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Gerson (T. Perceval) Collection on Oscar Wilde
MS.1961.014
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Contributing Institution:
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Title: T. Perceval Gerson collection on Oscar Wilde
source:
Gerson, T. Perceval (Theodore Perceval), 1872-
Identifier/Call Number: MS.1961.014
Physical Description:
36 items
Date (inclusive): 1882-1954
Abstract: Clippings, ephemera, bookseller descriptions, and other material about or related to Oscar Wilde, originally collected by
Dr. T. Perceval Gerson.
Physical Location: This collection is stored at the Clark Library.
Language of Material:
English
.
Collection open to researchers.
This collection was transferred to the Clark Library from the main UCLA Library around 1961 (MS.1961.014). During the UCLA
Library's processing and cataloging of the Gerson collection, it appears that the clippings and other material related to
Oscar Wilde were deemed more appropriate for the Clark Library's collections and were separated from the rest of the Gerson
collection. More details about this collection history can be found in the "Biographical Narrative" section of the
UCLA LSC finding aid to the Gerson collection.
Gerson was born on May 27, 1872 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; awarded MD, University of Pennsylvania, 1895; pursued post-graduate
work at Johns Hopkins Medical School for three years; interned in large eastern hospitals, and taught pathology at Johns Hopkins;
practiced medicine in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, 1899-1903; in 1903 moved to Los Angeles, California; member of the Severance
Club, a cultural conversation group, serving as president from 1917 until his death; founder, charter board member and leader
of Hollywood Bowl Association; trustee of the Metropolitan University; director, the Southern California branch of the American
Civil Liberties Union; physician to the California State Personnel Board; also a member of the California State Medical Society
and the Los Angeles County Medical Association; died in Glendale, California in 1960. (biography from the UCLA Special Collections
finding aid to the Gerson papers,
available online .)
[identification of item, box/folder number], T. Perceval Gerson Collection on Oscar Wilde, MS.1961.014, UCLA William Andrews
Clark Memorial Library.
The material in this collection was processed and described in 2022 by Rebecca Fenning Marschall, and is also included in
the Clark Library Wildeiana finding aid (
available via the OAC ).
The materials in this collection originated in the collection of T. Perceval Gerson. His papers and other autograph and clippings
collections are a part of UCLA Library Special Collections. Please see the
UCLA LSC finding aid to the Gerson collection for more information.
This collection consists of ephemera, clippings, and other material related to Oscar Wilde and his circle, originally from
the T. Perceval Gerson collection. These items are also described as a part of the Clark Library's Wildeiana finding aid (
available via the OAC ). Materials include caricatures, clippings, and other ephemera produced during Wilde's lifetime (particularly during his
1882 tour of North America), as well as clippings, booksellers' catalogs, and other material from after his death in 1900
up to the 1950s.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ephemera--England--19th century
Caricatures -- 19th century
Clippings -- 20th century
Gerson, T. Perceval (Theodore Perceval), 1872-
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900