Finding Aid for the John Galsworthy Papers, 1910-1933
Processed by Brooke Whiting; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the John Galsworthy Papers, ca. 1910-1933
Collection number: 417
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Brooke Whiting, November 1962
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, March 2002
© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: John Galsworthy Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1910-1933
Collection number: 417
Creator:
Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: John Sinjohn Galsworthy (1867-1933) was born in Kingston Hill, Surrey, England. He studied law, but did not practice. He wrote
plays and novels including
The Silver Box (1906) and
Man of Property (1906). The collection consists of correspondence between John Galsworthy and Dr. J. Morris Slemons, and also Galsworthy
letters to various persons. Includes a typescript of
The Freelands, newspaper clippings relating to Galsworthy and theater programs for Galsworthy plays.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. J. Morris Slemons, 1954.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], John Galsworthy Papers (Collection 417). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Biography
John Sinjohn Galsworthy was born August 14, 1867 in Kingston Hill, Surrey, England; studied law and called to the Bar in 1890,
but did not practice; traveled extensively, meeting Joseph Conrad in the far east; his first play was
The Silver Box
Date: (1906)
; his first successful novel,
Man of Property
Date: (1906)
, began the first of a series collectively known as
The Forsyte Saga; founded P.E.N. club; refused a knighthood, but accepted the Order of Merit in 1929 and the Nobel Prize in 1932; died January
31, 1933 in London.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence between John Galsworthy and Dr. J. Morris Slemons, and also Galsworthy letters to various
persons. Includes a typescript with holograph corrections to
The Freelands. Also includes newspaper clippings relating to Galsworthy and theater programs for Galsworthy plays.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933--Archives.
Authors, English--Archival resources.
Container List
Box 1
Correspondence between Dr. J. Morris Slemons of Los Angeles, various bookdealers and other Galsworthy collectors. v.p., ca. 1929-1933.
Physical Description: 16 items.
Box 1
Ephemera by and about John Galsworthy.
Physical Description: 7 items.
Box 1
Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933. Letters to various persons. v.p., v.d.
Physical Description: 15 items. Holograph and manuscript
Note
(Several letters are written by another person although signed by Galsworthy).
1. Letter to Charles Harry St. John Hornby (b.1867), December 29, 1921.
Box 1
Newspaper clippings relating to Galsworthy, including obituaries.
Physical Description: 1 folder.
Box 1
Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933. Preface to
The Freelands. n.p., ca. 1915.
Physical Description: 5 leaves. Typescript(carbon) with holograph corrections. In a green morocco backed case.
Box 1
Theater programs for Galsworthy plays.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 1
Looney, J. Thomas.
Shakespeare Identified. London: Cecil Palmer, 1920.
Physical Description: 551pp.
Scope and Content Note
Presentation copy from John Galsworthy to C.H. St. John Hornby, Christmas 1921.
Note
Ex libris: C.K. Ogden.
Box 1
Original black dustjacket for Galsworthy's
The Silver Spoon.
Physical Description: 1 item. In a green morocco backed case.
