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Dunscombe Colt Kipling Collections H. Dunscombe Colt Kipling Collection A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress Compiled by Debra Wynn Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2014 Contact information: http://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/contact.html Finding aid encoded by Elizabeth Gettins, Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, 2019 Collection Summary Title: H. Dunscombe Colt Kipling Collection Span Dates: 1867-1988 reator: Library of Congress. Rare Book and Special Collections Division Language: Collection material is primarily in English. Includes a small number of translations of Kipling’s works in French, German, Hungarian and Italian. Location: Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Summary: The collection includes Rudyard Kipling correspondence, realia and books and significant first editions by Kipling as well as poetry, short stories and other writings appearing in issues of periodicals. Also includes illustrations, sheet music with settings of Kipling’s poems, scrapbooks, exhibition and auction catalogs indicating price and provenance of Kipling related items. Other Rudyard Kipling materials at the Library of Congress are located in the William M. Carpenter Kipling Collection, the Lloyd H. Chandler Kipling Collection, The Rare Book and Special Collections Division Kipling collection. Some individual Rudyard Kipling correspondence can be found in the Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection and other collections in the Library of Congress Manuscripts Division. Provenance The H. Dunscombe Colt Kipling Collection was acquired by the Library in 1984 and 1987 from Armida Maria-Theresa (Bologna) Walsh Colt (1912-2011) and includes approximately 3,100 Kipling items gathered by her husband Harris Dunscombe Colt (1901-1973), archaeologist and Rudyard Kipling collector. Colt acquired or purchased Kipling items individually or from the collections of Charles C. Auchincloss, Stanley Baldwin, Ellis Ames Ballard, Mrs. N. Ballard, Templeton Crocker, Norman Croom-Johnson, Jerome Kern, Mrs. Ford Madox Hueffer, Joseph Jackson, E.W. Martindell, George Barr McCutcheon, Violet Moore, Marguerite Steen and William J.K. Vanston. Processing History The Colt Kipling Collection in the Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collection Division was accessioned upon arrival and partially cataloged in 1987. The collection was fully cataloged and processed in 2007-2009. Copyright Status The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of the Carpenter Kipling Collection and the Rare Book and Special Collection Division is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.) Access and Restrictions The Colt Kipling Collection is open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Rare Book and Special Collections Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use. Preferred Citation Researchers wising to cite this collection should include the following information: Call number or container number, H. Dunscombe Colt Kipling Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Scope and Content Note All items in the Colt Kipling Collection are searchable in the Library’s online cataloging under: Colt Kipling Collection (Library of Congress). Books have been cataloged separately and are searchable by author, title, subject or key word in the Library’s online catalog. Books include significant first and early editions of the works of Rudyard Kipling, secondary literature, bibliographies and biographies of Rudyard Kipling. Arrangement of the Records Kipling manuscripts, some collections of his correspondence, realia, drawings, photographs, scrapbooks as well as smaller groupings of newspapers, journal articles containing Kipling writings and published monographs have been cataloged and classified separately in Library of Congress Classification order in the Colt Kipling Collection. This collection is arranged in 13 series: • Manuscripts by Rudyard Kipling • Manuscripts by Others • Galley proofs (1897-1931) • Newspapers and periodicals • Music, Musical Settings of Kipling’s Works (1892-1934) • Scrapbooks (19-19) • Realia or Three Dimensional Objects (1913-1935) • Auction Catalogs (1919-1963) • Exhibition Catalogs (1922-1988) • Miscellany Container List Contents Manuscripts by Rudyard Kipling1883-1928 Arranged alphabetically by recipient: A-L (142 items, 103 letters) Miscellaneous Letters From Rudyard Kipling, PS4856.A4 1882b, LCCN 2008570856 Colt-Kipling Collection letters. 1890-1969 (bulk 1899-1935) (330 items) http://lccn.loc.gov/2007583957 [Colt-Kipling Collection miscellaneous letters]. 1882-1968. (532 items) http://lccn.loc.gov/2008570856 How “Kim” saved the life of a French soldier: a remarkable series of autograph letters of Rudyard Kipling, with the soldier's Croix de Guerre, 1918-1933. (8 signed ms. letters and 6 signed typescript letters to Maurice A. Hamonneau). http://lccn.loc.gov/2007566938 Letters from Rudyard Kipling to Guy Paget, 1919-1936. Limited ed. of 16 copies. http://lccn.loc.gov/2007577558 Letters addressed to A.P. Watt. 1897. (2 letters) http://lccn.loc.gov/2007585696 The magic square. 1917. (5 letters from Kipling to Dudley Wallis) http://lccn.loc.gov/2007582712 [Miss Coxen scrapbook]. 1884-1899. (6 letters) http://lccn.loc.gov/2007567073 Photographic facsimile letter to W.C. Crofts, Feb. 18th, 1886. http://lccn.loc.gov/2007583959 To William Livingston Alden: (1 item, 1 letter) ALS from Kipling to “Dear Alden”, The Elms, Rottingdean letterhead, dated August 10, [18]98, [2] p. unfolded ; 8 x 22 cm. To Robert Baden Powell: (6 items, 2 letters from Kipling) *TLS from Kipling to Baden Powell, Bateman’s Burwash, Jan. 4, [19]22. 1 p. ; 26 x 20 cm. + Typescript copy. (*V, p. 105) Typescript carbon from R. Baden Powell to Kipling, dated January 3, 1922, 1 p.; 25 x 20 cm. + Typescript copy. TLS from Kipling to B.P., Bateman’s Burwash Sussex letterhead, dated October 10, 1932, 1 p. 20 x 13 cm. + Typescript copy. To Alfred Baldwin: (1 item, 1 letter) ALS from Kipling to “Uncle Alfred”, Bateman’s Burwash Sussex letterhead, dated June 14, 1907, [2] p. ; 9 x 12 cm. To Louisa Baldwin: (2 items, 2 letters) *ALS from Kipling to “Dearest Aunt”, dated January 24, [18]86, 2 p. ; 27 x 21 cm. (*I, 113-114) *ALS from Kipling to “Aunt Louie”, Langham Hotel, Portland Place, London letterhead, dated January 17, [18]92, 2 p. unfolded ; 21 x 26 cm. (*II, p. 44-45) To Dr. Vaughan Bateson: (16 items, 7 letters) * Typescript carbon from Kipling to “Care Frater Bateson”, Bateman’s Burwash, Sussex, dated July 29, [19]09, 1 p. ; 27 x 18 cm. Written on verso of Sonada, Bradford, Yorks. letterhead. + Typescript copy. (*III, p. 383-384) TLS from Kipling to “Care Frater”, Bateman’s Burwash, Sussex letterhead, dated Jan. 22, 1920, 1 p. ; 20 x 27 cm. + postmarked envelope with stamp, 11 x 14 cm.) TLS from Kipling to “Care Frater Bateson”, Bateman’s Burwash, Sussex letterhead, dated Dec. 27, [19]22, 1 p. unfolded ; 15 x 10 cm. + postmarked envelope with stamp, 9 x 11 cm. Also accompanied by proof sheet of poem “The song of Cravendale” by Vaughan Bateson. 1 sheet ; 26 x 9 cm. TLS from Kipling to “Care Frater”, Hotel de Paris, Monte Carlo letterhead, dated April 30, [19]23, 1 p. ; 29 x 14 cm. + postmarked envelope with stamps 10 x 15 cm. TLS from Kipling to “Care Frater Bateson”, Brown’s Hotel, London letterhead, dated June 19, [19]23, 1 p. ; 20 x 13 cm. + Typescript copy. TLS from Kipling to “Care Frater”, Bateman’s Burwash, Sussex letterhead, dated August 1, 1923, 1 p. ; 27 x 20 cm. * In: The letters of Rudyard Kipling, edited by Thomas Pinney, 1990-c2004, 6 volumes. TLS from Kipling to “Care Frater Bateson”, Brown’s Hotel, London letterhead, dated Oct. 17, [19]23, 1 p. ; 20 x 13 cm. Stamped postmarked envelope with postage stamp postmarked Bradford, 7:30 PM 27 Aug [1919?] addressed to Dr. Vaughan Bateson, Bradford, Yorks. handwritten address added forwarded to Mr. Bower, Bedford, 11 x 14 cm. Stamped postmarked envelope, no return address, addressed to S. Bateson, Esq.11 x 14 cm. + Scrap of index card regarding details of sale, 4 x 10 cm. To R.J. Baxter: (1 item, 1 letter) ALS from Kipling to “Dear Sir”, Hotel du Parc, Vernet-les-Bains letterhead, dated March 14, 1914, 1 p. unfolded ; 18 x 28 cm. To Moberly Bell: (10 items, 10 letters) *ALS from Kipling to “Dear Bell”, Naulakha, Brattleboro, Vermont letterhead, crossed out and “Waite, Windham Co.” added, dated Friday, Oct. 26, [18]95, 2 p. unfolded ; 18 x 23 cm. (*II, p. 206-207) ALS from Kipling to “Dear Bell”, Rock House, Maidencombe, St. Marychurch letterhead, dated Dec. 5, [18]96, 1 p. ; 16 x 10 cm. *ALS from Kipling to “Dear Bell”, Rock House, Maidencombe, St. Marychurch letterhead, dated May 8, [18]97, 1 p. ;18 x 11 cm. (*II, p. 296) ALS from Kipling to “Dear Bell”, Royal Palace Hotel, Kensington letterhead, dated “Thursday night” [May-June 1897?], 2 p. unfolded ; 20 x 26 cm. *ALS from Kipling to “Dear Bell”, dated July 21, [18]97, 3 p. unfolded ; 18 x 22 cm. (*II, p. 305-306) *ALS from Kipling to “Dear Bell”, The Elms, Rottingdean letterhead, [c. September 12, 1898], 2 p. ; 9 x 11 cm. (*II, p. 349) *ALS from Kipling to “Dear Bell, dated the Woolsack, March 3, 1901, 2 p. unfolded ; 18 x 23 cm. (*III, p. 44-45) *ALS from Kipling to “Dear Bell, The Elms, Rottingdean letterhead, dated October 14, [19]01, 1 p. ; 15 x 10 cm. (*III, p. 72) ALS from Kipling to “Dear Bell”, The Elms, Rottingdean letterhead, dated Dec. 6, 1901, 2 p. ; 9 x 11 cm. *ALS from Kipling to “Dear Bell”, Bateman’s Burwash, Sussex letterhead, dated Oct. 10, 1904, 3 p. unfolded ; 16 x 20 cm. (*III, p. 163-164) To William Livingston Alden: (1 item, 1 letter) ALS from Kipling to “Dear Alden”, The Elms, Rottingdean letterhead, dated August 10, [18]98, [2] p.
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