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USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: G. Edward Cassady, M.D. and Margaret Elizabeth Cassady, R.N. Lewis Carroll collection
Creator:
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898
Creator:
Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898
Creator:
Tenniel, John, 1820-1914
source:
Cassady, G. Edward, Dr.
source:
Cassady, George, Dr.
source:
Cassady, Linda
source:
Cassady, Margaret Elizabeth, R.N.
Identifier/Call Number: 0392
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/3/resources/390
Physical Description:
24.17 Linear Feet
21 boxes, 4 oversize folders, and 2 oversize tubes
Date (inclusive): 1865-2021
Abstract: The G. Edward Cassady, M.D. and Margaret Elizabeth Cassady, R.N. Lewis Carroll collection consists of photographs, correspondence,
ephemera, realia, graphic materials, games, reference works, material from stage and film adaptations, and other archival
material relating to children's literature author, mathematician, and writer Charles Dodgson (1832-1898), better known by
his pen name, Lewis Carroll. Most well known for his first children's novels,
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and
Through the Looking-Glass (1871), Carroll was a nineteenth-century British polymath with works spanning many disciplines, including but not limited
to geometry, early photography, politics, logic, and puzzles. Dr. George Cassady and Linda Cassady assembled, categorized,
and donated the collection in multiple installments beginning in 2000. The collection is named for George Cassady's parents,
G. Edward and Margaret Elizabeth Cassady.
Language of Material:
English
, Japanese
, Russian
, Italian
, French
.
The G. Edward Cassady, M.D. and Margaret Elizabeth Cassady, R.N. Lewis Carroll collection consists of photographs, correspondence,
ephemera, realia, graphic materials, games, reference works, material from stage and film adaptations, and other archival
material relating to children's literature author, mathematician, and writer Charles Dodgson (1832-1898), better known by
his pen name, Lewis Carroll. Most well known for his first children's novels,
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and
Through the Looking-Glass (1871), Carroll was a nineteenth-century British polymath with works spanning many disciplines, including but not limited
to geometry, early photography, politics, logic, and puzzles. Dr. George Cassady and Linda Cassady assembled, categorized,
and donated the collection in multiple installments beginning in 2000. The collection is named for George Cassady's parents,
G. Edward and Margaret Elizabeth Cassady.
The arrangement of the series and description in the Cassady Lewis Carroll finding aid is based on the Cassady Lewis Carroll
Bibliography, created and maintained by George Cassady.
The USC Libraries included all of the bibliography's sets in the list below, but some of the sets will not appear elsewhere
in the finding aid if they have not been used to group archival material. Material that the bibliography groups under "Set
23: USC Wonderland Award" is described in a separate finding aid titled "Wonderland Award Submissions collection" -- Collection
no. 0293.
Following is an excerpt from the introduction to the Cassady Lewis Carroll Bibliography by George Cassady, which describes
the scope and evolution of this collection's arrangement.
There are many arbitrary decisions in this listing -- some were conscious decisions, others were adopted from earlier bibliographies. Items are grouped in 23 Sets. While this may seem a simple and obvious action, it continues to be strangely difficult. For example, should an abridged comic book version of 'Wonderland' in Spanish be considered a 'Foreign Translation' or an 'Alternative Publishing'? Is a book composed entirely of photographs to be placed in 'Art' or 'Reference Works'? Should magazine & newspaper articles containing crucial descriptive bibliographic & historical information be considered 'Reference Works' or should they be listed among 'Ephemera' as standard cataloging generally requires? And speaking of 'Ephemera', is my inclusion of such diverse items as puppets, postcards, postage stamps, and puzzles in that category simply because they all begin with a 'P' -- "Why not", the March Hare would say -- or simply stupid on my part? In the end, my subjective decisions are arbitrary and arguable. While they generally follow the patterns of earlier bibliographies, there are many differences. A brief overview, with details of the sequence of entries follows:
- Set 1: Reference Works, Criticism, Annotations, Biography, Bibliography and Related Works
- Ordered by date with several exceptions. Grouping by illustrator or publisher often interrupts the chronologic sequence. Also of note is my decision to include in this set books and writings contemporaneous with Dodgson which may have influenced his work. Works pertaining to his interests and acquaintances, as well as several books from his personal library are also included.
- Set 2: Alice's Adventures Underground
- Primary sort is by date.
- Set 3: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Ordered first by publishing date, then with publishers' editions remaining together in chronologic sequence.
- Set 4: The Nursery Alice
- Entered in the same sequence as in Set 3.
- Set 5: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland AND Through the Looking-Glass
- Entered in the same sequence as Set 3, I have included editions in which 'Wonderland' & 'Looking-Glass' are published in a single binding, or those in separate bindings but housed together in a single slipcase or box. It is important to note I have NOT included here many editions apparently published as 'sets' but bound separately or each in their own slipcase.
- Set 6: Through the Looking-Glass
- Entered in the same sequence as Sets 3, 4, and 5.
- Set 7: Carroll Works on Mathematics, Logic, Puzzles and Games
- Primary sort is by date.
- Set 8: Carroll Pamphlets, Diaries and Letters
- Primary sort is by date.
- Set 9: The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits
- Primary sort is by date. Difficult decisions here for editions in an 'Alice' work includes 'Snark'. When this happens – or when 'Snark' is published with 'Sylvie & Bruno' - what's a bibliographer to do?
- Set 10: Sylvie and Bruno
- Primary sort is by date.
- Set 11: Other Carroll Works, Including Poetry, Excerpts, Collections & Pieces in Anthologies
- Primary sort is by date.
- Set 12: Renderings in Other Languages
- Translations are recorded in alphabetic order by language, each subset in chronologic order. Included here are critical reference works on translation written in English, and excluded are East Asian translations.
- Set 13: East Asian Works
- Group as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean translations each subset generally in chronologic order. Includes 'back translations' of works originally in an Asian language. There is considerable overlap between this and other sets, as Comics, Multimedia, Ephemera, Art in an Asian language are included here.
- Set 14: Parodies and Derivatives
- Ordered by date. This set has true parodies of the 'Alice' books, as well as many with only the title or a few phrases related to Carroll's works.
- Set 15: Alternative Formats
- Entered by item type, then each subset by date.
- Set 16: Art
- Entered by item type, then each subset by date.
- Set 17: Sound Recordings
- Entered by item type, each subset by date.
- Set 18: Movies and Multimedia
- Entered by item type, then each subset by date.
- Set 19: Performing Arts: Musical Scores, Theatrical Plays, Screenplays, Playbills and Theatrical Ephemera
- Entered by item type, then each subset by date.
- Set 20: Ephemera and Realia
- Listed by item type, then each subset by date.
- Set 21: Carroll Societies Publications
- Primary sort is by date.
- Set 22: Catalogs
- Listed alphabetically by auction house or bookseller, then by date.
- Set 23: USC Wonderland Award
- Includes student entries for the annual University of Southern California Wonderland Award. Mostly from USC students, they are listed by item type, then by date.
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Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
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[Box/folder# or item name], G. Edward Cassady, M.D. and Margaret Elizabeth Cassady, R.N. Lewis Carroll collection, Collection
no. 0392, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Gift of George and Linda Cassady in multiple installments, beginning in 2000.
Published monographs, serial publications, and other Cassady Lewis Carroll items that the USC Libraries cataloged separately
can be found via the USC Libraries' main catalog search.
Parts of the Cassady Lewis Carroll collection are described in two other finding aids:
- Collection no. 0293: Wonderland Award Submissions collection, which consists of projects submitted for the annual Wonderland Awards sponsored by Linda Cassady.
- Collection no. 6106: Vivian Tobin papers, which consist of photographs, correspondence, and ephemera related to Vivian Tobin's performance as Alice in the first American theatrical production of "Alice in Wonderland" in 1915.
Prior to 2021, this finding aid only described ephemera (articles, event programs, bookmarks, etc.) and realia donated by
the Cassadys. Beginning in 2021, the USC Libraries broadened the scope of the finding aid to include all material donated
by the Cassadys that the Libraries classified as archival.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Alice (Fictitious character: Carroll) -- Archival resources
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Authors and theater -- Archival resources
Children's Literature -- Archival resources
Fantasy literature -- Archival resources
Film adaptations -- United States -- Archival resources
Stage adaptations -- Archival resources
Board games (game sets)
Correspondence
Diaries
Dolls (figurines)
Ephemera
Graphic arts
Moving images
Pamphlets
Photographs
Playbills
Puzzles (recreational artifacts)
Realia
Screenplays
Sound recordings
Theater programs
Cassady, G. Edward, Dr.
Cassady, George, Dr.
Cassady, Linda
Cassady, Margaret Elizabeth, R.N.
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 -- Archives
Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898 -- Archives
Tenniel, John, 1820-1914 -- Archives