Sir Max Beerbohm Papers, 1900-1956

Summary

Creators:

Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956

Abstract:

Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (1872-1956) was born in London, England. He became a satirical essayist, caricaturist, critic, short story writer, and novelist. The collection consists of correspondence, literary manuscripts, notebooks, unpublished poems, original drawings, and ephemera related to the writings of Max Beerbohm. Includes original manuscripts on William and Mary as well as W.B. Yeats and also manuscripts titled The Unenterable House and Then and Now. Correspondents include Sir William Rothenstein.

Extent:

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

Language:

Material is in English .

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of correspondence, literary manuscripts, notebooks, unpublished poems, original drawings, and ephemera related to the writings of Max Beerbohm. Includes original manuscripts on William and Mary as well as W.B. Yeats and also manuscripts titled The Unenterable House and Then and Now. Correspondents include Sir William Rothenstein.

Biographical / historical:

Henry Maximilian Beerbohm was born on August 24, 1872 in London, England; became satirical essayist, caricaturist, critic, short story writer, and novelist; moved in same literary circle as Oscar Wilde; published his essays as The Works of Max Beerbohm (1896); contributor, Yellow Book, 1894; drama critic of Saturday Review, 1898-1910; moved to Rapallo, Italy, where he continued to publish, including 12 prose volumes, a comic novel, a book of parodies, and ten collections of caricatures; died in Rapallo, May 20, 1956.

Acquisition information:

B.F. Stevens Brown, Ltd. 1957, purchase. Bertram Rota, Ltd. 1962, purchase.

Physical location:

Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Related resources

Separated material:

• James (Edward). The Perfectly Ended Chapter. A poem to the memory of King George V., 1936 (16pp. pamphlet). With a letter mentioning it, from the author to Max Beerbohm. Removed & cataloged March 1984.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Authors, English 20th century--Archival resources.

Indexes:

Index

Ackerley, Joe Randolph, 1896-1967	No.30
Asquith, Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn (Charteris) 1887-1960	no.7
Baring, Hon. Maurice, 1874-1945	no.8
Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925	no. 41
Berners, Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, baron, 1883-	no.11
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1966	no.34
Cockerell, Sir Sydney Carlyle, 1867-	no.12
Craig, Sir Edward Gordon, 1872-1966	no.13,40
Craig, Edith, 1869-1947	no.14
Dawson, Geoffrey, 1874-1944	no.36
De la Mare, Walter John, 1873-1956	no.15
Forster, Edward Morgan, 1879-	no.16
Garnett, David, 1892-	no.17
George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936	no.6
Gilbert, Sir William Schwenck, 1836-1911	no.5,6
Guedalla, Philip, 1889-1944	no.18
Hart-Davis, Rupert	No.35
Hauptmann, Gerhart Johann Robert, 1862-	no.42
James, Edward, 1907-	no.6
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936	no.5
Leveson, Ada (Beddington) 1865-1936	no.19
Lowndes, Marie Adelaide (Belloc) 1868-1947	no.9
Macaulay, Rose	no.20
McColl, Dugald Sutherland, 1859-1948	no.22
Macmillan, Harold, 1894-	no.32
Massingham, Harold John, 1888-	no.21
Morgan, Charles, 1894-1958	no.23
Pearson, Hesketh, 1887-	no.38
Pinero, Sir Arthur Wing, 1855-1934	no.33
Rothenstein, Sir William, 1872-1945	no.24
Rutherston, Albert Daniel, 1881-	No.25
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616	no.5
Shaw, George Bernard, 1856-1950	no.6
Street, George Slythe, 1867-1936	no.33
The Times, London	no.31
Turner, Reginald.	no.5,27,28
Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893-	no.26
Yeats, William Butler, 1865-1839	no.1

Location of this collection:

UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US

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