Finding Aid for the Clement Scott Papers, 1860-1900
Processed by Esther Vécsey; machine-readable finding aid created by Alight Tsai and Caroline Cubé
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
© 2002
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Clement Scott Papers, 1860-1900
Collection number: 737
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Esther Vécsey, 14 July 1961
- Encoded by:
- Alight Tsai
- Encoding supervision by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Text converted and initial container list EAD tagging by:
- Apex Data Services
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, March 2003
© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Clement Scott Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1860-1900
Collection number: 737
Creator:
Scott, Clement, 1841-1904
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Clement William Scott (1841-1904) was a author and drama critic. He contributed pieces to the
Daily telegraph,
Sunday times,
Weekly dispatch,
London Figaro,
The observer, and others. He was also the editor of the
Theatre, and adapted French plays for the London stage. The collection consists of letters from various persons to Clement Scott,
mostly connected with the theater.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
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consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Clement Scott Papers (Collection 737). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Clement William Scott was born in 1841 in London, England; attended Marlborough College, and became a clerk at the War office
in 1860; became author and drama critic, contributing pieces to the
Daily telegraph,
Sunday times,
Weekly dispatch,
London Figaro,
The observer, and others; after retiring from the civil service in 1879, he joined the staff of the
Daily telegraph as drama critic, and also became editor of the
Theatre in 1880; adapted French plays for the London stage; published works include
Lays of a Londoner (1882),
Lays and lyrics (1888),
The drama of yesterday and to-day (1899), and
Ellen Terry (c. 1900); he died in 1904.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of letters from various persons to Clement Scott, mostly connected with the theater. Correspondents include
Constance Beerbohm, Marie Corelli, and Bram Stoker. Also contains one letter from Scott to Sir Squire Bancroft.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Scott, Clement, 1841-1904--Archives.
Theater critics--England--Archival resources.
Authors, English--Archival resources.
Box 1
À Beckett, Arthur William, 1844-1909.
Physical Description: (1 folder) 13 items.
Box 1
Barnes, J.H., 1850- .
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 1
Barrett, Oscar, 1875- .
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Beerbohm, Constance.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 1
Bernard-Beere,
Mrs. (Mrs. A.C.S. Olivier) 1856- .
Physical Description: (1 folder) 12 items.
Box 1
Berton, Paul M., 1846- .
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Bertram, James M.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Bourchier, Arthur, 1864-1927.
Physical Description: (1 folder) 22 items.
Box 1
Brandon, Olga.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 1
Brookfield, Charles Hallam Elton, 1857-1913.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 1
Buchanan, Robert Williams, 1841-1901.
Physical Description: (1 folder) 28 items.
Box 1
Cameron, Alice.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Carr, Joseph William Comyns, 1849-1916.
Physical Description: (1 folder) 4 items.
Box 1
Carter, Helene.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Caryll, Ivan (Felix Tilkin) 1861-1921.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Cecil, Arthur (Arthur Cecil Blunt) 1843-1896.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Chevalier, Albert, 1861-1923.
Physical Description: (1 folder) 4 items.
Box 1
Chudleigh, Arthur (Lillies) 1858- .
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Clarke, John Sleeper, 1833-1899.
Physical Description: (1 folder) 6 items.
Box 1
Clarke, William James Patmore (W.J. Patmore,
pseudonym) 1847- .
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Coffin, Charles Hayden, 1862-1935.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Colles, William Morris, 1855-1926.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Colls, John Howard,
d. 1910.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 1
Compton, C.E., for Hare, John Gilbert, 1869- .
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Corelli, Marie, 1855-1924.
Physical Description: 1 letter, November 29, 1883.
Box 1
Courte, S.X.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Crichett, Richard Claude (R.C. Carton) 1853-1928.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington, 1834-1925.
Physical Description: (1 folder) 9 items.
Box 1
Forbes-Robertson,
Sir Johnston, 1853-1937.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Heraud, Edith,
d. 1899.
Physical Description: 5 items.
Box 1
Labouchére, Henry du Pré, 1831-1912.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Latey, John, 1842-1902.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Leigh-Noel, Madeline.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 1
Millward, Jessie, 1861- .
Physical Description: (1 folder) 5 items.
Box 1
Morton, Charles, 1819-1904.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Newnham-Davis, Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel, 1854-1917.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 1
Nimmo, John C.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Nisbet, John Ferguson, 1851-1899.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 1
Paul, Howard, 1835-1905.
Physical Description: 5 items.
Box 1
Pettitt, Henry, 1848-1893.
Physical Description: 5 items.
Box 1
Philips, Francis Charles, 1849-1921.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Raleigh, Cecil,
d. 1914.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 1
Redford, George Alexander,
d. 1916.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Sedger, Horace.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 1
Shore, Thomas Teignmouth, 1841-1911.
Physical Description: (1 folder) 10 items.
Box 1
Simpson, John Palgrave, 1807-1887.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 1
Solomon, Edward,
d. 1895.
Physical Description: (1 folder) 8 items.
Box 1
Somerset, C.W.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Spender, John Alfred, 1862- .
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Stannard,
Mrs. Henrietta Eliza Vaughan (Palmer) (John Strange Winter,
pseudonym) 1856-1911.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 1
Taylor, Tom, 1817-1880.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Terry, Charles.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 1
Thomas, Agnes.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 1
Thomas, Herbert P., 1868- .
Physical Description: (1 folder) 5 items.
Box 1
Thomas, Charles.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Thompson, Lydia, 1836-1908.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 1
Tree,
Lady Maud (Holt) 1863- .
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1
Turner, Leppold McClintock, Godfrey Turner,.
Physical Description: (1 folder) 13 items.
Letters from Clement Scott to Various Persons
Physical Description: (1 piece)
Box 1
Bancroft,
Sir Squire, 1841-1926.
