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Title: Sir Max Beerbohm Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1900-1956
Collection number: 959
Creator: Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956
Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (1872-1956) was born in London, England. He became a satirical essayist, caricaturist, critic, short
story writer, and novelist. The collection consists of correspondence, literary manuscripts, notebooks, unpublished poems,
original drawings, and ephemera related to the writings of Max Beerbohm. Includes original manuscripts on William and Mary
as well as W.B. Yeats and also manuscripts titled
The Unenterable House and
Then and Now. Correspondents include Sir William Rothenstein.
Language of Material: Material is in English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
- B.F. Stevens & Brown, Ltd. 1957, purchase.
- Bertram Rota, Ltd. 1962, purchase.
[Identification of item], Sir Max Beerbohm Papers (Collection 959). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
462331
Henry Maximilian Beerbohm was born on August 24, 1872 in London, England; became satirical essayist, caricaturist, critic,
short story writer, and novelist; moved in same literary circle as Oscar Wilde; published his essays as
The Works of Max Beerbohm (1896); contributor,
Yellow Book, 1894; drama critic of
Saturday Review, 1898-1910; moved to Rapallo, Italy, where he continued to publish, including 12 prose volumes, a comic novel, a book of
parodies, and ten collections of caricatures; died in Rapallo, May 20, 1956.
Collection consists of correspondence, literary manuscripts, notebooks, unpublished poems, original drawings, and ephemera
related to the writings of Max Beerbohm. Includes original manuscripts on William and Mary as well as W.B. Yeats and also
manuscripts titled
The Unenterable House and
Then and Now. Correspondents include
Sir William Rothenstein.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956--Archives.
Rothenstein, William, Sir, 1872-1945--Correspondence.
Authors, English 20th century--Archival resources.
Ackerley, Joe Randolph, 1896-1967
No.30
Asquith,
Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn (Charteris) 1887-1960
no.7
Baring, Hon. Maurice, 1874-1945
no.8
Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925
no. 41
Berners, Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson,
baron, 1883-
no.11
Churchill,
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1966
no.34
Cockerell,
Sir Sydney Carlyle, 1867-
no.12
Craig,
Sir Edward Gordon, 1872-1966
no.13,40
Craig, Edith, 1869-1947
no.14
Dawson, Geoffrey, 1874-1944
no.36
De la Mare, Walter John, 1873-1956
no.15
Forster, Edward Morgan, 1879-
no.16
Garnett, David, 1892-
no.17
George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936
no.6
Gilbert,
Sir William Schwenck, 1836-1911
no.5,6
Guedalla, Philip, 1889-1944
no.18
Hart-Davis, Rupert
No.35
Hauptmann, Gerhart Johann Robert, 1862-
no.42
James, Edward, 1907-
no.6
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936
no.5
Leveson, Ada (Beddington) 1865-1936
no.19
Lowndes, Marie Adelaide (Belloc) 1868-1947
no.9
Macaulay, Rose
no.20
McColl, Dugald Sutherland, 1859-1948
no.22
Macmillan, Harold, 1894-
no.32
Massingham, Harold John, 1888-
no.21
Morgan, Charles, 1894-1958
no.23
Pearson, Hesketh, 1887-
no.38
Pinero,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855-1934
no.33
Rothenstein,
Sir William, 1872-1945
no.24
Rutherston, Albert Daniel, 1881-
No.25
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
no.5
Shaw, George Bernard, 1856-1950
no.6
Street, George Slythe, 1867-1936
no.33
The Times, London
no.31
Turner, Reginald.
no.5,
27,
28
Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893-
no.26
Yeats, William Butler, 1865-1839
no.1
- James (Edward). The Perfectly Ended Chapter. A poem to the memory of King George V., 1936 (16pp. pamphlet). With a letter mentioning it, from the author to Max Beerbohm. Removed & cataloged March 1984.