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1. LIBRARY RECORDS, 1938-1995

Scope and Content Note

Includes administrative records; applications for reading privileges; event records such as open houses, lectures, book sales and exhibits; collection records; and a large portion of correspondence almost entirely written by Elizabeth Wrigley, library director.
The insurance files are of note for listings of many of the rare books and their appraised values.
A significant part of this series are the letters received from many interested people about the Shakespeare authorship question from 1920s to 1995. The correspondence shows how, over the years, Wrigley developed personal relationships with many of the scholars who were interested in the library. The correspondence with collector R. W. Gibson, who published a bibliography of Bacon in 1950, contains interesting details about specific Bacon works. The correspondence also presents a good record of what the library held, and what they were still buying, seeking and collecting.
There are some attachments of flyers, article reprints, clippings and some photographs with the correspondence. Copies of scholarly articles written by correspondents are filed with their correspondence, as originally organized.
The Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable files contain many articles and reprints regarding the Shakespeare authorship question.

Biographical Note

Elizabeth Wrigley (1915-1997) was associated with the Francis Bacon Library for 50 years, almost the entire time of its existence. Wrigley held bachelor's degrees in Elizabethan literature and library science and was an analyst for U.S. Steel in her native Pittsburgh from 1941 to 1943. Shortly after she and her husband moved to California, they were invited to tea at the Hollywood home of Walter Arensberg. He needed help with his library and in 1944, she went to work for him as a research assistant and rare book cataloger. The next year she was named as an executive and member of the board of the Foundation. By 1959, Wrigley was president of the Foundation and director of the library.
Wrigley was a woman of colorful character known to invite visitors to the library for “coffee at 10 a.m. and tea at 4 p.m.” She was extremely knowledgeable about Bacon and the Shakespeare authorship issue, and served on the Board of Advisors of the Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable. Wrigley was also an active member of the American Cryptogram Association, most likely an interest developed in her years working with Walter Arensberg.
In 1958, Wrigley published Short title catalogue numbers in the library of the Francis Bacon Foundation, incorporated, and a supplement in 1967. Due to health issues, she stopped working for the Foundation and library in 1995, and the library closed the same year. She passed away in 1997 at age 81.
 

1.1. Administrative Records

Box:Folder

1:1

Applications for reading privileges, 1960-1962

1:2

Applications for reading privileges, 1963

1:3

Applications for reading privileges, 1964

1:4

Applications for reading privileges, 1965-1966

1:5

Applications for reading privileges, 1967

1:6

Applications for reading privileges, 1968

1:7

Applications for reading privileges, 1969

1:8

Applications for reading privileges, 1970

1:9

Applications for reading privileges, 1971

1:10

Applications for reading privileges, 1972-1973

1:11

Applications for reading privileges, 1974-1975

1:12

Applications for reading privileges, 1976

1:13

Applications for reading privileges, 1977

2:1

Applications for reading privileges, 1978-1979

2:2

Applications for reading privileges, 1980-1981

2:3

Applications for reading privileges, 1982-1983

2:4

Applications for reading privileges, 1984-1985

2:5

Applications for reading privileges, 1986-1987

2:6

Applications for reading privileges, 1988

2:7

Applications for reading privileges, 1989-1990

2:8

Applications for reading privileges, 1991-1992

2:9

Applications for reading privileges, 1993-1995

2:10

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, 1973-1978

2:11

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, 1979-1982

2:12

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, 1983-1989

2:13

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, 1990-1994

3:1

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Lists, 1974-1994

3:2

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1974

3:3

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1975

3:4

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1976

3:5

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1977

3:6

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1978

3:7

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1979

3:8

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1980

3:9

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1981

3:10

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1982

3:11

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1983

3:12

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1984

3:13

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1985

3:14

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1986

3:15

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1987

3:16

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1988

3:17

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1989

3:18

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1990

3:19

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1991

3:20

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1992

3:21

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1993

3:22

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1994

3:23

Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1995

3:24

Bacon Scholars [lists of names and addresses], 1984, 1987, undated

4:1

Building, Construction and maintenance, 1959-1965

4:2

Building, Construction of addition and maintenance, 1967-1979

4:3

Cataloging Reports, 1954-1956

4:4

Cataloging Reports, 1957-1992

4:5

Copyright Issues, 1977-1978

4:6

Cryptography Contest, 1962, 1979

4:7

Development Projects, 1966-1991

4:8

Grants, Requests for (individuals), 1984-1995

4:9

Library, Published profiles and descriptions, 1980-1993

4:10

Library, Reports by others, circa 1970-1980

4:11

Library, Amateur film reel of interiors and exteriors, (8 mm. Kodachrome film), circa 1960

5:1

Photographs, Library building, interiors and exteriors, 1960, 1974, undated

5:2

Photographs, Elizabeth Wrigley (Library Director), portraits in Library, undated

5:3

Photographs, Employees and visitors in Library (unidentified), undated

5:4

Publicity, Adair, Douglass, Gift, 1967

5:5

Publicity, Book Sale, 1962-1970

5:6

Publicity, Book Sale, 1971-1987

5:7

Publicity, Book Sale, 1988-1994

5:8

Publicity, Brown, Isabelle Kittson, Collection, 1972

5:9

Publicity, General, 1956-1965

5:10

Publicity, General, 1966-1969

5:11

Publicity, General, 1970-1979

5:12

Publicity, General, 1980-1993

5:13

Questionnaires about Library and staff, 1972 – 1980. Includes Elizabeth Wrigley's resume and descriptions of the Library's holdings.

Box 112

Reader cards, by name, (A-Z), 1960-1995.

5:14

Salary statistics for library professionals, 1970-1979

Box 113

Visitor registers, [Register 1] May 31, 1960-Dec. 1965

134:2

Visitor registers, [Register 2] Jan. 3, 1966-Dec. 14, 1970

Box 113

Visitor registers, [Register 3] Dec. 14, 1970-Jan. 17, 1975

Box 113

Visitor registers, [Register 4] Jan. 17, 1975-May 19, 1978

Box 114

Visitor registers, [Register 5] May 19, 1978-Dec. 14, 1982

Box 114

Visitor registers, [Register 6] Dec. 14, 1982-Dec. 19, 1989

Box 114

Visitor registers, [Register 7] Dec. 19, 1989-Nov. 20, 1995

5:15

Visitor thank-you notes, miscellaneous, 1960-1982

5:16

Wrigley, Elizabeth, Book-buying trip to England, 1974

 

1.2. Collection records

Box:Folder

6:1

Acquisitions Committee, 1961-1963

6:2

Appraisals, 1971

6:3

Appraisals, 1972-1975

6:4

Bacon Lists and desiderata, 1946-1994

6:5

Catalog listings, National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, 1976-1977

6:6

Collections, General, 1964-1991

6:7

Conservation of Materials, 1975-1992

6:8

Continental Editions, undated

6:9

Correspondence, General, (A-B), 1963-1991

6:10

Correspondence, General, (C-F), 1949-1992

7:1

Correspondence, General, (G-H), 1967-1993

7:2

Correspondence, General, (I-M), 1971-1991

7:3

Correspondence, General, (N-R), 1957-1988

7:4

Correspondence, General, (S-Z), 1959-1993

7:5

Cryptology Lists, [after 1976]

7:6

Duplicates Sold, 1975-1977

7:7

Gifts to Library, chronological list, 1971-1995

7:8

Gifts to Library, 1955-1972

7:9

Gifts to Library, 1973-1983

7:10

Gifts to Library, 1984-1994

8:1

Gifts to Library, Adair, Douglass (Lee-Bernard Collection), Catalog, 1972-1973

8:2

Gifts to Library, Adair, Douglass (Lee-Bernard Collection), Correspondence, 1965-1969

8:3

Gifts to Library, Adair, Douglass (Lee-Bernard Collection), Reprints of Adair's writings on Federalist Papers, 1944-1965, undated

115

Gifts to Library, Adair, Douglass (Lee-Bernard Collection), Bibliographic cards and notes (4 envelopes)

8:4

Gifts to Library, Brown, Isabelle Kittson, 1971, (1 of 2)

8:5

Gifts to Library, Brown, Isabelle Kittson, 1971, (2 of 2)

8:6

Gifts to Library, Brown, Isabelle Kittson, gift appraisal, 1971-1972

8:7

Gifts to Library, Dernay, Eugene, 1959

8:8

Gifts to Library, Hoss, Olive Woodward, 1974-1975

8:9

Gifts to Library, McKaig, Betty (Elizabeth), undated

8:10

Gifts to Library, Ogden, C. K. (Charles Kay), Collection (“U.C.L.A. gift”), undated

8:11

Gifts to Library, Woodruff, A. Allen, 1972-1973

8:12

Insurance lists, circa 1960

8:13

Insurance lists, 1978

9:1

Insurance lists, Bacon, Cryptology, Emblem and Rosicrucian Collections, 1981-1984

9:2

Insurance lists, General, Bacon, Cryptology, Emblem and Rosicrucian Collections, 1981-1984

9:3

Insurance lists, General Collection, 1981 (1 of 3)

9:4

Insurance lists, General Collection, 1981, 1984 (2 of 3)

9:5

Insurance lists, General Collection, 1981 (3 of 3)

134:1

Insurance lists, [after 1988] (Oversize)

9:6

Insurance lists, Rare Collection, 1993

9:7

Inter-library loan policies, 1952-1988

9:8

Inter-library loan records, 1958-1993

9:9

Master copies regarding Bacon etc., circa 1960-1970

9:10

Microfiche information, circa 1984

10:1

Offered, Books, (A), 1983-1992

10:2

Offered, Books, (B-C), 1983-1992

10:3

Offered, Books, (D-M), 1982-1994

10:4

Offered, Books, (P-T), 1982-1994

10:5

Offered, Books, (U-Z), 1982-1992

10:6

Ordering and auctions, etc., 1983-1992

10:7

Provenance, 1947-1986

10:8

Publications of Walter C. Arensberg (Records of gifts to other institutions), 1953-1955

10:9

Publications of the Francis Bacon Foundation (Indexes of library holdings), 1952-1972

10:10

Purchased, Books, 1976, (A-E)

10:11

Purchased, Books, 1976, (F-M)

10:12

Purchased, Books, 1976, (N-Z)

11:1

Purchased, Books, 1977

11:2

Purchased, Books, 1978, (A-L)

11:3

Purchased, Books, 1978, (M-Z)

11:4

Purchased, Books, 1979

11:5

Purchased, Books, 1980

11:6

Purchased, Books, 1981

11:7

Purchased, Books, 1982

12:1

Purchased, Books, 1983

12:2

Purchased, Books, 1984

12:3

Purchased, Books, 1985

12:4

Purchased, Books, 1986

12:5

Purchased, Books, 1987

12:6

Purchased, Books, 1988

12:7

Purchased, Books, 1989

12:8

Purchased, Books, 1990

12:9

Purchased, Books, 1991

13:1

Purchased, Books, 1992

13:2

Purchased, Books, 1993

13:3

Purchased, Books, 1994

13:4

Rosicrucian books, Collations, etc., undated. Includes photograph of Max Heindel (1865-1919).

13:5

Scholarship, Reprints, “Matching Shakespeare: Computer Testing of Elizabethan Texts,” 1990, 1994

13:6

Scholarship, Reprints, Miscellaneous (A - M), circa 1960-1989

13:7

Scholarship, Reprints, Miscellaneous (N - Z), 1944-1992

13:8

Subscriptions and Memberships, 1960-1991

13:9

Theft Prevention, 1981

 

1.3. Correspondence

Box:Folder

 

Subseries 1.3.1. General Correspondence

14:1

General correspondence, (A)

14:2

General correspondence, (Ba-Bi)

14:3

General correspondence, (Bj-Bu)

14:4

General correspondence, Box, Ian, 1983, 1993

14:5

General correspondence, (Ca-Ci)

14:6

General correspondence, Cardwell, [Brother] Kenneth, 1987 - 1995

14:7

General correspondence, (Cl-Cy)

14:8

General correspondence, Coquillette, Daniel R., 1984, 1993

14:9

General correspondence, Coquillette, Daniel R., draft of scholarly paper, 1984

15:1

General correspondence, (D)

15:2

General correspondence, Davidonis, Alexander, 1985-1987

15:3

General correspondence, Dick, Hugh G., 1956-1965

15:4

General correspondence, Drury, George, 1961-1963

15:5

General correspondence, (E)

15:6

General correspondence, Epstein, Joel, 1962-1980

15:7

General correspondence, (F)

15:8

General correspondence, Fattori, Marta, 1975-1985

15:9

General correspondence, Filby, P. William, 1965-1981

15:10

General correspondence, Freedman, Joyce T., 1973-1985. Includes photographs of Elizabeth Wrigley and Freedman in front of Francis Bacon Library, 1974.

15:11

General correspondence, Fry, Frances, 1977-1992

15:12

General correspondence, (G)

16:1

General correspondence, Gibson, R. W. (Reginald Walter), 1943-1958

16:2

General correspondence, Gibson, R. W. (Reginald Walter), 1959-1961

16:3

General correspondence, Gibson, R. W. (Reginald Walter), 1962-1964

16:4

General correspondence, Gibson, R. W. (Reginald Walter), 1965-1971

16:5

General correspondence, Glaisdale, Right Honorable Lord Simon of, 1985

16:6

General correspondence, Goodrich, Norma, 1986-1993

16:7

General correspondence, (Ha-Hog)

16:8

General correspondence, Hanson, David J., 1983-1995

Note

See also Library Records: "General correspondence, Oak Island Exploration Company"
16:9

General correspondence, Hogan, John C., 1982

16:10

General correspondence, Hogan, John C., 1983-1986

17:1

General correspondence, Hogan, John C., writings, 1983

17:2

General correspondence, (Hol-Hy)

17:3

General correspondence, Hovey, Kenneth, 1991-1993

17:4

General correspondence, (I - J)

17:5

General correspondence, Index of English Literary Manuscripts, 1975-1982

17:6

General correspondence, (K)

17:7

General correspondence, Kinney, Arthur F., (English Literary Renaissance), 1978-1995

17:8

General correspondence, Kristeller, Paul Oskar, 1956-1993

17:9

General correspondence, Kristeller, Paul Oskar, lecture text, 1965

18:1

General correspondence, (L)

18:2

General correspondence, Le Doeuff, Michele, 1983-1993

18:3

General correspondence, Leary, Thomas P., 1957-1985

18:4

General correspondence, Leary, Thomas P., 1986-1993

18:5

General correspondence, Levin, Harry, 1985

18:6

General correspondence, Los Angeles, City of, circa 1960-1981

18:7

General correspondence, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966, 1988-1992

18:8

General correspondence, (Ma)

18:9

General correspondence, Mathews, Mrs. Nieves H., 1972-1989

18:10

General correspondence, (Mc-Mw)

18:11

General correspondence, McCutcheon, Elizabeth, 1973-1991

19:1

General correspondence, Miller, Ruth Loyd, 1978-1986

19:2

General correspondence, Miller, Ruth Loyd, clippings (about her and/or Shakespeare authorship), circa 1950 -1976

19:3

General correspondence, Mouton, Johann, 1978-1991

19:4

General correspondence, (N)

19:5

General correspondence, (O)

19:6

General correspondence, Oak Island Exploration Company, 1991-1992

Note

See also Library Records: "General correspondence, Hanson, David J."
19:7

General correspondence, Oak Island Inn, Nova Scotia, 1993

19:8

General correspondence, (P)

19:9

General correspondence, Patrick, J. Max, 1958-1983

19:10

General correspondence, Paul, Debjani and Pran G., 1959-1973

19:11

General correspondence, (R)

19:12

General correspondence, Rees, Graham, 1982-1990

20:1

General correspondence, Roe, Richard Paul, 1989-1990

20:2

General correspondence, Royal “Shake-speare” [Shakespeare] Revels, Ojai (California), 1985-1986

20:3

General correspondence, (Sa-Sj)

20:4

General correspondence, Sessions, William A., 1969-1995

20:5

General correspondence, (Sm-Sw)

20:6

General correspondence, Smith, A. Hassell, 1969-1990

20:7

General correspondence, Snow, Lynn (regarding Bacon-Shawe-Cooke Indentures), 1982-1983

20:8

General correspondence, (T)

20:9

General correspondence, (U - V)

20:10

General correspondence, Ule, Louis, 1974-1993

21:1

General correspondence, Urbach, Peter, 1983-1994

21:2

General correspondence, Verulam Museum, St. Albans, England, 1959-1983

21:3

General correspondence, Vickers, Brian, 1964-1995

21:4

General correspondence, (W - Z)

21:5

General correspondence, Wallace, Karl (Richards) and Dorothy, 1966-1975

21:6

General correspondence, Wheeler, Harvey, 1970-1995

21:7

General correspondence, Whitney, Charles, 1976-1990

Box:Folder

 

Subseries 1.3.2. Colleges, Universities and Schools

22:1

California Institute of Technology, 1972

22:2

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1975-1995

22:3

California State University, Branches, 1965-1988

22:4

California, University of, Branches, 1955-1975

22:5

California, University of, Branches, 1976-1994

22:6

Claremont Colleges, 1955-1960

22:7

Claremont Colleges, 1961-1963

22:8

Claremont Colleges, 1964-1966

22:9

Claremont Colleges, 1967-1969

22:10

Claremont Colleges, 1970-1971

23:1

Claremont Colleges, 1972-1973

23:2

Claremont Colleges, 1974-1975

23:3

Claremont Colleges, 1976-1977

23:4

Claremont Colleges, 1978-1979

23:5

Claremont Colleges, 1980-1981

23:6

Claremont Colleges, 1982-1984

23:7

Claremont Colleges, 1985-1986

23:8

Claremont Colleges, 1987-1989

23:9

Claremont Colleges, 1990-1993

23:10

Claremont Colleges, Affiliates, 1974-1989

24:1

Claremont Colleges, College Student Personnel Institute, 1969-1970

24:2

Claremont Colleges, Educational Resource and Information Center, 1968-1973

24:3

Claremont Colleges, Lectures and Seminars, 1963-1991

24:4

Claremont Colleges, Student Directories, 1982, 1994

24:5

Claremont Men’s College, Shakespeare Clinic, 1987-1991

24:6

Columbia University, 1956-1991

24:7

Grants, Requests for, 1958-1968

24:8

Grants, Requests for, 1969-1992

24:9

Harvard University, 1954-1981

24:10

Maps of campuses, various circa 1970s- circa 1995

24:11

Miscellaneous schools, (A-B), circa 1955-1990

25:1

Miscellaneous schools, (C), circa 1955-1990

25:2

Miscellaneous schools, (D-F), circa 1955-1990

25:3

Miscellaneous schools, (G-H), circa 1955-1990

25:4

Miscellaneous schools, (I-K), circa 1955-1990

25:5

Miscellaneous schools, (L), circa 1955-1990

25:6

Miscellaneous schools, (M), circa 1955-1990

25:7

Miscellaneous schools, (N), circa 1955-1990

25:8

Miscellaneous schools, (O-Q), circa 1955-1990

25:9

Miscellaneous schools, (R-Sa), circa 1955-1990

26:1

Miscellaneous schools, (Sc-T), circa 1955-1990

26:2

Miscellaneous schools, (U-Z), circa 1955-1990

26:3

Occidental College, 1956-1988

26:4

Stanford University, 1954-1961

26:5

Stanford University, 1962-1992

26:6

University of Southern California, 1955-1956

26:7

University of Southern California, 1957-1959

26:8

University of Southern California, 1960-1990

26:9

University of Toronto, 1959-1991

26:10

Westmont College, 1965-1978

Box:Folder

 

Subseries 1.3.3. Foundations, Societies, Etc.

27:1

American Cryptogram Association, 1958-1960

27:2

American Cryptogram Association, 1961-1962

27:3

American Cryptogram Association, 1963-1965

27:4

American Cryptogram Association, 1966-1967

27:5

American Cryptogram Association, 1968-1969

27:6

American Cryptogram Association, 1970

27:7

American Cryptogram Association, 1971

27:8

American Cryptogram Association, 1972

27:9

American Cryptogram Association, 1973

27:10

American Cryptogram Association, 1974-1976

27:11

American Cryptogram Association, 1977-1979

28:1

American Cryptogram Association, 1980-1985

28:2

American Cryptogram Association, 1986-1988

28:3

American Cryptogram Association, 1989-1993

28:4

Bacon’s Castle, Virginia, 1986

28:5

Baconian Foundation, Oregon, 1987-1988

28:6

Claremont Council of Renaissance Studies, 1978

28:7

Conference on British Studies, 1977-1980

28:8

English-Speaking Union of the United States, 1966-1980

28:9

English-Speaking Union of the United States, 1988-1995

28:10

Foundation Center, New York, 1986-1988

28:11

Francis Bacon Research Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon (England), 1980-1986

28:12

Francis Bacon Research Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon (England), 1987-1994

29:1

Grants, Requests for, 1957-1965

29:2

Grants, Requests for, 1966-1969

29:3

Grants, Requests for, 1970-1972

29:4

Grants, Requests for, 1973-1976

29:5

Grants, Requests for, 1984-1990

29:6

Grants, Requests for, 1991-1995

29:7

Miscellaneous Foundations, (A-B), circa 1960-1990

30:1

Miscellaneous Foundations, (C), circa 1960-1990

30:2

Miscellaneous Foundations, (D-E), circa 1960-1990

30:3

Miscellaneous Foundations, (F), circa 1960-1990

30:4

Miscellaneous Foundations, (G-H), circa 1960-1990

30:5

Miscellaneous Foundations, (I-J), circa 1960-1990

30:6

Miscellaneous Foundations, (K-M), circa 1960-1990

30:7

Miscellaneous Foundations, (N-O), circa 1960-1990

31:1

Miscellaneous Foundations, (P-Q), circa 1960-1990

31:2

Miscellaneous Foundations, (R), circa 1960-1990

31:3

Miscellaneous Foundations, (S), circa 1960-1990

31:4

Miscellaneous Foundations, (T-V), circa 1960-1990

31:5

Miscellaneous Foundations, (W-Z), circa 1960-1990

31:6

Modern Humanities Research Association, London, 1958-1995

31:7

Modern Language Association of America, 1954-1973

31:8

Modern Language Association of America, 1974-1995

31:9

North American Conference on British Studies, 1984-1994

32:1

Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies, 1977-1995

32:2

Planetary Society, 1988-1994

32:3

Renaissance Conference of Southern California, 1970-1995

32:4

Renaissance Society of America, 1956-1995

32:5

Richard III Society, New York, 1978-1986

32:6

Richard III Society, New York, 1987-1995

32:7

Rosicrucian Order, San Jose (California), 1957-1988

32:8

Shakespeare Association of America, 1956-1991

33:1

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable (Los Angeles), 1983

33:2

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1984

33:3

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1985

33:4

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1986

33:5

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1987

33:6

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1988

33:7

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1989

33:8

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1990-1992

34:1

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1993

34:2

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1994

34:3

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1995

34:4

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, Miscellaneous articles, 1920-1986

34:5

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, Miscellaneous articles, circa 1950-1990 (1 of 2)

34:6

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, Miscellaneous articles, circa 1950-1990 (2 of 2)

34:7

Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, Miscellaneous articles, undated

34:8

Shakespeare Oxford Society, Nashua, New Hampshire, 1966-1995

35:1

Shakespeare Society of America, Los Angeles (California), 1983, 1987

35:2

Shakespearean Authorship Society (formerly The Shakespeare Fellowship), London, 1952-1982

35:3

Smithsonian Institution, 1980-1983

35:4

Veritat Foundation, Los Angeles (California), 1987-1990

Box:Folder

 

Subseries 1.3.4. Libraries and Related Institutions

35:5

American Library Association, 1961-1973

35:6

American Library Association, 1974-1995

35:7

Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Archival Center, 1981-1995

35:8

Bodleian Library, 1954-1990

35:9

British Library, 1974-1984

35:10

British Museum, 1958-1974

35:11

California Academic and Research Libraries (CARL), 1978-1996

36:1

California Center for the Book, 1986-1987

36:2

California Library Association, 1957-1995

36:3

California State Library Foundation, 1971-1995

36:4

Claremont Librarians in Concert, 1969-1980

36:5

Claremont Librarians in Concert, 1981-1990

36:6

Clark Library [William Andrews Clark Memorial Library], 1957-1994

36:7

Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services, 1976-1980

36:8

Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services, 1981-1988

37:1

Denison Library, Scripps College, 1979-1993

37:2

Folger Shakespeare Library, 1954-1988

37:3

Honnold Library, Claremont Colleges, 1958-1971

37:4

Honnold Library, Claremont Colleges, 1972-1973

37:5

Honnold Library, Claremont Colleges, 1974-1983

37:6

Honnold Library, Claremont Colleges, 1984-1994

38:1

Houghton Library, Harvard University, 1958-1983

38:2

Huntington Library, 1954-1973

38:3

Huntington Library, 1974-1982

38:4

Huntington Library, 1983-1995

38:5

Huntington Library, Morkisch, Erwin F., correspondence, 1952-1959

38:6

Information Center for Southern California Libraries, 1970-1974

38:7

Inland Library System, 1974-1975

38:8

Lambeth Palace Library, 1967-1973

38:9

Library of Congress, 1957-1994

39:1

Miscellaneous Libraries, (A-B), 1944-1995

39:2

Miscellaneous Libraries, (C-J), 1944-1995

39:3

Miscellaneous Libraries, (K-R), 1944-1995

39:4

Miscellaneous Libraries, (S-Z), 1944-1995

39:5

Peabody Institute [Filby, P. William], Baltimore (Md.), 1957-1964. Includes photograph of Elizabeth Wrigley and Vera Filby in front of the Francis Bacon Library, 1961.

40:1

Rare Books and Manuscripts Conference, 1976-1982

40:2

Rare Books and Manuscripts Conference, 1983-1995

40:3

School of Theology at Claremont, Library, 1970-1982

40:4

Scripps College Library, 1960-1970

40:5

Society of American Archivists, 1976-1983

40:6

Society of American Archivists, 1984-1995

40:7

Society of California Archivists, 1978-1995

40:8

Special Libraries Association, 1967-1974

41:1

Special Libraries Association, 1975-1995

41:2

University of Southern California, School of Library Science, 1972-1978

41:3

Wian, Robert, Library, Palos Verdes Peninsula (California), 1970-1972

Box:Folder

 

Subseries 1.3.5. Correspondence with Baconians

41:4

Correspondence with Baconians, (A-B)

41:5

Correspondence with Baconians, Alsup, Frances, 1976-1994

41:6

Correspondence with Baconians, The Association of “Sixty-Seven,” Storrington (England), 1965-67

41:7

Correspondence with Baconians, Ballantine, Roberta, 1981-1985

41:8

Correspondence with Baconians, Barwick, Cecil, 1984-1987

41:9

Correspondence with Baconians, Briggs, Arthur E., 1955-1969

41:10

Correspondence with Baconians, Brown, Ernest Clive, 1956-1981

42:1

Correspondence with Baconians, (C)

42:2

Correspondence with Baconians, Chafee, Raymond V., 1955

42:3

Correspondence with Baconians, Clairmonte, Mrs. Glenn, 1944-1977

42:4

Correspondence with Baconians, Covington, Annette, 1955-1960

42:5

Correspondence with Baconians, Creuz, Conrad H. F., 1956-1963

42:6

Correspondence with Baconians, (D)

42:7

Correspondence with Baconians, Day, Frederick E., 1966-1975

42:8

Correspondence with Baconians, Dernay, Eugene, 1957-1961

42:9

Correspondence with Baconians, (F, H)

42:10

Correspondence with Baconians, Francis Bacon Society, London, 1938-1972

42:11

Correspondence with Baconians, Francis Bacon Society, London, 1973-1990

43:1

Correspondence with Baconians, Franco, Johan (and Eloise), 1955-1960

43:2

Correspondence with Baconians, Franco, Johan (and Eloise), 1961-1970

43:3

Correspondence with Baconians, Franco, Johan (and Eloise), 1971-1994

43:4

Correspondence with Baconians, Friedman, William F., 1954-1962

Note

See also Walter and Louise Arensberg Papers: "Correspondence, Friedman, William F."
43:5

Correspondence with Baconians, Gaines, Frank L., 1958-1960

43:6

Correspondence with Baconians, Gerstenberg, Dr. Joachim, 1966-1971

43:7

Correspondence with Baconians, Greene, Margaret, 1966-1978

44:1

Correspondence with Baconians, Hall, Marie Bauer and Manly, 1955-1990

44:2

Correspondence with Baconians, Heppenheimer, Helene, 1954-1958

44:3

Correspondence with Baconians, Heustis, Larry, 1975-1976

44:4

Correspondence with Baconians, Hieronimus, Robert R., 1972-1973

44:5

Correspondence with Baconians, Hieronimus, Robert R., 1974-1985

44:6

Correspondence with Baconians, Hovhaness, Mrs. Alan, 1975-1976

44:7

Correspondence with Baconians, (J, M)

44:8

Correspondence with Baconians, MacDonald, Mrs. F. B., 1957-1972

44:9

Correspondence with Baconians, MacDuff, Donald (Ewen) and Laura, 1961-1965

45:1

Correspondence with Baconians, MacDuff, Donald (Ewen) and Laura, 1966-1988

45:2

Correspondence with Baconians, McKaig, Elizabeth, 1976-1991

45:3

Correspondence with Baconians, (N - R)

45:4

Correspondence with Baconians, Pares, Cmdr. Martin, 1956-1964

45:5

Correspondence with Baconians, Pares, Cmdr. Martin, 1965-1982

45:6

Correspondence with Baconians, Peck, Andrew S., 1959-1966

46:1

Correspondence with Baconians, Peck, Andrew S., 1989-1993

46:2

Correspondence with Baconians, (S-W)

46:3

Correspondence with Baconians, Slagle, A. Russell, 1956-1957

46:4

Correspondence with Baconians, Slagle, A. Russell, 1958

46:5

Correspondence with Baconians, Slagle, A. Russell, 1959-1965

46:6

Correspondence with Baconians, Slagle, A. Russell, 1966-1988

47:1

Correspondence with Baconians, Strong, Leonell, 1975-1982

47:2

Correspondence with Baconians, Tomasson, Gunnar, 1984-1990

47:3

Correspondence with Baconians, Wang, Dorothy, 1986-1994

47:4

Correspondence with Baconians, Weagant, James R., 1955-1964

47:5

Correspondence with Baconians, Weagant, James R., copies of correspondence with others, circa 1950-1960

47:6

Correspondence with Baconians, Weagant, James R., notes and writings, circa 1950s

47:7

Correspondence with Baconians, Werts, Geraldine Alten, 1961

47:8

Correspondence with Baconians, Woodruff, Allen M., 1956-1967. Includes photographs of his book collection. See Library records: "Gifts to Library."

 

1.4. Exhibits

Box:Folder

48:1

List of Library exhibits, 1960-1992

48:2

Exhibits, “Commemoration of the 400th Anniversary of Francis Bacon’s Birth,” Jan. 1961

48:3

Exhibits, “The Art of Secret Writing,” Nov. 1962

48:4

Exhibits, “Witchcraft, Magic and Alchemy,” Nov. 1963

48:5

Exhibits, “Shakespeare: What They Said About Him,” Nov. 1964

48:6

Exhibits, “Dante,” 1965 and undated

48:7

Exhibits, “Emblem Literature of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Devices, Imprese, Hierglyphs, Images and Emblemata,” Nov. 1966

48:8

Exhibits, “Rosicrucians, Past and Present,” Nov. 1967

48:9

Exhibits, “The Lee-Bernard Collection in American Political Theory,” Nov. 1968

48:10

Exhibits, “Three Hundred Years of Divination,” Nov. 1970

48:11

Exhibits, “The Shakespeare-Authorship Controversy: A Sampling of Books and Letters Illustrating the Baconian Theory,” Nov. 1971

48:12

Exhibits, “The Age of Elizabeth,” (Isabelle Kittson Brown collection), 1972

48:13

Exhibits, “The Dominant and the Dominated: Women of Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England,” Nov. 1973

48:14

Exhibits, “Witchcraft, Black and White,” Nov. 1974. Includes four photographs of exhibit and staff member in the library.

48:15

Exhibits, “Star-Crossed: Astrology Then and Now,” Nov. 1975

48:16

Exhibits, “Claremont Looks At America,” Nov. 1976

48:17

Exhibits, “Life in Elizabethan England,” Nov. 1977

48:18

Exhibits, “Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Emblem Literature,” Nov. 1978

48:19

Exhibits, “Codes and Ciphers: Secret Writing Through the Ages,” Nov. 1979

48:20

Exhibits, “Life in Shakespeare’s England” and “Was Shakespeare Shakespeare?” 1981 (1 of 2)

48:21

Exhibits, “Life in Shakespeare’s England” and “Was Shakespeare Shakespeare?” 1981 (2 of 2)

49:1

Exhibits, “Apollinaire: Pantomime and Ideogramme,” Mar. 1982

49:2

Exhibits, “The Arensbergs and Their Circle,” Nov. 1982

49:3

Exhibits, “Calendars and Almanacs in the Francis Bacon Library,” Aug. 1983

49:4

Exhibits, “Treason and Gunpowder Plot,” Nov. 1983

49:5

Exhibits, “Early Music at the Francis Bacon Library,” Dec. 1983

49:6

Exhibits, “Gloriana: The Life and Reign of Elizabeth I,” Nov. 1984

49:7

Exhibits, “London: A Tourist’s Guide to the Year 1600,” Nov. 1985 (1 of 2)

49:8

Exhibits, “London: A Tourist’s Guide to the Year 1600,” Nov. 1985 (2 of 2)

49:9

Exhibits, “Sir Francis Bacon: Herald of a New Age,” Nov. 1986 (1 of 2)

49:10

Exhibits, “Sir Francis Bacon: Herald of a New Age,” Nov. 1986 (2 of 2)

49:11

Exhibits, “Divination: The Search for Hidden Knowledge,” Nov. 1987 (1 of 3)

49:12

Exhibits, “Divination: The Search for Hidden Knowledge,” Nov. 1987 (2 of 3)

50:1

Exhibits, “Divination: The Search for Hidden Knowledge,” Nov. 1987 (3 of 3)

50:2

Exhibits, “Merchants, Pirates, Sea Dogs All: The Rise of English Sea Power,” Nov. 1988

50:3

Exhibits, “Two Queens on One Isle: Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I,” Nov. 1989 (1 of 2)

50:4

Exhibits, “Two Queens on One Isle: Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I,” Nov. 1989 (2 of 2)

50:5

Exhibits, “Emblem Books of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries,” Nov. 1990

50:6

Exhibits, “Summer Garden Exhibit,” 1991

50:7

Exhibits, “Costume In the Age of Francis Bacon, 1561-1626,” Nov. 1991

50:8

Exhibits, “Of Physicke and Health: Medicine in the Late Renaissance,” Nov. 1992

50:9

Exhibits, “Horticulture and Culture: Books From the Francis Bacon Library,” Mar. 1993

50:10

Exhibits, “Place, Time and Space: A Geography of England and the World in Bacon’s Era,” Nov. 1993

50:11

Exhibits, “Elizabethans at Home: Daily Life in the Age of Sir Francis Bacon,” Nov. 1994

50:12

Exhibits, “The Man in the London Street in the Age of Francis Bacon,” 1995

50:13

Exhibits, “Aldine,” undated

50:14

Exhibits, “Courtesy Books,” undated

51:1

Exhibits, Francis Bacon-related exhibit materials (1 of 2)

51:2

Exhibits, Francis Bacon-related exhibit materials (2 of 2)

51:3

Exhibits, Miscellaneous display labels and other exhibit materials, 1979-1992

51:4

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Buildings and places, (1 of 2)

51:5

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Buildings and places, (2 of 2)

51:6

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Miscellaneous subjects (1 of 6)

51:7

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Miscellaneous subjects (2 of 6)

52:1

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Miscellaneous subjects (3 of 6)

52:2

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Miscellaneous subjects (4 of 6)

52:3

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Miscellaneous subjects (5 of 6)

52:4

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Miscellaneous subjects (6 of 6)

52:5

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Photographic reproductions, various subjects

53:1

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Portraits (1 of 3)

53:2

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Portraits (2 of 3)

53:3

Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Portraits (3 of 3)

53:4

Exhibits, Shakespeare Authorship controversy materials (1 of 2)

53:5

Exhibits, Shakespeare Authorship controversy materials (2 of 2)

 

1.5. Financial records

Box:Folder

54:1

Insurance, Policies and correspondence, 1955-1970

54:2

Insurance, Policies, obsolete, 1954-1966

54:3

Insurance, Storage, Bekins warehouse, 1970-1976

54:4

Invoices, Miscellaneous, “A” circa 1960-1980

54:5

Invoices, Miscellaneous, “Ba-Be” circa 1960-1980

54:6

Invoices, Miscellaneous, “Bi-Bl” circa 1960-1980

54:7

Royalties, Bacon Concordance [Published by the Francis Bacon Foundation], 1973-1990

 

2. PERSONAL PAPERS

Scope and Content Note

Collections of personal papers given to the Francis Bacon Library by the owners or their heirs. In most cases, they were part of a larger gift that included rare books. Much of the material concerns Bacon and the Shakespeare authorship question. The papers include auditapes, ephemera, publication plates, photographs, drafts and galley proofs, correspondence, research notes and clippings.
 

2.1. Isabelle Kittson Brown Papers, circa 1880-1928

Scope and Content Note

Isabelle Kittson Brown (1860-1928) was a scholar of Elizabethan history who authored several books on the subject under the pseudonym Basil Brown, most notably Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594), published in 1921. Her papers include correspondence with Baconians, galley proofs, photographs, and extensive research notes relating to Shakespeare, Bacon and other Elizabethan figures. A large portion of her research centers on Shakespeare's sonnets and her arguments that Bacon wrote them. This collection also includes theater-related photographs and ephemera, including Oscar Wilde's autograph in an album. Gift to the Francis Bacon Library of Mrs. Brown's son, Ernest Clive Brown, 1971.
See also Library Records: "Gifts to Library, Brown, Isabelle" and "Correspondence with Baconians, Brown, Ernest Clive."
Box:Folder

119

Bookplate, Isabelle Brown bookplate (copper on wood), and paper copies, undated

55:1

Correspondence, The Bacon Society, London, 1903-1910

55:2

Correspondence, The Bacon Society of America, 1922-1926

55:3

Correspondence, Columbia University Library, New York, 1908-1929

55:4

Correspondence, Dobell, Bertram, 1911

55:5

Correspondence, [Letters to editors], drafts, 1920-1921, undated

55:6

Correspondence, Morgan, Appleton, 1908-1921, undated

55:7

Correspondence, Sihler, E. G., 1916-1925

55:8

Correspondence, Various, (A-Z), 1905-1928

55:9

Ephemera, Cigar band collection in scrapbook (“Ernest Clive Brown’s Collection of Cigar Bands”), May 11, 1910

55:10

Ephemera, Embroidery books and miscellaneous items, 1899-1916

55:11

Ephemera, New York City, miscellaneous (includes Bell Telephone Directory of businesses), circa 1900-1924

55:12

Ephemera, Shakespeare-related lectures and publications, circa 1875-1921

55:13

Ephemera, Theater and performing arts programs, etc., circa 1887-1915

55:14

Ephemera, Theater, Oscar Wilde autograph in album, March 11, 1881

55:15

Ephemera and pamphlets, World War I, 1916-1919 (1 of 2)

55:16

Ephemera and pamphlets, World War I, 1916-1919 (2 of 2)

56:1

Glass plate negative, “Lichfield, stained-glass window,” (Lichfield Cathedral), circa 1905

56:2

“Law Sports at Gray’s Inn (1594),” Acknowledgements and dedication notes, 1920-1921

56:3

“Law Sports at Gray’s Inn (1594),” Pamphlets and advertisements, 1921

56:4

“Law Sports at Gray’s Inn (1594),” Proof copy, 1921 (copy 1)

56:5

“Law Sports at Gray’s Inn (1594),” Proof copy, 1921 (copy 2)

56:6

“Law Sports at Gray’s Inn (1594),” Reviews and notices, 1921-1924

56:7

Miscellaneous personal writings by Brown, circa 1894-1914

116:1

Newspaper Clippings, Cancer treatment, 1928

116:2

Newspaper Clippings, Great Britain-related (Elizabethan history, royalty, etc.), circa 1880-1926

116:3

Newspaper Clippings, Literature and authors, circa 1880-1926

116:4

Newspaper Clippings, Miscellaneous, circa 1880-1926

116:5

Newspaper Clippings, Shakespeare and Bacon-related, circa 1880-1926 (1 of 2)

116:6

Newspaper Clippings, Shakespeare and Bacon-related, circa 1880-1926 (2 of 2)

117:1

Newspaper Clippings, Theater and performing arts, circa 1880-1926

117:2

Newspaper Clippings, Women’s issues, 1921

117:3

Newspaper Clippings, World War I, 1914-1919 (1 of 2)

117:4

Newspaper Clippings, World War I, 1914-1919 (2 of 2)

56:8

Photographs, Miscellaneous: art reproductions; Constance M. Pott; General Tom Thumb; Westminster Abbey tomb, circa 1890-1900

57:1

Photographs, Old Gorhambury House, St. Albans (England). Isabelle Brown and son Clive are in some views, 1905, 1908

57:2

Photographs, Theater actors: Mary Anderson (2); Sarah Bernhardt (5, one by Nadar, Paris); Isabella Irving (1); Lily Langtry (1); Helena [Madame] Modjeska (3); Ellen Terry (2); unknown man (1), circa 1890-1900

117:5

Photographs, Theater actors: Marie Jensen in “The Oolah.” Imperial size photograph by B. J. Falk, circa 1889

57:3

Postcards, Views of St. Albans (England) and one of Eaton Hall (England), etching reproductions, circa 1900

57:4

Research notes, Shakespeare, Bacon, Elizabeth I, etc., circa 1900-1928 (1 of 6)

57:5

Research notes, Shakespeare, Bacon, Elizabeth I, etc., circa 1900-1928 (2 of 6)

57:6

Research notes, Shakespeare, Bacon, Elizabeth I, etc., circa 1900-1928 (3 of 6)

57:7

Research notes, Shakespeare, Bacon, Elizabeth I, etc., circa 1900-1928 (4 of 6)

58:1

Research notes, Shakespeare, Bacon, Elizabeth I, etc., circa 1900-1928 (5 of 6)

58:2

Research notes, Shakespeare, Bacon, Elizabeth I, etc., circa 1900-1928 (6 of 6)

118:1

Research notes and drafts, “Law Sports at Gray’s Inn (1594)” and miscellaneous, circa 1920 (1 of 3)

118:2

Research notes and drafts, “Law Sports at Gray’s Inn (1594)” and miscellaneous, circa 1920 (2 of 3)

118:3

Research notes and drafts, “Law Sports at Gray’s Inn (1594)” and miscellaneous, circa 1920 (3 of 3)

58:3

Research notes and drafts, [Shakespeare’s Sonnets], circa 1900-1928 (1 of 2)

58:4

Research notes and drafts, [Shakespeare’s Sonnets], circa 1900-1928 (2 of 2)

119

Research notes and drafts, “Shakespeare’s Sonnets: Their History, Their Meaning, Their Author, By Mrs. E. C. Brown, New York, 1904.”

58:5

Research notes and drafts, “Supposed Caricature of the Droeshout Portrait of Shakespeare,” circa 1910

59:1

Transcripts, Various excerpts from circa 17th-19th c. source material (1 of 3)

59:2

Transcripts, Various excerpts from circa 17th-19th c. source material (2 of 3)

59:3

Transcripts, Various excerpts from circa 17th-19th c. source material (3 of 3)

59:4

Transcripts, “Gesta Grayorum” (1688) (partial)

59:5

Writings and correspondence of Ernest Clive Brown upon the death of (his wife) Isabelle Kittson Brown, 1928

59:6

Obituaries on Isabelle Kittson Brown, 1928

 

2.2. Eugene Dernay Papers, 1861-1960 (bulk 1910-1945)

Scope and Content Note

The papers of Eugene Dernay (d. 1961), a Hungarian-born translator, include correspondence, ephemera and his numerical cipher work on the Bacon-Shakespeare question and the cryptography of Cervantes' Don Quixote. Dernay was a Baconian and member of the Bacon Society of America. Gift to the Francis Bacon Library of Eugene Dernay, 1959.
Box:Folder

60:1

[Baconians in the United States], list, circa 1936

60:2

Book dealers catalogs, 1916-1960

60:3

Cipher notebook, Bacon and alternate versions of name (1 of 2)

60:4

Cipher notebook, Bacon and alternate versions of name (2 of 2)

60:5

Cipher notebook, Shakespeare alternate spellings

60:6

Cipher notebook, [Words], “A”

60:7

Cipher notebook, [Words], “B”

60:8

Cipher notebook, [Words], “C”

60:9

Cipher notebook, [Words], “D-E”

61:1

Cipher notebook, [Words], “F-G”

61:2

Cipher notebook, [Words], “H-I”

61:3

Cipher notebook, [Words], “J-L”

61:4

Cipher notebook, [Words], “M-O”

61:5

Cipher notebook, [Words], “P-Q”

61:6

Cipher notebook, [Words], “R”

61:7

Cipher notebook, [Words], “S”

61:8

Cipher notebook, [Words], “St. or Saint”

61:9

Cipher notebook, [Words], “T”

62:1

Cipher notebook, [Words], “U-Z”

62:2

Cipher notebook, “100-149”

62:3

Cipher notebook, “150-200”

62:4

Cipher notebook, “201-300”

62:5

Cipher notebook, “301-400”

62:6

Cipher notebook, “401-500”

62:7

Cipher notebook, “501-651”

62:8

Cipher notebook, “652-1749”

62:9

Cipher notebooks, Miscellaneous notes

63:1

Correspondence, Gray, Ethel, 1940-1951

63:2

Correspondence, Morgan, J. E. (John Edward), 1940-1948, undated

63:3

Correspondence, Owen, Walter, 1940-1945

63:4

Correspondence, [Regarding books offered], 1916-1945

63:5

Correspondence, Various, (A-Z), 1928-1956

63:6

Third-party Correspondence, Bauer, Maria and Kenneth Sylvian Guthrie, 1939

63:7

Third-party Correspondence, Montgomery, C. A. (Charles Alexander) and various, 1909-1921

63:8

Third-party Correspondence, Morgan, J. E. (John Edward) and Ethel Gray, 1938-1944

63:9

Third-party Correspondence, Morgan, J. E. (John Edward) and Ethel Gray, undated

64:1

Journals and ephemera related to Shakespeare, 1861-1953

64:2

Newspaper clippings, circa 1910-1955 (1 of 4) (Subjects are Shakespeare, literature, English history, art, etc.)

64:3

Newspaper clippings, circa 1910-1955 (2 of 4)

64:4

Newspaper clippings, circa 1910-1955 (3 of 4)

64:5

Newspaper clippings, circa 1910-1955 (4 of 4)

65:1

Newspaper clippings, The Shakespeare Fellowship’s series in The Hackney Spectator on the Shakespeare authorship controversy, 1923-1925

65:2

Notes and translations, undated

65:3

Research notes on Francis Bacon, circa 1920, 1950

65:4

Shakespeare Fellowship, literature and annual report, 1927-1930

65:5

Shakespeare Tercentenary ephemera, 1916

133:1

Photographs, Montgomery, C. A. (Charles Alexander), portraits, undated

133:2

Photographs, Tombstones, Stratford-upon-Avon, undated

133:3

Photographs, Westminster Abbey, inscriptions and monuments, undated

120:1

Photostats, Bacon, Francis, texts (1 of 2)

120:2

Photostats, Bacon, Francis, texts (2 of 2)

120:3

Photostats and photographs, Bacon, Francis, monument in St. Michael’s Church

120:4

Photostats, prints and engravings, Bacon, Francis

133:4

Photostats, Excerpts from various texts (1 of 2)

133:5

Photostats, Excerpts from various texts (2 of 2)

133:6

Photostats, Historical portraits, various Elizabethan figures, etc.

121:1

Photostats, Jewell, Bishop John, “An Apologie in the Defense of the Church of England…” (1562)

121:2

Photostats, Shakespeare texts and portraits

121:3

Photostats, Shakespeare, “King Richard III” (1634)

121:4

Photostats, Shakespeare, “Love’s Labour’s Lost” from Second Folio

121:5

Photostats, Sidney, Sir Philip, various texts

65:6

Writings, Guthrie, Kenneth Sylvian, 1930

122:1

Writings, Montgomery, C. A. (Charles Alexander), circa 1910-1927 (1 of 3)

122:2

Writings, Montgomery, C. A. (Charles Alexander), circa 1910-1927 (2 of 3)

122:3

Writings, Montgomery, C. A. (Charles Alexander), circa 1910-1927 (3 of 3)

122:4

Writings, Montgomery, C. A. (Charles Alexander), notes on Delia Bacon

65:7

Writings, Morgan, J. E. (John Edward), circa 1939

 

2.3. George Drury Papers, 1960-1964

Scope and Content Note

George Drury (1917-2010) was a professor and charter faculty member of Monteith College, Michigan.
This collection consists of correspondence, ephemera and six audiotape recordings of the Francis Bacon Celebration held at Monteith College, January 20-27, 1961. Lecturers are George Drury, Sally Cassidy, Norman Cleary, Max Coral, Robert McRae, Robert Merton, Woodburn Ross, Dean Jesse Shera, John Tossey, and Paule Verdet. Gift of George Drury.
Box:Folder

66:1

Audiotape recording, “Bacon Is Shakespeare,” radio interview with Riley Crabb, December 8, 1964; “The Baconian Heresy,” a lecture by Riley Crabb, June 16, 1962

66:2

Audiotape recording, Monteith College Bacon Celebration, January 20-27, 1961, (1 of 6)

66:3

Audiotape recording, Monteith College Bacon Celebration, January 20-27, 1961, (2 of 6)

66:4

Audiotape recording, Monteith College Bacon Celebration, January 20-27, 1961, (3 of 6)

66:5

Audiotape recording, Monteith College Bacon Celebration, January 20-27, 1961, (4 of 6)

66:6

Audiotape recording, Monteith College Bacon Celebration, January 20-27, 1961, (5 of 6)

66:7

Audiotape recording, Monteith College Bacon Celebration, January 20-27, 1961, (6 of 6)

66:8

Monteith College Bacon Celebration, 1961, correspondence regarding planning, 1960-1961. Includes brief autograph letters from Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) and J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967).

66:9

Monteith College Bacon Celebration, 1961, program details

66:10

Monteith College Bacon Celebration, 1961, publicity and clippings

 

2.4. Johan Franco Publication plates, undated

Scope and Content Note

Johan Franco (1908-1988) was a music composer, author, book collector, and a Baconian. In 1947 he published The Bacon-Shakespeare identities revealed by their hand-writings. The items here are publication plates for one or more works related to Bacon. He and his wife Eloise kept a nearly 40-year correspondence with the Arensbergs and the Library; see "Correspondence with Baconians, Franco, Johan" in both the Library records series and Walter and Louise Arensberg Papers. The library bought a number of Emblem books from him, and others were donated after his death.
Box

115

Copper plates for publications: Reproductions of pages from Bacon’s works (5 metal plates on wood blocks)

 

2.5. R. W. (Reginald Walter) Gibson Papers, circa 1940-1959.

Scope and Content Note

R. W. Gibson worked for Blackwell's, Oxford, and was also a Bacon collector. These are primarily his research notes and correspondence for his publication Francis Bacon; a bibliography of his works and Baconiana to the year 1750 (Oxford: Scrivener Press, 1950). Much of the correspondence concerns details of holdings of Bacon material in libraries all over the world. See also Library records, General Correspondence files for his correspondence with Elizabeth Wrigley concerning books and manuscripts offered and sold to the Francis Bacon Library.
Box:Folder

67:1

Correspondence, (A-B), circa 1940-1960

67:2

Correspondence, Francis Bacon Society, London, 1944-1950

67:3

Correspondence, British Museum, 1942-1959

67:4

Correspondence, (C-D), circa 1940-1960

67:5

Correspondence, Cambridge University Library, 1942-1959

67:6

Correspondence, Deutsch, Morton, 1958-1959

67:7

Correspondence, (E-F), circa 1940-1960

67:8

Correspondence, Folger Shakespeare Library, 1943-1948

67:9

Correspondence, (G), circa 1940-1960

67:10

Correspondence, (H), circa 1940-1960

67:11

Correspondence, Harvard University, Houghton Library, 1944-1951

67:12

Correspondence, Harvard University, Law Library, 1945-1947

67:13

Correspondence, Huntington Library, 1943-1947

68:1

Correspondence, (I-J), circa 1940-1960

68:2

Correspondence, (K-L), circa 1940-1960

68:3

Correspondence, University of Leeds, Library, 1944-1945

68:4

Correspondence, (M), circa 1940-1960

68:5

Correspondence, (N-P), circa 1940-1960

68:6

Correspondence, National Library of Scotland, 1943-1946

68:7

Correspondence, Pares, Cmdr. G. Martin, 1944-1960

68:8

Correspondence, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1946-1950

68:9

Correspondence, (Q-S), circa 1940-1960

68:10

Correspondence, (T-Z), circa 1940-1960

68:11

Correspondence, Trinity College (University of Cambridge) Library, 1944-1950

68:12

Correspondence, Vatican Library [Biblioteca apostolica vaticana], 1945-1946

68:13

Correspondence, Woodruff, Allen M., 1946-1949

68:14

Correspondence, Yale University Library, 1944-1947

 

2.6. Olive Woodward Hoss Papers, circa 1920-1969

Scope and Content Note

This is a small group of Hoss' correspondence (1939-1952), clippings and ephemera related to Bacon, Shakespeare and Tudor England. Hoss' husband gave her books and these papers to the Library. See Library records: "Gifts to Library, Hoss, Olive Woodward."
Box:Folder

69:1

Clippings, correspondence and ephemera (primarily related to Bacon and Shakespeare)

 

2.7. Karl (Richards) Wallace Papers, circa 1960-1973

Scope and Content Note

Karl Richards Wallace (1905-1973) was a scholar and author who wrote on the subjects of rhetoric, public speaking and Francis Bacon. His first Bacon book was Bacon’s theory of public address ..." in 1933. This collection consists of the bibliographic index cards, notes and periodicals list he kept on Bacon.
Box:Folder

123:1

Notes and periodicals list for Francis Bacon bibliography

123:2

Bibliography cards for Francis Bacon bibliography, (A-B)

123:3

Bibliography cards for Francis Bacon bibliography, (C-E)

123:4

Bibliography cards for Francis Bacon bibliography, (F-I)

123:5

Bibliography cards for Francis Bacon bibliography, (J-M)

123:6

Bibliography cards for Francis Bacon bibliography, (N-R)

123:7

Bibliography cards for Francis Bacon bibliography, (S-U)

123:8

Bibliography cards for Francis Bacon bibliography, (V-Z)

 

2.8. A. Allen Woodruff Papers, circa 1893-1949

Scope and Content Note

A. Allen Woodruff (d. 1949), former officer in the British Royal Navy (WWI), was interested in the Bacon-Shakespeare authorship question and cryptography. The collection includes cardboard cipher wheels created by Woodruff, research notes, technical analyses, and correspondence with Baconians. Gift to the Francis Bacon Library along with his books, by his wife, Mrs. Francis Stokes, 1973.
Box:Folder

69:2

The Cryptogram, a publication of the American Cryptogram Association, New York (8 issues), 1943-1944

69:3

Cipher wheels made by A. Allen Woodruff, circa 1920-1949 (1 of 2)

69:4

Cipher wheels made by A. Allen Woodruff, circa 1920-1949 (2 of 2)

69:5

Clippings and pamphlets, Bacon Society of America, Bacon Society of London, others, circa 1893, 1920-1930

69:6

Correspondence, 1920, 1936, 1948, undated

69:7

Research notes, circa 1920-1949

 

3. FRANCIS BACON FOUNDATION RECORDS

Scope and Content Note

Includes articles of incorporation, Board correspondence, administrative records, employee files (including employees of the Francis Bacon Library), safe deposit box lists and perpetuation files. There are also clippings on the Shakespeare authorship question, some dating to the 19th century. Other research reference materials are photographs, photostats and clippings related to Bacon, Shakespeare, English history and Lichfield Cathedral, England.
This represents only a portion of the Foundation records. The remainder are in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Box:Folder

70:1

Articles of Incorporation (and amendments), 1938-1948

70:2

Articles of Incorporation (and amendments), 1952-1980

70:3

Board of Trustees, Meetings and notices, 1938-1952

70:4

Board of Trustees, Stevens, John E., correspondence, 1954-1963

Note

(See also Walter and Louise Arensberg Papers: "Stevens Family Correspondence, Stevens, John E."
70:5

Board of Trustees, Stevens, John E., correspondence, 1964-1988

70:6

Brochures, 1954-1975

71:1

Clippings, Bacon, Francis, circa 1920-1980

71:2

Clippings, Books, circa 1920-1970

71:3

Clippings, History and biography, circa 1920-1980

71:4

Clippings, Miscellaneous, circa 1950-1990

71:5

Clippings, Philosophy and science, circa 1950-1960

72:1

Clippings, Shakespeare, circa 1920-1990 (1 of 2)

72:2

Clippings, Shakespeare, circa 1920-1990 (2 of 2)

72:3

Clippings, Shakespeare authorship controversy, Montreal Gazette, 1910-1911

72:4

Clippings, Shakespeare authorship controversy, circa 1920-1990 (1 of 2)

72:5

Clippings, Shakespeare authorship controversy, circa 1920-1990 (2 of 2)

124

Clippings scrapbook, “Cuttings from Newspapers Respecting the Bacon-Shakespeare ‘Craze,’” 1887-1888. Clips from British newspapers, including The Daily Telegraph, The Standard, Daily Mail and others. Some handwritten notes. Original owner unknown.

124

Clippings scrapbook, “Press Cuttings Relating to Spenser’s Tomb,” 1938. British newspaper coverage of the opening of Edmund Spenser’s tomb in Westminster Abbey, 1938.

124

Clippings scrapbook, Shakespeare authorship controversy, 1850-1964 [Clippings book 3]

125

Clippings scrapbook, Shakespeare authorship controversy, 1913-1950s [Clippings book 4]

73:1

Employees, Job postings

73:2

Employees, Records and correspondence, 1937-1953

73:3

Employees, Records and correspondence, 1954-1970

73:4

Employees, Records and correspondence, 1971-1995

73:5

Financial, Accounts, “Old Foundation,” 1937-1938

73:6

Financial, Accounts, 1943-1954

73:7

Financial, Property Tax, City of Pasadena, 1955-1960

73:8

Financial, Tax exemption certificate, 1938, 1954

73:9

Financial, Taxes, 1938-1948

73:10

Financial, Taxes, 1949-1954

73:11

Insurance, 1937-1949

73:12

Insurance, 1950-1954

74:1

Lecture series announcements, 1956-1969

74:2

Legal documents and correspondence, 1937-1948

74:3

Legal documents and correspondence, 1949-1954

74:4

Operating Committee correspondence, 1954-1961

74:5

Perpetuation notes, 1950-1954

74:6

Photographs and photostats, Bacon, Francis, family and miscellaneous

74:7

Photographs and photostats, Bacon, Francis, portraits and monuments

74:8

Photographs and photostats, Bacon, Francis, “The Two Bookes of the Advancement of Learning” (1605) (partial)

74:9

Photographs and photostats, Lichfield Cathedral (1 of 2)

75:1

Photographs and photostats, Lichfield Cathedral (2 of 2)

75:2

Photographs and photostats, Lichfield Cathedral, glass plates of engravings (3)

75:3

Photographs and photostats, Lichfield Cathedral, photographs by Giles G. (Giles Greville) Healey, circa 1948-1951

75:4

Photographs and photostats, Miscellaneous

75:5

Photographs and photostats, Shakespeare-related

75:6

Photographs and photostats, Shakespeare, First Folio (1623), first and last pages of plays

76:1

Publications, “Concordance to the Essays of Francis Bacon,” correspondence, 1970-1981

Note

See also Library Records: "Financial records, Royalties, Bacon Concordance"
76:2

Publications, “Concordance to the Essays of Francis Bacon,” Drafts and working papers, approx. 1960-1973 (1 of 2)

76:3

Publications, “Concordance to the Essays of Francis Bacon,” Drafts and working papers, approx. 1960-1973 (2 of 2)

76:4

Publications, “Concordance to the Essays of Francis Bacon,” Reviews and listings, 1971-1975

76:5

Published listings and descriptions of the Francis Bacon Foundation, 1981-1993

76:6

Safe deposit box, lists of contents, 1940-1954

 

4. WALTER AND LOUISE ARENSBERG PAPERS

Scope and Content Note

A significant portion of these papers consists of Walter Arensberg's cryptographic research notes and files, circa 1920 to 1954. His notes demonstrate his conviction that he would eventually unlock the key to the ciphers in Shakespeare's texts despite unsuccessful results and contrary opinion. There are many typescripts by Arensberg, but also research work done by his staff, at his direction. The titles of his research subject files give a good idea of the topics of interest to Arensberg, many related to mythology and symbolism. There are a few letters with private researchers or librarians dealing with specific topics in the subject files. The research work was carried on by the staff for approximately six years after his death in January 1954.
Also included here is personal correspondence with family, friends and other Baconians, and some of Walter's early and experimental poetry.
Walter's letters to Louise in 1923 and 1924 are an account of his first visit to Lichfield, England, where he hoped to convince local authorities of his theory that Bacon was buried there.
The letters of Walter's father, Conrad Christian Arensberg, demonstrate his pride in Walter's books of the 1920s. Letters to his brother Charles F. C. Arensberg, to whom he appeared to be close, contain some accounts from Walter about his Baconian theories. Also of note are letters from Helen Keller (to Charles F. C. Arensberg); writer Henry Miller; film director John Huston; noted World War II cryptologist William F. Friedman; and Clyde Wolfe, a California Institute of Technology professor whom Arensberg hired, along with Friedman, to assist with his cipher work.
Personal items include family photographs, two of Walter Arensberg's passports, medical and financial records, and copies of the Arensbergs' wills.
The collection also includes family photographs of the Arensberg and [Louise] Stevens families, including Walter and Louise.
 

4.1. Correspondence

Box:Folder

Subseries 4.1.1. General Correspondence

77:1

Correspondence, (A), 1943-1955, undated

77:2

Correspondence, Arensberg, Louise Stevens to Walter Conrad Arensberg, 1922

77:3

Correspondence, Arensberg, Walter Conrad to Louise Stevens Arensberg (regarding first visit to Lichfield, England), 1923

77:4

Correspondence, Arensberg, Walter Conrad to Louise Stevens Arensberg, undated

77:5

Correspondence, Aull, Grace H. and William F., 1929-1930, 1938

77:6

Correspondence, (B), 1909-1953

77:7

Correspondence, Bacon Society of America, 1923-1939

77:8

Correspondence, Bacon Society of America (efforts to locate), 1938-1946

77:9

Correspondence, Books of Walter Conrad Arensberg [people interested in buying], 1936-1938

77:10

Correspondence, Bynner, Witter, 1938-1951

77:11

Correspondence, (C), 1914-1956

77:12

Correspondence, Castle, Mabel Wing, 1940-1947

77:13

Correspondence, Cookson, Maurice B., 1951-1952

77:14

Correspondence, (D), 1940-1953

77:15

Correspondence, (E-F), 1940-1953

77:16

Correspondence, Folger Shakespeare Library, 1948-1954

77:17

Correspondence, Foundations and Societies (A-Z), 1938-1953

77:18

Correspondence, Francis Bacon Society, London, 1921-1954

77:19

Correspondence, Friedman, William F., 1925-1930

Note

See also Library Records: "Correspondence with Baconians, Friedman, William F., 1954-1962"
77:20

Correspondence, Friedman, William F., 1945-1954. [Walter Arensberg hired Friedman for cryptography work.]

77:21

Correspondence, Frost, Lowell Chester, 1949-1953

78:1

Correspondence, (G), 1923-1953

78:2

Correspondence, (H), 1923-1955

78:3

Correspondence, Haverlin, Carl, 1934

78:4

Correspondence, Haverlin, Carl, 1939-1949

78:5

Correspondence, Healey, Giles G. (Giles Greville), 1945-1954

78:6

Correspondence, Huntington Library, 1935-1938

78:7

Correspondence, Huntington Library, 1939-1955

78:8

Correspondence, Huston, John, 1951

78:9

Correspondence, (J-K), 1941-1954

78:10

Correspondence, (L), 1940-1953

78:11

Correspondence, Lawrence, Frieda [von Richthofen], 1936-1953

78:12

Correspondence, Library of Congress, 1942-1954

78:13

Correspondence, Lichfield (England): Bishop and city officials, 1923-1929

78:14

Correspondence, Lyman, Helen and Jack, 1952-1954

78:15

Correspondence, (M), 1939-1953

78:16

Correspondence, Macy, John, 1921-1930

78:17

Correspondence, Manly, John Matthews, 1921-1934

78:18

Correspondence, Mendelsohn, Charles Jastrow, 1930

78:19

Correspondence, Miller, Henry, 1941-1952

78:20

Correspondence, Morkisch, Erwin F. (Huntington Library), 1947-1952

78:21

Correspondence, (N-P), 1941-1957

78:22

Correspondence, Owen, C. V., 1928

78:23

Correspondence, (R), 1923-1954

78:24

Correspondence, (S), 1923-1954

79:1

Correspondence, Sanborn, Pitts. Includes clippings of his reviews, 1927-1940

79:2

Correspondence, Sanborn, Robert Alden, 1942-1954

79:3

Correspondence, (T), 1923-1953

79:4

Correspondence, (U-V), 1940-1953

79:5

Correspondence, Unidentified [Dorothy __?], 1925

79:6

Correspondence, (W-Z), 1944-1953

79:7

Correspondence, Wolfe, Clyde, 1925-1926

Box:Folder

 

Subseries 4.1.2. Correspondence with Baconians

79:8

Correspondence with Baconians, Adler, Cyrus M., 1948-1953

79:9

Correspondence with Baconians, Bendix, Vincent, 1941

79:10

Correspondence with Baconians, Brick Row Book Shop (New York), 1938

79:11

Correspondence with Baconians, Bristol, Myrl, 1947-1955

79:12

Correspondence with Baconians, Brooks, Alden, 1939

79:13

Correspondence with Baconians, Brown, E. C. (Ernest Clive), 1937, 1955

79:14

Correspondence with Baconians, Clexton, Andrew R., 1945, 1955

79:15

Correspondence with Baconians, Covington, Annette, 1946

79:16

Correspondence with Baconians, Cockburn, John A., 1923-1924

79:17

Correspondence with Baconians, Croll, D., 1914

79:18

Correspondence with Baconians, Cunningham, Wallace M., 1938

79:19

Correspondence with Baconians, de Prorok, Byron, 1943

79:20

Correspondence with Baconians, Des Moineaux, E. J., 1928-1930

79:21

Correspondence with Baconians, Dick, Hugh G., 1945-1946

79:22

Correspondence with Baconians, Field, G. A., 1946

79:23

Correspondence with Baconians, Fleet, Mary Davenport, 1950-1955

79:24

Correspondence with Baconians, Franco, Johan, 1946-1955

79:25

Correspondence with Baconians, Frisbee, George G., 1930, 1955

79:26

Correspondence with Baconians, Greenwood, George, 1923-1924

79:27

Correspondence with Baconians, Hall, Manly and Maria Bauer, 1951-1953

79:28

Correspondence with Baconians, Horton, Edward Everett, 1936-1937

79:29

Correspondence with Baconians, Johnson, Edward D., 1942-1947

79:30

Correspondence with Baconians, Larkin, Charles, 1931-1932

79:31

Correspondence with Baconians, Linden, Adolph F., 1927

79:32

Correspondence with Baconians, Merlo, Victor, 1947-1955

79:33

Correspondence with Baconians, Millikin, Donald D., 1932

79:34

Correspondence with Baconians, Morgan, J. E. (John Edward), 1934

79:35

Correspondence with Baconians, O’Bryan, Roy A., 1932

79:36

Correspondence with Baconians, Peterson, C. Stewart, 1940

79:37

Correspondence with Baconians, Prescott, Kate H., 1939

79:38

Correspondence with Baconians, Rand, E. K., 1927

79:39

Correspondence with Baconians, Riegle, Robert R., 1952

79:40

Correspondence with Baconians, Robb, Stewart, 1952

79:41

Correspondence with Baconians, Sloman, Robert A., 1953

79:42

Correspondence with Baconians, Smedley, William, 1923

79:43

Correspondence with Baconians, Still, Colin, 1926-1928

79:44

Correspondence with Baconians, Theobald, Bertram G., undated

79:45

Correspondence with Baconians, Wack, Henry Wellington, 1947-1950

79:46

Correspondence with Baconians, Woodward, Frank, 1924

79:47

Third-party Correspondence, Baconians, Cunningham, Granville C. to Alexander T. Wright, 1912-1919

79:48

Third-party Correspondence, Baconians, Des Moineaux, E. J. to J. E. (John Edward) Morgan, 1930

79:49

Third-party Correspondence, Baconians, Fabyan, Mrs. George to N. A. Kovach, Parnassus Bookshop, 1938

79:50

Third-party Correspondence, Baconians, Loughridge, Charles to Rev. C. L. Meares, 1913-1920

79:51

Third-party Correspondence, Baconians, Morgan, J. E. (John Edward) to Carl Haverlin, 1934-1936, undated

79:52

Third-party Correspondence, Baconians, Morgan, J. E. (John Edward) to Henry E. Huntington, 1926

Box:Folder

 

Subseries 4.1.3. Arensberg Family Correspondence

80:1

Arensberg, Charles Covert, circa 1930-1961

80:2

Arensberg, Charles Covert, with Elizabeth Wrigley (Francis Bacon Foundation), 1957

80:3

Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1902

80:4

Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1903-1904

80:5

Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1905

80:6

Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1906

80:7

Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1907-1909

80:8

Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1910-1924

80:9

Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1925-1944

80:10

Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1945-1953

80:11

Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1954-1961

80:12

Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), with Helen Keller, 1902-1905

80:13

Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), undated

80:14

Arensberg, Conrad Christian, 1919-1921

80:15

Arensberg, Conrad Christian, 1923

80:16

Arensberg, Conrad Christian, (letters received regarding son Walter’s books), 1923

80:17

Arensberg, Conrad Christian, 1924, undated

80:18

Arensberg, Conrad Maynadier, 1932-1953

80:19

Arensberg, Conrad Maynadier, 1960, 1967

80:20

Arensberg, Edward Baldwin, 1931

80:21

Arensberg, Ella Graubart (Mrs. Charles Frederick Covert), 1949-1953

81:1

Arensberg, Emily Maynadier (Mrs. Charles Frederick Covert), 1905

81:2

Arensberg, Emily Maynadier (Mrs. Charles Frederick Covert), 1906-1907, undated

81:3

Arensberg, Flora Belle Covert (Mrs. Conrad Christian), 1905-1913

81:4

Arensberg, Florence Dangerfield (Mrs. Francis Louis), 1941-1953

81:5

Arensberg, Florence Dangerfield (Mrs. Francis Louis), 1953-1960

81:6

Arensberg, Francis Louis, 1905-1954

81:7

Arensberg, Francis Louis, with Elizabeth Wrigley (Francis Bacon Foundation), 1954-1959

81:8

Arensberg, James Murray, 1941, 1953

81:9

Arensberg, Mariada (Mrs. Walter Eveleth), 1953

81:10

Arensberg, Martha, 1940

81:11

Arensberg, Walter Eveleth, 1940-1953

Keller, Helen. See Walter and Louise Arensberg Papers / Arensberg Family Correspondence, Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick)

81:12

Price, Betty (Mrs. Charles Philip), 1953

81:13

Price, Charles Philip, 1941-1953

81:14

Price, Edith Arensberg (Mrs. Philip W.), 1896-1953

81:15

Price, Edith Arensberg (Mrs. Philip W.), with Elizabeth Wrigley (Francis Bacon Foundation), 1954-1959

81:16

Price, Philip W., 1923

Box:Folder

 

Subseries 4.1.4. Stevens Family Correspondence

81:17

Heckman, Dorothy (Mrs. Chester L.), 1953

81:18

Sewall, Emilyn (Mrs. Robert Lentner), 1952

81:19

Sewall, Leila Louise, 1953-1954

81:20

Sewall, Leila Mae Stevens (Mrs. Lentner), 1953

81:21

Stevens, Harriet Louise (Mrs. John Edward), 1873

81:22

Stevens, Helen, 1954

81:23

Stevens, Horace N., 1937, 1940

81:24

Stevens, John E., 1951-1953

Note

See also Francis Bacon Foundation records: "Board of Trustees, Stevens, John E. correspondence"
81:25

Stevens, John Naylor to Miss M. K. Stevens (two photo cards, presumably of John Naylor Stevens and family), 1921, 1923

81:26

Stevens, Mary Kittredge. Includes genealogy charts of the Stevens family, 1925, undated

81:27

Stevens, Maymie (Mrs. John E.), 1951-1953

81:28

Stevens, Sidney, 1931-1951

81:29

White, Gertrude Olney Stevens, 1950-1953

81:30

White, Gertrude Olney Stevens, with the Arensbergs’ staff, regarding their deaths, 1954

 

4.2. Personal

Box:Folder

82:1

Address books and telephone lists, undated

82:2

Air raid warden correspondence, notes and ephemera, Arensberg, Walter Conrad, 1942-1946

82:3

Arensberg family clippings and ephemera, circa 1924-1949

82:4

Automobiles and driving, 1942-1953

82:5

Medical correspondence and prescriptions, Arensberg, Louise Stevens, 1940-1953

82:6

Medical correspondence and prescriptions, Arensberg, Walter Conrad, 1909-1953

82:7

Obituaries, Arensberg, Louise Stevens, 1953-1954

82:8

Obituaries, Arensberg, Walter Conrad, 1954

82:9

Passports, bookplates and name cards, Arensberg, Walter Conrad, 1923, 1928, undated

82:10

Receipts and invoices, 1924-1950, undated

82:11

Receipts and invoices, 1951-1954

82:12

Stevens family clippings and ephemera, 1895-1947. Includes application to the Daughters of the American Revolution (1895).

82:13

Student years at Harvard University, clippings and ephemera, Arensberg, Walter Conrad, 1899-1904

83:1

Wills and related correspondence, 1951-1952

83:2

Wills and related correspondence, 1953

 

4.3. Writings

Box:Folder

83:3

Arensberg, Louise Stevens, Translation of “A Season in Hell” by Arthur Rimbaud (1873), 1920

83:4

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, “The Cryptography of Dante,” notations, undated

83:5

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, “The Cryptography of Shakespeare,” drafts, undated

83:6

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, “The Cryptography of Shakespeare,” galley proofs (partial)

83:7

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, “The Cryptographic Structure of the First Folio of the Plays of William Shakespeare,” 1951-1952 (1 of 2)

83:8

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, “The Cryptographic Structure of the First Folio of the Plays of William Shakespeare,” 1951-1952 (2 of 2)

83:9

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, “Francis Bacon, William Butts, and the Pagets of Beaudesert,” undated

83:10

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, Outlines for books, 1932

83:11

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, “The Pagets of Beaudesert and the Bishop of Lichfield: Chapter VIII of the Shakespearian Mystery,” draft, 1928

83:12

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, “The Pagets of Beaudesert: Chapter VIII of the Shakespearian Mystery,” draft, circa 1928

84:1

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, “The Pagets of Beaudesert: Chapter VIII of the Shakespearian Mystery,” second edition notes and draft, undated

84:2

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, Poems, before 1915

84:3

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, Poems, circa 1915-1919

84:4

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, Poems, undated

84:5

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, Reviews by others, clippings, 1914-1923

84:6

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, “The Shakespearian Mystery” (1928), Publication illustrations (1 of 2)

84:7

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, “The Shakespearian Mystery” (1928), Publication illustrations (2 of 2)

135

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, “The Skeleton Text of the Shakespeare Folio” (1952) [Copy 1 in two binders]

136

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, “The Skeleton Text of the Shakespeare Folio” (1952) [Copy 2 in two binders]

84:8

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, “The Skeleton Text of the Shakespeare Folio” (1952), Notes, 1944-1951 (1 of 2)

84:9

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, “The Skeleton Text of the Shakespeare Folio” (1952), Notes, 1944-1951 (2 of 2)

84:10

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, “Vacuum Tires: A Formula for the Digestion of Figments,” drafts and notes, undated

126

Publication plates (metal on wood blocks), illustrations for one or more publications, circa 1920-1929. (7 items)

127

Publication plates (metal on wood blocks), illustrations for one or more publications, circa 1920-1929. (8 items)

128

Publication plates (metal on wood blocks), illustrations for one or more publications, circa 1920-1929. (8 items)

 

4.4. Financial

Note

Mostly correspondence with Patterson, Crawford, Arensberg and Dunn, the firm of Walter’s brother, Charles F. C. Arensberg. Includes correspondence, reports, cancelled checks, stock sales, donations, etc.
Box:Folder

84:11

Financial, Bank book and report, 1925, 1930

84:12

Financial, 1935-1939

85:1

Financial, 1940-1951

85:2

Financial, 1952

85:3

Financial, 1953-1954

85:4

Financial, Taxes, 1938-1943

85:5

Financial, Taxes, 1944-1950

85:6

Financial, Taxes, 1951-1953

 

4.5. Legal

Box:Folder

85:7

Legal, Grinstead estate (Walter Conrad Arensberg, executor), 1944-1945

85:8

Legal issues and correspondence, 1948-1952

85:9

Legal issues and correspondence, 1953

85:10

Legal and estate issues, 1954

85:11

Legal and estate issues regarding the Francis Bacon Foundation and staff, 1955-1976

 

4.6. Research

Note

Titles of research subject files have been left as received.
Box:Folder

86:1

Research, Cryptographic work, errors in count, 1943-1944

86:2

Research, Cryptographic work, miscellaneous, circa 1936-1938

86:3

Research, Cryptographic work, miscellaneous, 1953

86:4

Research, Cryptographic work, posthumous work by staff, 1959

86:5

Research, Cryptographic work, miscellaneous, undated

86:6

Research, Cryptographic work by Clyde Wolfe, 1929-1932 (1 of 4)

86:7

Research, Cryptographic work by Clyde Wolfe, 1929-1932 (2 of 4)

86:8

Research, Cryptographic work by Clyde Wolfe, 1929-1932 (3 of 4)

86:9

Research, Cryptographic work by Clyde Wolfe, 1929-1932 (4 of 4)

87:1

Research, “Mechanics of the Cipher Developed by Walter C. Arensberg” by Stanley Rogers, 1939-1941 (copy 1)

87:2

Research, “Mechanics of the Cipher Developed by Walter C. Arensberg” by Stanley Rogers, 1939-1941 (copy 2)

87:3

Research, “Mechanics of the Cipher Developed by Walter Conrad Arensberg in the First and Second Folios of the Plays of William Shakespeare,” 1945 (3 copies)

106

Research, Index cards, Index to miscellaneous notes, by subject, A-Z

106

Research, Index cards, “Projects.” Notes on seven cards, 1935, 1939

107

Research, Index cards, “Date Index.” Notes organized by months, years and numbers.

108

Research, Index cards, “Bibliography: Controversy, A-L.” Books and articles related to Bacon-Shakespeare authorship controversy.

109

Research, Index cards, “Bibliography: Controversy, M-Z”

110

Research, Index cards, “Indices of W.C.A.” Index to subjects in Arensberg’s six books published between 1922 and 1930. Subjects referenced by book and page number.

111

Research, Index cards, Numbers and alphabets. Includes “Alphabetical index” of words and number counts.

111

Research, Index cards, “Clipping Index.” Articles related to Bacon-Shakespeare authorship controversy, bulk 1940-1959.

88

Research, Notebooks, “Calendars and some Folio comparisons / Lee, Staunton, Methuen, etc., 1935,” 1933-1939

88

Research, Notebooks, “Encyclopedia A-D, Misc. Processes and notes,” circa 1930-1940

88

Research, Notebooks, “Encyclopedia E-Z,” circa 1930-1940

89

Research, Notebooks, “Mr. Arensberg’s Notebook” (Charts, notes, spellings, seal, alphabets, etc.), circa 1950-1953

89

Research, Notebooks, “Notes.” Lists of different alphabets, circa 1943-1945

89

Research, Notebooks, “Old Charts from Mr. Arensberg’s Folder,” circa 1946-1953

90

Research, Notebooks, “Topical Outlines of Mr. Arensberg’s Books.” Covers his six books published between 1922 and 1930.

90

Research, Notebooks, “Report on Folio, 3-way check,” circa 1944-1945

90

Research, Notebooks, “Elizabeth S. Wrigley / Current.” Research by subject, circa 1950-1953

91

Research, Notebooks, “Charts, Quadrants, Chessboards, 1955-1956, 1st copy”

91

Research, Notebooks, “Charts, Quadrants, Chessboards, 1955-1956, 1957-1959, 2nd copy”

92:1

Research, Notes, 1936

92:2

Research, Notes, 1940

92:3

Research, Notes, 1940-1941

92:4

Research, Notes, January 1944

92:5

Research, Notes, February 1944

92:6

Research, Notes, March 1944

92:7

Research, Notes, April 1944

92:8

Research, Notes, May 1944

92:9

Research, Notes, June 1944

92:10

Research, Notes, July 1944

92:11

Research, Notes, August 1944

92:12

Research, Notes, September 1944

92:13

Research, Notes, October 1944

92:14

Research, Notes, November-December 1944

92:15

Research, Notes, February-July 1945

92:16

Research, Notes, August 1945

92:17

Research, Notes, September-October 1945

93:1

Research, Notes, November 1945

93:2

Research, Notes, December 1945

93:3

Research, Notes, January-March, 1946

93:4

Research, Notes, April, 1946

93:5

Research, Notes, May 1946

93:6

Research, Notes, June-July 1946

93:7

Research, Notes, August 1946

93:8

Research, Notes, September 1946

93:9

Research, Notes, October 1946

94:1

Research, Notes, November 1-15, 1946

94:2

Research, Notes, November 16-30, 1946

94:3

Research, Notes, December 1-15, 1946

94:4

Research, Notes, December 16-31, 1946

94:5

Research, Notes, January 1954

94:6

Research, Notes, “Publication,” 1939-1953

94:7

Research, Notes, “Re-statement,” 1946-1953

94:8

Research, Notes, “Things to Do” lists, 1945-1954

129

Research, Rolls of tabulations and calculations, 1945-1946. Rolls of adding machine paper. Some typed notations at beginnings of rolls, but primarily numbers.

130

Research, Rolls of tabulations and calculations, 1945-1946

131

Research, Rolls of tabulations and calculations, 1951-1956, undated

132

Research, Rolls of tabulations and calculations, 1957-1959

95:1

Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1932

95:2

Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1935

95:3

Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1940-1941

95:4

Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1942

95:5

Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1943-1944

95:6

Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1945-1947

95:7

Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1947-1948

96:1

Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1948-1950

96:2

Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1950-1951

96:3

Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1951-1953

97:1

Research, Subject files [List of note file classifications]

97:2

Research, Subject files, “AB spelled backward”

97:3

Research, Subject files, Acknowledged works - Bacon

97:4

Research, Subject files, Acrostics

97:5

Research, Subject files, Alban, Saint

97:6

Research, Subject files, Allusive or parabolic

97:7

Research, Subject files, Alphabets (1 of 3)

97:8

Research, Subject files, Alphabets (2 of 3)

97:9

Research, Subject files, Alphabets (3 of 3)

97:10

Research, Subject files, Alternatives for pattern

97:11

Research, Subject files, Anagrams

97:12

Research, Subject files, Ark

97:13

Research, Subject files, Bacon, Date of true death

97:14

Research, Subject files, Bacon, Genealogy

97:15

Research, Subject files, Bacon, Miscellaneous

98:1

Research, Subject files, Bacon, Roger (Friar Bacon’s Head)

98:2

Research, Subject files, Baconian Mystery, Books containing allusions to

98:3

Research, Subject files, Biblical allusions, etc.

98:4

Research, Subject files, Bibliography, Baconian

98:5

Research, Subject files, “Bome boon for boon prescian”

98:6

Research, Subject files, Burial location

98:7

Research, Subject files, Butts’ name [Sir William Butts]

98:8

Research, Subject files, Calendar

98:9

Research, Subject files, Cedar

98:10

Research, Subject files, Chessboards

98:11

Research, Subject files, Christ, Bacon as

98:12

Research, Subject files, Classical allusions

98:13

Research, Subject files, Columbus allusions

98:14

Research, Subject files, Constants

98:15

Research, Subject files, Controversy notes

98:16

Research, Subject files, Cooke, Ann

98:17

Research, Subject files, Cryptic intention in plays

98:18

Research, Subject files, Cyclical index

98:19

Research, Subject files, Dante allusions

98:20

Research, Subject files, Dates, family correspondences

98:21

Research, Subject files, Dates, First Folio, etc.

99:1

Research, Subject files, Dates, general

99:2

Research, Subject files, Dates, publication dates

99:3

Research, Subject files, Dates, references to Saints, etc.

99:4

Research, Subject files, Dates, significant events, 1400-1600

99:5

Research, Subject files, Dates as spellings

99:6

Research, Subject files, Digits in cryptography

99:7

Research, Subject files, Durer’s Magic Square

99:8

Research, Subject files, Eclipses

99:9

Research, Subject files, Edward the Confessor

99:10

Research, Subject files, Embolism

99:11

Research, Subject files, English History allusions

99:12

Research, Subject files, Folio as Maternal Form, etc.

99:13

Research, Subject files, Golden Bough, Myth of

99:14

Research, Subject files, “Golden Section”

99:15

Research, Subject files, Hebrides, St. Columba, Butt of Lewis, etc.

99:16

Research, Subject files, Heraldry

99:17

Research, Subject files, Incest symbolism

99:18

Research, Subject files, Julian Period

99:19

Research, Subject files, King Periods

99:20

Research, Subject files, Lancaster

99:21

Research, Subject files, Lichfield (England)

99:22

Research, Subject files, Lucrece

99:23

Research, Subject files, Manichaeism

99:24

Research, Subject files, Marlowe

99:25

Research, Subject files, Novae [New stars]

99:26

Research, Subject files, Oracle

99:27

Research, Subject files, Paget’s name [Sir William Paget]

99:28

Research, Subject files, Pagination

99:29

Research, Subject files, Painters

100:1

Research, Subject files, Pericles

100:2

Research, Subject files, Philosophers and scientists

100:3

Research, Subject files, Pregnancy period

100:4

Research, Subject files, Printers

100:5

Research, Subject files, Pseudonym

100:6

Research, Subject files, Quadrants

100:7

Research, Subject files, Rebirth experiment and symbolism

100:8

Research, Subject files, Reformation

100:9

Research, Subject files, Rosicrucians

100:10

Research, Subject files, Second Folio

100:11

Research, Subject files, Shakespeare’s other works

100:12

Research, Subject files, Shakespeare, “The Passionate Pilgrim” (1599)

100:13

Research, Subject files, Shakespeare, Poems and Pericles

100:14

Research, Subject files, Shakespeare, Sonnets

100:15

Research, Subject files, Shakespeare, “Venus and Adonis”

100:16

Research, Subject files, Spelling guides

100:17

Research, Subject files, Stationer’s Register

100:18

Research, Subject files, Troubadours

100:19

Research, Subject files, Troylus [Troilus]

100:20

Research, Subject files, Value sums

101:1

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Acrostics

101:2

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Astronomy

101:3

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Bacon, Francis

101:4

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Biographical material except Bacon and Shakespeare

101:5

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Bishop’s Bible, 1568

101:6

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Books [Arensberg’s outlines for his books]

101:7

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Calendars

101:8

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Chessboards

102:1

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Classification code, circa 1930-1939

102:2

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Cyclical index

102:3

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Glossary, “Hang-Hog is Latin for Bacon”

102:4

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Glossary, special subjects

102:5

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Incest symbolism

102:6

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Lichfield (England)

102:7

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Lichfield (England). Includes letters to Marques and Marchioness of Anglesey, circa 1929

102:8

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Miscellaneous notes, circa 1920-1935

102:9

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Mythology

102:10

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Oracle

102:11

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Pagination analysis

102:12

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Philosophy

103:1

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Quotations

103:2

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Religion

103:3

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Rosicrucian and Occult

103:4

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Shakespeare’s Plays

103:5

Research, Subject files, “Old,” Shakespeare’s Plays - “Cymbeline”

103:6

Research, Writings by others, Montagu, Basil (1770-1851). Letter, 1846, and photograph, undated.

103:7

Research, Writings by others, “Notes from the Lectures of Captain and Mrs. Rogerson, 1928 to 1929.” Typescript. Unknown author.

103:8

Research, Writings by others, Schlamm, Willi (William S.), “Notes on the New Magazine,” undated. Typescript memo addressed to “Mr. [Henry] Luce.”

103:9

Research, Writings by others, Thomas, Peter, poems, 1979

 

4.7. Photographs

Box:Folder

104:1

Arensberg dogs, undated (24 items)

104:2

Arensberg friends and associates (Aull, William F. (home only); Bynner, Witter; Cadman, Charles Wakefield; Dazara, Frances; Ruby, Blanche; Sanborn, Pitts, with Louise Stevens Arensberg; Verlaine, Paul; White, Gertrude Olney Stevens) (8 items)

104:3

Arensberg homes in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, circa 1910 (5 items)

104:4

Arensberg, Conrad Christian, portraits, circa 1922 and undated (4 items)

104:5

Arensberg, Francis Louis, portrait, circa 1940-1949 (2 items)

104:6

Arensberg, Louise Stevens, circa 1890-1950 (1 of 2) (31 items)

104:7

Arensberg, Louise Stevens, circa 1890-1950 (2 of 2) (12 items)

104:8

Arensberg, Louise Stevens, photographs of Russia inscribed by her father, John Edward Stevens, undated (4 items)

104:9

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, circa 1900-1920 (9 items)

104:10

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, and family members, 1895 and circa 1940 (7 items)

104:11

Stevens, John Naylor, childhood portraits, circa 1880-1900 (18 items)

104:12

Stevens family members (some unidentified) (9 items)

104:13

Unidentified people (25 items)

134:3

Unidentified people (two portraits of women; one of a girl). (3 items, oversize)

105

Art and artifacts from the Arensbergs’ art collection.

Physical Description: Black and white contact sheet prints of individual artworks. The prints are numbered and in envelopes by number, 1-1,300. Most are missing for numbers 901-1,300. Photographs were taken approximately 1941-1951 in the Arensbergs’ home on Hillside Avenue, Hollywood, for inventory or insurance purposes. The objects are not fully identified. (See the Arensberg Archives, Philadelphia Museum of Art, for the negatives for these prints and more information.)
 

5. ART AND ARTIFACTS COLLECTION

Scope and Content Note

These items were either collected by the Arensbergs during their lifetimes or acquired by the Francis Bacon Foundation and Library after their deaths. There is little supporting documentation, other than brief descriptions on photocopies of file cards for each item. The original file card descriptions are at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Some items belonged to Isabelle Kittson Brown (indicated below), and were donated with her papers.
Several items were on display in the Francis Bacon Library in Claremont.
The original item numbers and descriptions have been retained for each item. Key to abbreviations in front of numbers: A&A = Archaeological and Anthropological; FA = Library Furnishings - Antique; WA = Works of Art; B = Library “B” list.
NOTE: Descriptive information may not be accurate or reliable. A curator has examined some pieces and found the descriptions were wrong.
Box

137

 A&A 8/245 [Chinese-style ceramic jar. Poor reproduction, probably from 1930s or 1940s.] Source: Examination by Huntington Library art curator, 2012.

138

 A&A 14/339 Bread bowl. Wooden. Early American. 16 ½ in. diameter.

139

 A&A 1/2 Pitcher. Pottery, large. North American Colonial or Federal. 8 ¼ high, 6 in. opening.

139

 A&A 2/4  Jar. Pottery, black. North American, early European culture. 5 ½ high, 3 ¼ opening.

139

A&A 6/93  Bowl. Pottery. Dark blue, small.

139

 A&A 23/1106 Bowl. Modern copper. 3 in. high, 6 1/4 in. diameter.

140

 A&A 4/76 Bowl. Large, black clay. African Negro or North American Indian.

141

 A&A 10/274 Platter. Porcelain with metal rim. Anon. [Not likely Chinese, according to Huntington Library art curator, 2012.]

141

 A&A 16/488  Crystal[?] sphere. 3 in. diameter. Chinese. [Undetermined if it is actually crystal.]

141

 A&A 21/954  Bowl. Modern, red and black. Chinese. 9 ¼ in. diameter. 3 3/8 in. high.

142

 A&A 9/247  [Metal (bronze?) vessel, very crudely cast. It has a large quantity of rust and hardened soil (?) on its surface. In style of decoration, it evokes the Western Zhou (about 1100 to 771BCE) period. However it is probably not of that vintage. The rusting and its heavy weight seems to indicate some iron in the metal--something that would not be used in the Western Zhou. Iron was used to cast sculpture, etc. later, especially by the Ming and Qing onwards. Was this piece the result of later attempts (i.e. Ming/Qing/modern) to create an antique object? The hardened mud/soil accretions may be an indication of this scenario.] Source: Examination by Huntington Library art curator, 2013.

143

 FA-2/798  Candlestick. Black, with snuffer.

143

 WA-5 Sculpture. Artist: Bosio. Bronze. Youth in garb of Elizabethan period. 12 in. high. [Isabelle Kittson Brown collection.]

144

 A&A 5/91  Platter. Pewter. Marked “M. Unverhaven, 1780.” North American Colonial.

144

A&A 15 Plate. Pewter. Early American or European. 15 ½ in. diameter.

144

 A&A 17/489  Plate. Pewter. Early American. 13 in. diameter.

144

 A&A 29/1470 Basket. Flat, woven. American Indian.

144

 523  Dish. Wood, painted and lacquered. Mexican.

145

 A&A 11/279 [Blue and white dragon Bowl with foot rim and flattened mouth-rim glazed in brown with incised patterns. Most likely stoneware. The painting of two confronting dragons is quite nicely done in a practiced and easy manner. The use of dark brown glaze however is mindful of Southeast Asian ceramics, perhaps Vietnamese (?), rather than Chinese pieces. Possibly 19th century.] Source: Examination by Huntington Library art curator, 2013.

145

 B-2/383 Framed photograph of a [painting of Sir William Butts, after Hans Holbein the Younger]. [Original index card for this item identified it as William Paget, but research shows it is Sir William Butts; the original painting is in the National Portrait Gallery, London.]

145

 B-3/384 Framed photograph of bust of Anne Bacon. After bust at Gorhambury.

145

 B-7/412 Framed engraving. Portrait of Francis Bacon by W. Hollar.

145

 B-9/414 Framed photograph. Drawing of Dante signed from C.E.N. to J.R.L. [Charles Eliot Norton to James Russell Lowell].

145

 B-33, B-34 Stamps. Reissue of Newfoundland Tercentenary six-cent stamp honoring Bacon. (One has “z” and one has “s” spelling of the word Colonization.) 1910.

146

 A&A 22/983 Bowl. Marblehead pottery. Blue and gray. 10 ½ in. diameter, 2 in. high.

146

 A&A 30 Girdle. Metal with enamel work. Elizabethan period. [Isabelle Kittson Brown collection.]

146

A&A 31 Bag. Wood frame and velvet. Elizabethan period. [Isabelle Kittson Brown collection.]

147

 A&A 25/1172 Bowl. Marblehead pottery. Brown. Medium mouth.

147

 B-1/378 Death mask of Dante. Plaster cast. 8 ¼ x 6 ½ in.

148

 A&A 3/30 Stand. Wood, brown. African Negro. 8 ½ in. diameter.

148

 A&A 26/1361 Scarab. Green stone. Egyptian.

148

 WA-2/778 Sculpture. Artist: Hyatt. Bronze, feline.

149

 A&A 7/126 Lid. Pottery (fragment). Grecian.

149

 A&A 19/721 Circular silver amulet with magic square. From Mexico; European culture.

149

 A&A 27/1468 Mask. Stone. Pre-Colombian. Aztec Valley of Mexico death mask. 5 ¼ in. wide, 6 ½ in. high.

149

 A&A 28/1469 Mask. Wooden. Eskimo.

150

 FA-4/1025 Clock. Mantel style, metal. Chelsea movement.

151

 A&A 13/331 Bottle. Green glass. Spanish, early.

 

 WA-6 Sculpture. Artist: F. Sanzell. “Love Blinding Wisdom.” Bronze, two-tone. 27 in. high on wooden pedestal. 66 in. high overall. [Isabelle Kittson Brown collection.]

Location: Stored in Library. See Curator of Rare Books.
COLLECTION CONTENTS
1. LIBRARY RECORDS, 1938-1995
1.1. Administrative Records
1.2. Collection records
1.3. Correspondence
1.4. Exhibits
1.5. Financial records
2. PERSONAL PAPERS
2.1. Isabelle Kittson Brown Papers, circa 1880-1928
2.2. Eugene Dernay Papers, 1861-1960 (bulk 1910-1945)
2.3. George Drury Papers, 1960-1964
2.4. Johan Franco Publication plates, undated
2.5. R. W. (Reginald Walter) Gibson Papers, circa 1940-1959.
2.6. Olive Woodward Hoss Papers, circa 1920-1969
2.7. Karl (Richards) Wallace Papers, circa 1960-1973
2.8. A. Allen Woodruff Papers, circa 1893-1949
3. FRANCIS BACON FOUNDATION RECORDS
4. WALTER AND LOUISE ARENSBERG PAPERS
4.1. Correspondence
4.2. Personal
4.3. Writings
4.4. Financial
4.5. Legal
4.6. Research
4.7. Photographs
5. ART AND ARTIFACTS COLLECTION
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