T. Perceval Gerson Collection on Oscar Wilde MS.1961.014
Finding aid by Rebecca Fenning Marschall
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
2023
2520 Cimarron Street
Los Angeles 90018
clark@humnet.ucla.edu
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
.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection open to researchers.
Acquisition Information
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.
Biographical Note
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 .)
Preferred Citation
[identification of item, box/folder number], T. Perceval Gerson Collection on Oscar Wilde, MS.1961.014, UCLA William Andrews
Clark Memorial Library.
Processing Note
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 ).
Related Materials
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.
Scope and Contents
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
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
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 25
Thomas Nast, "The British Fungus and the Wild American Sunflowers, from Harper's
1882 January 12
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 26
Engraving of Wilde after Sarony portrait, from unknown periodical
about 1882
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 27
Clipping on Wilde from Folio, mentioning lecture in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 6-7
Clippings on Wilde's circle (including Henry Harland ) and notes by T.P. Gerson (?) on Wilde
1894-1905
Physical Description: Subjects include Henry Harland, Henri Mazel, and performer Edwards Davis.
box Wildeiana 29, Folder 1
Gilbert Burgess, "A Talk with Oscar Wilde" reprinted from The sketch in unknown American 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
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 5
Clippings from various newspapers reporting on Wilde's death and bankruptcy annullment from T.P. Gerson collection
1900-1906
Physical Description: Apparently a page excised from T.P. Gerson's news clipping scrapbooks including 8 different clippings from various newspapers
reporting on Wilde's death.
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 21
Clippings on Wilde manuscripts, writings and Edwards Davis one-man show
1905-1931
Physical Description: Subjects include Henry Harland, Henri Mazel, and performer Edwards Davis.
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 2
Ad for Robert Sherard, Life of Oscar Wilde
about 1906
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 4
"The Dramas of Oscar Wilde" by Archibald Harrison, The Arena
1907 August
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 13
"Oscar Wilde" by Archibald Harrison, The Arena
1907 March
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 15
Advertisement for The Poetical Works of Oscar Wilde published by Thomas B. Mosher
about 1908
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 19
G.K. Chesterton, review of Methuen's Poems & Plays by Oscar Wilde
about 1908
box Wildeiana 29, Folder 3
"Is Oscar Wilde Alive?," Los Angeles Examiner
1908
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 12
Advertisement for Pearson Publishing's Works of Oscar Wilde
about 1909
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 14
"The Rehabilitation of Oscar Wilde" by Edwards Davis, Los Angeles Herald Sunday Magazine
1910 Aug 21
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 23
Clippings on Wilde's tomb
1912
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 24
Review of Arthur Ransome's Oscar Wilde: A Critical Study, from T.P.'s Weekly
1912 March 29
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 33
"Placing Oscar Wilde in Literature," Current Literature
1912 November
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 9
Advertisement for The Happy Prince with illustrations by Charles Robinson, including a color reproduction of one of Robinson's
plates
about 1913
box Wildeiana 29, Folder 2
Article about Stetson sale, The Evening Post
1920
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 18
Edmund Gosse, Review of Osbert Burdett's The Beardsley Period, The Sunday Times 1925 February 8
1925 Feb 8
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 20
"Lily Langtry's Own Memoirs: Oscar Wilde as I knew him," The Sunday Express
1925 Feb 1
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 22
J.C. Squire, Review of Osbert Burdett's The Beardsley Period, The Observer, 1925 February 8
1925
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 16
Who Wrote "For the Love of the King"? circular, 2nd ed
about 1925
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 8
Gilbert H. Fabes, list no. 6
1925 August
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 29
Esther Johnston (New York Public Library), Letter to Robert Sherard
1933
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
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 1
Pamphlet and letter related to publication of Thomas H. Bell's Oscar Wilde Without Whitewash
1942
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 17
Review of Hesketh Pearson's Oscar Wilde, His Life and Wit, Los Angeles Times
1946 Jul 21
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 3
Letter by Eric Barton printed in The Clique regarding centenary
1954 August 28
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 28
Oscar Wilde unfinished caricature by Finch Mason
undated
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 8
James F. Drake, 2 leaves excised from catalogs offering Wilde items undated
undated
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 8
P.F. Madigan, 2 clipped pieces of ads including Wilde works
undated
box Wildeiana 28, Folder 8
Francis Edwards catalog
undated
