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Marie Corelli Collection, 1885-1932

Part II: Box and Folder List

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Series I. Correspondence

Dates: 1885-1932

Series I, Correspondence, is organized into three subseries: Outgoing Correspondence, Incoming Correspondence, and Third Party Correspondence. Each subseries is arranged alphabetically.

Box	Folder	Contents	Date
		OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE
1	1	The Academy. ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1903 Feb 26
		Adcock, Arthur St. John See: St. John Adcock, Arthur, box 1, folder 41
1	2	Balfour-Brown, Frank. ALS, 31 Hans Place, S.W.	[1914] Mar 7
		Bentley, George
1	3	ANS on business card, 47 Longridge Road, South Kensington ANS on Christmas card ALS, Hotel Beau Visage, Montreux, Suisse ANS on Christmas card Item dated 1891 Dec also addressed to Mrs. George Bentley.	1886 Jul 10 1887 Dec 1889 Sep [1891 Dec]
1	4	Bloom, Jr. ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	n.d.
1	5	Brown, Mr. ALS, 47 Longridge Road, Earl's Court, S.W.	1895 May 9
1	6	Burne-Jones, Philip, Sir. ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1912 Feb 20
1	7	Burns & Oates. AL, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1912 Jan 19
1	8	Carter, Reginald. ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire With portion of envelope.	[1918 Aug 19]
1	9	Chew, Samuel Claggett. Four ALS With three envelopes.	1921 Oct-Nov
1	10	Collins, Mrs. TL from MC's secretary, E. T. James, 47 Longridge Road, Earl's Court, S.W.	1897 Jun 9
1	11	Colton, Richmond. ALS, 47 Longridge Road	1893 Jul 27
		Cooke Taylor, Richard Whately
1	12	ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1902 Jan 30 1902 Feb 4
		The Daily Call
1	13	ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon Letter dated 1914 Dec 1 encloses "Miss Marie Corelli's Reply to the Editor of the 'Daily Call,'" letter, holograph, corrected and signed.	1914 Dec 1 1914 Dec 3
1	14	Eissler, Mlle. ALS, 85 Kaiser Friedrich Promenade, Hamburg	1892 Aug 23
1	15	Ellis, Mr. ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1916 May 12
1	16	Ernst, Dr. ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1906 Jan 4
1	17	General Committee of the Orient Exhibition. AL, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1909 Jan 23
1	18	Gibbons, Miss. ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1905 Oct 11
		Gilder, Mr.
1	19	ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1903 Jul 24 1906 Feb 8
1	20	Gowing, Mrs. ALS, 47 Longridge Road, Earl's Court Dated "Sunday."	n.d.
1	21	Hobbes, W. A. Nine ALS With five envelopes.	1900-1905, n.d.
1	22	Hobbes, W. A. (Mrs.). Seven ALS With eight envelopes and two clippings.	1900-1908, n.d.
		Ilchester, Countess of
1	23	ALS, 47 Longridge Road, Earl's Court, S.W. ALS, 47 Longridge Road, Earl's Court, S.W. ALS, Killiecrankie Cottage, Nr. Pitlochry, Perthshire With one envelope.	1893 Jun 14 1893 Jun 17 n.d.
1	24	Jenkins, Herbert George. Sixteen ALS	1912-1915, n.d.
1	25	Kellie, Lawrence. ALS, 47 Longridge Road, Earl's Court Dated "Saturday."	n.d.
1	26	Kerr, Dr. ALS, 47 Longridge Road, Earl's Court, S.W.	1894 Sep 19
1	27	Kullman, Emilie. ALS On back of printed announcement for MC's The Soul of Lilith. Includes letter from Kullman to Richard Bentley and Son, 1892 Mar 22.	1892 Mar 19
1	28	Lawley, Mr. ALS, 47 Longridge Road, S.W.	[ca. 1886]
1	29	MacKail, Mrs. ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire	1919 Apr 10
		Massett, Steve
1	30	ALS, 47 Longridge Road, Earl's Court ALS, 47 Longridge Road, Earl's Court, S.W.	1892 Aug 4 1892 Nov 7
1	31	Maxwell, Mr. ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1912 Dec 14
		Menpes, Mortimer
1	32	ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1901 Apr 12 1901 Jun 25
1	33	Meredith, Mr. ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1917 Dec 14
1	34	Morley, Mr. ALS, Scotland	1902 Sep 9
1	35	Muirhead, James F. ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon With envelope.	1909 Aug 17
1	36	Reed, G. J. Five ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon With three envelopes. Also addressed to Reed's family.	1920-1921
1	37	Richard Bentley and Son. ALS, 47 Longridge Road, S.W.	1898 Jun 2
1	38	Rose, Mrs. ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1902 Aug 6
1	39	Rossiter, Mr. ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon Dated "Saturday."	n.d.
1	40	Routledge, Mr. ALS, 47 Longridge Road, Earl's Court, S.W.	1896 Apr 28
		St. John Adcock, Arthur
1	41	ALS, Brantwood, Coniston Lake, R.S.O. ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon With two envelopes.	[ca. 1906] 1910 May 5 1910 Oct 4
		Seccombe, Thomas
1	42	ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1906 Jul 26 1906 Dec 16
		Shorter, Clement King
1	43	ALS, 47 Longridge Road, Earl's Court, S.W. ALS, Portree, Isle of Strye ALS ALS	1893 Oct 21 1900 Sep 16 1900 Sep 29 1900 Nov 4
1	44	Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton. ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1914 Dec 21
1	45	Smith, Mr. ALS, 47 Longridge Road, S.W.	1898 Jul 5
1	46	Strand Magazine (London, England). Twelve ALS Regarding "The Strange Visitation of Josiah Nason: A Christmas Ghost Story."	1904 Oct-Nov, n.d.
1	47	Thomas, Carmichael. ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon With envelope.	1909 Apr 16
		Thompson Yates, S. A.
1	48	TL from MC's secretary, E. T. James, 19 Brunswick Terrance, Brighton ALS, 19 Brunswick Terrace, Brighton ALS, 19 Brunswick Terrace, Brighton	1897 Dec 11 1897 Dec 14 1897 Dec 19
1	49	The Times. ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1903 Jul 4
1	50	[Tweedie?], Mrs. ALS, Pump House Hotel, Llandrindod Wells	1914 May 31
1	51	Warde, E. V. TLS, 47 Longridge Road, S.W.	1898 May 16
1	52	Warden, Mr. ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1912 Jun 11
		Watt, A. S.
1	53	One telegram, holograph ALS, Princes Hotel, Brighton ALS, Princes Hotel, Brighton ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon Letter dated 1913 Feb 6 encloses two ALS from A. H. Bell, 1913. With eighteen TL carbons from Watt to MC, 1913 Jan-Feb. See also: Copies of contracts between Variety Theatres Consolidated Ltd. and Plaintiffs, [1913]	1913 Jan 22 [pre 1913 Jan 27] 1913 Feb 2 1913 Feb 6
1	54	Watt, Mr. ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire	1923 Dec 8
1	55	Wilkins, W. H. ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1901 Jul 10
1	56	Young, Thomas. Eleven ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon With TLS from The Amalgamated Press Ltd. to Cassell & Co., 1941 Jun 30, regarding MC's letters to Young.	1909, n.d.
1	57	"My dear friend." ALS, 47 Longridge Road, S.W.	1886 Jul 8
1	58	"Dear friend." ALS, 47 Longridge Road, South Kensington	[ca. 1889-1890]
1	59	"Dear Madam." ALS, 47 Longridge Road, Earl's Court, S.W.	1896 May 29
1	60	"Dear Sir." ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1899 Dec 6
1	61	"Dear May." ALS, Mason Croft	1901 Feb 8
1	62	"Dear Sir." ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1901 Jul 10
1	63	Signature only With envelope.	1902 May 8
1	64	"Dear Mr." ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1905 Jan 16
1	65	"Dear Sir." ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1905 Feb 8
1	66	"Dear Cissie." ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1906 Jan 22
1	67	"Dear Madam." ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1907 Jan 7
1	68	Inscription only With clipping of picture of MC.	1907 Aug 10
1	69	"Dear Sir." ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1914 Nov 17
		"Dear Sir"
1	70	ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon Dated "Thursday."	1914 Nov 25 n.d.
1	71	"Dear Sir." ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1915 Jan 19
1	72	"Dear Sir." ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire	1915 Sep 3
1	73	"My dear friends." ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon	1916 Sep 3
		"Dear Sir"
1	74	ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire	1921 Apr 10 1922 Apr 11
1	75	"Cara Regina." ALS, 47 Longridge Road, S.W.	n.d.
		INCOMING CORRESPONDENCE
1	76	Hobbes, W. A. ALS, Stratford-on-Avon	1900 Jul 26
1	77	Lyric Theatre. TLS, Shaftesbury Avenue W. Encloses material regarding The Master Christian.	1900 Aug 21
		Watt, A. S. Eighteen TL carbons See: MC to Watt, A. S., box 1, folder 53
		THIRD PARTY CORRESPONDENCE
		Field, Roscoe & Co. to A. S. Watt
1	78	TLS, 36 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London TLS, 36 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London Letter dated 1932 Apr 25 encloses TLS from Maffey & Brentnall to A. S. Watt, 1932 Apr 19, and TL carbon from Maffey & Brentnall to Band Hatton & Co., 1932 Apr 19.	1927 Jul 6 1932 Apr 25
		Kullman, Emilie to Bentley, Richard See: MC to Kullman, Emilie, 1892 Mar 19, box 1, folder 27	1892 Mar 22
		Mackay, Eric
1	79	To Bowen, John Eliot. ALS, 48 Mallinton Road, Northcote Road, Clapham Junction	1885 Feb 6
1	80	To Kent, Charles. ALS, Cap Martin Hotel, près Menton	1894 Apr 8
1	81	To Reid, Grant. ALS, New Travellers Club, Picadilly W.	1895 Aug 14
1	82	To Windsor Magazine. ALS, 47 Longridge Road, Earl's Court, S.W.	1895 Feb 10
1	83	To "Dear Sir or Madam." ALS, New Travellers Club, Picadilly W.	[1890?] Aug 3
		Vyver, Bertha to Hobbes, Mrs.
1	84	ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon ALS, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon Dated "Monday evening."	1903 Mar 28 n.d.

 

Series II. Other Materials

Dates: 1897-1927

Series II, Other Materials, is organized into two subseries: Writings, andOther.

Box	Folder	Contents	Date
		WRITINGS
		Corelli, Marie
1	85	Barabbas. "I say the priests have killed Christ...," passage, holograph, signed	1900 Jun 24
		Barabbas. "A Passage from the Resurrection Scene in Barabbas," passage, holograph, signed and dated See: Box 1, folder 48	1897 Dec 14
1	86	"Byron: The Man and the Poet," lecture, typescript carbon, corrected At Nottingham.	1915 Feb 5
		"Miss Marie Corelli's Reply to the Editor of the Daily Call" letter, holograph, corrected and signed See: Box 1, folder 13	[1914]
1	87	"Tintagel," transcription by MC of Algernon Charles Swinburne's poem, holograph, signed and dated	1904 Aug 30
1	88	Mackay, Eric. "Mary Arden: An Ode to the Mother of William Shakespeare," poem, proof, annotated by MC	n.d.
		OTHER
		Balance sheets written after MC's death, showing her books and royalties Stored in: General Oversize, box 1, folder 1	1919-1927
		Gray v. Watt. Copy of 1912 Oct 1 contract between Variety Theatres Consolidated Ltd. and Plaintiffs Stored in: General Oversize, box 1, folder 2 See also: MC to Watt, A. S., box 1, folder 53	[1913]
		Gray v. Watt. Copy of 1913 Jan 23 contract between the London Theatres of Varieties Ltd. and Plaintiffs Stored in: General Oversize, box 1, folder 2 See also: MC to Watt, A. S., box 1, folder 53	[1913]
1	89	Notes, typescript carbon, regarding MC's publishing options Annotated in unidentified hand.	1909 Jan 27, n.d.
		Photograph, portrait of MC, inscribed	1922
		Inscribed: "In fancy dress as 'The Princess of a Far Away Country' to Fred with love." Stored in: Legal Oversize, box 1, folder 10
1	90	Postcards (three) of MC	[ca. 1908]
		Include: "Miss Marie Corelli Presents a Cup to Stratford-on-Avon Boat Club"; "Miss Marie Corelli Passing the Guild Chapel, Stratford-on-Avon"; and "Miss Marie Corelli in Her Gondela 'The Dream,' on the Avon."
1	91	Postcard of MC's house, Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon, as it looked in the 1940s	[1990]

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