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Wilde (Oscar) and his Literary Circle Collection: Wildeiana
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Photographs Series 1. 1858-1994, undated

Scope and Contents note

This subseries contains photographs of Wilde and his circle, and includes both original photographs and reproductions taken from various publications.

Arrangement

Photographs are arranged by the name of the pictured person or persons. There are separate entries under each person's name for those in group photographs.
Box MS.1950.049 Bx 1

Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872-1898

Physical Description: Multiple photographs of Aubrey Beardsley, his sister Mabel Beardsley, their parents, and other relatives from the collection of Rainforth Armitage Walker (MS.1950.049; finding aid here ). This collection also contains a photograph of Beardsley's grave and the memorial tablet installed at his birthplace in Brighton.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872-1898
 

Bodley, J. E. C. (John Edward Courtenay), 1853-1925

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Bodley, J. E. C. (John Edward Courtenay), 1853-1925
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 2

Oscar Wilde, J.E.C. Bodley, R.J.E. Childers, W.O. Goldschmidt, and F.O.K. Wilde, photographer Hills & Saunders 1875 February 1

Physical Description: 17 x 11 cm. Inscribed in ink on verso (in Oscar Wilde's hand): "O.F. Wilde Magd., J.E.C. Bodley Ball., R.J.E. Childers (?) Ball, F.O.K. Wilde Dublin." and "1st February 1875." From same photography session as Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 3. Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 4. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 15/16.
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 3

Oscar Wilde, J.E.C. Bodley, R.J.E. Childers, W.O. Goldschmidt, and F.O.K. Wilde, photographer Hills & Saunders 1875 February 1

General

17 x 11 cm + matte frame.
From same photography session as Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 2.
Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 4.
Negative available.
From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 15/16.
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 11

Oscar Wilde, J.E.C. Bodley, R.J.E. Childers, W.O. Goldschmidt, and F.O.K. Wilde, photographer Hills & Saunders 1875 February 1

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-77
 

Childers, Rowland John Eardley

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Childers, Rowland John Eardley
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 2

Oscar Wilde, J.E.C. Bodley, R.J.E. Childers, W.O. Goldschmidt, and F.O.K. Wilde, photographer Hills & Saunders 1875 February 1

Physical Description: 17 x 11 cm. Inscribed in ink on verso (in Oscar Wilde's hand): "O.F. Wilde Magd., J.E.C. Bodley Ball., R.J.E. Childers (?) Ball, F.O.K. Wilde Dublin." and "1st February 1875." From same photography session as Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 3. Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 4. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 15/16.
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 3

Oscar Wilde, J.E.C. Bodley, R.J.E. Childers, W.O. Goldschmidt, and F.O.K. Wilde, photographer Hills & Saunders 1875 February 1

General

17 x 11 cm + matte frame.
From same photography session as Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 2.
Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 4.
Negative available.
From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 15/16.
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 11

Oscar Wilde, J.E.C. Bodley, R.J.E. Childers, W.O. Goldschmidt, and F.O.K. Wilde, photographer Hills & Saunders 1875 February 1

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-77
 

Custance, Olive, 1874-1944

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Custance, Olive, 1874-1944
Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 5

Bust length photograph of Olive Custance, photographer G.C. Beresford undated

Original call number

BX-3N.6
 

De Lara, Isidore, 1858-1935

Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 4

Photograph of Isidore De Lara, photographer unknown, ca. 1902

General Physical Description note: Inscribed on recto: "From your ever sincere friend, Lara, Paris, Dec. 19th, 1902." Originally accompanied a letter toAda Leverson, which is cataloged separately. (located in Wilde Ms Box 14/Folder 23, D339L L661 [1902] [Dec.19]).

Original call number

BX-3N.5
 

Douglas, Alfred Bruce, Lord, 1870-1945

Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 2

Bust length photograph of Lord Alfred Douglas, photographer G.C. Beresford undated

General Physical Description note: 21 x 16 cm. Inscribed, in pencil, on verso: "Lord Alfred Douglas;" in another hand, "Here are the only photographs us left!"

Original call number

BX-3N.2
Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 1

Seated photograph of Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas and Francis Douglas Viscount Drumlanrig (sometimes identified as Maurice Schwabe), by Gilman photographers (Oxford), 1880s

General Physical Description note: 15 x 11 cm. Often described incorrectly as Lord Alfred Douglas & Maurice Schwabe, this photograph shows two of the Douglas brothers, Alfred and Francis. Other photographs from the same session are extant (though not in the Clark's collections), show the men wearing the same clothes as pictured here, and are consistently labeled as being of Alfred and his older brother Francis. Inscribed on verso (in pencil): "Lord Alfred Douglas and Maurice Schwabe"; "See Douglas letter Feb. 7, 1930." In a different hand (in ink): "I hereby transfer the publishing rights this picture, granted me by Messers Gilman of St. Aldates, Oxford, [remainder of inscription scratched out]."

Original call number

BX-3N.1
Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 11

Full length seated photograph of Lord Alfred Douglas in a white suit, photographer unknown, 1894 February?

General Physical Description note: 17 x 11 cm. Inscribed on recto: "For Oscar from Bosie, Feb. 2, 1894." Inscribed, in ink, on verso: "Lord Alfred Douglas on his flight into Egypt. February 1894, at 24; "Born 22 Oct. 1870." Included in Grunwald Center (UCLA) exhibition, 1999.

Original call number

BX-3N.12
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 5-7

Photograph of Oscar Wilde standing with one foot resting on bench; of Lord Alfred Douglas seated, wearing a straw hat, photographer unknown (3 copies), 1893?

General Physical Description note: Box 16/Folders 5-7: 13.5 x 9.5 cm. Folder 7 is a postcard version of the image with an ink stamp on verso: "Campbell Gray, Photo., 88 Edgware Road W." Folder 6: Purchase 1957 (MS.1957.006).
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 9

Photograph of Oscar Wilde and of Lord Alfred Douglas standing in a garden, photographer H. Mace, Cromer, 1892?

General Physical Description note: 17 x 11 cm. Probably taken in 1892 when Wilde was at Cromer writing A Woman of No Importance and Douglas visited him.
Box Wildeiana 15, item 12

Seated portrait of of Lord Alfred Douglas, photographer unknown (LOCATION UNKNOWN 3/2013) 1894

General Physical Description note: 17 x 11 cm. Caption: Lord Alfred Douglas "... you had brought the whole ruin on me ..." Reproduced as frontispiece for Some letters ... (1924)
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 8

Half tone reproduction of photograph of Oscar Wilde & Lord Alfred Douglas ca. 1893, from unknown publication, undated

General Physical Description note: 13 x 8 cm. pasted on index card.
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 34

Photographs of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas at a table in Naples, photographer unknown, 1897

General Physical Description note: 4 photographs, each 9 x 9 cm.
 

Douglas, Francis Archibald, Viscount Drumlanrig (1867-1894)

Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 1

Seated photograph of Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas and Francis Douglas Viscount Drumlanrig (sometimes identified as Maurice Schwabe), by Gilman photographers (Oxford) 1880s

General

15 x 11 cm. Often described incorrectly as Lord Alfred Douglas & Maurice Schwabe, this photograph shows two of the Douglas brothers, Alfred and Francis. Other photographs from the same session are extant (though not in the Clark's collections), show the men wearing the same clothes as pictured here, and are consistently labeled as being of Alfred and his older brother Francis.
Inscribed on verso (in pencil): "Lord Alfred Douglas and Maurice Schwabe"; "See Douglas letter Feb. 7, 1930." In a different hand (in ink): "I hereby transfer the publishing rights this picture, granted me by Messers Gilman of St. Aldates, Oxford, [remainder of inscription scratched out]."
 

Fitzgerald, Aubrey

Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 15

Photograph of Oscar Wilde (seated on high stool) and Aubrey Fitzgerald (seated on chair), photographer Hills & Saunders 1875 November 1?

General Physical Description note: 10.5 x 6.5 cm. Space in original album mount numbered #14 (upper right corner); original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 11. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 14.
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 22

Photograph of Oscar Wilde (seated on chair) and Aubrey Fitzgerald (seated on high stool), photographer Hills & Saunders 1875 November 1

General Physical Description note: 11 x 7 cm. Inscribed on verso: "O. Wilde, Magd.; A. Fitzgerald, Oriel; Nov 1 1875." Space in original album mount numbered #13 (lower right corner); Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 11. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 13.
 

Fullerton, William Morton, 1865-

Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 35

Photograph of William Morton Fullerton inscribed to Andre Raffalovich, photographer unknown, 1887

Note: Purchase, 2013 (MS.2013.003). Original cabinet card, image 14.5 x 10 cm; mount trimmed below image, removing the photography studio's name.
 

Goldschmidt, Walter Otto, b. 1853

Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 2

Oscar Wilde, J.E.C. Bodley, R.J.E. Childers, W.O. Goldschmidt, and F.O.K. Wilde, photographer Hills & Saunders 1875 February 1

Physical Description: 17 x 11 cm. Inscribed in ink on verso (in Oscar Wilde's hand): "O.F. Wilde Magd., J.E.C. Bodley Ball., R.J.E. Childers (?) Ball, F.O.K. Wilde Dublin." and "1st February 1875." From same photography session as Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 3. Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 4. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 15/16.
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 3

Oscar Wilde, J.E.C. Bodley, R.J.E. Childers, W.O. Goldschmidt, and F.O.K. Wilde, photographer Hills & Saunders 1875 February 1

General

17 x 11 cm + matte frame.
From same photography session as Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 2.
Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 4.
From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 15/16.
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 11

Oscar Wilde, J.E.C. Bodley, R.J.E. Childers, W.O. Goldschmidt, and F.O.K. Wilde, photographer Hills & Saunders 1875 February 1

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-77
 

Harding, Richard Reginald, 1857-1932

Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 20

Oscar Wilde, William Ward and Richard Reginald Harding, photographer Hills & Saunders 1876 March 12

Physical Description: Dated, in pencil, on verso. Space in original album mount numbered #5 (lower left corner); Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 17. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 5.
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 21

Oscar Wilde, William Ward and Richard Reginald Harding photographer Hills & Saunders 1876 March 12

Physical Description: Inscription on verso (in ink): "O.F. Wilde, W.W. Ward, R. Harding : Magd." and "March 12 1876." Space in original album mount numbered #6 (lower left corner); Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 17. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 6.
 

Hawtrey, Charles, 1858-1923

Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 3

Photograph of Charles Hawtrey, photographer Ellis & Walery, undated

General Physical Description note: 17 x 11 cm. Commercially distributed photograph with printed caption.

Original call number

BX-3N.4
 

Holland, Cyril, 1885- 1915

Box Wildeiana 18, Folder 8

Photograph of Constance Wilde and Cyril Wilde, photographer Cameron Studio, with inscription by Oscar Wilde, ca. 1889

Note

26 x 20 cm. Inscribed in Oscar Wilde's hand: "Constance and Cyril Wilde, Nov. 89. To Edgar Saltus."
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 7

"Mrs. Oscar Wilde and child," reproduction of Cameron Studio photograph of Constance Wilde and Cyril Wilde, printed in unknown publication undated

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 140.
 

Holland, Vyvyan Beresford, 1886-1967

Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 11

"Oscar Wilde's son to be married," article with photograph by unknown photographer from Daily Sketch 1913 December 19

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-120

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 164.
Box Wildeiana 13, Folder 10

"Oscar Wilde's son marries an actress: Mr Vyvyan Holland and his bride," article with photograph by unknown photographer, Daily Sketch, 1914 January 8

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-101

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 165.
 

Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905

Box Wildeiana 8, item 1

Photograph of Sir Henry Irving, photographer unknown, ca 1880?

General Physical Description note: image 9 x 5.5 cm, mounted on card to 10 x 6 cm. Date indeterminate; subject identification inferred. In wooden frame 20 x 24.5 cm. Photograph framed with ALS, dated June 15, 1881 (?), from Henry Irving? (writing illegible).

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-138
 

Lindon, Clement Hemery

Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 16

Oscar Wilde, A.F. Peyton, C.H. Lindon, C.H. Tindal, and T.J. Peyton photograph by Hills & Saunders 1876 March 13

General

17 x 11 cm. Slightly different than Wildeiana Box 15/Folder 17.
Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 15/Folder 18.
From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 17/18.
Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 17

Reproduction of photograph of Oscar Wilde, A.F. Peyton, C.H. Lindon, C.H. Tindale and T.J. Peyton, by Hills & Saunders from unknown publication 1876 March?

General

17 x 11 cm. Inscribed (in ink, in OW's hand?) on verso: "A.F. Peyton, C.H. Lindon, C.H. Tindale, O.F. Wilde, T.J. Peyton - Magd." and "13 March 1876." Slightly different than Wildeiana Box 15/Folder 16.
Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 15/Folder 19.
From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 17/18.
 

Millard, Christopher Sclater

Box ms Wilde 45, Folder 6-7

Photographs of Christopher Millard from the collection of Vyvyan Holland

General

Part of the Vyvyan Holland Collection on Christopher Millard (accession MS.1976.038).
 

Moncrieff, Charles Scott

Box ms Wilde 45, Folder 6

Photograph by "Leo," Connaught Studio, Marble Arch W

General

Part of the Vyvyan Holland Collection on Christopher Millard (accession MS.1976.038).
 

Peyton, Algernon Francis, 1855-1916

Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 16

Oscar Wilde, A.F. Peyton, C.H. Lindon, C.H. Tindal, and T.J. Peyton photograph by Hills & Saunders 1876 March 13

General

17 x 11 cm. Slightly different than Wildeiana Box 15/Folder 17.
Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 15/Folder 18.
From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 17/18.
Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 17

Reproduction of photograph of Oscar Wilde, A.F. Peyton, C.H. Lindon, C.H. Tindale and T.J. Peyton, by Hills & Saunders from unknown publication 1876 March?

General

17 x 11 cm. Inscribed (in ink, in OW's hand?) on verso: "A.F. Peyton, C.H. Lindon, C.H. Tindale, O.F. Wilde, T.J. Peyton - Magd." and "13 March 1876." Slightly different than Wildeiana Box 15/Folder 16.
Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 15/Folder 19.
From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 17/18.
 

Peyton, Thomas Thornhill, 1856-1927

Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 16

Oscar Wilde, A.F. Peyton, C.H. Lindon, C.H. Tindal, and T.J. Peyton photograph by Hills & Saunders 1876 March 13

General

17 x 11 cm. Slightly different than Wildeiana Box 15/Folder 17.
Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 15/Folder 18.
From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 17/18.
Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 17

Reproduction of photograph of Oscar Wilde, A.F. Peyton, C.H. Lindon, C.H. Tindale and T.J. Peyton, by Hills & Saunders from unknown publication 1876 March?

General

17 x 11 cm. Inscribed (in ink, in OW's hand?) on verso: "A.F. Peyton, C.H. Lindon, C.H. Tindale, O.F. Wilde, T.J. Peyton - Magd." and "13 March 1876." Slightly different than Wildeiana Box 15/Folder 16.
Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 15/Folder 19.
From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 17/18.
 

Schwabe, Maurice

Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 1

Seated photograph of Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas and Francis Douglas Viscount Drumlanrig (sometimes identified as Maurice Schwabe), photographer unknown, 1880s

Note

15 x 11 cm. Described incorrectly as Lord Alfred Douglas & Maurice Schwabe, this photograph shows two of the Douglas brothers, Alfred and Francis. Other photographs from the same session are extant (though not in the Clark's collections), show the men wearing the same clothes as pictured here, and are consistently labeled as being of Alfred and his older brother Francis.
Inscribed on verso (in pencil): "Lord Alfred Douglas and Maurice Schwabe"; "See Douglas letter Feb. 7, 1930." In a different hand (in ink): "I hereby transfer the publishing rights this picture, granted me by Messers Gilman of St. Aldates, Oxford, [remainder of inscription scratched out]."
 

Tindal, Charles Harrison,

Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 16

Oscar Wilde, A.F. Peyton, C.H. Lindon, C.H. Tindal, and T.J. Peyton photograph by Hills & Saunders 1876 March 13

General

17 x 11 cm. Slightly different than Wildeiana Box 15/Folder 17.
Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 15/Folder 18.
From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 17/18
Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 17

Reproduction of photograph of Oscar Wilde, A.F. Peyton, C.H. Lindon, C.H. Tindale and T.J. Peyton, by Hills & Saunders from unknown publication 1876 March?

General

17 x 11 cm. Inscribed (in ink, in OW's hand?) on verso: "A.F. Peyton, C.H. Lindon, C.H. Tindale, O.F. Wilde, T.J. Peyton - Magd." and "13 March 1876." Slightly different than Wildeiana Box 15/Folder 16.
Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 15/Folder 19.
From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 17/18.
 

Unidentified man

Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 16

Bust portrait of unidentified man, photographer Hills & Saunders undated

General Physical Description note: 11 x 7 cm. Space in original album mount unnumbered. Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 14.
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 1

Photograph of Oscar Wilde and unidentified man on bench in garden, photographer William Savage abt. 1875-1878

Physical Description: 7 x 11 cm. Photograph by "W. Savage, 58 High Street & the Wykeham Studio, Winchester."
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 18

Photograph of Oscar Wilde and unidentified man, photographer Hills & Saunders 1875 November 12

Physical Description: Dated, in pencil, on verso. Space in original album mount numbered #3 (upper left corner); Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 17. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 3.
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 19

Photograph of Oscar Wilde and unidentified man, photographer Hills & Saunders 1875 November 12

Physical Description: Dated, in pencil, on verso. Space in original album mount numbered #4 (upper left corner); Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 17. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 4.
 

Ward, William Welsford, 1854-1932

Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 20

Oscar Wilde, William Ward and Richard Reginald Harding, photographer Hills & Saunders 1876 March 12

General Physical Description note: Dated, in pencil, on verso. Space in original album mount numbered #5 (lower left corner); Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 17. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 5.
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 21

Oscar Wilde, William Ward and Richard Reginald Harding photographer Hills & Saunders 1876 March 12

General Physical Description note: Inscription on verso (in ink): "O.F. Wilde, W.W. Ward, R. Harding : Magd." and "March 12 1876." Space in original album mount numbered #6 (lower left corner); Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 17. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 6.
 

Wilde, Constance, 1858-1898

Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 13

Bust length photograph of Constance Wilde by W.K. Burton, August 1882?

General Physical Description note: 17 x 11 cm. Inscribed, in pencil, on verso: "Constance Mary Lloyd, 100 Lancaster Gate, Hyde Park, London, 1882? aged 26; taken at Dalgaty, Mr.Ainslie's home (father of Douglas Ainslie, the poet) by Mr. Burton, son of the Scottish historian." It is likely that the photographer referred to is William Kinnimond Burton, the son of historian John Hill Burton.

Original call number

BX-3N.14
Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 7

Photograph of Constance Wilde seated, photographer W. & D. Downey 1883?

General Physical Description note: 17 x 11 cm. Inscribed, in pencil, on verso: "Constance Mary Lloyd (Mrs. Oscar Wilde) 1883, 100 Lancaster Gate, aged 25." Photographers' number: "18416."

Original call number

BX-3N.8
Box Wildeiana 18, Folder 8

Photograph of Constance Wilde and Cyril Wilde, photographer Cameron Studio, with inscription by Oscar Wilde, 1889

General Physical Description note: 26 x 20 cm. Inscribed in Oscar Wilde's hand: "Constance and Cyril Wilde, Nov. 89. To Edgar Saltus."

Original call number

BX-3N.3
Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 8

Bust length photograph of Constance Wilde, photographer Kingsbury & Notcutt, 1892?

General Physical Description note: 17 x 11 cm. Inscribed on verso (in pencil): "Constance Mary (Lloyd), Mrs. Oscar Wilde - 1892, aged 34." Included in Grunwald Center (UCLA) exhibition, 1999.

Original call number

BX-3N.9
Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 9

Photograph of Constance Wilde standing, photographer Frederick Kingsbury, 1892?

General Physical Description note: 17 x 11 cm. Inscribed on recto: "Constance Wilde." Inscribed on verso: "Constance Wilde, 1892, aged 34." Negative available. Included in Grunwald Center (UCLA) exhibition, 1999.

Original call number

BX-3N.10
Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 10

Bust length photograph of Constance Wilde, photographer F. Langbein and Co. 1897?

General Physical Description note: 17 x 11 cm. Inscribed on verso (in ink): "Mrs. Oscar Wilde, nee Constance Mary Lloyd, 1897, aged 39." Included in Grunwald Center (UCLA) exhibition, 1999.

Original call number

BX-3N.11
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 7

"Mrs. Oscar Wilde and child," reproduction of Cameron Studio photograph of Constance Wilde and Cyril Wilde from unknown publication, undated

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-53

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 140.
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 22

"Mrs. Oscar Wilde," Reproduction of portrait by Henry Herschel Hay Cameron in unknown publication, undated

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-35

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 138.
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 22

Reproduction of Constance Wilde portrait by Cameron Studio printed in The Standard (New York), 1895

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-36

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 136/137.
 

Wilde, F.O.K.

Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 2

Oscar Wilde, J.E.C. Bodley, R.J.E. Childers, W.O. Goldschmidt, and F.O.K. Wilde, photograph by Hills & Saunders 1875 February 1

Physical Description: 17 x 11 cm. Inscribed in ink on verso (in Oscar Wilde's hand): "O.F. Wilde Magd., J.E.C. Bodley Ball., R.J.E. Childers (?) Ball, F.O.K. Wilde Dublin." and "1st February 1875." From same photography session as Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 3. Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 4. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 15/16.
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 3

Oscar Wilde, J.E.C. Bodley, R.J.E. Childers, W.O. Goldschmidt, and F.O.K. Wilde, photograph by Hills & Saunders 1875 February 1

General

17 x 11 cm + matte frame.
From same photography session as Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 2.
Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 4.
From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 15/16.
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 11

Oscar Wilde, J.E.C. Bodley, R.J.E. Childers, W.O. Goldschmidt, and F.O.K. Wilde, photograph by Hills & Saunders 1875 February 1

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-77
 

Wilde, Lady, 1826-1896

Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 6

Reproduction of daguerreotype of Lady Wilde, unknown photographer, undated

General Physical Description note: 14 x 11 cm. Caption on recto (in pencil): "Lady Wilde." Original daguerreotype in possession of Merlin Holland. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 43.
 

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900

 

Photographs of Wilde alone

Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 6

Photograph as a child, unknown photographer, ca 1858

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-72
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 30

Reproduction of photograph as a child, unknown photographer, ca 1858

General Physical Description note: 12 x 9 cm. Notes on verso of mount: "Oscar Wilde as a child. From a miniature belonging to Robert Baldwin Ross. Please return this photograph to C.S. Millard, 6, Molyneux House, Molyneux Street, W." The original, which is in the possession of Merlin Holland , is hand-tinted. Original album mount in 20/14. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 2.

Original call number

BX-2N.2.2a
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 31

Photograph as a boy, photographer Metropolitan Photo Company, Dublin, ca. 1860

General Physical Description note: 11 x 7 cm. Inscription in pencil, on verso: "Oscar Wilde, Print no.6016."

Original call number

BX-2N.2.2b
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 12

Photograph seated with cane, photographer Hills & Saunders 1875 June 2

General Physical Description note: 11 x 7 cm. Dated in pencil on verso. Space in original album mount numbered #11 (upper right corner). Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 11. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 11.
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 13

Photograph standing, photographer Hills & Saunders 1875 June 2

General Physical Description note: 11 x 7 cm. Dated, in pencil, on verso. Space in original album mount numbered #12 (upper right corner). Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 11. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 12.
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 10

Photograph standing, photographer Hills & Saunders 1876 April 3

General Physical Description note: 11 x 7 cm. Dated, in pencil on verso. Space in original album mount numbered 20. Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 14. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 20.
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 15

Photograph standing, photographer Hills & Saunders 1876 April 3

General Physical Description note: 11 x 7 cm. Dated, in pencil, on verso. Space in original album mount numbered #19 (upper left). Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 14. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 19.
Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 16

Photograph standing, photographer Hills & Saunders, reproduced in unknown publication undated

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-87

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 47.
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 44, Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 43

Photograph holding hat and cane, photographer Elliott & Fry 1881 March 10

General Physical Description note: 2 copies, both 17 x 11 cm. Original album mount for photograph in Box 19/Folder 43 located in 19/42. This photograph from the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 24/25. Note in pencil on verso of photograph in of Box 19/Folder 44: "$2.50 Rosenbach 3/8/24 608=Anderson Sale No 1818."

Original call number

BX-2N.2.10a (folder 43) and BX-2N.2.10b (folder 44)
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 6

Photograph holding hat and cane, photographer Elliott & Fry 1881 March 14

General Physical Description note: 15 x 10 cm. Original album mount in 20/5. In Grunwald exhibition, 1999. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 24/25.

Original call number

BX-2N.2.15
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 6

Photograph, seated, photographer unknown ca. late 1881

General Physical Description note: 14 x 11 cm. A note from Merlin Holland dated 1995 (inserted in folder with photograph) states that Wilde wears the same braided velvet costume as in photos by Sarony taken in New York, January 1882. Original album mount in 19/7. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 22/23.
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 18

Photograph, bust length, photographer unknown, ca. late 1881

General Physical Description note: 14 x 10 cm. In lower right corner: COPYRIGHT. Likely taken soon before departure for America because jacket is similar to that in 1882 Sarony photographs from New York (as per Merlin Holland note of 2 June 1995). Original album mount in 19/17. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 22/23.
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 36

Seated photograph (Sarony #9), photographer Napoleon Sarony 1882

General Physical Description note: 17 x 11 cm. Note on verso, in pencil: "Photographed on his first trip to America. Very rare!." Oval stamp on verso: George D. Russell, 125 Tremont Street., Boston. Print numbered, "9."
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 2

Seated full-length portrait (Sarony #6), photographer Napoleon Sarony, 1882

General Physical Description note: 32.5 x 18.5 cm. Print mounted on heavy black board with gilt beveled edges.
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 4

Full-length portrait in knee breeches (Sarony # 12), photographer Napoleon Sarony, 1882

General Physical Description note: 17 x 11 cm. Note on verso, in pencil: "Bought at J. C. Tomlinson sale."
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 5

Full-length standing portrait in knee breeches (Sarony # 14), photographer Napoleon Sarony, 1882

General Physical Description note: 32.5 x 18.5 cm. Print mounted on heavy black board with gilt beveled edges. Note on verso, in pencil: "Very rare!"
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 33

Seated photograph, holding a book (Sarony # 18), photographer Napoleon Sarony 1882

General Physical Description note: Note in pencil on verso: "Copyright 1882, by N. Sarony." White mat cut for this item is housed at the bottom of Box 23.

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 40-3
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 3

Bust portrait (Sarony # 23), photographer Napoleon Sarony, 1882

General Physical Description note: 33 x 19 cm. Print mounted on heavy black board with gilt beveled edges. Print numbered, "23." Negative available.
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 1

3/4 seated bust portrait (Sarony #19) with ANS on verso from Wilde to "Mrs. Story," photographer Napoleon Sarony, 1882

General Physical Description note: black and white; image 16.5 x 10.5 cm. In Grunwald exhibit, 1999.
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 16

Standing portrait in knee breeches, photographer Napoleon Sarony, 1882

General Physical Description note: image 16.5 x 10.5 cm. Caption: "Oscar Wilde, copyright 1882, by N. Sarony, 27 Union Sqr., NY."
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 16

Napoleon Sarony, bust portrait reproduced on postcard 1911

General Physical Description note: 14 x 9 cm black and white lithograph. Postcard from C. V. H. de Rozsnyay to Christopher Millard, 1911 September 5. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 26.
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 21

Napoleon Sarony photographs used as illustrations for Edgar Beall's The Life Sexual 1882

General Physical Description note: Photograph 1 caption: "Oscar Wilde--note femininity in all the features." Photograph 2 caption: "Oscar Wilde--Note sloping shoulders and rounded contours of head and face." From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory numbers 82-84.

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-33 and Wilde 39-34
Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 5

Reproduction of bust photograph by Napoleon Sarony, , from unknown publication, 1882

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-68
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 1

Seated portrait in white suit, photographer Jabez Hughes & Mullins, ca 1883

General Physical Description note: 17 x 11 cm. Inscribed, in ink, on recto: Oscar Wilde. Inscribed, in pencil, on verso: 1885. As per note from Merlin Holland (June 1995), likely taken in 1883: "Wilde's Neronian haircut was done in 1883 and not continued after his marriage, 1884." Exhibited at the Grunwald, 1999.
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 14

Debenham & Gould, Bournemouth seated portrait 1887

General Physical Description note: 17 x 11 cm. Note in pencil, on verso: 1887; [No.] 21877 Original album mount in 19/15. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 27/28.
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 12

Debenham & Gould, Bournemouth, standing portrait wearing a cape 1887

General Physical Description note: Photographic print: black and white; image 17 x 11 cm. Original album mount in 20/13. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 27/28.
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 7

Cameron Studio, bust portrait inscribed to Arthur Fish, ca. 1889

General Physical Description note: 24 x 19 cm. Inscription, in ink, on recto: To dear Arthur [Fish] from his friend Oscar Wilde. Dated: "15.6.89" Same image as 20/7.
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 8

Cameron Studio, bust portrait inscribed to Arthur Butt, ca. 1889

General Physical Description note: 24 x 19 cm. Gift of Mrs. George M. Millard, 1873-1938 Same image as 20/8.
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 37

W & D Downey, standing portrait with arms crossed 1889 May 23

General Physical Description note: 17 x 11 cm. Note, in pencil, on verso: "Taken May 23d 1889." Negative available. Original album mount in 19/36.

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 29/30/31.
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 24

W & D Downey, seated portrait in wooden chair 1889 May 28

General Physical Description note: 14 x 10 cm. Note on matte frame: Print no.31383-a original album mount in 19/23.

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 29/30/31.
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 33

W & D Downey, standing portrait of Oscar Wilde holding gloves 1889 May 23

General Physical Description note: 17 x 11 cm, mounted Note, in pencil, on verso: "Taken May 23d 1889. [No.] 31383." Original album mount in 19/32.

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-118

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 29/30/31.
Box Wildeiana 13, Folder 5

Reproduction of W & D Downey portrait of Oscar Wilde, from an unknown newspaper, 1889 [May 23]

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-129
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 18

Reproduction of W & D Downey portrait of Oscar Wilde, from an unknown publication, 1889 May 28

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-129
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 22

Ellis & Walery, bust portrait 1892 March

General Physical Description note: 15 x 10 cm. Note on verso of mount: "March 1892" Print no.10650-5 Original album mount in 19/21.

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 32-37.
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 35

Ellis & Walery, bust portrait 1892 March

General Physical Description note: 15 x 10 cm. Note on verso of mount: Print no. 10650-4 Original album mount in 19/34.

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 32-37.
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 6

Reproduction of Ellis & Walery bust length portrait, from unknown publication, undated

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-94
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 28

Ellis & Walery, standing portrait with hand in pocket 1892 March

General Physical Description note: 15 x 11 cm. Note on verso: Print no.10650-8 Original album mount in 19/29.

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 32-37.
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 20

Ellis & Walery, standing half-length portrait with cigarette 1892 March

General Physical Description note: 15 x 11 cm. Note on verso: Print no. 106509 Original album mount in 19/19.

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 32-37.
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 26

Ellis & Walery, standing portrait in fur coat with cane, 1892 March

General Physical Description note: 14 x 11 cm. Inscribed in upper left corner: Oscar Wilde. Note, in pencil, on verso: "From Elkin Matthews collection." Note on verso: Print no.10650-7 Original album mount in 19/25; same image as 19/27. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 32-37.
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 27

Ellis & Walery, standing portrait in fur coat with cane 1892 March

General Physical Description note: 14 x 11 cm. mounted. Note on verso: Print no.10650-7. Same image as 19/26.
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 8

Ellis & Walery, standing portrait with cane and gloves 1892 March

General Physical Description note: 15 x 11 cm. On verso of mount: Print no. 10650-10 Original album mount in 19/9.

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 32-37.
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 38

Snapshot photograph of Wilde in Italy by Robert Baldwin Ross, ca. 1897

General Physical Description note: 8 x 6 cm, mounted. Inscription, in pencil, on verso: "Oscar Wilde in Rome 1900." Negative available. Probably taken in 1897 in Naples, as per Rupert Hart-Davis.
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 3

Snapshot photograph of Wilde standing in front of the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, by Robert Baldwin Ross, 1900 March

General Physical Description note: 19 x 15 cm. Inscribed, in pencil, on verso (in Ross's hand): "Oscar Wilde in Rome, March 1900, from a photograph taken by Robert Ross." Note from Merlin Holland dated June 1995 included in folder. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 40.
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 20

Newspaper crossword puzzle with Oscar Wilde's picture in the center undated

Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 18

Photograph of Oscar Wilde from an unknown magazine ca 1946

General Physical Description note: Caption: "Oscar Wilde, Oxford undergraduate."
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 11

Bust portrait of Wilde at Oxford by J. Guggenheim, as printed in Robert Harborough Sherard's Oscar Wilde: the Story of an Unhappy Friendship

General Physical Description note: 10 x 6 cm black and white lithograph. Original album mount in 19/10.
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 39

"Oscar Wilde in 1880," reproduction of Sarony portrait by A.R. Keller and Co., from unknown publication, 1907

Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 40

"Oscar Wilde, the rankest weed in London's garden of scandal and filth," reproduction of ca. 1883 photograph, The Standard, undated

General Physical Description note: 9 x 7 cm, black and white lithograph + matte frame.
Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 17

"Oscar Wilde, when in America" by unknown photographer, from unknown publication, 1883

General Physical Description note: Photograph of Oscar Wilde wearing a straw hat

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-90
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 12

Reproduction of bust portrait by R.W. Thrupp, printed in Robert Harborough Sherard's Oscar Wilde: the Story of an Unhappy Friendship 1884

General Physical Description note: 10 x 6 cm. black and white lithograph. Original album mount in 19/10. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 10.
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 2

"Oscar Wilde, 1893," photograph originally by Gilman, reproduced in unknown publication about 1893

General Physical Description note: Inscribed in pencil in lower right: "Gilman Oxford"

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-93

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 120.
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 4

"Photo taken by Robert Ross of Oscar Wilde two hours after death by flash light" 1900 November 30

General Physical Description note: Inscription, in ink, on verso: "Photo taken by Robert Ross of Oscar Wilde 2 hours after death, by flashlight. Nov 30th 1900." Stamped, in ink, on verso: "To the appointment to T.M. The King and Queen, William E. Gray, 92, Queen's Rd., Bayswater, W. Fine Art Photographer." With envelope from "Harrison Hale Schaff, Attorney at Law, 31 Beacon Street, Boston" that is inscribed in ink : "Photo of Oscar Wilde taken by Robert Ross, his endorsement on the back."
Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 10

"Wilde after death," photograph by Robert Baldwin Ross, reproduction from unknown publication, 1900 November 30

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-76

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 145. Inscribed in pencil in Millard's hand: "Wilde after death, 30 Nov 1900, from a photograph by Robert Ross."
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 17

"Photograph of Oscar Wilde taken after his death," photograph by Robert Baldwin Ross 1900 November 30

General Physical Description note: Photograph inscribed on verso "Photograph of Oscar Wilde taken after his death. Paris 15 Rue des Beaux Arts, Nov 30 1900." From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 181.
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 35

Reproduction of photograph from Oscar Wilde: His Life and Wit, New York Herald Tribune, 1946 July 21

General Physical Description note: Caption: "Oscar Wilde (the aesthetic period)." Photograph by unknown photographer.
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 19

Oscar Wilde wearing a cape 1948 December

General Physical Description note: Clipping from Vogue, Christmas 1948.
Box Wildeiana 3, Folder 15

The World of Oscar Wilde: Library of Congress 1995 calendar. Photograph by Library of Congress. 1994

General Physical Description note: Contains 12 photographs of Wilde by Napoleon Sarony and memorabilia such as reproductions of handbills for Wilde's lectures and caricatures from newspapers satirizing his delivery of the same.
Box Wildeiana 13, Folder 1

"Oscar in two editions: The American and The Fin-de-Siecle--English," from unknown publication undated

General Physical Description note: From photos by Sarony and W and D Downey.

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-123

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory numbers 134 and 135.
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 3

"An original, hitherto unpublished portrait of Oscar Wilde, now given in a book, Modern Paris, by Mr. Robert Sherard, which Werner Laurie has published..." The Book Monthly 1912 February

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-48

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 55.
Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 16

"Oscar Wilde at Oxford, 1878" by "J. Guggenheim," from unknown publication,

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-89

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 48/49.
Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 16

"Oscar Wilde when at Oxford" by "J. Guggenheim," from unknown publication, 1878

Also available on Clark Library microfilm:

Wilde 39-88

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 48/49.
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 17

Reproduction of Ellis and Walery portrait on Russian postcard, 1913

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-116

General

Date from Millard inventory.
From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 180.
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 1

Reproduction of Ellis & Walery portrait from unknown publication, 1892 March

General Physical Description note: Inscribed in lower right: "10650-9."

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-44
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 4

Reproduction of Alfred Ellis bust length portrait from unknown publication, ca 1890s?

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-29
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 4

"Is it necessary to settle anything today?" photograph of Wilde in fur coat from unknown publication undated

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-49

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 64.
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 22

Reproduction Oscar Wilde portrait by Napoleon Sarony, printed in The Standard (New York), 1895

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-36
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 4

Postage stamp with photograph of Oscar Wilde, after 1892

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-28
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 3

"Oscar Wilde: A Master of Prose Style," reproduction of a photograph from unknown publication, before 1927

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-92

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 171.
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 12

Downey, William, Wilde photograph on cover of Modern Society, 1914 February 21

General Physical Description note: Illustration for the book review of Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions, by Frank Harris, reviewed within the magazine.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-15
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 15

Ellis and Walery, portrait of Wilde with one hand in pocket, from unknown publication, March 1892

General Physical Description note: Inscription in lower right: "10650-8."

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-20
Box Wildeiana 24, Folder 26

Pages from The Cabinet Portrait Gallery, reproduced from original photographs by W. & D. Downey including biographies and portraits of Oscar Wilde, Miss Eames and Viscount Cranbrook 1891

 

Photographs of Wilde with others

 

Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas

Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 37

Seated on a park bench in a studio setting (2 copies) 1893

General Physical Description note: Photograph by unknown photographer. Copy 1: 16 x 11 cm, mounted on white cabinet card. Copy 2: 14 x 9.5 cm, mounted on heavy paper with no border.
Box Wildeiana 15, item 5

Bust portrait. (LOCATION UNKNOWN 3/2013) undated

General Physical Description note: Photograph byGeorge Charles Beresford. 21 x 16 cm.
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 5-7

Photograph of Oscar Wilde standing with one foot resting on bench; Lord Alfred Douglas seated, wearing a straw hat, by unknown photographer (3 copies) 1893?

Note

Box 16/Folders 5-7: 13.5 x 9.5 cm. Folder 7 is a postcard version of the image with an ink stamp on verso: "Campbell Gray, Photo., 88 Edgware Road W."
Folder 6: Purchase 1957 (MS.1957.006).
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 9

Photograph of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas standing in a garden by photographer H. Mace, Cromer, 1892?

General Physical Description note: 17 x 11 cm. Probably taken in 1892 when Wilde was at Cromer writing A Woman of No Importance and Douglas visited him.
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 8

Half tone reproduction of studio photograph of Wilde & Douglas ca. 1893, from unknown publication,

General Physical Description note: 13 x 8 cm. pasted on index card.
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 34

Snapshots of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas at a table in Naples, by unknown photographer,

Physical Description: 4 photographs, each 9 x 9 cm.
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 34

Snapshots of Wilde and Alfred Bruce Douglas at a table in Naples, by unknown photographer, 1897

General Physical Description note: 4 photographs, each 9 x 9 cm. Snapshots taken in Naples.
 

Wilde and Aubrey Fitzgerald

Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 15

Photograph of Oscar Wilde (seated on high stool) and Aubrey Fitzgerald (seated on chair), by Hills & Saunders 1875 November 1?

Physical Description: 10.5 x 6.5 cm. Space in original album mount numbered #14 (upper right corner); original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 11.

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 14.
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 22

Photograph of Oscar Wilde (seated on chair) and Aubrey Fitzgerald (seated on high stool), by Hills & Saunders 1875 November 1?

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 13.
 

Wilde with Oxford friends

Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 2

Oscar Wilde, J.E.C. Bodley, R.J.E. Childers, W.O. Goldschmidt, and F.O.K. Wilde, photograph by Hills & Saunders 1875 February 1

General Physical Description note: 17 x 11 cm. Inscribed in ink on verso (in Oscar Wilde's hand): "O.F. Wilde Magd., J.E.C. Bodley Ball., R.J.E. Childers (?) Ball, F.O.K. Wilde Dublin." and "1st February 1875." From same photography session as Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 3. Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 4. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 15/16.
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 3

Oscar Wilde, J.E.C. Bodley, R.J.E. Childers, W.O. Goldschmidt, and F.O.K. Wilde, photograph by Hills & Saunders 1875 February 1

General Physical Description note: 17 x 11 cm + matte frame. From same photography session as Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 2. Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 4. Negative available. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 15/16.
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 11

Oscar Wilde, J.E.C. Bodley, R.J.E. Childers, W.O. Goldschmidt, and F.O.K. Wilde, photograph by Hills & Saunders 1875 February 1

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-77

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 46.
Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 16

Oscar Wilde, A.F. Peyton, C.H. Lindon, C.H. Tindal, and T.J. Peyton photograph by Hills & Saunders 1876 March 13

General Physical Description note: 17 x 11 cm. Slightly different than Wildeiana Box 15/Folder 17. Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 15/Folder 18. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 17/18.
Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 17

Reproduction of photograph of Oscar Wilde, A.F. Peyton, C.H. Lindon, C.H. Tindale and T.J. Peyton, by Hills & Saunders from unknown publication 1876 March 13

General Physical Description note: 17 x 11 cm. Inscribed (in ink, in OW's hand?) on verso: "A.F. Peyton, C.H. Lindon, C.H. Tindale, O.F. Wilde, T.J. Peyton - Magd." and "13 March 1876." Slightly different than Wildeiana Box 15/Folder 16. Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 15/Folder 19. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 17/18.
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 20

Oscar Wilde, William Ward and Richard Reginald Harding, photograph by Hills & Saunders 1876 March 12

Physical Description: Dated, in pencil, on verso. Space in original album mount numbered #5 (lower left corner); Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 17. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 5.
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 21

Oscar Wilde, William Ward and Richard Reginald Harding photograph by Hills & Saunders 1876 March 12

Physical Description: Inscription on verso (in ink): "O.F. Wilde, W.W. Ward, R. Harding : Magd." and "March 12 1876." Space in original album mount numbered #6 (lower left corner); Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 17. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 6.
 

Wilde with unidentified man

Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 1

Oscar Wilde and unidentified man on bench in garden, photograph by William Savage abt. 1875-1878

General Physical Description note: 7 x 11 cm. Photograph by "W. Savage, 58 High Street & the Wykeham Studio, Winchester."

Original call number

BX-4N.5
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 18

Oscar Wilde and unidentified man, photograph by Hills & Saunders 1875 November 12

General Physical Description note: Dated, in pencil, on verso. Space in original album mount numbered #3 (upper left corner); Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 17. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 3.
Box Wildeiana 16, Folder 19

Oscar Wilde and unidentified man, photograph by Hills & Saunders 1875 November 12

General Physical Description note: Dated, in pencil, on verso. Space in original album mount numbered #4 (upper left corner); Original album mount in Wildeiana Box 16/Folder 17. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 4.
 

Wilde, W.R. (William Robert), 1815-1876

Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 6

Portrait by unknown photographer, from unknown publication, undated

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-71
Box Wildeiana 15, Folder 12

Portrait by Chancellor & Son 1875

General Physical Description note: 21 x 14 cm. Inscribed on recto: "Your faithful friend, W. Wilde." Previously mounted on an album page by Christopher Millard (this page now in Wildeiana Box 15/folder 14). From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007). Included in Grunwald Center (UCLA) exhibition, 1999.

Old call number

BX-3N.13
 

Portraits and Caricatures Series 2. 1858-1998

Scope and Contents note

This series consists of photographs, paintings, drawings, caricatures and other visual depictions of Oscar Wilde and his circle.

Arrangement

This series is arranged into 3 subseries:
 

Portraits (non-caricatures) of Oscar Wilde Subseries 2.1. 

Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 8

Boyd, A. S. (Alexander Stuart), 1854-1930, Full length portrait of Oscar Wilde, with a fan on his right, ca 1880s

General Physical Description note: Reproduction of a pen and ink drawing. Signed "Twym," a pseudonym of A.S. Boyd.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-5
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 8

Cleland, T.M. (Thomas Maitland), 1880-1964. Reproduction of Oscar Wilde portrait, from unknown publication undated

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-105

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 147.
Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 20

Fox, Louise, Woodcut portrait of Oscar Wilde, signed proof 1919

General Physical Description note: 9.5 x 8 cm, matted to 32.5 x 25.5 cm. Inscribed in lower right: "L. Fox 1919." From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 162.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-114
Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 7

Frith, William Powell, 1819-1909, "The private view," Academy Notes 1883

General Physical Description note: Black and white drawing of Frith painting.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-73

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 62.
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 4

Hall, Sydney Prior, "Mr. Oscar Wilde in court," from The Graphic 1889 May 16

General Physical Description note: Drawn while Oscar Wilde watched the testimony of Thomas Miller Beach, a government spy; original pencil drawing held by the National Portrait Gallery (UK).

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-30
 

Kelly, James Edward, 1855-1933, Portrait of Oscar Wilde

Creator: Kelly, James Edward, 1855-1933
Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 19

Print of James Edward Kelly's Oscar Wilde drawing, reproduced in unknown publication undated

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-112
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 13

Print of James Edward Kelly's Oscar Wilde drawing, reproduced in Robert Harborough Sherard's Oscar Wilde: the Story of an Unhappy Friendship

General Physical Description note: 10 x 6 cm black and white lithograph. Original album mount in 19/10. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007).
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 1

Photograph of bas-relief based on 1882 James Edward Kelly Oscar Wilde drawing, printed in Craftsman, 1907 February

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-110

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 77.
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 13

India proof of James Edward Kelly's Oscar Wilde drawing, engraved by John W. Evans, 1882

General Physical Description note: image 18 x 14 cm, on sheet 29 x 21 cm. Inscribed in pencil: "John W. Evans." With bookseller catalog description. Purchase, 1947 (MS.1947.002).

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-10
Box Wildeiana 11, item 12

Lynch, Ilbery. Drawing of Oscar Wilde. 1894

General Physical Description note: Image 12.5 x 14 cm, on sheet 19 x 18.5 cm. Inscription: "Oscar Wilde by Ilbery Lynch." From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 161.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-38
Box Wildeiana 30, Folder 5

May, Phil, 1864-1903, Portrait of Oscar Wilde 1893

Scope and Contents

Portrait of Oscar Wilde in pencil and white chalk, signed by Phil May and dated 1893. Removed from mid-20th century frame in 1999 and currently stored flat.
 

Miles, George Francis, 1852-1891, Portrait of Oscar Wilde,

Box Wildeiana 18, Folder 2

Original pencil drawing of Oscar Wilde by Miles undated

General Physical Description note: Image 8.5 x 7 cm, pasted on sheet 43.5 x 34 cm. Reproduced on p.50 of Vyvyan Holland's pictorial biography of Oscar Wilde. Mat signed in lower right: "Vyvyan Holland." From the collection ofVyvyan Beresford Holland, 1886-1967.
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 2

Photographic reproduction of Miles' OW drawing 1895

General Physical Description note: 13 x 11 cm. Reproduction by Frederick Hollyer Reproduced as the frontispiece to The Library of William Andrews Clark Jr.: Wilde and Wildeiana v.5 (1931). [Z1015 C596g v.5] 1995 note from Merlin Holland included in folder.
Box Wildeiana 18, Folder 4

Photogravure by Photographische Gesellschaft (Berlin) of Miles' Oscar Wilde portrait 1913 May 5

General Physical Description note: 14.5 x 10.5 cm, on sheet 39.5 x 28.5 cm. Caption: "Ascribed to FM from a drawing in possession of Robert Baldwin Ross ." Reproduced by Photographische Gesellschaft in Berlin. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 153.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-113
Box Wildeiana 18, Folder 3

Intaglio print of Miles' Oscar Wilde portrait, undated

General Physical Description note: Image 8.7 x 6.5 cm, on sheet of paper 25.5 x 48 cm.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-3
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 23

Paque, Oliver, portrait of Wilde smoking and holding a cane in left hand, proof without lettering 1892

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-37

General

1892 date from Christopher Millard inventory.
From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 106.
Box Wildeiana 13, Folder 12

Passhe, Edgar. Reproduction of pencil drawing of Oscar Wilde before 1927

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-86

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 116.
Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 9

Patlagean, Numa, Photographs of clay bust of Wilde 1914

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-75 and Wilde 39-115

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 155-156.
location Clark Library

Pennington, R. G. Harper, 1854-1920, Portrait of Oscar Wilde, ca. 1881

Note

Please consult Clark staff about viewing painting.
Box Wildeiana 13, Folder 20

Pennington, R. G. Harper, 1854-1920, reproduction of Wilde portrait, from an unknown publication undated

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-111
Box Wildeiana 3, Folder 7

Photograph of Harper Pennington portrait of Oscar Wilde, by William E. Gray 1881

General Physical Description note: Photographic print: black and white image. 37 x 30 cm. mounted on board.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-25
Box Wildeiana 23, Folder 5

Rothenstein, William, Sir, 1872-1945, Pencil portrait of Wilde, 1891

General Physical Description note: image 38 x 28 cm., mounted in matte, 56 x 40.5 cm
Box Wildeiana 21, Folder 7

Rothenstein, William, Sir, 1872-1945, Pen and ink portrait of Wilde, ca. 1930

General Physical Description note: 25.5 x 20.5 cm.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-42
Box Wildeiana 18, Folder 7

Serret, Charles, Pencil drawing of Oscar Wilde, 1880

General Physical Description note: image 34 x 27 cm. Inscribed to right of image; "Charles Serret, Janvier 1880." On verso of frame: "Bought by Monsieur Pierre Berès, bookdealer, from P. Joubin, the bibliograph of E. Delacroix. Sold by Berès to Princess de Bassiano. Upon her death, the portrait became part of her estate which was handled by Pierre Berès, Inc. and sold to the Clark Library in August 1940." Also includes a 1940 letter from Berès, Inc. to H. Richard Archer (of the Clark Library) describing the portrait, hoping for a sale.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-139
Box Wildeiana 3, Folder 14

Sterner, Albert, 1863-1946, Portrait of Oscar Wilde (original drawing) 1891

General Physical Description note: Original drawing signed by Oscar Wilde (?). Image 30 x 22 cm; mounted on board with original picture hanging hooks on verso.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-15
Box Wildeiana 3, Folder 9

Sterner, Albert, 1863-1946, Portrait of Oscar Wilde (etching), ca. 1891

General Physical Description note: 19.5 x 14.5 cm, on sheet 37.5 x 15.5 cm.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-4
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 12

Struck, Hermann, 1876-1944. Portrait of Oscar Wilde, signed proof 1913

General Physical Description note: image 15 x 10.5 cm. Photograph of this image in Wildeiana Box 1/folder 7 From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 154.
Box Wildeiana 13, Folder 9

Struck, Hermann, 1876-1944. picture postcard reproduction of Wilde portrait 1922?

General Physical Description note: Caption: "Oscar Wilde nach einer Radierung von Hermann Struck."

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-108

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 163.
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 16

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, 1864-1901 reproduction of portrait of Oscar Wilde, from an unkown publication, undated

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-29
Box Wildeiana 13, Folder 15

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, 1864-1901, "Oscar Wilde, from a pen drawing by Toulouse-Lautrec, From The 'Hyperion Almanack," printed in JP's Magazine 1911 June

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-102

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 148.
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 17

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, 1864-1901, "Oscar Wilde: From the portrait by Toulouse-Lautrec", printed in the New York Times Book Review, 1940 March 24

Box Wildeiana 22, Folder 14

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, 1864-1901, Oscar Wilde portrait, reproduction printed by Pantheon Books 1945

General

1 photomechanical reproduction ; image 12 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. Previously framed, but removed to archival box in 2023.
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 2

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, 1864-1901. reproduction of Oscar Wilde portrait from unknown magazine, ca 1980s

General Physical Description note: Caption: "Oscar Wilde was a friend of Lautrec. Yet during Wilde's famous court trial in 1895, Lautrec caricatured the author's jaded and flabby appearance."

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-28
Box Wildeiana 3, Folder 2

Portrait of Oscar Wilde with a shamrock, after a Napoleon Sarony photograph, by unknown artist, undated

General Physical Description note: Original painting: watercolor; image 21 x 16.5 cm. Purchased from Grafton 12/5/29 (MS.1929.007)

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-12
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 9

Portrait of Oscar Wilde with shamrock, after a Napoleon Sarony photograph (print), by unknown artist, undated

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-106
Box Wildeiana 3, Folder 3-4

Portrait of Oscar Wilde with shamrock after photograph by Napoleon Sarony, by unknown artist, undated

General Physical Description note: 2 copies. Etching of item in 3/2. 17.5 x 15.5 cm, on thick cardboard. Purchased from Grafton 12/5/29 (MS.1929.007)

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-13 and 36-14.
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 26

Engraving of Oscar Wilde after Sarony photograph, from unknown publication about 1882

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 16

"Oscar Wilde in 1887: Author's sketch," reproduction of drawing by John Moray Stuart-Young from his An Urning's Love about 1905?

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-109

General

Proof printed on a card. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 179.
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 13

"Mr. Oscar Wilde," from unknown publication and "Oscar Wilde. By permission of the Pall Mall Magazine, from unknown publication, 1895

General Physical Description note: 2 different sized reproductions of the same image pasted onto one page.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-17 and 39-18

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory numbers 126 and 127.
Box Wildeiana 5, Folder 7

Portrait on blank trade card by unknown artist, ca 1882

General Physical Description note: After an 1882 photograph by Napoleon Sarony. 14.5 x 8.5 cm.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-1
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 17

"To be truly esthetic buy your ice cream and confections at J.N. Piercy's 115 Court St. Binghamton, N.Y.," with portrait after Sarony by unknown artist, ca. 1882

Note: Same image of OW as in 5/7, above.
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 55

"Straiton and Storm's New Cigars" trade card with portrait after Sarony by unknown artist about 1882

General

Same trade card as items above. Caption includes: "Aesthetic, Sun-flower, Too Too, Capadura Patience; Dealers supplied by R.C. Brown and Co., New York." Purchase, 2019 (accession MS.2019.042)
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 11

Trade card, "R.M. Bishop & Co., Agents from Straiton & Storm's Cigars, 47 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, O.," with portrait after Sarony by unknown artist about 1882

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 7

Portrait of Wilde with "faked" notation, undated

General Physical Description note: Print, 34 x 21.5 cm.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-107
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 15, Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 12, Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 13

"Oscar Wilde in the year he won the Newdigate," 1878?

General Physical Description note: Image made after Guggenheim portrait of Wilde. 1 original, 2 copies. Original in Wildeiana 1/15: Pencil drawing on cardboard; image 17.5 x 14 cm, unframed. Inscription: "Yours Oscar Wilde, Magdalen, 1878." Reference: Mason, S. (i.e. Millard, C.) Bibliography of the Poems of Oscar Wilde, p. 16. Purchase, 1974 (MS.1974.004). Copy in Wildeiana 12/12: Verso inscription: Formerly in the possession of J. Jacobs, Edgware Rd. W.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-80, Wilde 39-81, Wilde 36-26 (original drawing)
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 10-11

Reproductions of Oscar Wilde drawing from Story of an Unhappy Friendship, undated

General Physical Description note: Based on the J. Guggenheim photo (Oxford 1878). 21 x 14 cm. 19 copies. Inscription, in ink, on verso of 2.18p: "These pictures are drawings from a photo." and "the inscription is a forgery -- as many copies were called in and the illustration cancelled -- appeared in a Stuart Mason, Bibliography of the Poems of Oscar Wilde. See Stuart Mason, Bibliography of Oscar Wilde, p. 569.
Box Wildeiana 5, Folder 6

Watercolor portrait of Wilde by unknown person, after Napoleon Sarony photograph, after 1882

General Physical Description note: watercolor and pencil; image 11 x 12 cm, on sheet 25 x 22 cm.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-6
Box Wildeiana 19, Folder 41, Box Wildeiana 10, Folder 8, Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 11

"Society Bijou portraits, 116.--Mr. Oscar Wilde," Society, 1885 March 21

General Physical Description note: 3 copies.

Also available on microfilm

Wilde 39-14 and Wilde 39-79
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 14

"Mr Oscar Wilde, from a portrait by Alfred Ellis," The Sketch 1895 January 9

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-19

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 128.

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 142.
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 19

Watercolor portrait of Wilde by unknown artist, ca. 1920

General Physical Description note: Watercolor on card; image oval 31 x 23 cm. Not after 1924.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-119
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 9

Print of watercolor portrait of Wilde by unknown artist, ca. 1920

General Physical Description note: 26 x 22 cm, colored art print. Frontispiece to The Library of William Andrews Clark Jr.: Wilde and Wildeiana: The Portrait Book of Oscar Wilde (1923). [Z 1015 C596h]
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 4

Portrait of Oscar Wilde in pencil and watercolor by unknown artist undated

General Physical Description note: 16 x 13 cm. Pencil sketches of profiles on verso. Gift of Peter Murray Hill, 1950 (MS.1950.041)

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-8
 

Portraits of Others Subseries 2.2.

Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 1

Pilotell, Georges, 1845-1918, Possible portrait of Constance Wilde on the cover of The Sketch, 1880 February 7

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-70
Box Wildeiana 3, Folder 5

Spare, Austin Osman, 1886-1956, Photograph of portrait of Andre S. Raffalovich, 1864-1934 1910

General Physical Description note: Photographic print: black and white; image 24.5 x 22 cm, mounted on cardboard 28 x 33 cm. Purchase, 1953 (MS.1953.012).

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-7
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 14

Spindler, Walter E. Pencil drawing of Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas, in 3/4 profile, ca. November 1895

General Physical Description note: 16.5 x 9.5 cm. Inscription in lower left: "WS Nov 1895." Purchase, 1950 (MS.1950.042)

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-9
 

Caricatures and cartoons Subseries 2.3.  1874-1946, undated

Scope and Contents note

This subseries contains cartoons, caricatures, and other satirical or comic drawings of Wilde and his immediate circle. The subseries is arranged by artist name, and then by title.
Box Wildeiana 21, Folder 9

Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent, 1872-1898, "Oscar Wilde at work (il ne faut pas le regarder)," page proof about 1893

General Physical Description note: Included in The Uncollected Work of Aubrey Beardsley, (1925). From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 157/158.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-38
Box Wildeiana 13, Folder 16

Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent, 1872-1898, "Oscar Wilde at work (il ne faut pas le regarder)," print about 1893

General Physical Description note: Used in The Uncollected Work of Aubrey Beardsley, (1925). From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 157/158.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-103
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 3

Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956, Caricature of Oscar Wilde smoking opium on a boat. ca. 1891

General Physical Description note: Photographic print of image from back end paper of Beerbohm's personal copy of Oscar Wilde's Intentions (1891) (PR6003 .E4 Z95wi *)

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-17
Volume PR6003 .E4 Z95wi *

Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956, original drawings and cartoons in his copies of Oscar Wilde's Intentions, ca. 1891?

Box Wildeiana 21, Folder 6

Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956, "Personal Remarks: Oscar Wilde," Pick-Me-Up 1894 September 22

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-35

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 123.
Box Wildeiana 21, Folder 11

Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956, "Sims Reeve," proof, Pick-Me-Up, 1894

General Physical Description note: On verso: "Front, proof, redrawn and published in Pick-Me-Up, 22/4/94." Formerly in DR-7N From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 122.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-41
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 19

Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956, "The new culture," in The Oxford Magazine 1893 May 18

General Physical Description note: 28.5 x 22.5 cm.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-39

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 121.
Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 8

Bryan, Alfred, 1852-1899, "An ideal Lord Mayor's show," Time 1880 November

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-74

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 63.
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 10

Bryan, Alfred, 1852-1899, "Back Numbers (91) -- Oscar Wylde; St. James's Theatre, March 1892," Moonshine 1892 April 16

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-99

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 111.
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 19

Bryan, Alfred, 1852-1899, "Brother Jonathan after viewing Mr. Oscar Wilde," The Entr'acte 1882 January 21

General Physical Description note: "Wal! England has sent us out many curious things; but this whips 'em all. Take it away!"

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-55

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 72.
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 5

Bryan, Alfred, 1852-1899. "Brother Willie.- 'Never mind, Oscar; other great men have had their dramatic failures!'" The Entr'acte 1883 September 1

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-1

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 93.
Box Wildeiana 3, Folder 6

Bryan, Alfred, 1852-1899, Caricature of Wilde with reproduction of Wilde poem to Luther Munday 1891

General Physical Description note: Magazine clippings pasted onto page, 41 x 28 cm. Facsimile of an "unpublished" poem by Oscar Wilde addressed "To my friend Luther Munday" and a caricature of Oscar Wilde by "A.B." [Alfred Bryan].

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-22
Box Wildeiana 3, Folder 13

Bryan, Alfred, 1852-1899, "Jonathan Wild" from unknown publication, 1882

General Physical Description note: 21 x 17.5 cm.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-21
Box Wildeiana 13, Folder 11

Bryan, Alfred, 1852-1899, "The last voyage of Lemuel Gulliver: touching the purpose and manner of the voyage" with caricature of OW playing the harp, from the Christmas number of The World 1883 December

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-83

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 94.
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 5

Bryan, Alfred, 1852-1899, "The lights o' London" from The World 1881 December 21

Physical Description: Caricature with a poem by Edmund Yates, "Ego upto snuffibus poeta."

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-50

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 71.
Box Wildeiana 13, Folder 4

Bryan, Alfred, 1852-1899, "'Mr. Oscar Wilde will shortly appear on the stage as Romeo.'--American paper," The Entr'acte 1883 March 31

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-128

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 88.
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 16

Bryan, Alfred, 1852-1899, "Mr. William Wilde: The stalls," The Entr'acte 1881 March 26

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-21

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 67.
location Clark Library cubicles

Bryan, Alfred, 1852-1899, "The Oscars" original drawing, 1880s?

General Physical Description note: Pen and ink; image 7 x 14 cm., in gilded frame 27 x 35 cm. Inscription above: "Oscar Wilde, Clayton, Browning." Photocopy of image in Wildeiana Box 1/Folder 11; original art work in Clark Library researcher cubicle.
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 8

Bryan, Alfred, 1852-1899, "Our captious critic, Lady Windermere's Fan," The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News 1892 April 9

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-54

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 112
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 20

Bryan, Alfred, 1852-1899, "Quite too utterly ecstatic," The Entr'acte 1881 March 26

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-32

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 68.
Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 18

Bryan, Alfred, 1852-1899, "The Sette of Odd Volumes: 'United once a month to form a perfect sette,'" Daily Graphic, 1892 June 6

General Physical Description note: 2 copies. Caricature of Sette of Odd Volumes (Book club)

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-124

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 115.
Box Wildeiana 10, Folder 6

Bryan, Alfred, 1852-1899, "The worst of Wilde," Judy, or, The London Serio-Comic Journal, 1882 March 8

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-47

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 75.
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 6

Bryan, Alfred, 1852-1899, "The worst of Wilde," reproduced in The Daily Graphic 1882 April 4

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-51

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 76.
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 9

Cruikshank, George, Jr., "Ye awfully utter & Ye utterly awful," A book of ye olde English fayre, (Manchester: Printed by George Falkner & Sons) 1881

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-56

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 65.
Box Wildeiana 18, Folder 9

Currier & Ives, "The aesthetic craze: What's de matter wid de Nigga? Why Oscar yous gone wild!" ca 1882

General Physical Description note: Color lithograph; image 27.5 x 44 cm, pasted on heavy board.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-1
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 1

Daragnès, Gabriel, 1886-1950, Original drawing for Ballade de la geole de Reading, ca. 1918

General Physical Description note: ink and wash on paper, 8.5 x 7.5 cm. For 1918 publication by Pichon.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-2
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 9

Duval, E. B. "Strike me with a sunflower," 1882

General Physical Description note: color lithograph,12 x 8 cm. With this: Envelope from the Union Square Book Shop with dealer description of item. Envelope inscription: "Property of Wm. A. Clark Library, 2205 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles 7." Purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.005).
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 53

Duval, E.B. "Strike me with a sunflower" 1882

General

Purchase, 2019 (accession MS.2019.042)
Box Wildeiana 21, Folder 3

Duval, E.B., 6 caricatures of Oscar Wilde in ethnic dress, ca. 1882

General Physical Description note: Titles: 1) Begorra and I believe I am Oscar himself. 2) I vas aesthetic aint it. 3) For sale. 4) Ise gwine for to wuship dat lily kase it sembles me. 5) No likee to callee me johnnee, callee me Oscar. >5 mounted colored lithographs. Images each 12 x 8 cm., mounted and matted to 43 x 33 cm.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-34
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 54

Duval, E.B. "National Aesthetics: Begorra and I belave I am Oscar Himsilf" 1882

General

Purchase, 2019 (accession MS.2019.042)
Box Wildeiana 22, Folder 11

Eaton, W. G. "Utterly utter quadrille," 1881

General Physical Description note: Four individuals holding hands in a theater lobby; posters of Wilde, Whistler and Rossetti in background; sunflower, lily at margins. Print: col. lithograph; image 35 x 25.5 cm. (London: Charles Sheard). Same image as 13/13. Front cover for sheet music (presumably). White mat cut for this item is housed in the bottom of Box 23.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-5
Box Wildeiana 13, Folder 13

Eaton, W. G. "Utterly utter quadrille," from The Judge, 1883

General Physical Description note: Four individuals holding hands in a theater lobby; posters of Wilde, Whistler and Rossetti in background; sunflower, lily at margins. 1 print: col. chromolithograph; image 35 x 25.5 cm.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-85
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 21

Ford, Paul, "Private Lives" comic strip, Los Angeles Times, 1946 November 15

Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 18

Furniss, Harry, 1854-1925, Caricatures accompanying review of An Ideal Husband, Lika Joko, 1895 January 12

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory numbers 129 and 130.
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 13

Furniss, Harry, 1854-1925, "The Mediation of Cunninghame Graham" and "Under the Reformers' Tree," Yuletide 1892

General Physical Description note: lithographs on two-sided page, each 24 x 22.5 cm.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-126

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 119.
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 20

Furniss, Harry, "Mr. Oscar Wilde Again" and other caricatures, Lika Joko 1895 February 23

General Physical Description note: "Oscar Wilde's Valentine" and "Mr. Oscar Wilde personifying his own play. 'The figure is more than a little weak in the legs.'"

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-62, 39-63

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory numbers 131 and 132.
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 15

Furniss, Harry, 1854-1925, "Strange faces" and "The Old Lot Go," Yuletide 1892

General Physical Description note: lithographs on two-sided page, each 24 x 22.5 cm.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-125

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 118.
Box Wildeiana 23, Folder 3

Furniss, Harry, 1854-1925, "The private view," distributed with the Christmas number of The World 1882 December

General Physical Description note: Print: col. lithograph; 36 x 50 cm. Caricature after the drawing by William Powell Frith, 1819-1909 . Original page on which this item was mounted in the Christopher Millard scrapbook is included with the item in 23/3.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-10

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 85.
Box Wildeiana 22, Folder 13

G.E.H. "A thing of beauty not a joy forever: rise and fall of a "Vera" Wilde aesthete," The Judge, 1883

General Physical Description note: 26 x 33.5 cm. Photocopy of page verso included in folder. Please do not remove from mylar without Clark staff assistance -- very fragile. In Grunwald Center (UCLA) exhibition, 2000.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-37
Box Wildeiana 13, Folder 2

Kendrick, Charles. Newspaper advertisement for Ye soul agonies in ye life of Oscar Wilde, undated

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-130

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 81.
Box Wildeiana 21, Folder 12

M.B., "Days with celebrities (32): Mr. Oscar Wilde," Moonshine, 1882 January 28

General Physical Description note: 24 x 18 cm.
Box Wildeiana 3, Folder 12

M.B., "Some Easter eggs" from Moonshine 1882 April 15

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-19
Box Wildeiana 3, Folder 10

Mason, Finch, "The Author of Lady Windermere's Fan," original crayon drawing undated

General Physical Description note: Image 27 x 19 cm, matted 36.5 x 29 cm. Initialed "FM" in bottom left.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-24

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 166.
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 28

Mason, Finch, reproduction of Wilde caricature from unknown publication

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 13, Folder 17

May, Phil, 1864-1903, "Great Expectations!" from unknown publication 1895

General Physical Description note: Illustration of a crowd at the Haymarket Theatre for a production of An Ideal Husband.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-104
Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 2

May, Phil, 1864-1903. "Phil May: a memoir by his first London editor," The Sketch 1903

General Physical Description note: A reproduction of Phil May's first social caricature from 1885.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-64

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 146.
Box Wildeiana 13, Folder 6

Morehen, Horace, "All fools' day-April 1st," The Illustrated and Dramatic Sporting News, 1883 March 31

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-127

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 89.
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 25

Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902, "The British Fungus and the Wild American Sunflowers, Harper's 1882 January 12

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 5

Nichols, Bowyer, 1859-1939, "Aesthetics v. athletics: Torpid Week" original drawing 1881

General Physical Description note: Caption: "Torpid Week 1881. Aesthete: 'This is indeed a form of death, and entirely incompatible with any belief in the immortality of the soul.'" Drawing: pen and ink; image 13 x 22 cm, mounted on cardboard 20 x 29.5 cm. Photographic reproduction in Wildeiana 11/14 (and Clark microfilm 39-57).

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-18

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory numbers 59 and 60.
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 14

Nichols, Bowyer, 1859-1939, "Two of the best abused phantoms in England," photographic reproduction by Thomas Shrimpton and Sons, Oxford 1883?

General Physical Description note: Photographic print: black and white; image 16 x 12 cm. On verso, in pencil: "Bowyer Nicholas Ball prize pon 1883" Issued by Thomas Shrimpton and Sons, Oxford.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-58

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 61.
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 18

Nichols, Bowyer, 1859-1939, "We go to carry Culture to a Continent/We are 'disappointed' in the Atlantic Ocean/The sympathetic nature of Modern Poetry can be better realized in Private than in Public Lectures," photographic reproduction by Thomas Shrimpton & Sons, Oxford 1882

General Physical Description note: Captions: 1) We go to carry culture to a continent! 2) We are 'disappointed' in the Atlantic Ocean. 3) The sympathetic nature of modern poetry can be realized in private than in public.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-4

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 57.
Box Wildeiana 10, Folder 3

Nichols, Bowyer, 1859-1939, "How utter," original drawing before 1924

General Physical Description note: Caricature of Oscar Wilde with lilies. Pen & ink drawing; image 25 x 17.5 cm, pasted on board 33 x 25 cm.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-4
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 10, Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 18

Nichols, Bowyer, 1859-1939, "How utter" photographic reproduction by Thomas Shrimpton & Son, Oxford 1881

General Physical Description note: 2 copies. On versos of both, typed: "Cartoon published at Oxford about 1881-82."

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-69 and Wilde 39-26
Box Wildeiana 10, Folder 4

O'Hea, John Fergus, ca. 1838-1922 (aka Spex), "A Wilde (K)night in Ireland's eye," Ireland's Eye, 1874

General Physical Description note: Caricature of W.R. Wilde. Color lithograph; 33 x 20.5 cm, pasted on card. Also included is an ANS from Crone, John S. (John Smyth), 1858-1945 to Christopher Millard regarding this caricature.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-11

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 41.
Box Wildeiana 3, Folder 1 & 3, Box Wildeiana 22, Folder 12

Pellegrini, Carlo, Caricature of Oscar Wilde from Vanity Fair 1884 May 24.

General Physical Description note: Lithograph: col.; image 32 x 19 cm. Lithography by Vincent Brooks, Day and Son. White mat cut for copy in 22/12 is at the bottom of Box 23.
Box Wildeiana 23, Folder 6

Pipeshank, George, "Whistlerian symphonies swearing out a member," 1883

General Physical Description note: Print: color lithograph; image 44.5 x 57 cm. Removed from MS.WILDE UNCAT DR.7N MILLARD SCRAPBOOK, 07/1992.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-7
Box Wildeiana 21, Folder 8

Raven-Hill, L. (Leonard), 1867-1942, "A Voluptuary," Pick-Me-Up 1894 July 14

General

Caption: "A voluptuary: To rise, to take a little opium, to sleep till lunch,and after again to take a little opium and sleep till dinner, that is a life of pleasure."
image 22 x 28 cm. Formerly in DR-7N.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-36

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 124.
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 6

Sabbath, Emmanuel, Caricature of Oscar Wilde, after Augustus John, ca. 1925?

General Physical Description note: Photographic print of a pencil drawing: black and white; image 24 x 17.5 cm. On verso in ink: "Sketched from memory during dinner on the back of a menu card for his table neighbor, Frau Horstmann, Edouard Roditi collection, Paris."

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-11
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 18

Thompson, Alfred, "The bard of beauty," original ink drawing 1880

General Physical Description note: image 25 x 18 cm. Original watercolor costume designs for Robin Hood on verso; verso inscription in pencil: "Rosenbach 3/8/24 608=Anderson Sale No. 1818."
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 56

Thompson, Alfred, "The bard of beauty," In "Songsters of the day," Time, 1880 April

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-24
Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 14

Thompson, Alfred, "The bard of beauty," In "Songsters of the day," Time 1880 April

General Physical Description note: Pasted on album page.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-25

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 54.
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 24

"According to the Pall Mall Gazette, aestheticism has broken out again, and in the interval since the last outbreak its devotees have grown mortal and stout," Moonshine ? 1890 December 18

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-40
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 10

"The Apostle of the Aesthetes," The Hour Cartoon Supplement, 1881 September 3

General Physical Description note: Portrait of Wilde after the photograph by Napoleon Sarony.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-13
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 10

Caricature on lined paper of Oscar Wilde holding a flower by unknown artist, 1882

General Physical Description note: Pencil on lined notebook paper; image 25.5 x 20 cm.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-23
Box Wildeiana 3, Folder 11

"Days with celebrities (47). Randolph Churchill," Moonshine, 1882

General Physical Description note: 41 x 28 cm.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-20
Box Wildeiana 13, Folder 3

"Days with celebrities. (46). Mr. Ruskin," Moonshine, 1882 May 6

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-131

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 74.
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 17, Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 11

"The Flippity Flop Young Man," cover of sheet music written by Harry Adams and composer E. Jonghmans, 1882

Physical Description: Original sheet music in Box 7/11; reproduction of sheet music cover in 11/17. Published in London by Francis Bros. and Day.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-14 (original) and Wilde 39-61 (copy)

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 172.
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 16

"Guys of the period," from Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, engraved by John Swain 1881 November 5

General Physical Description note: Caricature portraying Oscar Wilde as "The too too guy."

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-60

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 70.
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 24

"A Miss is as Good as a (S)mile," Moonshine (?) 1890 July 26

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-41

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 104.
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 15

"The modern St. Valentine," from Sporting and Dramatic News 1880

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-59

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 53.
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 24

"O'Hooligan's 'Aesthetic Decoration," Moonshine, 1890

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-42
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 2

"No. 52. On the brain--Mr. Oscar Wilde," Lika Joko 1894 or 1895

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-45

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 113.
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 7

"Oscar at the shrine of St. Nicotine," from unknown magazine, undated

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-52

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 139.
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 13

"Oscar, Dear!" cover of sheet music by composer Monroe H. Rosenfeld, 1882

Physical Description: Cincinnati: F.W. Helmick. Original sheet music in Box 11/13; copy in Box 9/17. White album mount for original housed in the bottom of box 23.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-13 (original) and Wilde 39-22 (copy)

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 173.
Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 18

"Oscar Wilde Galop," cover of sheet music written by composer F.H. Snow, ca 1882

General

Chicago: National Music Co.
2 copies with the same cover. Box 7/19 contains the same item with a variant cover.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-21
Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 19

"Oscar Wilde Galop," cover of sheet music written by composer F.H. Snow, ca 1882

General

The items in 7/18 are the same musical piece but with a variant cover.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-22
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 6

"Oscar Wilde in America," Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper 1882

General Physical Description note: Collage of caricatures of Wilde. Captions: "Let me tell you the reason why we love the lily and the sunflower." "Satire is the homage which ignorance pays to genius." "An aesthetic reception." These caricatures were also published in Lloyd Lewis Oscar Wilde Discovers America (1936).

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-2
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 25

"Oscar Wilde, the apostle of aestheticism," Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1882 January 21

General Physical Description note: After Napoleon Sarony photograph.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-43
Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 3

"Our Captious Critic: Our derby tip: Oscar Wylde's new hat!," The Illustrated and Dramatic Sporting News 1884 May 24

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-65

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 96.
Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 5

"Our Captious Critic: At the healtheries, Oscar in China," The Illustrated and Dramatic Sporting News 1884 August 9

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-67

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 98.
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 9

"Our Oscar as he was when we loaned him to America" / "Our Oscar as he appears on being returned to us!" / "The American lady who purchased our Oscar's tresses and 'banged the chignon' with them" / "Frightful foreshadowing of our Oscar's future should he continue to cut his hair and resume the knee breeches," Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News 1883 July 21

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-6, 39-7, 39-8, 39-9

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 90-92.
Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 5

"The poet and the puppets at the Comedy Theatre last night," by unknown artist, from unknown publication 1892

General Physical Description note: Illustrations of Mr. Hawtrey as the poet [O---r W---e], Mr. Brookfield as 'The Prince of Denmark,' [Mr. J---e] and Miss Venne as Ophelia. Originally included with a review of the one act play that preceded a performance of Lady Windermere's Fan [review now missing].

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-42
Box Wildeiana 21, Folder 10

"Prose" by unknown artist, Judy, or the London Serio-Comic Journal, 1886 December 1

General Physical Description note: Caricature of Oscar Wilde and a woman (Constance?) in conversation. Caption: Little wifey.--Then there were two great painters, and two great authors, and an eminent tragedian, and -- you! What a gathering together of congenial souls! He.--Yes! Rather too many of us, I thought, when there was only dinner enough for four."

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-40

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 101.
Box Wildeiana 10, Folder 7

"Quite Too Utterly Utter: An Aesthetical Roundelay," cover of sheet music by composer Robert Coote ca 1881

Physical Description: Boston: Oliver Ditson and Co.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-12
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 39

Set of American trade card templates satirizing the Aesthetic movement with caricatures of characters from Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience about 1885

Scope and Contents

Complete set of 6 American trade card templates with caricatures and quotes from various characters from Patience, including Bunthorne, the character based on Oscar Wilde. An additional card shows an example of one of these cards in use, with information printed for a clothier in Mount Vernon, New York. Purchase, 2023 (accession MS.2023.030).
Box Wildeiana 13, Folder 1

Sketch of Oscar Wilde, Westminster Budget, 1895 January 11

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-122

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 133.
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 7

"Society's hopes and fears. Hope no.2--Mr. Oscar Wilde," Society 1882 January 18

General Physical Description note: 'Let me play the lion too; I will roar, that I will do any man's heart good to hear me.'--Scene II, Act I, Midsummer Night's Dream.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-3

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 73.
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 52

Trade card showing an aesthetic dandy with a sunflower pinned to his chest and a quote from "Patience" about 1882

General

Purchase, 2019 (accession MS.2019.042).
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 17

"Utterly Utter: An Aesthetic Duet," reproduction of sheet music cover, ca 1882?

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-24

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 175.
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 2

"A wild'e' forecast: The author's call," Pick-Me-Up 1892 June 4

General Physical Description note: Two photographic copies of this cartoon in Wildeiana 2/24.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-46 and 36-16

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 114.
 

Performances, Lectures, Clippings, and Music Series 3.

 

Theatrical Productions Subseries 3.1. 1883-1998, undated

Scope and Contents note

This subseries contains materials relating to the production of plays and films centering on materials by or about Oscar Wilde . It is divided into two further subseries: 1.4.1, which covers productions of Wilde's work, and 1.4.2, which covers theatrical works based on Wilde himself or on his life.
 

Theatrical Productions of Wilde's Work Subgroup 3.1.1. 1883-1998, undated

Scope and Contents note

This subseries includes notes, reviews, articles, and memorabilia relating to the theatrical production of Wilde's works, and movies and plays based on Wilde's works. The series is arranged by the title of Wilde's work and, within title groupings, by the date of the production.
 

The Canterville Ghost

Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 25

Theater program and other materials for the Children's Theatre Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota) production at the Wadsworth Theater, Los Angeles, 1992 January 18

General Physical Description note: Gift of Sergio T. Morita, 1992 (MS.1992.002).
 

The Duchess of Padua

Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 26

Boudoir Theatre, U.K., production announcement, undated

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-1
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 12

Review for the German translation of The Duchess of Padua from an unknown publication, undated

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-133
Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 27

Theater program for production starring Miss Gale [Minna Gale Haynes, 1869-1944], at the Chestnut Street Opera House (Springfield, Massachusetts) 1891 August 31

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-4

Note

Purchase, 1956 (MS.1956.007)
Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 27

Theater program for production starring Miss Gale [Minna Gale Haynes, 1869-1944], at the Gilmore's Opera House (Springfield, Massachusetts). 1891 November 20

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-3

Note

Purchase, 1956 (MS.1956.007)
Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 27

Theater program for production starring Miss Gale [Minna Gale Haynes, 1869-1944], at Col. Sinn's New Park Theatre (Brooklyn, New York). 1891 December 14

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-2

Note

Purchase, 1956 (MS.1956.007)
 

A Florentine Tragedy

Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 28

Program for The New English Players production at Cripplegate Institute, London 1907 October 28

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-6
Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 29

Program for Mrs. Patrick Campbell [Mrs. Patrick Campbell, 1865-1940]and London Company production at the Royal Lyceum Theatre (Edinburgh, Scotland), 1908 September 19

General Physical Description note: Also includes information for Electra, byArthur Symons)

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-5
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 28

Part of a newspaper clipping entitled "Good Turns at Orpheum are all 'English'" from Examiner? 1913 January 21

General Physical Description note: Review of production starring Constance Crawley and Arthur Maude.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-30
 

The Harlot's House

Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 14

Program for Joseph Rickard's Negro Classic Ballet at the Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles 1951 February 24

Note

The performance contained a piece based on Harlot's House.
Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 14

Photograph of a scene from Street Lights," a ballet performed by The First Negro Classic Ballet of Joseph Rickard, Daily News 1951 September 22

 

An Ideal Husband

Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 14

Review from an unknown magazine, 1895

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-31
Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 14 & 15

Review in Pall Mall Budget, 1895 January 10

General Physical Description note: 2 copies.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-32 and 36-33
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 18

Review in Lika Joko with cartoons by Harry Furniss January 12, 1895

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-39

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory numbers 129 and 130.
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 27

Newspaper advertisements for the 1948 film starring Paulette Goddard. 1948

General Physical Description note: 4 versions of the advertisement in various sizes.
Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 16

"Oscar Wilde's wit is wrapped in tasteful luxury for films," review from unknown publication, 1948

Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 7

"Fashion in the films: costumes by Cecil Beaton for An Ideal Husband," from unknown publication, 1948

General Physical Description note: Includes sketches of the costumes.
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 26

Virginia Wright. Film review from Daily News 1948 March 12

Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 26

Edwin Schallert. "Ideal husband ornamental," from Los Angeles Times 1948 March 12

Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 30

Theater program for Ein idealer Gatte, Munich, Germany 1975 September 19

General Physical Description note: In Kleine Komodie Am Max-II-Denkmal, Munich, W.Germany.
 

The Importance of Being Earnest

Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 23

Frueh, Alfred Joseph, 1880-1968, Caricature of cast from The New Yorker 1947

General Physical Description note: Includes caricatures of Pamela Mary Brown, 1917-1975 ,Robert Flemyng, 1912-1995, Dame Margaret Rutherford, 1892-1972, andSir John Gielgud, 1904-2000.
Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 31

Program for National Youth Theatre production at the Shaw Theatre about 1971?

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-7
Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 32

Grey Friar's Amateur Dramatic Society production at the Court Theatre, London undated

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-8
Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 33

Program for George Alexander revival at St. James's Theatre, ca 1909?

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-9
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 25

Photograph of John Gielgud and Gwen Ffrangçon-Davies, London production, from unknown publication, ca 1939

Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 17

Photographs from the St. James's Theatre production, from unknown publication 1895

General Physical Description note: a. Caption (top): "Lady Bracknell: - 'London society is full of women of the very highest birth, who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.'" b. Caption (bottom): "Is this the handbag? Examine it carefully. The happiness of more than one life depends on your answer."

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-34, 36-35
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 2

Theater program for the St. James' Theatre production, 1895 February 14

General Physical Description note: 2 copies.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-10
Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 18

Review of production at St. James's Theatre, 1895 February 23

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-36
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 5

Theater program for the St. James's Theatre production, 1902 January 7

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-11

Note

Gift, UCLA Library Walter O. Schneider Collection, 1963 (MS.1963.014).
Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 18

Frank Harris, 1856-1931 , "Our dramatic critics: The importance of being earnest," from an unknown publication, 1902 January 18

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-37
Box Wildeiana 3.5G (formerly)

Theatre poster [black and white; 28.5 x 44 cm.] by A.E Green. 1912 May 1

General Physical Description note: This item is missing as of 2/25/2010.
Box Wildeiana 23, Folder 1

Poster for production by The Idlers Amateur Dramatic Club at Pretoria Hall, Sunbury, printed by A.M. Green, 1912

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-2

Note

Gift of Dawson's Bookshop, 1965 (MS.1965.005).
Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 2

Photograph of 1947 production by "Vandamm," from unknown publication, 1947 April

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 1

The Playbill for the Royale Theatre (New York) production 1947 May 5

General Physical Description note: 2 copies. Copy 2 contains insert for a production of William Congreve's Love for Love by Sir John Gielgud, 1904-2000.
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 24

Ezra Goodman, "Stage review" from Los Angeles Daily News 1951 June 27

General Physical Description note: Reviews performance at the Deauville Club, Santa Monica.
Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 1

Hollis Alpert, "SR goes to the movies," review of 1952 film from unknown publication, 1952

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 4 & 6

Adams Memorial Theatre (Williams College, Williamstown) playbill and program for Caps and Bells, Inc. production. 1957 December 12-14

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 7

Theater program for a German production of "Bunbury" 1962 November

General Physical Description note: With: Donald M. Brander, "Oscar Wilde: Meister des Dialogs." In Kleine Komodie Kleines Haus am Max II. Denkmal, vol.2 no.2.
Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 13

Materials related to Nobody's Earnest, performed at the Williamstown Theater, Williamstown, Massachusetts 1973

Note

Gift of H. Richard Archer, 1973 (MS.1973.008).
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 3

Performing Arts program for Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles production, 1977 January

Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 10

Dan Sullivan, "The importance of writing - and living - in 'earnest,'" from the Los Angeles Times 1977 January 23

General Physical Description note: Pre-production article concerning production at the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles.
Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 8

Melvin Maddocks, "A Wild Wilde Revival," from the Christian Science Monitor 1963 February 27

General Physical Description note: Review of the Repertory Theater Company's production.
 

Lady Windermere's Fan

Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 6

Photograph of a scene from theater production designed by Cecil Beaton, from an unknown publication, undated

General Physical Description note: Pictured: Cornelia Otis Skinner, Cecil Beaton, andPenelope Dudley-Ward.
Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 3

Photograph of Athene Seyler by Cecil Beaton, from an unknown publication, undated

Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 9

"Wilde play gets nowhere pleasantly," from unknown newspaper undated

General Physical Description note: Dateline given as San Francisco; production that starred Cornelia Otis Skinner and Henry Daniell.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-41
Box Wildeiana 30, Folder 25

St. James's Theatre announcement, undated

General Physical Description note: Also includes announcement for "The decree nisi", byJoshua Bates.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-13
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 9

Program for Forum Theatre (Los Angeles), featuring the Ernst Lubitsch film 1925

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-12
Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 8

Five reviews from various newspapers 1892

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-38
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 14, Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 7

Review in Pall Mall Budget 1892 February 25

General Physical Description note: 2 copies. Copy 2 in 14/14 also includes a caricature of Oscar Wilde and an illustration featuringMarion Terry as Mrs. Erlynne. Copy 2 from the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 105.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-39 (copy 1) and Wilde 39-121 (copy 2)
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 10

Review in Moonshine, with caricature of Wilde 1892 March 15

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-98

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 110.
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 7

Theater program, Palmer's Theatre (New York, N.Y.) 1893 February 13-18

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-14
Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 6

Three reviews for St. James's Theatre production, starring Marion Terry, 1904

General Physical Description note: Accompanied by an illustration with caption: Mrs. Erlynne comes to the dance, despite Lady Windermere's protest.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-40
Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 4

Herb Sterne, Review of the Theater Guild's revival in Script 1946 October 12

Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 5

Joseph Wood Krutch, 1893-1970, Review of 1946 production from The Nation 1946 November 2

General Physical Description note: Starring Penelope Dudley-Ward, 1919-1982.
Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 12

Franklin Daugherty, "'Lady Windermere's Fan' to be filmed as 'The Fan,'" Christian Science Monitor 1948 August 27

Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 11

E. J. Strong, "'Lady Windermere's Fan' made modern for film," Los Angeles Times 1948 August 28

Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 12

Gene Coughlin, "The wilful Jersey Lily," The American Weekly 1949 September 11

General Physical Description note: Short biographical piece on Lillie Langtry, 1853-1929, for whom Oscar Wilde wrote Lady Windermere's Fan.
 

Picture of Dorian Gray

Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 29

Erskine Johnson, "Twins," from Los Angeles Evening Times 1944 March 9

General Physical Description note: Article about the painters of the portraits used in the movie.
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 30

Photograph of Donna Reed in the 1945 film from an unknown publication, 1945

Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 31

Article about Angela Lansbury and her role in the 1945 film from unknown publication, ca. 1945

Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 11

"Oscar Wilde's famous parable makes a morbid, unusual film," synopsis from unknown publication, 1945 March 19

General Physical Description note: 3 leaves.
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 10

Teatr Pantomimy Kul (Lublin, Poland) theater program for Portret Doriana Graya 1982

Box Misc Mss Box "L"

Letter from Albert Lewin to Dudley Nichols regarding Nichols' opinion of 1945 film, 1945 March 22

Physical Description: Gift of David Scheidman, 2014 (MS.2014.004).
 

Salome

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 12

Program for Progressive Stage Society production at the Berkeley Lyceum Theatre, 1905

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-16
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 22

Paul Boyer, photograph of Lina Munte as Salome, ca 1896

General Physical Description note: Inscribed in ink on verso: "Lina Munte as Salome--First interpreter of the role?"

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-43
Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 10

"Mr. Wilde's forbidden play," Westminster Budget 1893 March 10

General Physical Description note: Prohibition by Lord Chamberlain to license the performance of Salome on the English stage.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-46
Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 19

Article about Richard Strauss opera based on Salome from unknown publication, 1905

General Physical Description note: With a photograph of Friedrich Kayssler, 1874-1945 as Iokanaan.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-54
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 12

Review of the New Stage Club production, San Francisco Argonaut, 1905 May 6

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-134
Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 19

Max Meyerfeld, "Literary Theatre Club: Salome and The Florentine tragedy," from an unknown publication, 1906 June 12

General Physical Description note: Review of the Literary Theatre Club productions.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-53
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 11

Program for production at Astor Theater (New York City), 1906 November 15

General Physical Description note: Includes information on "The Prophet", byEdward Elsner.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-15
Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 32

Libretto by Richard Strauss with English translations, for production by Oscar Hammerstein 1906

General Physical Description note: Cover title: Grand opera under the direction of Mr.Oscar Hammerstein.Libretto. The original Italian, French, or German libretto with a correct English translation. Cover imprint: Published by Charles E. Burden, New York. From the collection of Richard Butler Glaenzer.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-45
Box Wildeiana 5, Folder 9

Manhattan Opera House program, including Strauss opera 1908-1909

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-17
Box Wildeiana 5, Folder 1

Three Russian articles about a 1920 production of Salome 1920

General Physical Description note: 1. Russian article on a production of Salome; 2. Portrait of O. Gsovskaja as Salome; 3. Russian advertisement for a production of Salome.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-44
Box Wildeiana 5, Folder 8

Poster for production at KataKombe at Kellertheater (Frankfurt, Germany), 1973 Mar 10-1973 June 30

Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 9

Robert Breuer, "Lieblos durch Liebe," Aufbau 1975 March 7

General Physical Description note: Review of the NY State Theater production of Salome.
Box Wildeiana 18, Folder 1, Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 13

Program and poster for Richard Christopher Howard translation at University of Texas, 1978 July

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 14

Cornerstone Theatre Company program for The Actors' Gang in Richard Howard translation 1998 January 22-March 7

 

Vera; or The Nihilist

Box Wildeiana 5, Folder 10

Union Square Theatre Programme (New York). 1883 August 20

General Physical Description note: Presenting Marie Prescott as Vera.
Box Wildeiana 5, Folder 11

Union Square Theatre Programme (New York) 1883 August 25

General Physical Description note: Presenting Marie Prescott as Vera.
 

A Woman of No Importance

Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 20

Theater program from the Theatre Royal, Haymarket production of Herbert Beerbohm Tree ca. 1893

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-18
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 20

"The New Haymarket Piece: Sketches by a 'P.I.P.' artist," drawings of Herbert Beerbohm Tree production, from unknown publication, ca. 1893

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-19
Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 4

"'All London' at the Haymarket," Westminster Budget 1893 April 28

General Physical Description note: Review of the costume designs; with 3 illustrations of the actors.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-47
Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 2

Four reviews and one advertisement from different London newspapers 1893 April 28

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-51
Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 13

Review accompanied by an illustration by Stewart Browne, from unknown publication, 1893 April 29

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-50
Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 3

Edward Russell, "The theatre to-day and its teaching," Westminster Budget 1893

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-49

Note

Pasted on a page with the below article.
Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 3

Review of Haymarket Theatre production from unknown publication, 1893 April 19

General Physical Description note: Pasted on a page with the above article.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-48
Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 1

Lewis Waller, 1860-1915 , Parts I have played: a photographic and descriptive biography: 30 photographs and biographical sketch. ca 1909

General Physical Description note: Lewis Waller is the actor who played Lord Illingworth in A Woman of No Importance and Sir Robert Chiltern in An Ideal Husband. Clark copy is autographed by the author.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-52
 

Theatrical Productions about Wilde Subgroup 3.1.2. 1933-1997, undated

Scope and Contents note

This subseries includes notes, reviews, articles, and memorabilia relating to the theatrical production of works about Oscar Wilde. The series is arranged by the title of the work and, within title groupings, by the date of the production.
 

The Importance of Being Oscar

Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 17

Milton Shulman, "It's brilliant, this oral biography of Oscar Wilde," Evening Standard undated

Note

Review of Michael Mac Liammoir's performance at the Apollo.
 

Oscar

Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 15

Playbill for the Derby Playhouse production. 1974

General Physical Description note: Two person production "devised and played by Peter Clark and Mark Woolgar."
Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 15

T.L.S. from Mark Woolgar, Derby Playhouse, Derby, England to Edmond G. Harris, Dept. of Fine Arts Productions, UCLA. 1974 April 7

General Physical Description note: Includes includes photocopied reviews.
 

Oscar Wilde

Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 18

Photograph by Vandamm of a scene from Oscar Wilde 1939 March

General Physical Description note: Images shows actor John Carol.
Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 20

Angus McBean, photograph of Robert Morley 1959

General Physical Description note: Caption: "Robert Morley, whom American audiences recall in the title role of 'Oscar Wilde,' plays the Prince Regent opposite Wendy Hiller in 'The First Gentleman,' by Norman Ginsburg in which both may be seen in New York."
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 15

Cast Theatre program & playbill for the production by Leslie and Sewell Stokes, Los Angeles 1977 May

Box Wildeiana 23, Folder 7

Poster advertising Los Angeles Cast Theatre production, 1977 May

 

Oscar Wilde's Wife

Box Wildeiana 5, Folder 2

Rachel Fischer , "The Backstage Life of 'Oscar Wilde's Wife,'" Westside Weekly 1997 May 16

Box Wildeiana 2, item 43

Los Angeles Times advertisemnt for the Odyssey Theatre (Los Angeles) production 1997 May 20

Box Wildeiana 5, Folder 4

Philip Brandes, "Earnest Yet Troubled, 'Oscar Wilde's Wife,'" Los Angeles Times 1997 May 30

 

Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride by Gilbert & Sullivan

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 9

Program for the Merstham and District Amateur Operatic Society (London) production with an introduction by A.J.A. Symons 1933 February 9-11

Note

Purchase, 1955 (MS.1955.001).
 

Saint Oscar

Box Wildeiana 5, Folder 5

Kevin Jackson, "Running Wilde on the Road," The Independent 1989 September 15

General Physical Description note: Review of the Field Day Theatre Company production.
 

Wilde

Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 23

Stephen Fry, "Life and Letters: Playing Oscar," The New Yorker 1997 June 16

General Physical Description note: p. 82-88.
Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 19

Postcard advertisement for the movie 1998

Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 21

Kevin Thomas, "Full-blooded 'Wilde' offers definitive portrait of Oscar," Los Angeles Times 1998 May 1

Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 22

Kevin Thomas, "Born to be Wilde," Los Angeles Times 1998 May 7

 

A Wilde Evening with Shaw

Box Wildeiana 2, Folder 16

Melvin Maddocks , review in The Christian Science Monitor 1963 March 7

 

Other productions and events

Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 24

Flyers and other promotional material for WildeWeek events in Los Angeles, organized by the Purple Circuit and the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, 1996-1997

 

Reviews and Articles Subseries 3.2. 1881-1997, undated

Scope and Contents note

This subseries contains newspaper and journal articles relating to Wilde and his work. Materials are listed by the decade in which they were published.
 

1880s

Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 5

C. Jay Lillie, "Grosvenor Grotesques," with caricature of Wilde, Society 1881 June 1

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-95

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 69.
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 47

Review of Poems, Harper's New Monthly Magazine 1881

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-20
Box Wildeiana 7B, item 56

Ten clippings about Oscar Wilde, Vera; or The nihilist, and his lecture, "Personal impressions of America" 1881-1894

General Physical Description note: From various newspapers and magazines

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-137
Box Wildeiana 24, Folder 19

"Welcome to Oscar Wilde" printed poem signed "M.T.F." about 1882

Box Wildeiana 30, Folder 2

"Oscar Wilde, the Apostle of Aestheticism -- from a photograph by Sarony, and sketches by a staff artist" with associated article on verso, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper 1882 January 21

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 4

"Oscar Wilde's Visit to America," from unknown publication 1882 January 24

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-91
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 27

Clipping on Wilde from Folio, mentioning lecture in Cambridge, Massachusetts about 1882

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 9

"Oscar Wilde at the P.P.C" clipping from unknown source, with note from later collector (Christopher Millard?) 1882?

Box Wildeiana 10.21 (formerly)

"Oscar Wilde vient ici pour un soir seulement, conférence sur l'art decoratif, au théâtre du Grand Opera, vendredi soir 16 Juin (1883)," from unknown publication, 1883 June 16

General Physical Description note: Photocopy of an announcement in a French newspaper for Oscar Wilde's lecture, "Art decoration." There is a photocopy of this item located in Wildeiana 10, but the original is thought to be missing as of 2/25/2010.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-33
Box Wildeiana 13, Folder 19

"Le Caron: He says he is out of pocket by his patriotism," with drawing of Oscar Wilde, from unknown newspaper, 1889 February

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-96

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 102.
 

1890s

Box Wildeiana 5, Folder 15

William Archer, "Mr. Oscar Wilde's "Dorian Gray," Pall Mall Budget 1890 July 3

General Physical Description note: Review of The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-23
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 46

William Archer, Review of Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and other stories, from unknown publication 1891

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-22
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 39

M. Friedericko, "The Green Carnation," unknown publication 1890

General Physical Description note: Article about a hybrid green carnation made popular by Oscar Wilde.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-31
Box Wildeiana 13, Folder 7

Public Letter to Oscar Wilde from "The candid friend," from unknown magazine 1893 June 1

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-136
Box Wildeiana 24, Folder 10

"Private Views" from To-Day (satire of Wilde in conversation) 1893 November 11-1894 March 31

Scope and Contents

Includes clipped columns from 11 November 1893, 18 November 1893 and 31 March 1894, plus one undated clipping.
Box Wildeiana 13, Folder 14

"Mrs. Oscar Wilde at Home," To-Day 1894 November 24

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-100

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 125.
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 16

Review of An Ideal Husband from an unknown newspaper 1895

Box Wildeiana 30, Folder 1

Gilbert Burgess, "'An Ideal Husband' at the Haymarket Theatre: A Talk with Mr. Oscar Wilde," The Sketch 1895 January 9

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 29, Folder 1

Gilbert Burgess, "A Talk with Oscar Wilde," reprint of article from The Sketch in an unknown American newspaper 1895

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
 

News Coverage of Wilde's Trials 1.5.3.

Box Wildeiana 17

Contemporary newspaper clippings covering Wilde's 3 trials and other related legal actions 1895-1914

Note

Scrapbook containing well-organized news clippings on Wilde's trials as well as Douglas v Ransome and Ross v Crosland and Douglas. The compiler is unknown. Contents are kept in chronological order and newspapers collected are as follows:
I. First trial, three days: Daily Telegraph; Aftermath: The Star II. Second trial: The Telegraph, The Star III. Third trial: The Star, The Telegraph, The Evening News and seven other papers; Retrospective view: The Star IV. Libel action of Lord Alfred Douglas against Arthur Ransome (April 1913): The Star and seven other papers
Scrapbook missing front cover. First few leaves are very loose -- handle with care!
Purchase, 1973 (MS.1973.007).

Physical Condition

This item is very delicate. Please handle with care.
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 21

Clippings regarding bankruptcy 1895

Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 17

Clippings regarding Wilde v. Queensberry 1895

Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 18

Clippings regarding Regina v. Wilde and preliminary hearings at Bow Street Magistrates' Court 1895

Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 19

Clippings regarding Regina v. Wilde, fracas between Queensberry and Percy Douglas, and application for bail 1895 May

Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 20

Miscellaneous post-trial clippings

Box Wildeiana 26

Clipping album from the collection of Dr. Albert Moll 1895-1910

Language of Material: German.

General

Album of clippings from German-language newspapers. Originally part of a collection compiled by Albert Moll on Wilde. Purchase from Bertram Rota, 1950 (accession MS.1950.048).
Box Wildeiana 24, Folder 1

Advertisement for "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" second edition, published in The Athanaeum 1898 February 19

 

1900s

Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 3

William Archer, "A Drama and its Story," unknown newspaper 1904

General Physical Description note: Review of the German translation of The Duchess of Padua, translated by Max Meyerfield.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-28
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 5

Clippings on Wilde's death from the T.P. Gerson collection 1900 November

General

Apparently a page excised from T.P. Gerson's news clipping scrapbooks including 8 different clippings from various newspapers reporting on Wilde's death. T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 12

Arthur Symons, Review for the French translation of Oscar Wilde's Intentions, The Academy 1905 October 7

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-132
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 37

Two reviews for De Profundis 1905 March

General Physical Description note: In a Glasgow publication and Circle.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-29
Box Wildeiana 4, Folder 19

William Archer, "About the Theatre. The English drama in Germany--A talk with Dr. Meyerfield--Oscar Wilde , Bernard Shaw, Gordon Craig --German Managers and Authors--The Kaiser and the Theatre," unknown newspaper, 1906

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 36-55
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 13

"Oscar Wilde" by Archibald Henderson, The Arena 1907 March

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 4

"The Dramas of Oscar Wilde" by Archibald Henderson, The Arena 1907 August

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 22

Clippings regarding the publication of Wilde's Collected works in the US 1907-1908

Box Wildeiana 24, Folder 18

Clipping listing signatories to tribute of Robert B. Ross and telegrams to Ross sent on occasion of his honorary dinner at the Ritz 1908

Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 19

G.K. Chesterton, review of Methuen's "Poems and Plays" by Oscar Wilde clipping about 1908

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 29, Folder 3

"Is Oscar Wilde Alive?" Los Angeles Examiner 1908 November 22

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 14

Miscellaneous posthumous clippings about Robert Ross, Wilde and his works, and Cyril Holland's death about 1900-1935

Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 6-7, 21

Miscellaneous clippings related to Wilde's circle and notes by T.P. Gerson on Wilde 1905-1950?

General

Subjects include Henry Harland, Henri Mazel, and performer Edwards Davis.
From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
 

1910s

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 28

"Concerning Oscar Wilde Fifteen Years Later: Revival of Interest in his Works, and Kindly Oblivion that has Enshrouded the Man," The New York Times, ca 1915

Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 14

"The Rehabilitation of Oscar Wilde" by Edwards Davis, Los Angeles Herald Sunday Magazine 1910 August 21

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 23

Clippings on Wilde's tomb 1912

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 24

Review of Arthur Ransome's Oscar Wilde: A Critical Study, from T.P.'s Weekly 1912 March 29

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 33

"Placing Oscar Wilde in Literature," Current Literature 1912 November

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 11

"Lord Alfred Douglas loses his case," from Daily Sketch 1913 April 23

General Physical Description note: Accompanied by a photograph of Wilde and Douglas.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-78

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 149.
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 34

De Profundis: Suppressed fragments held in The British Museum for publication in 1960, The Cornhill Booklet 1914

General

From the Samuel Wright collection of Wildeiana (MS.1963.017)
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 12

Book review for Oscar Wilde, his Life and Confessions, by Frank Harris, Modern Society 1914 February 21

General Physical Description note: Picture of Wilde on magazine cover.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-16
Box Wildeiana 13, Folder 18

"Oscar Wilde in 1880," Puck 1914 November 28

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-97

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 66.
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 24

Clippings related to Lord Alfred Douglas's custody of his son Raymond 1916

Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 25

Clippings related to various Lord Alfred Douglas libel trials

Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 26

Ross v. Douglas clippings 1914

Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 27

T.H.W. Crosland conspiracy case clippings 1914

Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 28

Clippings regarding Lord Alfred Douglas libel of Frederick H. Custance 1914

Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 29

Douglas v. Ransome and Ross clippings 1913

Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 23

Miscellaneous clippings related to Lord Alfred Douglas about 1900-1915?

Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 48

Clipping regarding Major Nelson of Reading Gaol and Wilde 1914 October 13

Box Wildeiana 29, Folder 5

"Intimate Revelations Concerning Oscar Wilde" (about Frank Harris memoir), unknown newspaper 1916 August 20

General

From the Samuel Wright collection of Wildeiana (MS.1963.017)
Box Wildeiana 30, Folder 4

Review of A Critic in Pall Mall by Oscar Wilde, The Times Literary Supplement 1919 Oct 30

General

From the Samuel Wright collection of Wildeiana (MS.1963.017)
Box Wildeiana 29, Folder 4

Review of The Collected Poetry of Lord Alfred Douglas in The Times Literary Supplement 1919 November 6

General

From the Samuel Wright collection of Wildeiana (MS.1963.017)
 

1920s

Box Wildeiana 29, Folder 2

"Book Sales and Rare Books," The Evening Post 1920 April 10

General

Article about Stetson sale, originally laid in Lögnens förfall och andra uppsatser Oscar Wilde (Clark call number *PR5818 I613S 1893).
Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 15

Caesareon, "Für Oskar Wilde ... !", Die Freundschaft, 1921 August 20-26

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-84

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 150.
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 32

First page of Plain Speech edited by Lord Alfred Douglas 1921 December 3

General

From the Samuel Wright collection of Wildeiana (MS.1963.017).
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 36

"Books of the Day: An Oscar Wilde Fragment, Love in Burmah" (review of For the Love of the King), unknown newspaper 1922 October 20

General

From the Samuel Wright collection of Wildeiana (MS.1963.017)
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 38

"A Burmese Masque," review of For the Love of the King), unknown newspaper 1922 October 26

General

From the Samuel Wright collection of Wildeiana (MS.1963.017)
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 30

Charles Wells, "Written in a Library" column on The Yellow Book, Bristol Times and Mirror 1922 Nov 25

General

From the Samuel Wright collection of Wildeiana (MS.1963.017)
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 35

"Heard at the Cinema: Gossip about films" with photograph of Alla Nazimova in Salome, Round the Town 1923 May 12

General

From the Samuel Wright collection of Wildeiana (MS.1963.017)
Box Wildeiana 30, Folder 3

Oscar Wilde, "Notes and Comments on Modern Poetry," Cassell's Weekly 1923 May 16

General

From the Samuel Wright collection of Wildeiana (MS.1963.017)
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 37

Still photograph of Alla Nazimova in a scene from the filmed adaptation of Salome; press photograph of Dorothy Hurst as Salome in "The Midnight Follies" at the Hotel Metropole, Round the Town 1923 May 19

General

From the Samuel Wright collection of Wildeiana (MS.1963.017)
Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 1

Elisabeth Marbury, "My Crystal Ball," Saturday Evening Post 1923 September 15

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-32
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 31

"Tragic Echoes" (review of Echo de Paris by Laurence Housman), Sunday Times 1923 October 22

General

From the Samuel Wright collection of Wildeiana (MS.1963.017)
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 20

"Lily Langtry's Own Memoirs: Oscar Wilde as I knew him," The Sunday Express 1925 February 1

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 18

Edmund Gosse, Review of Osbert Burdett's The Beardsley Period, The Sunday Times 1925 February 8

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 22

J.C. Squire, Review of Osbert Burdett's The Beardsley Period, The Observer 1925 February 8

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
 

1930s

Box Wildeiana 24, Folder 27

"Oscar Wilde's Unwritten Play" by T.H. Bell, in The Bookman 1930 April-May

Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 12

"A Letter from Lord Alfred Douglas on Andre Gide's Lies about himself and Oscar Wilde" set forth with comments by Robert Harborough Sherard 1933

Box Wildeiana 4, item 33

"Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills," British authors of the nineteenth century 1936 November

Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 10

"Bernard Shaw's Edition of Frank Harris's Oscar Wilde, letter to the editor by Robert H. Sherard, The Border Standard 1938 October 22

Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 15

Miscellaneous clippings about revivals of Wilde's plays and plays about Wilde about 1923-1950

 

1940s

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 30

Richard Armour, "Books: Wilde, Leader and Follower," Script, 1948 August

General Physical Description note: Review of Edward Roditi's Oscar Wilde.
Box Wildeiana 4, item 36

Oliver St. John Gogarty, "Speranza, that Remarkable Woman," Vogue, 1949 April 15

Box Wildeiana 4, item 37

Harford Montgomery Hyde, "Richard Le Gallienne: Poet of the 'Nineties,'" The Listener, 1947 October 16

Box Wildeiana 4, item 35

Horace Thorogood, "Lord Queensberry Reveals "Unknown" Wilde Letters," The Evening Standard, 1948 November 8

Box Wildeiana 4, item 34

Frances Winwar, "Some Postscripts to Oscar Wilde," The Saturday Review of Literature, 1940 August 17

General Physical Description note: Article about the furor over the Epstein memorial and events following Oscar Wilde's death.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-240
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 36

Transcript of a book review for Oscar Wilde, Selected Works, edited by Richard Aldington, Times Literary Supplement, 1946 November 16

Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 17

Review of Hesketh Pearson's Oscar Wilde, His Life and Wit, Los Angeles Times 1946 July 21

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 33

"Book about Wilde," from unknown newspaper ca 1949

General Physical Description note: About a luncheon given by the Marquess of Queensbury to mark the publication of his book Oscar Wilde and the Black Douglas.
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 34

Two book reviews for George Woodcock's The Paradox of Oscar Wilde, unknown publications, 1949 June 30-1950 February 12

Box Wildeiana 4, item 38

"Oscar Wildes Sturz in den Abgrund," Die Presse (Vienna), 1949 July 23

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 32

"Wilde Play Bought at London Auction," Christian Science Monitor, 1949 July 28

 

1950s

Box Wildeiana 4, item 39

Sarah A. Dickson, "News of the Month," Bulletin of the New York Public Library 1950 July

General Physical Description note: Contains mention of a Wilde manuscript (Act I and II of The Importance of Being Earnest ) in the Arents Tobacco Collection.
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 51

Sir Travers Humphreys, "The Importance of Being Oscar Wilde: Disaster at the Height of his Fame," News of the World, 1952 February 24

Box Wildeiana 4, item 40

Harford Montgomery Hyde, "The Truth about Oscar Wilde," News of the World, 1950 November 30

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 50

"Author of the Month: H. Montgomery Hyde," Books to Come: An Advance List for Bookbuyers, 1951 July

General Physical Description note: no. 81. H. Montgomery Hyde is pictured on the cover and described as one of the authors of the month, including a personal background and short list of books published, including 'The Trials of Oscar Wilde'.
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 23

Vivian Mercier, "The Fate of Oscar Wilde," Commonweal, 1955 February 18

General Physical Description note: Review of Vyvyan Beresford Holland's Son of Oscar Wilde and The Works of Oscar Wilde, edited by G.F. Maine.
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 53

D.J. Thomas, "Easy Ethics for Editors" offprint, Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors, 1956 Summer

General Physical Description note: Mentions Oscar Wilde at end of article.
Box Wildeiana 5, Folder 14

"Oscar Wilde after Fifty Years," Times Literary Supplement, 1950 November 24

General Physical Description note: Book review for various books.
 

1960s

Box Wildeiana 10, Folder 2

"Um Conselho de Wilde," O Estado de São Paulo: Suplemento Literário. 1962 September 8

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 25

William E. Conway, "Additions to the Oscar Wilde Collection," UCLA Librarian, 1966 August

Box Wildeiana 10, Folder 1

Robert R. Kirsch, "Oscar Wilde: Footnotes to a Fabulous Fop.," Los Angeles Times, 1962 October 21

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 26

Clotilde Marghieri, "Le lettere di Oscar Wilde," La Nazione (Florence, Italy) 1962 September 21

General Physical Description note: Review of The Letters of Oscar Wilde, edited byRupert Hart-Davis.
Box Wildeiana 4, item 21

Moray McLaren, "Wilde: the Self-portrait Preserved," The Scotsman, 1962 June 23

General Physical Description note: Review of The Letters of Oscar Wilde, edited bySir Rupert Hart-Davis.
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 27

"Oscar Wilde's Last Manuscript 'Revealed' to Public after 50 Years," Arizona Daily Star 1960 January 4

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 21

"Oscar Wilde edition" of KPFK 90.7 Program Folio, October 14-27, 1963

 

1980s

Box Wildeiana 5, Folder 12

Mary Madison, "Peninsulan's Old Manuscript is a Literary 'Find,'" Peninsula Times Tribune (Palo Alto, California) 1982 September 4

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 16

Aleta Watson, "Discovery about Wilde Leads to Another: Typescript Turns up after Publicity about S.J. Visit," San Jose News, 1982 September 9

General Physical Description note: 2 copies.
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 17

Cheryl Greggans, "English professor verifies Oscar Wilde manuscript," Daily Spartan 1982 September 8

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 18

Jack Schreibman, "Edited Transcript of De Profundis Surfaces," Associated Press release, 1982 September 2

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 19

Harry Farrell, "Document May be 'Dirty' Copy of Wilde Letter," San Jose Mercury, 1982 September 7

General Physical Description note: Photocopy of original article.
 

1990s

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 20

Frederick H. Berger, "Wilde Child," Propaganda: Gothic Chronicle, no. 23, pages 22-27 1996 Fall

Box Wildeiana 5, Folder 16

Michael Bracewell, "Saint Oscar is Now among Us," Financial Times, 1997 October 11-12

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 48

Christina Cheakalos and Nina Biddle, "Walk on the Wilde Side," People, 1998 June 15

General Physical Description note: Article about Merlin Holland.
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 42

Partial photocopy of article on Oscar Wilde's influence with quotes from Allen Ginsberg, Quentin Crisp, Alexander McQueen and others, Attitude Magazine 1995

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 44

Adam Gopnik, "A Critic at Large: The Invention of Oscar Wilde," The New Yorker 1998 May 18

Box Wildeiana 5, Folder 13

Richard Christopher Howard, "Wilde Thing," Los Angeles Times Book Review, 1998 May 31

General Physical Description note: Book review of Oscar Wilde's Oxford Notebooks, edited by Philip E. Smith II and Michael S. Helfand; The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde, edited byPeter Raby ; The Wilde Album, byMerlin Holland ; Wilde the Irishman, edited by Jerusha McCormack; The Uncollected Oscar Wilde, edited by John Wyse Jackson; and André and Oscar by Jonathan Fryer.
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 43

Randy Katz, "Oscar Wilde Grandson Says Writer Would Side with Flynt," Cincinnati Post, 1998 March 23

General Physical Description note: Photocopy with handwritten notes by Merlin Holland.
Box Wildeiana 5, Folder 17

Mitchell Owens, "On Irving Place with Merlin Holland: The Importance of Being Honest: Oscar Wilde's Grandson is Accepting his Family's Legacy," New York Times, 1998 May 28

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 41

Peter Raby, "The Making of The Importance of Being Earnest : an Unpublished Letter from Oscar Wilde," Times Literary Supplement 1991 December 20

General Physical Description note: Photocopy.
 

undated

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 29

"Oscar Wilde had the chance to go abroad," undated

General Physical Description note: Fragment of an article from an unknown newspaper.
Box Wildeiana 14, Folder 12

"Tragedy of genius: Oscar Wilde's Dying Wish about his Debts, Disposing of Rumours," from unknown publication, undated

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-135
Box Wildeiana 12, Folder 4

"The New Babylon: Oscar and the Lord Chamberlain," Yule tide, undated

General Physical Description note: p.13.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-66

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 117.
 

Sheet Music and Associated Items Subseries 3.3. 1882-1914, undated

Scope and Contents note

This subseries contains sheet music inspired by Wilde's work and his life. The items are arranged alphabetically by title.
Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 15

"Dream of the Lily Waltz," Composer: Carl Uschman. ca 1882

General Physical Description note: 2 copies. Boston: Oliver Ditson and Co.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-19
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 17

"The Flippity Flop Young Man" (reproduction of cover) 1882

General Physical Description note: "2d ed., with additional verses"

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-61
Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 11

"The Flippity Flop Young Man," Composer: E. Jonghmans, 1882

General Physical Description note: London: Francis Bros. and Day

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-14
Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 20

"Forget-Me-Not Waltzes," Amy Henry 188-?

General Physical Description note: New York: W.A. Evans and Bro.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-23
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 17

"Forget-Me-Not Waltzes" (reproduction of cover) 188-?

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-25
Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 13

"Jolly Utter Galop," Composer: O. Heyer ca 1882

General Physical Description note: Boston: Oliver Ditson and Co.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-16
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 17

"Jolly Utter Galop" (reproduction of cover) ca 1882

General Physical Description note: Reproduction of songsheet cover.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-23
Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 18

"Oscar Wilde Galop," by composer F.H. Snow ca 1882

General Physical Description note: 2 copies with same cover; Box 7/Folder 19 contains the same item with a variant cover. Chicago: National Music Co.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-21
Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 19

"Oscar Wilde Galop," by composer F.H. Snow ca 1882

General Physical Description note: Chicago: National Music Co. The items in folder 18 are the same musical piece, but have a different cover.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-22
Box Wildeiana 11, Folder 13

"Oscar, Dear!" (original), Composer: Monroe H. Rosenfeld. Cincinnati: F.W. Helmick. 1882

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-13

Note

White album mount cut for this item is housed in the bottom of Box 23.
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 17

"Oscar, Dear!" (reproduction of cover) undated

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-22
Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 17

"Oscar's Schottische," Composer: Charles Boote, Jr ca 1882

General Physical Description note: Boston: Oliver Ditson

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-17
Box Wildeiana 10, Folder 7

"Quite Too Utterly Utter: an Aesthetical Roundelay." Composer: Robert Coote. Boston: Oliver Ditson and Co. 1882

General Physical Description note: Composer: Robert Coote [not after 1926]. Boston: Oliver Ditson and Co.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-12
Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 12

"Sun Flower Polka," Composer: Charles Coote, Jr., undated

General Physical Description note: Boston: Oliver Ditson and Co.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-15
Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 16

"Too All But Waltz," Composer: Maurizio G Giannetti. 1882

General Physical Description note: Boston: Oliver Ditson.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-20
Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 14

"Too Utterly Utter March," Composer: C. Faust. 1882

General Physical Description note: Boston: Oliver Ditson and Co.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-18
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 17

"Utterly Utter: An Aesthetic Duet" (reproduction of cover) ca 1882

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-24
Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 2

"Loved for Evermore," Edwin Christie, composer. Chicago: National Music Co., ca 1883

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-1

Note

Gift of Espey, John J. (John Jenkins), 1913-2000, 1974 (MS.1974.005).
Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 8

"In the Forest," Edwin Tilden, Composer. Boston: Miles and Thompson, 1891

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-9
Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 9

"Oh! Beautiful Star," Lawrence Kellie, composer. London: Robert Cocks and Co., 1892

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-10

Note

2 copies.
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 55

"The Oscar Songster: Oscar's Working on a Fresh Job Now," ca 1895

General Physical Description note: 2 leaf songsheet.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-2 and Wilde 38-3
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 55

"Dada's Baby Boy," (part of "The Oscar Songster" songsheet) ca 1895

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-2
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 55

"I Do Not Sigh for Wealth," (part of "The Oscar Songster" songsheet) ca 1895

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-2
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 55

"Parody on Daisy Bell," (part of "The Oscar Songster" songsheet) ca 1895

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-2
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 55

"Love Me Little, Love Me Long," (part of "The Oscar Songster" songsheet) ca 1895

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-2
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 55

"Oh! Oscar Wilde, We Never Thought You was Built That Way," (part of "The Oscar Songster" songsheet) ca 1895

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-3
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 55

"Leaving thy Father and Mother," (part of "The Oscar Songster" songsheet) ca 1895

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-2
Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 7

"Two lyrical songs: 'At Rest,' words by Oscar Wilde and 'Oranges,' words by Leigh Hunt," H. V. Jervis-Read, composer. London: Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew, Ltd., 1910

General Physical Description note: Proof copy inscribed toRobert Baldwin Ross from the composer.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-8
Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 6

"Ballad of the Greek Seas : Opus 23," H. V. Jervis-Read, composer, London: Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew, Ltd. 1911

General Physical Description note: 2 copies, copy 2 has variant cover ("Professional Copy"). Songs for voice and piano with poems by Oscar Wilde.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-7
Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 4

"Four Impressions: Opus 28," H. V. Jervis-Read, composer. London: Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew, Ltd. 1911

General Physical Description note: Sheet music . Songs for voice and piano with poems by Oscar Wilde.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-4
Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 3

"From Springtime to Winter : Opus 25," H. V. Jervis-Read, composer, London: Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew, Ltd. 1913

General Physical Description note: Sheet music. 2 copies. Songs for voice and piano with poems by Oscar Wilde.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-5
Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 5

"Requiescat : Opus 21," H. V. Jervis-Read, composer, London: Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew, Ltd., 1911

General Physical Description note: Sheet music. 2 copies. Songs for voice and piano with poems by Oscar Wilde.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-6
Box Wildeiana 7, Folder 10

H Clough-Leighter, composer, Seven songs. [Includes "Requiescat" by Oscar Wilde]. Boston: The Boston Music Co. 1914

General Physical Description note: Purchase, 1977 (MS.1977.016).

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 38-11
 

Oscar Wilde in America Subseries 3.3. 1882-1883, 1978-1990, undated

Scope and Contents note

In 1882, Oscar Wilde made a tour of America. Upon his return to England, he toured that country, giving his impresions of America. This subseries contains documents associated with these lectures. The reader is advised to consult the rest of the collection for more materials concerning these tours. Items are arranged chronologically.
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 31

"The English Renaissance," Chickering Hall, New York City, invitation with wax seal, 1882 January 9

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-8

General

Wilde's lecture at Chickering Hall was January 9, 1882.
Box Wildeiana 22, Folder 1

"A Talk with Wilde: The Apostle of the Aesthetes Enunciates his Views,' The Philadelphia Press, 1882 January 17

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-16
Box Wildeiana 21, Folder 4

"Wilde and Whitman: The Aesthetic Singer Visits the Good Gray Poet," Philadelphia Press, 1882 January 19

General Physical Description note: On the same page: part of an article entitled, "Not a Wilde idea, after all."

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-15
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 29

"Oscar Wilde's Visit to America" (photostat) 1882 February 4

General Physical Description note: Later printing of Wildeiana 7.68 (January 24, 1882)

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-12
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 38

Announcement for lectures on "Art Decoration" and "The House Beautiful" in San Francisco 1882 March 29

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-10

Note

"Complimentary" from bookseller John Howell, December 1922 (MS.1922.002).
Box Wildeiana 21, Folder 5

"Art and Aesthetics: Arrival of Oscar Wilde -- A Tribune Reporter Escorts him to the Opera House," The Tribune (Denver, Co.), 1882 April 13

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-18
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 30

Program for "Art Decoration," Association Hall, Philadelphia, 1882 May 10

General Physical Description note: Printed on translucent paper with an etching of Oscar Wilde by James E. Kelly printed underneath. Printed by Art Interchange Press.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-9
Box Wildeiana 23, Folder 2

"Oscar Wilde's Lecture," The Evening Light (San Antonio, Texas), 1882 June 22

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-17
Box Wildeiana 18, Folder 10

Twelve announcements from various London newspapers about Wilde's lecture, "Personal Impressions of America" at Princes' Hall in Picadilly. 1883 June 30-1883 July 7

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-21
drawer 52, item MS.2009.024

"Oscar Wilde thoroughly exhausted," Daily Evening Times (Saint John, New Brunswick) 1882 November 30

General Physical Description note: Original newspaper from 1882 describing Wilde in New York. (Gift of Gabrielle Lopez, 2009).
Box Wildeiana 21, Folder 1

Twelve announcements from various London newspapers about Wilde's lecture, "Personal Impressions of America" at Princes' Hall in Picadilly. 1883 June 30-1883 July 7

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-24
Box Wildeiana 22, Folder 4

Ten announcements from various London newspapers about "Personal Impressions of America," 1883 June 30-1883 July 9

General Physical Description note: Regarding Oscar Wilde's lecture, "Personal Impressions of America"

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-25
Box Wildeiana 22, Folder 3

Six announcements from various London newspapers about "Personal Impressions of America, " 1883 July 2-1883 July 7

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-19
Box Wildeiana 21, Folder 2

Six articles from various London papers criticizing Oscar Wilde's appearance and his lecture, "Personal impressions of America," 1883 July 2-1883 July 7

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-20
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 26

Program for "Personal Impressions of America," Princes' Hall, Picadilly, 1883 July 10

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-11
Box Wildeiana 22, Folder 9

"Mr. Oscar Wilde on America," The Freeman's Journal (Dublin), 1883 July 11

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-31
Box Wildeiana 22, Folder 2

"Mr. Oscar Wilde on America," The Echo, 1883 July 11

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-22
Box Wildeiana 22, Folder 2

"Mr. Oscar Wilde on America," The Morning Post 1883 July 12

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-23
Box Wildeiana 22, Folder 6

Five reviews and satires from English newspapers about "Personal Impressions of America" 1883 July 18-1883 July 21

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-26
Box Wildeiana 22, Folder 8

Review of "Personal Impressions of America," Sheffield Telegraph, 1883 July 12

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-30
Box Wildeiana 22, Folder 5

Three reviews from English newspapers about "Personal Impressions of America" 1883 July 12

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-27
Box Wildeiana 22, Folder 7

Four reviews from various English newspapers of "Personal Impressions of America" 1883 July 12

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-28
Box Wildeiana 22, Folder 8

"Mr. Oscar Wilde on America," The Era, ca 1883

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-29
Box Wildeiana 22, Folder 10

"Exit Oscar," Truth, 1883 July 19

General Physical Description note: Critical review of "Personal Impressions of America."

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-32
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 28

Small broadside for "Personal Impressions of America," Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 1883 October 8

Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 27

Program for lecture on "The House Beautiful," The Royal Institution, Hull, 1883 October 16

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-13
Box ms Wilde 24, Folder 35

Program for lectures on "The House Beautiful" and "Personal Impressions of America," Gaiety Theatre, Dublin 1883 November 22 and 23

General

Program acquired along with a letter from Nannie Florence Dryhurst to Alfred Robert Dryhurst, 22 November 1883, describing her impressions of Wilde and the lecture. Purchase, 2013 (accession MS.2013.010).
Box Wildeiana 10, Folder 10

O'Connell, Dan, "Bohemian Experiences of Oscar Wilde and Sir Samuel Baker," San Francisco Chronicle, (photocopy) 1897 October 2

Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 32

T. Lentton Meyers , "Oscar Wilde and Williamsburg." In Society for the Preservation of Nineteenth Century Williamburg, Significant monograph series, no.1, 1978 April 1

General Physical Description note: April Fool's Day satiric article. With this: T.L.S., dated September 14, 1982, from the author to the Clark Library.
Box Wildeiana 10, item 11

William Warren Rogers , "In Defense of Oscar Wilde: Mary E. Bullock on his Savannah appearances in 1882," The Georgia Historical Quarterly, v.74 no.3, 1990 Fall

General Physical Description note: Clark copy is inscribed to John Bidwell from the author
 

Biographic and Bibliographic Information and Resources Series 4.

 

Collection Management, Exhibits, and Relations with Other Collections Subseries 4.1. 1887-1996, undated

Scope and Contents note

This subseries contains materials related to the development of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library's collection of Wilde materials. Included are inventories of other collections, dealer lists, correspondence with collectors, and notices of special events at the Clark Library and elsewhere.
 

Correspondence Files Subgroup 4.1.2. 1922-1996, undated

Scope and Contents note

This subseries contains correspondence relative to the development of the Clark Library Collection. It is arranged in order of the author, then by date.
 

A-L

Box ms Wilde 4, Folder 15

Berland, Marion to William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1931 April 18

General Physical Description note: TLS 1 leaf. Stationery headed: Marion Berland Books, 5 West 52 Street, New York.... With this: 5 p. description of Wilde works for sale.
Physical Location: B5141L C596 1931 Apr. 18

General note

References: Dulau 59, XLIX
Box Wildeiana 24, Folder 3

Bodleian Library, Oxford to Clark Library staff 1951

Box ms Wilde 55, Folder 30

Brentano's to William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1922 May 25

General Physical Description note: TL 1 leaf. Stationery headed: Brentano's, Fifth Avenue and 27th Street, New York City. With: Rosenbach, TLS to W.A. Clark, May 19, 1922.
Physical Location: R8131L C596 1922 May 19

General note

References: Finzi 151
Box ms Wilde 10, Folder 68

Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce to William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1931 March 25

Physical Location: C5745L C596 1931 Mar. 25

General note

References: Finzi 249
Box Clarkive Pre-34 Box 5, Folder 35, Box ms Wilde 10, Folder 70

William Andrews Clark, Jr., to Lord Alfred Douglas, 1932 August 28

General Physical Description note: TL 2 leaves. Typed carbon copy, unsigned.
Physical Location: C596L D733 1932 Aug. 28

General note

References: Finzi 252
Box ms Wilde 16, Folder 1 and 7

Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas to William Andrews Clark, Jr. 1930-1934

General Physical Description note: 6 letters. Stationery headed: 35 Fourth Avenue, Hove, Sussex.

General note

References: Finzi 361-366

Also available on microfilm:

CLC 1687
 

Holland, Vyvyan Beresford, 1886-1967.

Box ms Wilde 32, Folder 21

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934. 1923 August 18

General Physical Description note: TLS 4 leaves. Stationery headed: 41 Carlyle Square, Chelsea, SW. 3.
Physical Location: H737L C596 1923 Aug. 18

General note

References: Finzi 1120

Also available on microfilm:

CLC 1381; Wilde 33-8
Box ms Wilde 32, Folder 21

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934. 1923 November 26

General Physical Description note: ALS 4 p. Stationery headed: 41 Carlyle Square, Chelsea, SW. 3. Without typescript.
Physical Location: H737L C596 1923 Nov. 26

General note

References: Finzi 1121

Also available on microfilm:

CLC 1381; Wilde 33-9
Box ms Wilde 32, Folder 21

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934. 1926 December 14

General Physical Description note: ALS 1 leaf. Stationery headed: 41 Carlyle Square, Chelsea, SW. 3. With this: ALS fromKate Rorke toOscar Wilde, illustrating an alternate spelling of Wilde's name.
Physical Location: H737L C596 1926 Dec. 14

General note

References: Finzi 1122

Also available on microfilm:

CLC 1381; Wilde 33-10
Box ms Wilde 32, Folder 21

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934 1927 March 16

General Physical Description note: ANS 1 leaf. Stationery headed: 41 Carlyle Square, Chelsea, SW. 3. Extracted from: Wilde, Oscar. Bezvyznamna zena. V Praza, 1927. [*PR5820, W871, 1927]
Physical Location: H737L C596 1927 Mar. 16

General note

References: Finzi 1123

Also available on microfilm:

CLC 1381; Wilde 33-11
Box Wildeiana 1, item 31

Henry E. Huntington to B.F. Stevens and Brown 1922 March 7

General Physical Description note: ALS. Declining their offer of painting. With this: Photocopy of ALS from B.F. Stevens and Brown to Henry E. Huntington offering him a painting of Oscar Wilde, February 17, 1922.
Box Wildeiana 24, Folder 2

H. Montgomery Hyde to Lawrence Clark Powell and H. Richard Archer 1950

Box ms Wilde 44, Folder 3

Sir Coleridge Kennard to William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1926 June 10

General Physical Description note: TL 1 leaf. Typed copy of a letter dated, Feb. 21, 1926. With: Millard, ALS to W.A. Clark, June 10, 1926.
Physical Location: M645L C596 1926 Jun. 10

General note

References: Finzi 1251

Also available on microfilm:

CLC 1368
 

Kennerley, Mitchell, 1878-1950.

Box ms Wilde 36, Folder 54

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934. 1923 December 3

General Physical Description note: TLS 1 leaf. Stationery headed: The Anderson Galleries, Park Avenue and Fifty-Ninth Street, New York.
Physical Location: K36L C596 1923 Dec. 3

General note

References: Finzi 1252
Box ms Wilde 36, Folder 54

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934. 1923 December 22

General Physical Description note: TLS 1 leaf. Stationery headed: The Anderson Galleries, Park Avenue and Fifty-Ninth Street, New York.
Physical Location: K36L C596 1923 Dec. 22

General note

References: Finzi 1253
Box ms Wilde 55, Folder 30

Kimball Ingalls to William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1922 May 22

General Physical Description note: TLS 1 leaf. Stationery headed: The Cheltenham Press, 4 West Fortieth Street, New York. With: Rosenbach, TLS to W. A. Clark, Jr., May 19, 1922.
Physical Location: R813L C596 1922 May 19

General note

References: Finzi 1256
Box ms Wilde 40, Folder 25

Louisville Free Public Library to William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1931 March 25

General Physical Description note: TLS 2 leaves. Stationery headed: Louisville Free Public Library, Louisville, Ky.
Physical Location: L8885L C596 1931 Mar. 25

General note

References: Finzi 1421
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 35

John E. Goodwin to A.J.A. Symons regarding Wilde collection at Clark Library 1936 November 6

 

M-Z

 

Meyers, T. Lentton

Box Wildeiana 10, item 12

William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA 1982 September 14

General Physical Description note: TLS
 

Millard, Christopher Sclater, 1872-1927.

Box ms Wilde 44, Folder 2

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934. 1922 July 25

General Physical Description note: TLS 1 leaf. Stationery headed: From the Bungalow at 8 Abercorn Place, London, N. W. 8. With this: TLS from Christopher Millard to W. A. Clark, dated July 12 1922; and TLS from Ernest Dressel North to W. A. Clark, dated August 10, 1922.
Physical Location: M645L C596 1922 Jul. 25
Box ms Wilde 44, Folder 2

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934. 1922 August 31

General Physical Description note: TLS 1 leaf. Stationery headed: "Christopher Millard. The Bungalow at 8 Abercorn Place, London, N. W. 8." With this: Carbon copy of a letter from William Andrew Clark, Jr. to Christopher Millard, dated 18 Sep. 1922.
Physical Location: M645L C596 1922 Aug. 31
Box ms Wilde 44, Folder 2

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934. 1922 October 9

General Physical Description note: TLS 1 leaf. Stationery headed: The Bungalow at 8 Abercorn Place, London, N. W. 8. With this: Five typed leaves, signed Stuart Mason, 9 Oct. 1922, containing notes on William Andrews Clark Memorial Library's Catalog of "Wilde and Wildeana."
Physical Location: M645L C596 1922 Oct. 9

Also available on microfilm:

CLC 1368
Box ms Wilde 44, Folder 2

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934. 1923 December 17

General Physical Description note: TLS 1 leaf. Stationery headed: Christopher Millard, The Bungalow, 8 Abercorn Place, London, NW 3.
Physical Location: M645L C596 1923 Dec. 17

General note

References: Finzi 1513

Also available on microfilm:

CLC 1368.20
Box ms Wilde 44, Folder 2

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934. 1924 December 29

General Physical Description note: TLS 1 leaf. Stationery headed: The Bungalow, 8 Abercorn Place, NW 3.
Physical Location: M645L C596 1924 Dec. 29

General note

References: Finzi 1514

Also available on microfilm:

CLC 1368.19
Box ms Wilde 44, Folder 2

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934 1925 July 28

General Physical Description note: TLS 1 leaf. Mimeographed circular letter. Concerns For Love of the King and Mabel WodeHouse-Pearse. With this: 1st and 2nd editions of the pamphlet, Who Wrote "For Love of the King"?
Physical Location: M645L C596 1925 Jul. 28

Also available on microfilm:

CLC 1368
Box ms Wilde 44, Folder 2

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934. 1925 August 10

General Physical Description note: TLS 1 leaf. Stationery headed: Christopher Millard, The Bungalow, 8 Abercorn Place, N. W. 8.... Contains references to Carl Sternheim's play, "Oscar Wilde," and to For Love of the King. With this: Poster advertising pamphlet Who Wrote "For Love of the King"?
Physical Location: M645L C596 1925 Aug. 10

Also available on microfilm:

CLC 1368
Box ms Wilde 44, Folder 2

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934. 1925 October 30

General Physical Description note: TLS 1 leaf. Stationery headed: The Bungalow, 8 Abercorn Place, NW. 3. With this: 11 leaves of quotations of Oscar Wilde material.
Physical Location: M645L C596 1925 Oct. 30

General note

References: Finzi 1515

Also available on microfilm:

CLC 1368.23
Box ms Wilde 44, Folder 3

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934. 1926 June 10

General Physical Description note: TLS 1 leaf. Stationery headed: The Bungalow, 8 Abercorn Place, N.W.8. With this: 6 leaves of typescripts of letters from Alfred Douglas, Roy Kennard, Frank Harris.
Physical Location: M645L C596 1926 Jun. 10

General note

References: Finzi 1516

Also available on microfilm:

CLC 1368.24
Box ms Wilde 44, Folder 3

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934. 1926 July 30

General Physical Description note: TLS 1 leaf. Stationery headed: The Bungalow, 8 Abercorn Place, N.W.8. With this: 7 leaves of quotations of Oscar Wilde's manuscripts.
Physical Location: M645L C596 1926 Jul. 30

General note

References: Finzi 1517

Also available on microfilm:

CLC 1368.25
Box ms Wilde 44, Folder 3

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934. 1926 September 28

General Physical Description note: TLS 1 leaf.Stationery headed: The Bungalow, 8 Abercorn Place, NW 3.
Physical Location: M645L C596 1926 Sept. 28

General note

References: Finzi 1518

Also available on microfilm:

CLC 1368.26
Box ms Wilde 44, Folder 4

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934. 1927 April 25

General Physical Description note: TLS 1 leaf. Stationery headed: The Bungalow, 8 Abercorn Place, N.W.8. With this: 9 leaves of quotations of Oscar Wilde's material.
Physical Location: M645L C596 1927 Apr. L 25

General note

References: Finzi 1519

Also available on microfilm:

CLC 1368.27
Box ms Wilde 44, Folder 4

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934. 1927 May 26

General Physical Description note: TLS 1 leaf. Stationery headed: The Bungalow, 8 Abercorn Place, N.W.8. With this: 32 leaves of quotations of Oscar Wilde's material.
Physical Location: M645L C596 1927May 26

General note

References: Finzi 1520

Also available on microfilm:

CLC 1368.28
Box Wildeiana 24, Folder 4

Peters, Frederick E. to H. Richard Archer (Clark Library) 1950

 

Powell, Lawrence Clark, 1906-

Box Wildeiana 11.1 (formerly)

Hyde, Harford Montgomery, 1907-1989. 1951-1952

General Physical Description note: 11 letters. Powell inquiring and arranging for the microfilming of all the Oscar Wilde material in the British Museum for the Clark Library. These items appear to be missing as of 2/25/2010.
 

Rosenbach, Abraham Simon Wolf, 1876-1952.

Box ms Wilde 55, Folder 30

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934. 1922 May 19

General Physical Description note: TLS 1 leaf. Stationery headed: The Rosenbach Company. With this: Another TLS from Rosenbach, dated May 26, 1922; also, TLS from Brentano's to Rosenbach, and TNS from Ingalls Kimball of the Cheltenham Press to Rosenbach.
Physical Location: R8131L C596 1922 May 19

General note

References: Finzi 1828
Box ms Wilde 55, Folder 30

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934. 1922 May 26

General Physical Description note: TLS 1 leaf. Stationery headed: The Rosenbach Company. With: Rosenbach, TLS to W. A. Clark, May 19, 1922.
Physical Location: R8131L C596 1922 May 19

General note

References: Finzi 1829
 

Ross, Margery, d. 1956.

Box ms Wilde 55, Folder 35

William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA 1951-1952

General Physical Description note: 25 items. Various pages and sizes. Correspondence between Margery Ross, wife of a nephew of Robert Ross, and the Clark Library (H. Richard Archer and Lawrence Clark Powell) about her edition of Robert Ross letters, pub. by Cape in 1952.
Physical Location: R824L 1951-1952
 

Sethman, William G.

Box ms Wilde 62, Folder 12

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934 1931 August 20

General Physical Description note: ALS 2 p. Stationery headed: William E. Sethman, 6214 Wakefield Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Letter accompanied gift of 2 mss. Dealing with Oscar Wilde: Cf. Hedemann, Franzisca, baroness von. "[Two articles on Oscar Wilde]", [H452M3 T974].
Physical Location: S495 C596 1931 Aug. 20
Box Wildeiana 24, Folder 17

Julian Symons letter to Clark Library, with detached cover of Wilde trial clippings album

Scope and Contents

Letter describes the content of a package of Wilde-related material sent to the Clark Library.
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 52

Alan G. Thomas, Postcard from the Hotel d'Alsace to Lawrence Clark Powell, 1956

Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 23

Bruce Whiteman (Clark Head Librarian) to and from various booksellers and collectors, ca. 1998-2003

General Physical Description note: Includes copies of letters and emails to and from Bruce Whiteman regarding sales of Wilde-related items.
 

Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937.

Box ms Wilde 83, Folder 11

Clark, William Andrews, Jr., 1877-1934. 1922 November 29

General Physical Description note: ALS 4 p. Stationery headed: "Kirkstead," 25 Heath Drive, Hampstead, NW. 3.
Physical Location: W813L C596 1922 Nov. 29
Box Wildeiana 24, Folder 14

Miscellaneous transcripts of Wilde letters offered for sale to the Clark Library (some purchased, some not)

 

Exhibitions and Collections Subgroup 4.1.2. 1951-2017

Scope and Contents note

This subseries contains lists, posters, photographs and other materials relating to the display and inventory of collections of Oscar Wilde papers in institutional and private settings. Arrangement is alphabetical by institution or person and then by assigned title.
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 40

Gleeson Library Associates, University of San Francisco, Invitation for "Oscar Wilde and the Church of Rome," a talk by Wade C. Hughan 1995 October 15

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 54

Gleeson Library Associates, University of San Francisco, Invitation for "The Importance of Being Oscar," a lecture by John Paterson, 1966 October 9

General Physical Description note: Also a viewing of an exhibition of Edgar Newton Kierluff's collection on Oscar Wilde.
Box Wildeiana 5, Folder 18

Photographs and exhibition labels from an exhibit of Mary Hyde Eccles' Oscar Wilde collection at the Grolier Club, 1965 October

General Physical Description note: 8 Photos, black and white, 20.5 x 25.5 cm and 24 labels. Gift of Lady Eccles, July 1966 (MS.1966.002)
Box ms Wilde 34, Folder 8

Collection of photostats of manuscripts and pamphlets in the National Library of Ireland. 1951

General Physical Description note: Photostats. 50 leaves.
Physical Location: I65L W6725 1951

General note

References: Finzi 1238
Box Wildeiana 23, Folder 8

"Rediscovering Oscar Wilde" conference poster, The International Conference of Princess Grace Irish Library, Monaco, 1993

General Physical Description note: 59.5 x 40 cm.
 

Oscar Wilde Centenary.

Box ms Wilde 50, Folder  1-2

Assorted correspondence, announcements, speeches, etc. 1954

General Physical Description note: 50 pieces. Various sizes.
Physical Location: O812Z O812 [1954]
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 49

Clippings, catalogs, and letters 1954 October

General Physical Description note: 27 items.
Box ms Wilde 50, Folder  1-2

Correspondence regarding Oscar Wilde centenary luncheon. 1954

General Physical Description note: 258 letters. Various sizes.
Physical Location: O812Z C824 [1954]
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 3

Letter by Eric Barton printed in The Clique regarding centenary 1954 August 28

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 20

Lawrence Clark Powell, "The Clark collection of Oscar Wilde," (typescript) 1953 March 18

General Physical Description note: 3 leaves. Story of how Powell acquired 2 rare manuscripts for the Clark Wilde collection. Formerly 5 leaves, but only 3 are extant as of 2010.
Box ms Wilde 52, Folder 7

Queensberry, Francis Archibald Kelhead Douglas, 10th marquis, 1896-1954 , A collection of holograph manuscripts and printed books by or relating to Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas. 1951 May 15

General Physical Description note: Typescript. 3 leaves. Typed list of the Marquess of Queensberry's collection. With this: ANS from Lord Queensberry's secretary to Dr. Lawrence Clark Powell, May 15, 1951.
Physical Location: Q24Z C697 1951 May 15

General note

References: Finzi 1712
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 13

Press release and brochure for the exhibit "Oscar Wilde: L'impertinent absolu" at the Petit Palais, Paris October 2016-January 2017

General

This exhibit contained 22 loans from the Clark Library's collection, including the R.G. Harper Pennington portrait of Wilde and many manuscript items.
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 41

"Sundry Letters of the Late Oscar Wilde in the possession of R.N. Green-Armytage" 1913

Scope and Contents

Descriptions, transcriptions and some reproductions of Oscar Wilde letters in the collection of R.N. Green-Armytage. A letter from Green-Armytage to Christopher Millard is pasted in at the front of the notebook, dated 6 September 1913.
 

Booksellers' Catalogs Subgroup 4.1.3. 1922-1981, undated

Scope and Contents note

This subseries contains lists and catalogs provided by booksellers offering Oscar Wilde materials. It is arranged alphabetically by bookseller name and date.
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 57

American Book Auction Catalogue. Sale no.131 1948 June 11

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 58

American Book Auction Catalogue. Sale no.131, p. 27/28 1948 June 11

General Physical Description note: 1 leaf (p. 27/28).
Box Wildeiana 24, Folder 5

American Library Service Wilde list 1951 June 16

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 21

Arthur F. Vesper's Special list "M" 1950

General Physical Description note: 1 leaf describing 2 ALS
Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 20

Arthur F. Vesper's Special list "O" 1950

General Physical Description note: 1 leaf describing ALS from Wilde to his publishers
Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 9

Arthur F. Vesper's Special list "P" 1952 October 28

General Physical Description note: 5 leaves containing some Oscar Wilde material, including one loose leaf.
Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 8

Arthur F. Vesper's Special list "LI" 1953

General Physical Description note: 5 leaves containing some Oscar Wilde material, also includes one page of unidentified list.
Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 14

Chas. S. Boesen. Clipping from catalogue #20 with a description of The ballad of Reading Gaol (1903) and The priest and the acolyte, undated

Box Wildeiana 1, Folder 8

B.F. Stevens and Brown. Catalogue, correspondence and photocopies of other material related to Harper Pennington portrait of Oscar Wilde, 1922

General Physical Description note: Dealer's description with information about provenance; photocopy of ALS from B.F. Stevens and Brown to Henry E. Huntington offering him the painting, February 17, 1922; photocopy of ALS from Henry E. Huntington to B.F. Stevens and Brown declining their offer, March 7, 1922.
Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 35

Duschnes. Leaf from catalog 118, 1955 May

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 30

Elkin Mathews. Catalogue 105, item 1160, 1947 April

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 33

Elkin Mathews. Catalogue 128 1952 Autumn

Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 8

Francis Edwards undated

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 2

Estate of Gabriel Wells. Catalogue no. 3, 1949

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 24

Estate of Gabriel Wells. Catalogue no. 4, 1950

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 40

G.F. Sims. 2 leaves from a catalogue 1956 May 21

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 16

G.F. Sims. Autumn catalogue, 1950

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 34

G.F. Sims. Catalogue 17, 1952 November 4

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 19

George A. Van Nosdall. List 1121, 1949 May

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 22

George A. Van Nosdall. List 1133, 1949 October

General Physical Description note: Includes a letter by Lord Alfred Douglas
Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 38

George A. Van Nosdall. List 1283, 1955 May

Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 8

Gilbert H. Fabes, list no. 6 1925 August

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 6.1J (formerly)

Frank Hollings, Catalogue no. 232. 1948

General Physical Description note: Includes some unusual Aubrey Beardsley material. This item appears to be missing as of 2/25/2010.
Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 15

James F. Drake. 1 leaf offering 2 Wilde items undated

Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 8

James F. Drake, 2 leaves excised from catalogs offering Wilde items undated

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 10

John Howell, Catalogue 34, 1963

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 27

Kroch Bookstore, Chicago, 40th anniversary sale catalog, clipping description of 5 Wilde items, 1947 November

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 32

Maggs Bros. Leaf from unknown catalogue, undated

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 4

Maggs Bros. 6 Wilde items pasted onto 2 leaves, 1939 July 12

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 25

Maggs Bros. Catalogue 773, item 68 1948 April

General Physical Description note: Alfred Douglas' typescript of Oscar Wilde
Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 1

Maggs Bros. Catalogue 804 1951

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 23

Maggs Bros. List containing Wilde items accompanied by TLS to H. Richard Archer. 1951 April 5

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 31

Maggs Bros. Catalogue 811, 1952 November 29

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 36

Maggs Bros. Catalogue 814, item 779, 1953 April

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 11

Maggs Bros. Catalogue 1021, 1981

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 43

Maison Chavaray Catalogue 692, lot 26.703, 1957 October

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 7

Myers and Co. Catalogue no. 351, page 50 1948 Spring

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 5

Myers and Co. Catalogue no. 351 1948 Spring

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 13

Myers and Co. Clipping from a catalogue describing 2 ALS from Oscar Wilde to Cyril Maude and Joseph Anderson, 1951 August 20

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 37

Bernard Quaritch. Catalogue no. 714, pp. 43-44, undated

Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 8

P.F. Madigan, 2 clipped pieces of ads including Wilde works undated

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 28

Robert K. Black List no. 8, item 220, 1947 December

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 3, Box Wildeiana 24, Folder 6

Robert K. Black List #21 1951

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 59

Sotheby and Co. Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books, including the property of the Marquess and Marchioness of Queensberry, 1952 March 10-11

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 12

Sotheby and Co. Leaf containing description of a notebook by Oscar Wilde, undated

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 17

Sotheby and Co. Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books, 1950 April 3

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 18

Sotheby and Co. Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books, 1951 March 12

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 39

Sotheby and Co. De Coppet sale catalogue, lot 1746 (2 leaves) 1956 May 29

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 41

Sotheby and Co. Shaw sale (2 leaves) 1957 May 20

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 42

Sotheby and Co. Leaf with one Wilde item (lot 315), 1957 November 25

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 44

Sotheby and Co. Leaf with descriptions of 2 Wilde items and 1 Beardsley item, 1958 April 21-22

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 26

Swann Auction Galleries. Catalog 211, page 13 (description of 2 Wilde items), 1948 June 10

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 6

Swann Auction Galleries. 2 leaves of auction catalog 1949 February 10

Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 29

Zeitlin and Ver Brugge. Description of The Duchess of Padua original manuscript undated

Box Wildeiana 24, Folder 21

Offers of Wilde manuscripts to William Andrews Clark Jr. from various booksellers, some including transcripts of documents

 

Book Announcements Subgroup 4.1.4. 1887-1954

Scope and Contents note

This subgroup contains publisher's announcements of the publication of editions of Wilde's works and books about Oscar Wilde. The subseries is arranged by publisher.
Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 1

"Announcement of a new and greatly enlarged series of The Lady's World under the title of The Woman's World, 1887 October 26

General Physical Description note: 23 x 29 1/2 cm, mounted on card 28 1/2 x 41 cm.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-21
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 34

Prospectus for The Chameleon 1894

Box Wildeiana 9, Folder 2

Advertisement for The Yellow Book, 1896 January

General Physical Description note: Poster. Lists contents of vol. VIII and illustrated with reproduction of an Aubrey Beardsley drawing.
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 4

Prospectus Essays, Criticisms and Reviews 1901

Note

Possibly from the collection of Christopher Millard.
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 3

Prospectus for Vera 1902

Note

Possibly from the collection of Christopher Millard.
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 39

Prospectus for privately printed edition of The Duchess of Padua: a Tragedy of the Sixteenth Century 1903

General Physical Description note: Includes lengthy review by William Archer.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-25
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 38

Prospectus for privately printed edition of The Trial of Oscar Wilde, from the Shorthand Reports 1906

General Physical Description note: Paris: Privately printed.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-26
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 2

Advertisement for Robert Sherard's Life of Oscar Wilde about 1906

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 24, Folder 7, 25, Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 38

Printed statement by Robert Ross about pirated and authorized editions of Wilde's work 1908

Box Wildeiana 24, Folder 30

Letter from Robert Ross regarding the new authorized edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray 1908 February

Note

Likely from the collection of Christopher Millard.
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 15

Advertisement for Thomas B. Mosher's The Poetical Works of Oscar Wilde about 1908

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 12

Advertisement for Pearson Publishing's Works of Oscar Wilde about 1909

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 24, Folder 7

Prospectus for Oscar Wilde: Three Times Tried 1912

Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 9

Advertisement for The Happy Prince with illustrations by Charles Robinson, including a full color reproduction of one of the illustrations about 1913

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 24, Folder 13, Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 33

Prospectuses and order forms for Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions by Frank Harris about 1916

Box Wildeiana 4.1H (formerly)

Wm. H. Wise and Co. (New York). Oscar Wilde's genius dominant today! 1927

General Physical Description note: Four page advertisement for the printing of a deluxe edition of The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde.This item is missing as of 2/25/2010.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 37-27
Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 10

"A Letter from Lord Alfred Douglas on Andre Gide's Lies about Himself and Oscar Wilde" by Robert H. Sherard (pamphlet) 1933

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 45

Advertisement for Lloyd Lewis and Henry Justin Smith's Oscar Wilde Discovers America, Saturday Review of Literature 1936 May 23

Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 1

Promotional pamphlet and letter on Thomas H. Bell's Oscar Wilde Without Whitewash about 1942

General

From the T.P. Gerson collection (accession MS.1961.014).
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 31

"Out of copyright" newspaper fragment 1950

General Physical Description note: From an unknown newspaper. Announcement of the publication of Oscar Wilde's Essays, edited by Hesketh Pearson.
Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 24

Editorial Mayfe (Madrid), Announcement for Salome, drama en un acto, illustrated by Andres Lambert, 1953

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 22

Rodale Press prospectus for Lord Arthur Savile's Crime: A Study in Duty 1954

General Physical Description note: With insert entitled: "Rodale Press aims at high standard of craftsmanship. Will use best British book printers."
Box Wildeiana 24, Folder 9

Pomegranate Press printed ephemera and prospectuses

Box Wildeiana 24, Folder 29

Advertisement for the 2 volumes of Letters After Reading, offered by Davis & Orioli, booksellers

Note

Likely from the collection of Christopher Millard.
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 1

Prospectus for Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young

Note

Likely from the collection of Christopher Millard.
Printed with stamp from J. Littauer Kunst-Salon, Odeonplatz 2, München.
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 2

Prospectus for The Portrait of Mr. W.H.

Note

Possibly from the collection of Christopher Millard.
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 5

Prospectus for House of Pomegranates

Note

Possibly from the collection of Christopher Millard.
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 6

Prospectus for Oscar Wilde and Myself by Lord Alfred Douglas

Note

Possibly from the collection of Christopher Millard.
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 31

Miscellaneous papers related to Robert Ross and Thomas Bird Mosher about 1904-1930?

General

Miscellaneous material found housed together in an uncataloged file folder in 2017. Materials appear to be related to Robert Ross, Thomas Bird Mosher, Frank Harris and More Adey. Some were likely acquired with other Mosher material in 1949.
 

Memorabilia and Realia Subseries 4.2. 1912-1978, undated

Scope and Contents note

This subseries contains documents and objects that are souvenirs of places or events associated with Oscar Wilde. The items are organized by type.
Box Wildeiana 4, item 31

Birth announcement for Vivian Wilde (later changed to Vyvyan) in the births, marriages, and deaths section of Vanity Fair. 1886 November 13

Box Wildeiana 6, Folder 52

Business card from the Hotel D'Alsace, 1956

Box Wildeiana 23, Folder 4

"Plan of Reading Abbey (Adapted from plan by Dr. J.B. Hurry at the Reading Public Library)," undated

General Physical Description note: 38 x 49.5 cm.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 40-6
Box Wildeiana 18, Folder 5

Paper place mat from the Menger Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, 1968

General Physical Description note: 1 place mat; 25 x 38 cm. The Menger Hotel was one time host to Oscar Wilde.
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 15

Color photographs of Wilde's Tite Street house and Wilde's tomb in Pere Lachaise, 1978, 1982

General Physical Description note: Photographs & 35mm color slides of Oscar Wilde's memorial in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris (5 photos taken August 1977); color photographs of his home on Tite Street in London (7 photos taken November 1982). Gift of J. Balakrishnan, November 1994.
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 21

Reproduction of Wilde's inscription in "Cheiro's" visitors' book, 1892 October

General Physical Description note: William John Warner, "Cheiro", was an Irish astrologer.
Box Wildeiana 20, Folder 22

Photocopies of Wilde's consular death record and probate file, from "M. Roberts," 1996 October 28

General Physical Description note: With copy of letter from Steve Tabor (Clark Library) to Roberts.
 

Magdalen College.

Box Wildeiana 10, Folder 5

View of old gate and receipt for the photograph from Henry W. Taunt and Co. 1911

General Physical Description note: Photograph by Henry W. Taunt and Co. Photographic print: black and white (item 25); image 24.5 x 28.5 cm. A letter from Henry Taunt to Stuart Mason [aka Christopher Millard] answering his inquiry regarding photographs of Magdalen College in Wildeiana Box 9/Folder 19. From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 45.

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-31
 

Wilde's tomb and Pere Lachaise materials

Box Wildeiana 18, Folder 6

"Original photo of Oscar Wilde's tomb with press notice at back," (photograph of memorial by Jacob Epstein), undated

General Physical Description note: Photographic print: black and white; image 21.5 x 16.5 cm. Pasted on verso: Press release regarding opposition by the cemetery to the memorial.

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 169.
Box Wildeiana 10, Folder 9

"The Oscar Wilde memorial by Jacob Epstein, in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris," supplement to The New Age, 1912 June 6

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-82

General

From the collection of Christopher Millard, Clark purchase, 1927 (MS.1927.007); Millard inventory number 170.
Box Wildeiana 4, item 56

Souvenir maps of the Père Lachaise cemetery, 1978

General Physical Description note: 2 maps. Gift of J. Balakrishnan, November 1994.
Box Wildeiana 8, Folder 45

Photographs by Majl Ewing of Wilde's tomb, 1951

General Physical Description note: 2 Photographic prints: col.; images each 11.5 x 9 cm, mounted in paper folders. Gift of Majl Ewing, 1952 (MS.1952.013).
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 7

Card from Hotel de la Plage, Berneval-sur-Mer

Note

Possibly from the collection of Christopher Millard.
Box Wildeiana 25, Folder 8

Oscar Wilde prayer card after 1909

Note

Possibly from the collection of Christopher Millard.
Box Wildeiana 27

Oscar Wilde plush refrigerator magnet, from the Magnetic Personality series by The Unemployed Philosopher's Guild about 2016

General

Gift of Myron Yeager, 2020 (accession MS.2020.002)
Box Wildeiana 27

Oscar Wilde action figure, from Accoutrements: Outfitters of Popular Culture about 2004

Volume Wilde MS W6721M3 P954 1925 Dec. 25 Bound

Le prince heureux... traduction de W. H. Hart 1925 December 25

General Physical Description note: Typescript. 11 p. Title page decorated with water colors. Bound in flowered brocade cloth.

General note

References: Finzi 2476a
Clark shelfmark W6721M3 P954 1925 Dec. 25 Bound

Existence and Location of Copies note

Also available on microfilm: Wilde 25-11
Volume Wilde MS W6721M2 B188 [193-?] Bound

Ballade de la geole de Reading 1937

General Physical Description note: 1 volume (unpaged). 39 cm. In slip case. French translation of The Ballad of Reading Gaol, calligraphically rendered by Guido Collucci in red and black ink. Apparently one copy only was made and exhibited at the Artistes Italiens de Paris exposition, 12-27 November 1937. With this: two exhibition catalogs and a newspaper clipping (item removed).

General note

Clark shelfmark W6721M2 B188 [193-?] Bound

Existence and Location of Copies note

Also available on microfilm: Wilde 22-33
Volume Wilde MS W6721M3 N688 [1924] Bound

Nightingale and the rose (Calligraphic manuscript by Klaere Ulthoorn) 1924

General Physical Description note: MS 26 p. Bound in vellum, decorated in colors. Calligraphic manuscript of Wilde's story on handmade paper, with title page and first and final pages of the text decorated in colored ink. The calligrapher isKlaere Ulthoorn. In German.

General note

Clark shelfmark W6721M3 N688 [1924] Bound

Existence and Location of Copies note

Also available on microfilm: Wilde 24-25