Finding Aid for the John Galsworthy Papers LSC.0417

Finding aid prepared by Brooke Whiting, November 1962; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
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Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: John Galsworthy papers
Creator: Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0417
Physical Description: 1.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1910-1933
Abstract: John Sinjohn Galsworthy (1867-1933) was born in Kingston Hill, Surrey, England. He studied law, but did not practice. He wrote plays and novels including The Silver Box (1906) and Man of Property (1906). The collection consists of correspondence between John Galsworthy and Dr. J. Morris Slemons, and also Galsworthy letters to various persons. Includes a typescript of The Freelands, newspaper clippings relating to Galsworthy and theater programs for Galsworthy plays.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Mrs. J. Morris Slemons, 1954.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], John Galsworthy papers (Collection 417). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

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Processed by Brooke Whiting, November 1962.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9914704723606533  

Biography

John Sinjohn Galsworthy was born August 14, 1867 in Kingston Hill, Surrey, England; studied law and called to the Bar in 1890, but did not practice; traveled extensively, meeting Joseph Conrad in the far east; his first play was The Silver Box
Date: (1906)
; his first successful novel, Man of Property
Date: (1906)
, began the first of a series collectively known as The Forsyte Saga; founded P.E.N. club; refused a knighthood, but accepted the Order of Merit in 1929 and the Nobel Prize in 1932; died January 31, 1933 in London.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of correspondence between John Galsworthy and Dr. J. Morris Slemons, and also Galsworthy letters to various persons. Includes a typescript with holograph corrections to The Freelands. Also includes newspaper clippings relating to Galsworthy and theater programs for Galsworthy plays.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Authors, English -- Archives.
Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933--Archives.

box 1

Correspondence between Dr. J. Morris Slemons of Los Angeles, various bookdealers and other Galsworthy collectors. v.p., ca. 1929-1933.

General Physical Description note: 16 items.
box 1

Ephemera by and about John Galsworthy.

General Physical Description note: 7 items.
box 1

Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933. Letters to various persons. v.p., v.d.

General Physical Description note: 15 items. Holograph and manuscript

General note

(Several letters are written by another person although signed by Galsworthy).
 

1. Letter to Charles Harry St. John Hornby (b.1867), December 29, 1921.

box 1

Newspaper clippings relating to Galsworthy, including obituaries.

General Physical Description note: 1 folder.
box 1

Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933. Preface to The Freelands. n.p., ca. 1915.

General Physical Description note: 5 leaves. Typescript(carbon) with holograph corrections. In a green morocco backed case.
box 1

Theater programs for Galsworthy plays.

General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 1

Looney, J. Thomas. Shakespeare Identified. London: Cecil Palmer, 1920.

General Physical Description note: 551pp.

Scope and Contents note

Presentation copy from John Galsworthy to C.H. St. John Hornby, Christmas 1921.

General note

Ex libris: C.K. Ogden.
box 1

Original black dustjacket for Galsworthy's The Silver Spoon.

General Physical Description note: 1 item. In a green morocco backed case.
box 2

Serials