Finding Aid for the Holbrook Jackson Papers, 1907-1948
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Finding Aid for the Holbrook Jackson Papers, 1907-1948
Collection number: 212
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Manuscripts Division staff
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, July 2002
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Holbrook Jackson Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1907-1948
Collection number: 212
Creator:
Jackson, Holbrook, 1874-1948
Extent:
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Holbrook Jackson (1874-1948) was born in Liverpool, England. He began publishing articles at age 16 while working as a clerk.
He co-edited the
New Age in 1907 and edited
T.P.'s Magazine, which he later bought out in order to edit his own literary journal,
To-Day (1917-23). He also wrote many books. The collection contains literary manuscripts including the manuscript of
Great Soldiers (written under the pseudonym George Henry Hart) and four letters written by Jackson to various persons.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Elkin Mathews Limited, purchase, 1958.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Holbrook Jackson Papers (Collection 212). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Jackson was born on December 31, 1874 in Liverpool, England; although he never attended college, he was a voracious reader
who began publishing articles at age 16 while working as a clerk; he co-edited the
New Age in 1907, and edited
T.P.'s Magazine, which he later bought out in order to edit his own literary journal,
To-Day (1917-23); wrote many books, including:
Bernard Shaw (1907),
William Morris (1908),
Great English Novelists (1908),
The Eighteen Nineties (1913),
Romance and Reality (1911),
All Manner of Folk (1912),
Southwest ho! and Other Essays (1914),
Occasions (1922),
The Anatomy of Bibliomania (1930, 1931),
The Fear of Books (1932), and
The Reading of Books (1946); he died on June 16, 1948.
Scope and Content
Collection contains literary manuscripts of essayist and author Holbrook Jackson. Includes
The Eighteen Nineties,
Great English Novelists,
Memoria Technica (fragments), and
Lords of Language. Also includes the manuscript of
Great Soldiers (written under the pseudonym George Henry Hart) and four letters written by Jackson to various persons.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Jackson, Holbrook, 1874-1948--Archives.
Authors, English--20th century--Archival resources.
Note
Description derived from in-house card file.
Box 1
The Eighteen Nineties. London, 1913. First published by Grant Richards, London, 1913.
Physical Description: 3 p.l., 5, 370 leaves. 28 cm. Manuscript, holograph and typescript, with copious corrections. Bound in cloth.
Box 1
Great English Novelists. London, 1907. First published by Grant Richards, London, 1908.
Physical Description: 2 p.l., 5, 170, 23, 25, 25 leaves. 26.5 cm. Holograph manuscript with copious corrections. Bound in cloth.
Scope and Content Note
Contents: Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, Tobias Smollett, Laurence Sterne, Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens,
Thackery, Edward Bulwer-Lytoon, Benjamin Disraeli and George Meredith.
Box 1
,Great Soldiers, by George Henry Hart [pseudonym]. London, 1909. First published by Grant Richards, London, 1911, under the name George Henry Hart.
Physical Description: 3 p.l., 5, 51, 23, 46, 40, 18, 21, 12, 13, 16 leaves. 26.5 cm. Holograph manuscript with copious corrections. Bound in cloth.
Scope and Content Note
Contents: Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Julius Caesar, Henry V, Marlborough, Frederick the Great, Wolfe, Washington, Napolean,
Wellington, Havelock, Lee, Grant and Gordon.
Box 1
Letters, signed, to various persons. v.p., v.d.
Physical Description: 4 items. Holograph.
Scope and Content Note
- 2 letters to Mr. Lees, February 13, 1945 and February 26, 1948.
- 1 letter to Julian Symons, April 24, 1944,
re A.J.A. Symons.
- 1 letter to A.J.A. Symons, April 10. 1926.
- With these: 1 letter to Jackson from John Nicolas Mavrogordato, May 1, 1931.
Box 1
Memoria Technica; fragments. London, ca. 1918-1941.
Physical Description: 194pp. 32.5 cm. Holograph manuscript.
Scope and Content Note
Notes on a wide range of subjects, written in a Goldoni Book. These books are as used in The Gordon Craig School for the Art
of the Theatre...
Index, pp.192-194.
Box 2
Lords of Language. Extracts from the Notebooks of a Bibliophile. London, ca. 1937-1948.
Physical Description: 5 vols. Holograph manuscript. Bookman's holiday II appears on the spines.
Scope and Content Note
This work was intended as a sequel to
Bookman's holiday, and was in an advanced stage of preparation when the author died. It was to consist of 54 sections, 37 of which appear in
these volumes.
