Finding Aid for the Kenneth MacKenna Collection of Material About George Bernard Shaw, 1885-1949
Finding Aid for the Kenneth MacKenna Collection of Material About George Bernard Shaw, 1885-1949
Collection number: 670
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
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Back to Methuselah. London: Constable & Company.
Date: 1922.Copy signed by roster of actors who appeared in the play. At the end of page Only the author by G. Bernard Shaw (greatly pleased with the Envoy). Catalogued in rare book section.
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Intelligent woman's guide to socialism and capitalism, London
Date: 1928.5 line inscription to Floryan Sobeniowski, dated 13th July, 1928. Yes: this is a first impression. You can tell by page 442. On the fifth line there is a mistake in grammar: the word were should be was. The first correction made, though not the only one, was of this error. Signed. Catalogued in rare book section.
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John Bull's other island. How he lied to her husband. Major Barbara. London
Date: 1907.Inscription to Mrs. Emery from G. Bernard Shaw, 13th December 1907. Catalogued in rare book section.
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Mrs. Warren's profession. London, Grant Richards.
Date: 1902.2 line inscription to J.H. Levy, doughty champion of Personal Rights, holograph, signed, 5th June 1902. Catalogued in rare book section.
- Moore, Edris - dedication to in
Dramatic Opinions and Essays. Signature of G.B. Shaw.
Date: date August 23, 1917.Catalogued in rare book section.
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Press Cuttings: a topical sketch. London.
Date: 1909.Inscription Mrs. Emery from yours faithfully, G.Bernard Shaw, November 1909. Catalogued in rare book section.
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What I really wrote about the war. New York, Brentano's
Date: [1932].With lengthy inscription to William Randolph Hearst, dated San Simeon, March 28, 1933. My dear W.R. Nobody will ever know what we two really wrote about the war. Think of the articles we wrote.... think of the truths we might have told... Well, we both got into honorable trouble early in the war and kept in it to the end, etc. Catalogued in rare book section.
Container List
2. Beethoven Broadcast by Bernard Shaw. 1927(?). Published: Radio Times, March 1927 with slight alterations.
3. Caesar and Cleopatra. Prologue (as adapted for the Polish stage) 1928(?).
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4. Camera Work, no.14. 1906, and Camera Work, no.42/43. 1913.
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5. Candida. (1893).
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Carrington, Janet Achurch
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6. Draft Manifesto submitted to the section by Bernard Shaw. The International Socialist Bureau (British Section) 3rd September 1915.
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7. Dufferin and Ave, Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple Blackwood, Marquis of, 1826-1902. Speeches delivered in India. London 1890.
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Emery, (Mrs.) Polloc. 1875- .
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Galton, Frank Wallis. 1869- .
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International Socialist Bureau (British section). Draft Manifesto submitted... by Bernard Shaw.
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9. [Irish Co-operation]. The muddle over the Irish grant.
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Levy, J.H.
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London reform union leaflet.
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11. Manifesto of English Socialists. May 1st, 1893. Title page written on by Shaw in holograph. explaining how the manifesto came to be written. Approximately 15 lines in holograph.
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12. Metropolitan Borough Council elections. 1903. Polling Day, Monday, November 2nd, 8am to 8pm.
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- Progress, not politics. A word to women electors about the Boroough Councils. 4pp. Progressive leaflet no.7.
- Ten reasons why women should support the progressives at the Borough Council Elections Holograph manuscript by G.B. Shaw. 6pp.
- Galton, Frank Wallis: The London reform. Union Leaflet.
- Mr. Shaw's skit thereon (Memorandum by F.W. Galton), July 20, 1931. 1p. typescript, signed.
Muddle over the Irish grant.
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14. Norman, Clarence Henry, defendant.
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15. Plays, pleasant and unpleasant [Prospectus].
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Sobeniowski, Floryan
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Stieglitz, Alfred
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Ten reasons why women should support...
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18. Tolstoy: Tragedian or Comedian. Published: London Mercury. 1921. Copyright: International Magazine Company, New York.
19. War issues for Irishmen. London. 1918.
21. Letters, post-cards and autographed ephemera. 1901- .
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23. Clippings. v.d.
24. Portraits, photos.
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25. Material re Kenneth MacKenna's collecting activities.
26. Bust, caricature of G.B. Shaw in wood.
27. Wire caricature by Ted Weidhaas.
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30. Shaw, George Bernard. Pamphlets.
1. Socialism for millionaires. Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius. n.d.
2. Epigrams. Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius. n.d.
3. The unprotected child and the law. London: The Six Point Group. n.d.
4. The League of Nations. London: Fabian Society. January 1929.
5. Socialism and superior brains: a reply to Mr. Mallock. London: Fabian Society. November 1909.
6. Troubetskoy, Prince Paul. Sculpture. With a word by Bernard Shaw. London: P. & D. Colnaghi & Company. December 1931.
7. Lloyd, Henry J. Trade unionism for clerks. [1919].
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31. Henderson, Archibald. George Bernard Shaw. Man of the century. Washington: Reference Department, Library of Congress. 1957.
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- Accompanying the letter of January 8, 1948, is a signed photograph of Shaw.
- Also: 1 letter to Inches from Shaw's housekeeper, December 1, 1948.
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