Finding Aid for the Mackenzie Bell Papers, 1860-1930
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Finding Aid for the Mackenzie Bell Papers, 1860-1930
Collection number: 705
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
- W.P. Wreden, 1962,1975, purchase.
- Winifred Myers, 1964, purchase.
- Manuscripts and first editions of poems.
- Author's copy of his books on Christina Rossetti and Charles Whitehead, and typescript of book on Algernon Charles Swinburne.
- Miscellaneous manuscripts, photographs and ephemera.
- Illustrations, etchings and reproductions.
- Correspondence.
- Morris, William, 1834-1896--Portrait. See Related Material.
- Collier, John. Richard Garnett. [London (?), ca. 1900] Photograph, mounted. (In Coll. ORIG. 99) 1 item. 22.5 × 18cm.
Container List
Spring's Immortality. Published by Ward, Lock, and Bowden, Limited, London, 1895.
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Spring's Immortality and Other Poems. n.p., n.d.
Poems. Working copy vol.16. Published by Clark, London, 1909.
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Collected Poems.
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Manuscript of poems between 1898 and 1909. n.p., n.d.
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Pictures Of Travel and Other Poems.
Pictures of Travel and Other Poems.
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Pictures of Travel and Other Poems.
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Pictures of Travel and Other Poems. Published by Hurst and Blackett Limited, London, 1898.
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Pictures of Travel and Other Poems.
Christina Rossetti. Published by Hurst and Blackett Limited, London, 1898.
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Notebooks.
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1. February 20, 1897-July 12, 1897.
2. November 4, 1890-April 4, 1891.
3. May 9, 1884-April 15 1885.
4. January 5, 1880-November 22, 1880.
A Forgotten Genius: Charles Whitehead. London, Elliot Stock, 1884.
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Extract from an article about Whitehead by James Smith.... Holograph copy from direct transfer. Published in The Australian, July 28, 1894.
Swinburne and his Poetry. n.p., n.d.
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School Recitations. London: James Clark & Company, 1909.
Poems of Nature. London: James Clark & Company, n.d.
Poems of Consolation and of Religion. London: James Clark & Company, n.d.,
Trafalgar. Kingsgate Press, London [1913].
Miscellaneous incomplete manuscripts.
Notes, miscellaneous, mostly holograph.
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Ephemera.
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Engraved steel blocks of The Heart's Summer, Holy Quietude, and Lyrics of Consolation.
Framed photograph of Mackenzie Bell and his sister Mary Elizabeth and Maggie, dated 1863.
Photographs of friends and acquaintances including prominent literary figures etc.
Christmas cards to Bell.
Illustrations for Christina Rossetti. Mounted reproductiohs of drawings etc.
Original ink sketches for Pictures of Travel.
Two framed, original etchings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1894 and one framed reproduction of poem by Theodore Watts-Dunton, 1891, presented and signed by Watts-Dunton to Bell.
Three mounted and one framed reproductions of drawings and paintings owned by Christina Rossetti until her death.
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- Also: one mounted photograph of her funeral, all presented to Bell by William Rossetti.
- Also: photograph of family grave given to M.B. from Lisa Wilson. January 6, 1898.
Miscellaneous reproductions and photographs.
Framed oil sketck of William MacDonald Sinclair by William Lockhart, 1887.
Reminiscences of Liszt, by George Liebling.
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William Morris, Poet and Socialist, as I Knew Him. n.p., n.d.
Three pages of proof corrected in ink.
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Correspondence and related ephemera from friends and literary figures, mostly addressed to Bell. 1851-1931.
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Correspondence and documents for the year 1891, with a few letters dated 1890, 1892, 1893, and 1894.
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- Much of this material relates to the death of Bell's mother in 1891. Correspondents include Douglas Sladen and Theodore Watts-Dunton.
- Also included are copies of Bell's letters.
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List of Correspondents:
Adams, William Davenport, 1851-1904.
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907.
Allen, Grant, 1848-1899.
Anderson, Jessie Annie.
Austin, Alfred, 1835-1913.
Bainton, George.
Bayley, Ada Ellen, 1857-1903.
Beaton, Rev. Patrick.
Bennett, William Henry, 1855-1920.
Bentley, George, 1828-1895.
Besant, Sir Walter, 1836-1901.
Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah, 1862-1927.
Black, William, 1841-1898.
Broadbent, Albert.
Brotherton, Mrs. Mary Isabella Irwin.
Brown, Mrs. Mary Chadwick (Barrett) 1827-1887.
Bruce, Mary Louisa.
Bryan, Alfred.
Cable, Louise.
Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925.
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910.
Crawford, Francis Marion, 1854-1909.
Crockett, Samuel Rutherford, 1860-1914.
Cross, Frederick J.
Crowe, Eyre, 1824-1910.
Curtis, Albert Charles, 1867- .
De Vere, Aubrey Thomas, 1814-1902.
Dibdin, Edward Rimbault, 1853- .
Dibdin, Sir Robert William, 1848- .
Duckworth, Francis Robinson Gladstone.
Fawcett, Edgar, 1847-1904.
Fildes, Sir Luke, 1844-1927.
Fisher, Frederic Henry, 1849-1926.
Fitzpatrick, William John, 1830-1895.
Fletcher, James, 1852-1908.
Gissing, Algernon.
Green, James, 1841-1926.
Hake, Guy Donne Gordon, 1887- .
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Harraden, Beatrice, 1864- .
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894.
Hunt, Edith Holman Hunt.
Hutchinson, Thomas.
Hyatt, Alfred H.
Jerrold, Walter Copeland, 1865-1929.
Lee, Arthur Hamilton Lee, viscount, 1868- .
Lee, Sir, Sydney, 1859-1926.
Leighton, Marie (Connor) d. 1941.
Liebling, George.
Lloyd, Charles Ellis, d. 1939.
Locker-Lampson, Frederick, 1821-1895.
Matheson, Annie, 1853- .
Maxwell, John, 1824-1895.
Meynell, Alice (Thompson).
Miles, Alfred Henry, 1848- .
Morris, William, 1834-1896.
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Additional Note
Nisbett, Hume, 1850-1923.
Pole, William, 1814-1900.
Rossetti, William Michael, 1829-1919.
Sambourne, Edwin Linley, 1844-1910.
Shields, Frederic James, 1833-1911.
Shorthouse, Joseph Henry, 1834-1903.
Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton, 1856- .
Smith, Albert, 1860- .
Sonnenschein, William Swan, 1855-1931.
Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912.
Swanwick, Anna, 1813-1899.
Tennyson Family.
Thomas, Henry, 1878- .
Thompson, Augustus Charles, 1812-1901.
Thornley, James L.
Thornton, J.
Walford, Mrs. Lucy Bethia (Colquhoun) 1845-1915.
Walton, Sir John, 1852-1908.
Watts-Dunton, Walter Theodore, 1832-1914.
Waugh, Arthur, 1866-1943.
Westall, William, 1835-1903.
Whiteing, Richard, 1840-1928.
Williamson, David, 1868- .
Wright, Charles Theodore Hagberg, 1862- .
Wright, Sydney Fowler, 1874- .
Young, Sir Frederick, 1817-1913.
Correspondence of the Rossetti Family:
Christina Georgina, 1830-1894.
Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882.
Frances.
Gabriele Pasquale Giuseppe, 1783-1854.
Maria Francesca, 1827-1876.
William Michael, 1829-1919.
Correspondence re Mackenzie Bell's book, Christina Rossetti.
Correspondence re Mackenzie Bell's book, Christina Rossetti.
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- Adams, William Davenport, 1851-1904.
- Adams, Mrs. Estelle (Körner) Davenport
- Anderson, John Parker, 1841- .
- Blaikie, William Garden, 1820-1899.
Correspondence re Mackenzie Bell's book, Christina Rossetti
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- Dixon, Richard Watson, 1833-1900.
- Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913.
- Fairbairn, Andrew Martin, 1838-1912.
- Fletcher, Alfred Ewen, 1841-1915.
- Gosse, Edmund William, 1849-1928.
- Greenwood, Frederick, 1830-1909.
- Gurney, Alfred, 1845-1898.
Correspondence re Mackenzie Bell's book, Christina Rossetti.
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- Horder, William Garrett, 1841-1922.
- Hughes, Arthur, 1832-1915.
- Hunt, William Holman, 1827-1910.
Correspondence re Mackenzie Bell's book, Christina Rossetti.
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- Ingram, John H., 1849-1916.
- Jenks, George C.
- Kernahan, Coulson, 1858-1943.
- Kernahan, Mary Jane Hickling (Gwynne) Mrs. Coulson Kernahan, 1857- .
Correspondence re Mackenzie Bell's book, Christina Rossetti.
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- Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912.
- Leighton, Robert, 1859- .
- Lobb, John, 1840-1921.
- Low, Sir Sidney James Mark, 1857-1932.
Correspondence re Mackenzie Bell's book, Christina Rossetti.
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- Webster, Thomas, 1809-1901.
Correspondence re Mackenzie Bell's book, Charles Whitehead.
Blanchard, Edward Litt Laman, 1820-1889.
Le Gallienne, Richard, 1866-1947.
Pearson, Sir Cyril Arthur, 1866-1921.
Pollard, Alfred William, 1859-1944.
Tristram, William Outram.
Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877.
Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton, 1856- .
Correspondence re the election of John Beattie Crozier, 1849-1921, to the Athenaeum Club, v.p., 1904.
Baird, Helen.
Brabrook, Sir Edward William, 1839-1930.
Bruce-Joy, Albert, d. 1924.
Collier, Robert Collier, 2nd. baron Monkswell, 1845-1909.
Collins, John Churton, 1848-1908.
Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921.
Dalton, Frederick Thomas, 1855-1927.
Fildes, Sir Luke, 1844-1927.
Gann, Frederick.
Gosse, Andrew.
Harley, Robert, 1828-1910.
Hawkins, Sir Anthony Hope, 1863-1933.
Irving, Sir Henry, 1838-1905.
Jacobs, William Wymark, 1863- .
Kinnaird, Arthur FitzGerald, 11th. baron, 1847-1923.
Lee, Sir Sidney, 1859-1926.
Levenson Gower, Arthur Francis Gesham, 1851- .
MacAlister, Sir Donald, 1854-1934.
Mackail, John William, 1859- .
MacColl, Norman, 1843-1904.
Marten, Sir Theodore, 1816-1909.
Munby, Arthur Joseph, 1828-1910.
Raleigh, Sir Thomas, 1850-1920.
Ritchie, Anne Isabella (Thackeray) lady, 1837-1919.
Scott, Margaret (Mrs. Clement Scott).
Sinclair, William MacDonald, 1850-1917.
Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1929.
Watkins, Henry William, 1844-1922.
Wolf.
Morris, William, 1834-1896--Portrait.
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Correspondence
A-G. v.p., v.d.
[to unknown] from McKenzie Bell.
Adamson, Thomas L.
Caine, Hall.
[to] Caine, Mary Hall.
Coates, M.
Crosby, Bell.
Darton, Mary.
Divine, Walter.
Gardner, Anne B.
H-M. v.p., v.d.
International Institute of British Poetry.
International Society of Literature, Science and Art.
Jones, Henry Arthur.
Kernahan.
King, Maria.
Kirivan, Patrick.
The League of Mercy.
M, A.P.
Martin, Lydia.
Morgan, Olive.
Hunt, C.T.
Martin, William H.
N-Z. v.p., v.d.
Pointer, W.H.
Sallmann, Otto.
Society of Authors.
[to] Swinburne, Algernon Charles.
Thoebold.
Webster, Alex.
Williams, Fleetwood.
Watson, Alexander.
Shakespeare Globe Theatre Memorial.
Statement of Bell's accounts.
Correspondence re publication of a sonnet by McKenzie Bell.
Account of expenditures.
Manuscript notes in Bell's hand, 1891. 18 leaves.
Notes. v.p., v.d.
Ephemera.
King Lear: A Tragedy in Five Acts, by William Shakespeare, as arranged for the stage by Henry Irving, and presented at the Lyceum Theatre, on November 10, 1892. London, Nassau Steam Press, Limited, 1892.
London Shakespeare League. Ephemera.
Photographs of McKenzie Bell.
Correspondence and Ephemera Regarding the London Shakespeare League Dinner on April 23, 1907
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Draft of invitation.
Refusals to dinner, A-F.
Refusals to dinner, G-K.
Refusals to dinner, L-R.
Refusals to dinner, S-Z.
Requests for tickets, A-F.
Requests for tickets, G-L.
Requests for tickets, M-R.
Requests for tickets, S-Z.
Clippings.
Correspondence re seating plan.
Seating plan.
Bell's program notes.
Guest list, notes, tickets.
Correspondence with various persons re arrangements for London Shakespeare League dinner. n.p., 1907.
Correspondence and advertisements re trade services.
Publicity.
Entertainment.
Printing.
Receipts.
Addresses.
Clippings.
Clippings.
Programs.
"The Graphic Gallery" of Shakespeare's Heroines. London, Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, Limited, 1888.
With this advertisement.
Ephemera.
The Athenaeum, Pall Mall. Ephemera.
McKenzie Bell's manuscript notes regarding his candidacy for membership to the Athenaeum Club. v.d.
Correspondence re Bell's Candidacy for Membership to the Athenaeum Club, 1901-1902
A - F.
Anderson, S.
[to] Archdeacon of London.
Brabrook, Sir Edward William, 1839-1930.
Brown, A. Theodore.
Bruce-Joy, Albert, d.1924.
Caine, W.S.
Collins, John Churton, 1848-1908.
[to] De Vere, Aubrey Thomas, 1814-1902.
Dicksee, Sir Francis Bernard, 1853- .
Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921.
Parrar, Frederick William, 1831-1903.
G - L.
Harley, Robert, 1828-1910.
Hawkins, Sir Anthony Hope, 1863-1933.
Kinnaird, Arthur Fitzgerald, 11th baron, 1847-1923.
Levenson Gower, Arthur Francis Gesham, 1851- .
M - R.
MacAlister, Sir John Young Walker, 1856-1925.
MacColl, Norman, 1843-1904.
MacWhirter, J.
Morris, Sir Lewis, 1833-1907.
Munby, Arthur Joseph, 1828-1910.
Ritchie, Anne Isabella (Thackeray), lady, 1837-1919.
Ritchie, Richmond.
S - Z.
Scott, Clement William, 1841-1904.
Saunders, T Bailey.
Tedder, Henry Richard, 1850-1924.
[to] Tennyson, Lord Alfred.
Tristram, H.N. (?)
Watkins, Henry William, 1844-1922.
Young, Sir Frederick, 1817-1913.
Unidentified.
Correspondence, 1921.
Unidentified.
Manuscript of poems between 1898 and 1909.
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Various etchings, reproductions of drawings and paintings, and photographs.
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One framed reproduction of painting owned by Christina Rossetti until her death. Portrait of Beethoven. Photograph of a port town.