipher work.
Personal items include family photographs, two of Walter Arensberg's passports, medical and financial records, and copies of the Arensbergs' wills.
The collection also includes family photographs of the Arensberg and [Louise] Stevens families, including Walter and Louise.
 

4.1. Correspondence

 

Subseries 4.1.1. General Correspondence

Box 77, Folder 1

Correspondence, (A), 1943-1955, undated

Box 77, Folder 2

Correspondence, Arensberg, Louise Stevens to Walter Conrad Arensberg, 1922

Box 77, Folder 3

Correspondence, Arensberg, Walter Conrad to Louise Stevens Arensberg (regarding first visit to Lichfield, England), 1923

Box 77, Folder 4

Correspondence, Arensberg, Walter Conrad to Louise Stevens Arensberg, undated

Box 77, Folder 5

Correspondence, Aull, Grace H. and William F., 1929-1930, 1938

Box 77, Folder 6

Correspondence, (B), 1909-1953

Box 77, Folder 7

Correspondence, Bacon Society of America, 1923-1939

Box 77, Folder 8

Correspondence, Bacon Society of America (efforts to locate), 1938-1946

Box 77, Folder 9

Correspondence, Books of Walter Conrad Arensberg [people interested in buying], 1936-1938

Box 77, Folder 10

Correspondence, Bynner, Witter, 1938-1951

Box 77, Folder 11

Correspondence, (C), 1914-1956

Box 77, Folder 12

Correspondence, Castle, Mabel Wing, 1940-1947

Box 77, Folder 13

Correspondence, Cookson, Maurice B., 1951-1952

Box 77, Folder 14

Correspondence, (D), 1940-1953

Box 77, Folder 15

Correspondence, (E-F), 1940-1953

Box 77, Folder 16

Correspondence, Folger Shakespeare Library, 1948-1954

Box 77, Folder 17

Correspondence, Foundations and Societies (A-Z), 1938-1953

Box 77, Folder 18

Correspondence, Francis Bacon Society, London, 1921-1954

Box 77, Folder 19

Correspondence, Friedman, William F., 1925-1930

General

See also Library Records, Folder "Correspondence with Baconians, Friedman, William F., 1954-1962"
Box 77, Folder 20

Correspondence, Friedman, William F., 1945-1954. [Walter Arensberg hired Friedman for cryptography work.]

Box 77, Folder 21

Correspondence, Frost, Lowell Chester, 1949-1953

Box 78, Folder 1

Correspondence, (G), 1923-1953

Box 78, Folder 2

Correspondence, (H), 1923-1955

Box 78, Folder 3

Correspondence, Haverlin, Carl, 1934

Box 78, Folder 4

Correspondence, Haverlin, Carl, 1939-1949

Box 78, Folder 5

Correspondence, Healey, Giles G. (Giles Greville), 1945-1954

Box 78, Folder 6

Correspondence, Huntington Library, 1935-1938

Box 78, Folder 7

Correspondence, Huntington Library, 1939-1955

Box 78, Folder 8

Correspondence, Huston, John, 1951

Box 78, Folder 9

Correspondence, (J-K), 1941-1954

Box 78, Folder 10

Correspondence, (L), 1940-1953

Box 78, Folder 11

Correspondence, Lawrence, Frieda [von Richthofen], 1936-1953

Box 78, Folder 12

Correspondence, Library of Congress, 1942-1954

Box 78, Folder 13

Correspondence, Lichfield (England), Folder Bishop and city officials, 1923-1929

Box 78, Folder 14

Correspondence, Lyman, Helen and Jack, 1952-1954

Box 78, Folder 15

Correspondence, (M), 1939-1953

Box 78, Folder 16

Correspondence, Macy, John, 1921-1930

Box 78, Folder 17

Correspondence, Manly, John Matthews, 1921-1934

Box 78, Folder 18

Correspondence, Mendelsohn, Charles Jastrow, 1930

Box 78, Folder 19

Correspondence, Miller, Henry, 1941-1952

Box 78, Folder 20

Correspondence, Morkisch, Erwin F. (Huntington Library), 1947-1952

Box 78, Folder 21

Correspondence, (N-P), 1941-1957

Box 78, Folder 22

Correspondence, Owen, C. V., 1928

Box 78, Folder 23

Correspondence, (R), 1923-1954

Box 78, Folder 24

Correspondence, (S), 1923-1954

Box 79, Folder 1

Correspondence, Sanborn, Pitts. Includes clippings of his reviews, 1927-1940

Box 79, Folder 2

Correspondence, Sanborn, Robert Alden, 1942-1954

Box 79, Folder 3

Correspondence, (T), 1923-1953

Box 79, Folder 4

Correspondence, (U-V), 1940-1953

Box 79, Folder 5

Correspondence, Unidentified [Dorothy __?], 1925

Box 79, Folder 6

Correspondence, (W-Z), 1944-1953

Box 79, Folder 7

Correspondence, Wolfe, Clyde, 1925-1926

 

Subseries 4.1.2. Correspondence with Baconians

Box 79, Folder 8

Correspondence with Baconians, Adler, Cyrus M., 1948-1953

Box 79, Folder 9

Correspondence with Baconians, Bendix, Vincent, 1941

Box 79, Folder 10

Correspondence with Baconians, Brick Row Book Shop (New York), 1938

Box 79, Folder 11

Correspondence with Baconians, Bristol, Myrl, 1947-1955

Box 79, Folder 12

Correspondence with Baconians, Brooks, Alden, 1939

Box 79, Folder 13

Correspondence with Baconians, Brown, E. C. (Ernest Clive), 1937, 1955

Box 79, Folder 14

Correspondence with Baconians, Clexton, Andrew R., 1945, 1955

Box 79, Folder 15

Correspondence with Baconians, Covington, Annette, 1946

Box 79, Folder 16

Correspondence with Baconians, Cockburn, John A., 1923-1924

Box 79, Folder 17

Correspondence with Baconians, Croll, D., 1914

Box 79, Folder 18

Correspondence with Baconians, Cunningham, Wallace M., 1938

Box 79, Folder 19

Correspondence with Baconians, de Prorok, Byron, 1943

Box 79, Folder 20

Correspondence with Baconians, Des Moineaux, E. J., 1928-1930

Box 79, Folder 21

Correspondence with Baconians, Dick, Hugh G., 1945-1946

Box 79, Folder 22

Correspondence with Baconians, Field, G. A., 1946

Box 79, Folder 23

Correspondence with Baconians, Fleet, Mary Davenport, 1950-1955

Box 79, Folder 24

Correspondence with Baconians, Franco, Johan, 1946-1955

Box 79, Folder 25

Correspondence with Baconians, Frisbee, George G., 1930, 1955

Box 79, Folder 26

Correspondence with Baconians, Greenwood, George, 1923-1924

Box 79, Folder 27

Correspondence with Baconians, Hall, Manly and Maria Bauer, 1951-1953

Box 79, Folder 28

Correspondence with Baconians, Horton, Edward Everett, 1936-1937

Box 79, Folder 29

Correspondence with Baconians, Johnson, Edward D., 1942-1947

Box 79, Folder 30

Correspondence with Baconians, Larkin, Charles, 1931-1932

Box 79, Folder 31

Correspondence with Baconians, Linden, Adolph F., 1927

Box 79, Folder 32

Correspondence with Baconians, Merlo, Victor, 1947-1955

Box 79, Folder 33

Correspondence with Baconians, Millikin, Donald D., 1932

Box 79, Folder 34

Correspondence with Baconians, Morgan, J. E. (John Edward), 1934

Box 79, Folder 35

Correspondence with Baconians, O'Bryan, Roy A., 1932

Box 79, Folder 36

Correspondence with Baconians, Peterson, C. Stewart, 1940

Box 79, Folder 37

Correspondence with Baconians, Prescott, Kate H., 1939

Box 79, Folder 38

Correspondence with Baconians, Rand, E. K., 1927

Box 79, Folder 39

Correspondence with Baconians, Riegle, Robert R., 1952

Box 79, Folder 40

Correspondence with Baconians, Robb, Stewart, 1952

Box 79, Folder 41

Correspondence with Baconians, Sloman, Robert A., 1953

Box 79, Folder 42

Correspondence with Baconians, Smedley, William, 1923

Box 79, Folder 43

Correspondence with Baconians, Still, Colin, 1926-1928

Box 79, Folder 44

Correspondence with Baconians, Theobald, Bertram G., undated

Box 79, Folder 45

Correspondence with Baconians, Wack, Henry Wellington, 1947-1950

Box 79, Folder 46

Correspondence with Baconians, Woodward, Frank, 1924

Box 79, Folder 47

Third-party Correspondence, Baconians, Cunningham, Granville C. to Alexander T. Wright, 1912-1919

Box 79, Folder 48

Third-party Correspondence, Baconians, Des Moineaux, E. J. to J. E. (John Edward) Morgan, 1930

Box 79, Folder 49

Third-party Correspondence, Baconians, Fabyan, Mrs. George to N. A. Kovach, Parnassus Bookshop, 1938

Box 79, Folder 50

Third-party Correspondence, Baconians, Loughridge, Charles to Rev. C. L. Meares, 1913-1920

Box 79, Folder 51

Third-party Correspondence, Baconians, Morgan, J. E. (John Edward) to Carl Haverlin, 1934-1936, undated

Box 79, Folder 52

Third-party Correspondence, Baconians, Morgan, J. E. (John Edward) to Henry E. Huntington, 1926

 

Subseries 4.1.3. Arensberg Family Correspondence

Box 80, Folder 1

Arensberg, Charles Covert, circa 1930-1961

Box 80, Folder 2

Arensberg, Charles Covert, with Elizabeth Wrigley (Francis Bacon Foundation), 1957

Box 80, Folder 3

Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1902

Box 80, Folder 4

Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1903-1904

Box 80, Folder 5

Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1905

Box 80, Folder 6

Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1906

Box 80, Folder 7

Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1907-1909

Box 80, Folder 8

Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1910-1924

Box 80, Folder 9

Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1925-1944

Box 80, Folder 10

Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1945-1953

Box 80, Folder 11

Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1954-1961

Box 80, Folder 12

Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), with Helen Keller, 1902-1905

Box 80, Folder 13

Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), undated

Box 80, Folder 14

Arensberg, Conrad Christian, 1919-1921

Box 80, Folder 15

Arensberg, Conrad Christian, 1923

Box 80, Folder 16

Arensberg, Conrad Christian, (letters received regarding son Walter's books), 1923

Box 80, Folder 17

Arensberg, Conrad Christian, 1924, undated

Box 80, Folder 18

Arensberg, Conrad Maynadier, 1932-1953

Box 80, Folder 19

Arensberg, Conrad Maynadier, 1960, 1967

Box 80, Folder 20

Arensberg, Edward Baldwin, 1931

Box 80, Folder 21

Arensberg, Ella Graubart (Mrs. Charles Frederick Covert), 1949-1953

Box 81, Folder 1

Arensberg, Emily Maynadier (Mrs. Charles Frederick Covert), 1905

Box 81, Folder 2

Arensberg, Emily Maynadier (Mrs. Charles Frederick Covert), 1906-1907, undated

Box 81, Folder 3

Arensberg, Flora Belle Covert (Mrs. Conrad Christian), 1905-1913

Box 81, Folder 4

Arensberg, Florence Dangerfield (Mrs. Francis Louis), 1941-1953

Box 81, Folder 5

Arensberg, Florence Dangerfield (Mrs. Francis Louis), 1953-1960

Box 81, Folder 6

Arensberg, Francis Louis, 1905-1954

Box 81, Folder 7

Arensberg, Francis Louis, with Elizabeth Wrigley (Francis Bacon Foundation), 1954-1959

Box 81, Folder 8

Arensberg, James Murray, 1941, 1953

Box 81, Folder 9

Arensberg, Mariada (Mrs. Walter Eveleth), 1953

Box 81, Folder 10

Arensberg, Martha, 1940

Box 81, Folder 11

Arensberg, Walter Eveleth, 1940-1953

 

Keller, Helen. See Walter and Louise Arensberg Papers / Arensberg Family Correspondence, Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick)

Box 81, Folder 12

Price, Betty (Mrs. Charles Philip), 1953

Box 81, Folder 13

Price, Charles Philip, 1941-1953

Box 81, Folder 14

Price, Edith Arensberg (Mrs. Philip W.), 1896-1953

Box 81, Folder 15

Price, Edith Arensberg (Mrs. Philip W.), with Elizabeth Wrigley (Francis Bacon Foundation), 1954-1959

Box 81, Folder 16

Price, Philip W., 1923

 

Subseries 4.1.4. Stevens Family Correspondence

Box 81, Folder 17

Heckman, Dorothy (Mrs. Chester L.), 1953

Box 81, Folder 18

Sewall, Emilyn (Mrs. Robert Lentner), 1952

Box 81, Folder 19

Sewall, Leila Louise, 1953-1954

Box 81, Folder 20

Sewall, Leila Mae Stevens (Mrs. Lentner), 1953

Box 81, Folder 21

Stevens, Harriet Louise (Mrs. John Edward), 1873

Box 81, Folder 22

Stevens, Helen, 1954

Box 81, Folder 23

Stevens, Horace N., 1937, 1940

Box 81, Folder 24

Stevens, John E., 1951-1953

General

See also Francis Bacon Foundation records, Folder "Board of Trustees, Stevens, John E. correspondence"
Box 81, Folder 25

Stevens, John Naylor to Miss M. K. Stevens (two photo cards, presumably of John Naylor Stevens and family), 1921, 1923

Box 81, Folder 26

Stevens, Mary Kittredge. Includes genealogy charts of the Stevens family, 1925, undated

Box 81, Folder 27

Stevens, Maymie (Mrs. John E.), 1951-1953

Box 81, Folder 28

Stevens, Sidney, 1931-1951

Box 81, Folder 29

White, Gertrude Olney Stevens, 1950-1953

Box 81, Folder 30

White, Gertrude Olney Stevens, with the Arensbergs' staff, regarding their deaths, 1954

 

4.2. Personal

Box 82, Folder 1

Address books and telephone lists, undated

Box 82, Folder 2

Air raid warden correspondence, notes and ephemera, Arensberg, Walter Conrad, 1942-1946

Box 82, Folder 3

Arensberg family clippings and ephemera, circa 1924-1949

Box 82, Folder 4

Automobiles and driving, 1942-1953

Box 132.1

Books - Private property of Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Arensberg, and books acquired by the Francis Bacon Foundation.

General

List of books in Arensberg's private library, as well as inventories of oriental rugs and artwork. These are photocopies that were made ca. 2010 of original lists in the Arensberg Archives at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Some lists are inventories for insurance purposes.
Box 82, Folder 5

Medical correspondence and prescriptions, Arensberg, Louise Stevens, 1940-1953

Box 82, Folder 6

Medical correspondence and prescriptions, Arensberg, Walter Conrad, 1909-1953

Box 82, Folder 7

Obituaries, Arensberg, Louise Stevens, 1953-1954

Box 82, Folder 8

Obituaries, Arensberg, Walter Conrad, 1954

Box 82, Folder 9

Passports, bookplates and name cards, Arensberg, Walter Conrad, 1923, 1928, undated

Box 82, Folder 10

Receipts and invoices, 1924-1950, undated

Box 82, Folder 11

Receipts and invoices, 1951-1954

Box 82, Folder 12

Stevens family clippings and ephemera, 1895-1947. Includes application to the Daughters of the American Revolution (1895).

Box 82, Folder 13

Student years at Harvard University, clippings and ephemera, Arensberg, Walter Conrad, 1899-1904

Box 83, Folder 1

Wills and related correspondence, 1951-1952

Box 83, Folder 2

Wills and related correspondence, 1953

 

4.3. Writings

Box 83, Folder 3

Arensberg, Louise Stevens, Translation of "A Season in Hell" by Arthur Rimbaud (1873), 1920

Box 83, Folder 4

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Cryptography of Dante," notations, undated

Box 83, Folder 5

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Cryptography of Shakespeare," drafts, undated

Box 83, Folder 6

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Cryptography of Shakespeare," galley proofs (partial)

Box 83, Folder 7

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Cryptographic Structure of the First Folio of the Plays of William Shakespeare," 1951-1952 (1 of 2)

Box 83, Folder 8

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Cryptographic Structure of the First Folio of the Plays of William Shakespeare," 1951-1952 (2 of 2)

Box 83, Folder 9

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "Francis Bacon, William Butts, and the Pagets of Beaudesert," undated

Box 83, Folder 10

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, Outlines for books, 1932

Box 83, Folder 11

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Pagets of Beaudesert and the Bishop of Lichfield, Folder Chapter VIII of the Shakespearian Mystery," draft, 1928

Box 83, Folder 12

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Pagets of Beaudesert, Folder Chapter VIII of the Shakespearian Mystery," draft, circa 1928

Box 84, Folder 1

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Pagets of Beaudesert, Folder Chapter VIII of the Shakespearian Mystery," second edition notes and draft, undated

Box 84, Folder 2

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, Poems, before 1915

Box 84, Folder 3

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, Poems, circa 1915-1919

Box 84, Folder 4

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, Poems, undated

Box 84, Folder 5

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, Reviews by others, clippings, 1914-1923

Box 84, Folder 6

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Shakespearian Mystery" (1928), Publication illustrations (1 of 2)

Box 84, Folder 7

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Shakespearian Mystery" (1928), Publication illustrations (2 of 2)

Box 135

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Skeleton Text of the Shakespeare Folio" (1952) [Copy 1 in two binders]

Box 136

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Skeleton Text of the Shakespeare Folio" (1952) [Copy 2 in two binders]

Box 84, Folder 8

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Skeleton Text of the Shakespeare Folio" (1952), Notes, 1944-1951 (1 of 2)

Box 84, Folder 9

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Skeleton Text of the Shakespeare Folio" (1952), Notes, 1944-1951 (2 of 2)

Box 84, Folder 10

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "Vacuum Tires, Folder A Formula for the Digestion of Figments," drafts and notes, undated

Box 126

Publication plates (metal on wood blocks), illustrations for one or more publications, circa 1920-1929. (7 items)

Box 127

Publication plates (metal on wood blocks), illustrations for one or more publications, circa 1920-1929. (8 items)

Box 128

Publication plates (metal on wood blocks), illustrations for one or more publications, circa 1920-1929. (8 items)

 

4.4. Financial

General

Mostly correspondence with Patterson, Crawford, Arensberg and Dunn, the firm of Walter's brother, Charles F. C. Arensberg. Includes correspondence, reports, cancelled checks, stock sales, donations, etc.
Box 84, Folder 11

Financial, Bank book and report, 1925, 1930

Box 84, Folder 12

Financial, 1935-1939

Box 85, Folder 1

Financial, 1940-1951

Box 85, Folder 2

Financial, 1952

Box 85, Folder 3

Financial, 1953-1954

Box 85, Folder 4

Financial, Taxes, 1938-1943

Box 85, Folder 5

Financial, Taxes, 1944-1950

Box 85, Folder 6

Financial, Taxes, 1951-1953

 

4.5. Legal

Box 85, Folder 7

Legal, Grinstead estate (Walter Conrad Arensberg, executor), 1944-1945

Box 85, Folder 8

Legal issues and correspondence, 1948-1952

Box 85, Folder 9

Legal issues and correspondence, 1953

Box 85, Folder 10

Legal and estate issues, 1954

Box 85, Folder 11

Legal and estate issues regarding the Francis Bacon Foundation and staff, 1955-1976

 

4.6. Research

General

Titles of research subject files have been left as received.
Box 86, Folder 1

Research, Cryptographic work, errors in count, 1943-1944

Box 86, Folder 2

Research, Cryptographic work, miscellaneous, circa 1936-1938

Box 86, Folder 3

Research, Cryptographic work, miscellaneous, 1953

Box 86, Folder 4

Research, Cryptographic work, posthumous work by staff, 1959

Box 86, Folder 5

Research, Cryptographic work, miscellaneous, undated

Box 86, Folder 6

Research, Cryptographic work by Clyde Wolfe, 1929-1932 (1 of 4)

Box 86, Folder 7

Research, Cryptographic work by Clyde Wolfe, 1929-1932 (2 of 4)

Box 86, Folder 8

Research, Cryptographic work by Clyde Wolfe, 1929-1932 (3 of 4)

Box 86, Folder 9

Research, Cryptographic work by Clyde Wolfe, 1929-1932 (4 of 4)

Box 87, Folder 1

Research, "Mechanics of the Cipher Developed by Walter C. Arensberg" by Stanley Rogers, 1939-1941 (copy 1)

Box 87, Folder 2

Research, "Mechanics of the Cipher Developed by Walter C. Arensberg" by Stanley Rogers, 1939-1941 (copy 2)

Box 87, Folder 3

Research, "Mechanics of the Cipher Developed by Walter Conrad Arensberg in the First and Second Folios of the Plays of William Shakespeare," 1945 (3 copies)

Box 106

Research, Index cards, Index to miscellaneous notes, by subject, A-Z

Box 106

Research, Index cards, "Projects." Notes on seven cards, 1935, 1939

Box 107

Research, Index cards, "Date Index." Notes organized by months, years and numbers.

Box 108

Research, Index cards, "Bibliography, Folder Controversy, A-L." Books and articles related to Bacon-Shakespeare authorship controversy.

Box 109

Research, Index cards, "Bibliography, Folder Controversy, M-Z"

Box 110

Research, Index cards, "Indices of W.C.A." Index to subjects in Arensberg's six books published between 1922 and 1930. Subjects referenced by book and page number.

Box 111

Research, Index cards, Numbers and alphabets. Includes "Alphabetical index" of words and number counts.

Box 111

Research, Index cards, "Clipping Index." Articles related to Bacon-Shakespeare authorship controversy, bulk 1940-1959.

Box 88

Research, Notebooks, "Calendars and some Folio comparisons / Lee, Staunton, Methuen, etc., 1935," 1933-1939

Box 88

Research, Notebooks, "Encyclopedia A-D, Misc. Processes and notes," circa 1930-1940

Box 88

Research, Notebooks, "Encyclopedia E-Z," circa 1930-1940

Box 89

Research, Notebooks, "Mr. Arensberg's Notebook" (Charts, notes, spellings, seal, alphabets, etc.), circa 1950-1953

Box 89

Research, Notebooks, "Notes." Lists of different alphabets, circa 1943-1945

Box 89

Research, Notebooks, "Old Charts from Mr. Arensberg's Folder," circa 1946-1953

Box 90

Research, Notebooks, "Topical Outlines of Mr. Arensberg's Books." Covers his six books published between 1922 and 1930.

Box 90

Research, Notebooks, "Report on Folio, 3-way check," circa 1944-1945

Box 90

Research, Notebooks, "Elizabeth S. Wrigley / Current." Research by subject, circa 1950-1953

Box 91

Research, Notebooks, "Charts, Quadrants, Chessboards, 1955-1956, 1st copy"

Box 91

Research, Notebooks, "Charts, Quadrants, Chessboards, 1955-1956, 1957-1959, 2nd copy"

Box 92, Folder 1

Research, Notes, 1936

Box 92, Folder 2

Research, Notes, 1940

Box 92, Folder 3

Research, Notes, 1940-1941

Box 92, Folder 4

Research, Notes, January 1944

Box 92, Folder 5

Research, Notes, February 1944

Box 92, Folder 6

Research, Notes, March 1944

Box 92, Folder 7

Research, Notes, April 1944

Box 92, Folder 8

Research, Notes, May 1944

Box 92, Folder 9

Research, Notes, June 1944

Box 92, Folder 10

Research, Notes, July 1944

Box 92, Folder 11

Research, Notes, August 1944

Box 92, Folder 12

Research, Notes, September 1944

Box 92, Folder 13

Research, Notes, October 1944

Box 92, Folder 14

Research, Notes, November-December 1944

Box 92, Folder 15

Research, Notes, February-July 1945

Box 92, Folder 16

Research, Notes, August 1945

Box 92, Folder 17

Research, Notes, September-October 1945

Box 93, Folder 1

Research, Notes, November 1945

Box 93, Folder 2

Research, Notes, December 1945

Box 93, Folder 3

Research, Notes, January-March, 1946

Box 93, Folder 4

Research, Notes, April, 1946

Box 93, Folder 5

Research, Notes, May 1946

Box 93, Folder 6

Research, Notes, June-July 1946

Box 93, Folder 7

Research, Notes, August 1946

Box 93, Folder 8

Research, Notes, September 1946

Box 93, Folder 9

Research, Notes, October 1946

Box 94, Folder 1

Research, Notes, November 1-15, 1946

Box 94, Folder 2

Research, Notes, November 16-30, 1946

Box 94, Folder 3

Research, Notes, December 1-15, 1946

Box 94, Folder 4

Research, Notes, December 16-31, 1946

General

Arensberg's research notes for January 1947 – January 1954 are on microfilm only. See MSS MFilm 00337 (reels 1-14), titled "Journal Entries for a Work in Progress by Walter Conrad Arensberg (1947-1954)."  
Box 94, Folder 5

Research, Notes, January 1954

Box 94, Folder 6

Research, Notes, "Publication," 1939-1953

Box 94, Folder 7

Research, Notes, "Re-statement," 1946-1953

Box 94, Folder 8

Research, Notes, "Things to Do" lists, 1945-1954

Box 129

Research, Rolls of tabulations and calculations, 1945-1946. Rolls of adding machine paper. Some typed notations at beginnings of rolls, but primarily numbers.

Box 130

Research, Rolls of tabulations and calculations, 1945-1946

Box 131

Research, Rolls of tabulations and calculations, 1951-1956, undated

Box 132

Research, Rolls of tabulations and calculations, 1957-1959

Box 95, Folder 1

Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1932

Box 95, Folder 2

Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1935

Box 95, Folder 3

Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1940-1941

Box 95, Folder 4

Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1942

Box 95, Folder 5

Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1943-1944

Box 95, Folder 6

Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1945-1947

Box 95, Folder 7

Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1947-1948

Box 96, Folder 1

Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1948-1950

Box 96, Folder 2

Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1950-1951

Box 96, Folder 3

Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1951-1953

Box 97, Folder 1

Research, Subject files [List of note file classifications]

Box 97, Folder 2

Research, Subject files, "AB spelled backward"

Box 97, Folder 3

Research, Subject files, Acknowledged works - Bacon

Box 97, Folder 4

Research, Subject files, Acrostics

Box 97, Folder 5

Research, Subject files, Alban, Saint

Box 97, Folder 6

Research, Subject files, Allusive or parabolic

Box 97, Folder 7

Research, Subject files, Alphabets (1 of 3)

Box 97, Folder 8

Research, Subject files, Alphabets (2 of 3)

Box 97, Folder 9

Research, Subject files, Alphabets (3 of 3)

Box 97, Folder 10

Research, Subject files, Alternatives for pattern

Box 97, Folder 11

Research, Subject files, Anagrams

Box 97, Folder 12

Research, Subject files, Ark

Box 97, Folder 13

Research, Subject files, Bacon, Date of true death

Box 97, Folder 14

Research, Subject files, Bacon, Genealogy

Box 97, Folder 15

Research, Subject files, Bacon, Miscellaneous

Box 98, Folder 1

Research, Subject files, Bacon, Roger (Friar Bacon's Head)

Box 98, Folder 2

Research, Subject files, Baconian Mystery, Books containing allusions to

Box 98, Folder 3

Research, Subject files, Biblical allusions, etc.

Box 98, Folder 4

Research, Subject files, Bibliography, Baconian

Box 98, Folder 5

Research, Subject files, "Bome boon for boon prescian"

Box 98, Folder 6

Research, Subject files, Burial location

Box 98, Folder 7

Research, Subject files, Butts' name [Sir William Butts]

Box 98, Folder 8

Research, Subject files, Calendar

Box 98, Folder 9

Research, Subject files, Cedar

Box 98, Folder 10

Research, Subject files, Chessboards

Box 98, Folder 11

Research, Subject files, Christ, Bacon as

Box 98, Folder 12

Research, Subject files, Classical allusions

Box 98, Folder 13

Research, Subject files, Columbus allusions

Box 98, Folder 14

Research, Subject files, Constants

Box 98, Folder 15

Research, Subject files, Controversy notes

Box 98, Folder 16

Research, Subject files, Cooke, Ann

Box 98, Folder 17

Research, Subject files, Cryptic intention in plays

Box 98, Folder 18

Research, Subject files, Cyclical index

Box 98, Folder 19

Research, Subject files, Dante allusions

Box 98, Folder 20

Research, Subject files, Dates, family correspondences

Box 98, Folder 21

Research, Subject files, Dates, First Folio, etc.

Box 99, Folder 1

Research, Subject files, Dates, general

Box 99, Folder 2

Research, Subject files, Dates, publication dates

Box 99, Folder 3

Research, Subject files, Dates, references to Saints, etc.

Box 99, Folder 4

Research, Subject files, Dates, significant events, 1400-1600

Box 99, Folder 5

Research, Subject files, Dates as spellings

Box 99, Folder 6

Research, Subject files, Digits in cryptography

Box 99, Folder 7

Research, Subject files, Durer's Magic Square

Box 99, Folder 8

Research, Subject files, Eclipses

Box 99, Folder 9

Research, Subject files, Edward the Confessor

Box 99, Folder 10

Research, Subject files, Embolism

Box 99, Folder 11

Research, Subject files, English History allusions

Box 99, Folder 12

Research, Subject files, Folio as Maternal Form, etc.

Box 99, Folder 13

Research, Subject files, Golden Bough, Myth of

Box 99, Folder 14

Research, Subject files, "Golden Section"

Box 99, Folder 15

Research, Subject files, Hebrides, St. Columba, Butt of Lewis, etc.

Box 99, Folder 16

Research, Subject files, Heraldry

Box 99, Folder 17

Research, Subject files, Incest symbolism

Box 99, Folder 18

Research, Subject files, Julian Period

Box 99, Folder 19

Research, Subject files, King Periods

Box 99, Folder 20

Research, Subject files, Lancaster

Box 99, Folder 21

Research, Subject files, Lichfield (England)

Box 99, Folder 22

Research, Subject files, Lucrece

Box 99, Folder 23

Research, Subject files, Manichaeism

Box 99, Folder 24

Research, Subject files, Marlowe

Box 99, Folder 25

Research, Subject files, Novae [New stars]

Box 99, Folder 26

Research, Subject files, Oracle

Box 99, Folder 27

Research, Subject files, Paget's name [Sir William Paget]

Box 99, Folder 28

Research, Subject files, Pagination

Box 99, Folder 29

Research, Subject files, Painters

Box 100, Folder 1

Research, Subject files, Pericles

Box 100, Folder 2

Research, Subject files, Philosophers and scientists

Box 100, Folder 3

Research, Subject files, Pregnancy period

Box 100, Folder 4

Research, Subject files, Printers

Box 100, Folder 5

Research, Subject files, Pseudonym

Box 100, Folder 6

Research, Subject files, Quadrants

Box 100, Folder 7

Research, Subject files, Rebirth experiment and symbolism

Box 100, Folder 8

Research, Subject files, Reformation

Box 100, Folder 9

Research, Subject files, Rosicrucians

Box 100, Folder 10

Research, Subject files, Second Folio

Box 100, Folder 11

Research, Subject files, Shakespeare's other works

Box 100, Folder 12

Research, Subject files, Shakespeare, "The Passionate Pilgrim" (1599)

Box 100, Folder 13

Research, Subject files, Shakespeare, Poems and Pericles

Box 100, Folder 14

Research, Subject files, Shakespeare, Sonnets

Box 100, Folder 15

Research, Subject files, Shakespeare, "Venus and Adonis"

Box 100, Folder 16

Research, Subject files, Spelling guides

Box 100, Folder 17

Research, Subject files, Stationer's Register

Box 100, Folder 18

Research, Subject files, Troubadours

Box 100, Folder 19

Research, Subject files, Troylus [Troilus]

Box 100, Folder 20

Research, Subject files, Value sums

Box 101, Folder 1

Research, Subject files, "Old," Acrostics

Box 101, Folder 2

Research, Subject files, "Old," Astronomy

Box 101, Folder 3

Research, Subject files, "Old," Bacon, Francis

Box 101, Folder 4

Research, Subject files, "Old," Biographical material except Bacon and Shakespeare

Box 101, Folder 5

Research, Subject files, "Old," Bishop's Bible, 1568

Box 101, Folder 6

Research, Subject files, "Old," Books [Arensberg's outlines for his books]

Box 101, Folder 7

Research, Subject files, "Old," Calendars

Box 101, Folder 8

Research, Subject files, "Old," Chessboards

Box 102, Folder 1

Research, Subject files, "Old," Classification code, circa 1930-1939

Box 102, Folder 2

Research, Subject files, "Old," Cyclical index

Box 102, Folder 3

Research, Subject files, "Old," Glossary, "Hang-Hog is Latin for Bacon"

Box 102, Folder 4

Research, Subject files, "Old," Glossary, special subjects

Box 102, Folder 5

Research, Subject files, "Old," Incest symbolism

Box 102, Folder 6

Research, Subject files, "Old," Lichfield (England)

Box 102, Folder 7

Research, Subject files, "Old," Lichfield (England). Includes letters to Marques and Marchioness of Anglesey, circa 1929

Box 102, Folder 8

Research, Subject files, "Old," Miscellaneous notes, circa 1920-1935

Box 102, Folder 9

Research, Subject files, "Old," Mythology

Box 102, Folder 10

Research, Subject files, "Old," Oracle

Box 102, Folder 11

Research, Subject files, "Old," Pagination analysis

Box 102, Folder 12

Research, Subject files, "Old," Philosophy

Box 103, Folder 1

Research, Subject files, "Old," Quotations

Box 103, Folder 2

Research, Subject files, "Old," Religion

Box 103, Folder 3

Research, Subject files, "Old," Rosicrucian and Occult

Box 103, Folder 4

Research, Subject files, "Old," Shakespeare's Plays

Box 103, Folder 5

Research, Subject files, "Old," Shakespeare's Plays - "Cymbeline"

Box 103, Folder 6

Research, Writings by others, Montagu, Basil (1770-1851). Letter, 1846, and photograph, undated.

Box 103, Folder 7

Research, Writings by others, "Notes from the Lectures of Captain and Mrs. Rogerson, 1928 to 1929." Typescript. Unknown author.

Box 103, Folder 8

Research, Writings by others, Schlamm, Willi (William S.), "Notes on the New Magazine," undated. Typescript memo addressed to "Mr. [Henry] Luce."

Box 103, Folder 9

Research, Writings by others, Thomas, Peter, poems, 1979

 

4.7. Photographs

Box 104, Folder 1

Arensberg dogs, undated (24 items)

Box 104, Folder 2

Arensberg friends and associates (Aull, William F. (home only); Bynner, Witter; Cadman, Charles Wakefield; Dazara, Frances; Ruby, Blanche; Sanborn, Pitts, with Louise Stevens Arensberg; Verlaine, Paul; White, Gertrude Olney Stevens) (8 items)

Box 104, Folder 3

Arensberg homes in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, circa 1910 (5 items)

Box 104, Folder 4

Arensberg, Conrad Christian, portraits, circa 1922 and undated (4 items)

Box 104, Folder 5

Arensberg, Francis Louis, portrait, circa 1940-1949 (2 items)

Box 104, Folder 6

Arensberg, Louise Stevens, circa 1890-1950 (1 of 2) (31 items)

Box 104, Folder 7

Arensberg, Louise Stevens, circa 1890-1950 (2 of 2) (12 items)

Box 104, Folder 8

Arensberg, Louise Stevens, photographs of Russia inscribed by her father, John Edward Stevens, undated (4 items)

Box 104, Folder 9

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, circa 1900-1920 (9 items)

Box 104, Folder 10

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, and family members, 1895 and circa 1940 (7 items)

Box 104, Folder 11

Stevens, John Naylor, childhood portraits, circa 1880-1900 (18 items)

Box 104, Folder 12

Stevens family members (some unidentified) (9 items)

Box 104, Folder 13

Unidentified people (25 items)

Box 134, Folder 3

Unidentified people (two portraits of women; one of a girl). (3 items, oversize)

Box 105

Art and artifacts from the Arensbergs' art collection.

Physical Description: Black and white contact sheet prints of individual artworks. The prints are numbered and in envelopes by number, 1-1,300. Most are missing for numbers 901-1,300. Photographs were taken approximately 1941-1951 in the Arensbergs' home on Hillside Avenue, Hollywood, for inventory or insurance purposes. The objects are not fully identified. (See the Arensberg Archives, Philadelphia Museum of Art, for the negatives for these prints and more information.)
 

5. ART AND ARTIFACTS COLLECTION

Scope and Content Note

These items were either collected by the Arensbergs during their lifetimes or acquired by the Francis Bacon Foundation and Library after their deaths. There is little supporting documentation, other than brief descriptions on photocopies of file cards for each item. The original file card descriptions are at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Some items belonged to Isabelle Kittson Brown (indicated below), and were donated with her papers.
Several items were on display in the Francis Bacon Library in Claremont.
The original item numbers and descriptions have been retained for each item. Key to abbreviations in front of numbers: A&A = Archaeological and Anthropological; FA = Library Furnishings - Antique; WA = Works of Art; B = Library "B" list.
NOTE: Descriptive information may not be accurate or reliable. A curator has examined some pieces and found the descriptions were wrong.
See "Separated Materials Note" at beginning of finding aid regarding an Anna Hyatt Huntington sculpture that was transferred from this collection.
Box 137

[Chinese-style ceramic jar. Poor reproduction, probably from 1930s or 1940s.] Source: Examination by Huntington Library art curator, 2012. A&A 8/245

Box 138

Bread bowl. Wooden. Early American. 16 ½ in. diameter. A&A 14/339

Box 139

Pitcher. Pottery, large. North American Colonial or Federal. 8 ¼ high, 6 in. opening. A&A 1/2

Box 139

Jar. Pottery, black. North American, early European culture. 5 ½ high, 3 ¼ opening. A&A 2/4

Box 139

Bowl. Pottery. Dark blue, small. A&A 6/93

Box 139

Bowl. Modern copper. 3 in. high, 6 1/4 in. diameter. A&A 23/1106

Box 140

Bowl. Large, black clay. African Negro or North American Indian. A&A 4/76

Box 141

Platter. Porcelain with metal rim. Anon. [Not likely Chinese, according to Huntington Library art curator, 2012.] A&A 10/274

Box 141

Crystal[?] sphere. 3 in. diameter. Chinese. [Undetermined if it is actually crystal.] A&A 16/488

Box 141

Bowl. Modern, red and black. Chinese. 9 ¼ in. diameter. 3 3/8 in. high. A&A 21/954

Box 142

[Metal (bronze?) vessel, very crudely cast. It has a large quantity of rust and hardened soil (?) on its surface. In style of decoration, it evokes the Western Zhou (about 1100 to 771BCE) period. However it is probably not of that vintage. The rusting and its heavy weight seems to indicate some iron in the metal--something that would not be used in the Western Zhou. Iron was used to cast sculpture, etc. later, especially by the Ming and Qing onwards. Was this piece the result of later attempts (i.e. Ming/Qing/modern) to create an antique object? The hardened mud/soil accretions may be an indication of this scenario.] Source: Examination by Huntington Library art curator, 2013. A&A 9/247

Box 143

Candlestick. Black, with snuffer. FA-2/798

Box 143

Sculpture. Artist: Bosio. Bronze. Youth in garb of Elizabethan period. 12 in. high. [Isabelle Kittson Brown collection.] [The sculpture is of young Henry IV and the artist is Baron François Joseph Bosio (1768–1845). Original is in the Louvre and dates to 1822. Many later copies were made and it was very popular. Source: Examination by Huntington Library art curator, 2019.] WA-5

Box 144

Platter. Pewter. Marked "M. Unverhaven, 1780." North American Colonial. A&A 5/91

Box 144

Plate. Pewter. Early American or European. 15 ½ in. diameter. A&A 15

Box 144

Plate. Pewter. Early American. 13 in. diameter. A&A 17/489

Box 144

Basket. Flat, woven. American Indian. A&A 29/1470

Box 144

Dish. Wood, painted and lacquered. Mexican. 523

Box 145

[Blue and white dragon Bowl with foot rim and flattened mouth-rim glazed in brown with incised patterns. Most likely stoneware. The painting of two confronting dragons is quite nicely done in a practiced and easy manner. The use of dark brown glaze however is mindful of Southeast Asian ceramics, perhaps Vietnamese (?), rather than Chinese pieces. Possibly 19th century.] Source: Examination by Huntington Library art curator, 2013. A&A 11/279

Box 145

Framed photograph of a [painting of Sir William Butts, after Hans Holbein the Younger]. [Original index card for this item identified it as William Paget, but research shows it is Sir William Butts; the original painting is in the National Portrait Gallery, London.] B-2/383

Box 145

Framed photograph of bust of Anne Bacon. After bust at Gorhambury. B-3/384

Box 145

Framed engraving. Portrait of Francis Bacon by W. Hollar. B-7/412

Box 145

Framed photograph. Drawing of Dante signed from C.E.N. to J.R.L. [Charles Eliot Norton to James Russell Lowell]. B-9/414

Box 145

Stamps. Reissue of Newfoundland Tercentenary six-cent stamp honoring Bacon. (One has "z" and one has "s" spelling of the word Colonization.) 1910. B-33, B-34

Box 146

Bowl. Marblehead pottery. Blue and gray. 10 ½ in. diameter, 2 in. high. A&A 22/983

Box 146

Girdle. Metal with enamel work. Elizabethan period. [Isabelle Kittson Brown collection.] A&A 30

Box 146

Bag. Wood frame and velvet. Elizabethan period. [Isabelle Kittson Brown collection.] A&A 31

Box 147

Bowl. Marblehead pottery. Brown. Medium mouth. A&A 25/1172

Box 147

Death mask of Dante. Plaster cast. 8 ¼ x 6 ½ in. B-1/378

Box 148

Stand. Wood, brown. African Negro. 8 ½ in. diameter. A&A 3/30

Box 148

Scarab. Green stone. Egyptian. A&A 26/1361

Box 149

Lid. Pottery (fragment). Grecian. A&A 7/126

Box 149

Circular silver amulet with magic square. From Mexico; European culture. A&A 19/721

Box 149

Mask. Stone. Pre-Colombian. Aztec Valley of Mexico death mask. 5 ¼ in. wide, 6 ½ in. high. A&A 27/1468

Box 149

Mask. Wooden. Eskimo. {After examining a high-resolution photograph of the mask in 2011, Dr. Aron Crowell, Alaska Director of the Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution, tentatively identified it as Iñupiat (or Inupiaq), (North Coast Alaska). A&A 28/1469

Box 150

Clock. Mantel style, metal. Chelsea movement. FA-4/1025

Box 151

Bottle. Green glass. Spanish, early. A&A 13/331

 

Sculpture. Artist: F. Sanzell. "Love Blinding Wisdom." Bronze, two-tone. 27 in. high on wooden pedestal. 66 in. high overall. [Isabelle Kittson Brown collection.] WA-6

Physical Location: Stored in Library. See Curator of Rare Books.
 

Wooden hutch / cupboard 19th century?

Physical Location: As of 2022, the hutch is in the office of the Curator of Rare Books, Huntington Library.

Custodial History

This rustic wooden hutch was once in the Arensbergs' Hollywood home; see photograph by Floyd Faxon, "Sitting room, ca. January 1951," Arensberg Archives, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives. According to a Huntington Library curator, it was said to have originally belonged to the artist Charles Sheeler, but this has not been verified. There is no identification with the piece.
 

Brass and copper lamp from the home of Walter and Louise Arensberg approximately 1900

Physical Location: As of 2022, in the Reader Services Department, Huntington Library.

Scope and Contents

Brass and copper desk lamp with decorative etched copper inset in shade. Place of manufacture unknown. Lamp was in the Arensbergs' home with the painting "Lamp" by Juan Gris (1916) hanging above it.