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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center Descriptive Summary Creator: Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 Title: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Collection Dates: 1835-1964, undated Extent: 19 document boxes (7.98 linear feet), 1 oversize bound volume (osbv), 3 galley folders (gf), 1 oversize folder (osf) Abstract: Includes literary and other manuscripts of the British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, as well as letters he wrote and received. Much of the material concerns spiritualism, spirit communications, mediums, séances, psychics, and spirit photography, often with transcripts describing events. Also present are some personal and financial records for Doyle as well as papers of various Doyle and Leckie family members, chiefly his wife Lady Jean Leckie Doyle and his son Denis Percy Stewart Conan Doyle. Correspondence from and about Harry Houdini is also included. Call Number: Manuscript Collection MS-1207 Language: English, French Access: Open for research Administrative Information Processed by: Joan Sibley and Daniela Lozano, 2013 Note: This finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only in a card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the abbreviations commonly used in descriptions. Repository: The University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Center Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 Manuscript Collection MS-1207 2 Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 Manuscript Collection MS-1207 Works: Unidentified: Container Fragment re spiritualism, handwritten manuscript, 1 page, undated. 1.1 Article on causes of World War I, signed handwritten manuscript with emendations, 19 pages, undated. Container Article on spiritualism, 2 carbon copy typescripts, 11 pages, each, undated. 1.2 Article re spiritualism as a political force, handwritten manuscript with a few Container emendations and deletions, 16 pages, undated. 1.1 Lecture re spirit communications from dead authors, handwritten manuscript / incomplete with revisions and with a newspaper clipping attached, 17 pages, undated. Discusses communications from Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, and Jack London. Lecture re spiritualism, signed handwritten manuscript / incomplete with a few emendations, 18 pages, undated. This manuscript may be composed of parts of two separate lectures. Lecture re spiritualism and Christianity, handwritten manuscript / notes, 8 pages, undated. Answers attack by Bishop Karney. Included with this: two sets of photocopies of these pages of notes, 2 pages each. Lecture re spiritualism and psychic photographs, carbon copy typescript, 7 pages, undated. Included with this: AN by Lady Jean Doyle on slip of paper, 1 page, undated. Lecture re survival and communication after death, handwritten manuscript / notes with revisions, 16 pages, undated. Message to spiritualists re future world events, 4 mimeos, one with handwritten Container note in Doyle's hand, 4 pages each, undated. 1.3 Notes re psychic warnings of coming crisis, handwritten manuscript / notes, 1 Container page, undated. 1.1 The adventure of the golden pince-nez, signed handwritten manuscript with Container emendations, 56 pages bound, undated. Inscribed on cover to H. Greenough Smith, 1.4 8 February 1916. The alleged posthumous writings of great authors, signed handwritten manuscript Container with emendations, 16 pages, July 1927. 1.1 3 Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 Manuscript Collection MS-1207 Article on his favorite fiction, signed handwritten manuscript / incomplete, 8 pages, undated. First page lacking. Autobiographical questionnaire, signed handwritten replies, 29 October 1899. Borrowed scenes, signed handwritten manuscript with few revisions, 13 pages Container bound, undated. 1.5 The boys' Sherlock Holmes; new and enlarged edition; a selection from the works of A. Conan Doyle; arranged with introduction by Howard Haycraft, 2 sets of galley Container proofs / incomplete, 95 sheets each; 2 sets of page proofs / incomplete, 99 sheets gf 1-2 each; 1961 (copyright date). Broadcast: a chat with Conan Doyle, typescript with handwritten emendations, 5 Container pages, undated. 1.6 The contest, signed handwritten manuscript with emendations, 18 pages bound, Container 1911. 1.7 Container The detective of the future, signed typescript, 6 pages bound, 24 September no year. 1.6 The doctors of Hoyland, signed handwritten manuscript with few emendations, 20 Container pages bound, 1892. From Hanley II. 1.8 The fall of Lord Barrymore, signed handwritten manuscript with revisions, 24 pages Container bound, undated. 1.9 Container The great shadow, handwritten manuscript, 191 pages bound, undated. 1.10 The green flag, signed handwritten manuscript with emendations, 29 pages bound, Container undated. 1.11 Houdini, typed and carbon copy manuscript / fragments, 7 pages, undated. Container Fragments of an unidentified article on Houdini. 2.1 Houdini the enigma; a study, composite handwritten, typed, and carbon copy Container manuscript with some handwritten revisions, 70 pages, 1 June 1929. 2.2 Houdini the enigma; a study, printed pages with handwritten emendations and Container insertions, 33 pages, undated. 2.3 Houdini's last escape, typed and carbon copy manuscript with handwritten revisions, Container 13 pages; carbon copy typescript with handwritten emendations and photocopy of a 2.4 declaration by Beatrice Houdini, 13 pages; 1 June 1929, undated. The hound of the Baskervilles, handwritten manuscript, 1 page, undated. From the Container 4 Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 Manuscript Collection MS-1207 The hound of the Baskervilles, handwritten manuscript, 1 page, undated. From the Container Ellery Queen Collection. 2.5 How Etienne Gerard said goodbye to his master, signed handwritten manuscript with emendations, 16 pages, undated. Inserts on sports for unidentified work, handwritten manuscript with emendations, 11 pages, undated. Lectures: Opening of the photographic lecture, signed typescript with minor emendations Container and corrections, 4 pages, undated. 2.5 The new revelation, handwritten, typed, and carbon copy manuscript with handwritten deletions and emendations, 22 pages, undated. The new revelation, typescript with handwritten emendation, 28 pages, undated. Recent psychic research, handwritten manuscript, 5 pages; typescript / first page, Container 1 page; carbon copy typescript, 5 pages; undated. 2.6 Recent psychic research, typescript / incomplete, 3 pages; carbon copy typescript, 5 pages; undated. Watchman what of the night, handwritten manuscript / notes, 8 pages; Container handwritten manuscript / notes written on 6 envelopes, 6 pages; undated. 2.5 The lift, signed handwritten manuscript with emendations, 16 pages, undated. Modern Arctic discovery, handwritten manuscript / incomplete, 16 pages, undated. The mystery of the Fox sisters, signed handwritten manuscript with revisions, 37 pages, undated. Note re the Goodland script, handwritten manuscript / note, 1 page, undated. Container Included with this: envelope with AN written on it. 2.7 Notes: For unidentified lectures, handwritten manuscript / notes, 3 pages; handwritten Container manuscript / notes, 2 pages on 1 leaf; handwritten manuscript / notes, 5 pages; 2.8 handwritten manuscript / notes, 2 pages on 1 leaf; undated. For A. C. D.'s lantern lectures on spiritualism, typed and carbon copy manuscript with handwritten emendations and deletions, 42 pages; typed and carbon copy Container manuscript / incomplete with handwritten emendations and deletions, 27 pages; 2.9 undated. 5 Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 Manuscript Collection MS-1207 On slides to accompany a lecture on psychic photographs, carbon copy typescript Container / notes / incomplete with few handwritten emendations and deletions, 13 pages, 2.7 undated. One crowded hour, signed handwritten manuscript with revisions, 31 pages bound, Container circa 1911. 2.10 Opening of the photographic lecture, typescript with handwritten revisions, 4 pages, Container undated. 2.7 Our second American adventure, handwritten manuscript / incomplete with Container emendations and few newspaper clippings inserted, approximately 200 pages, circa 2.11 1924. Pheneas speaks (direct spirit communications… reported to A. C. Doyle): Typescript / rough draft / incomplete with handwritten revisions, 124 pages, Container undated. 2.12 Typescript / fragment, 23 pages; typescript / fragment, 17 pages; carbon copy Container typescript / fragment, 16 pages, undated. 2.13 Typescript, 1 page (numbered 2), undated. Typed and carbon copy manuscript with handwritten emendations and marginal Container notes by Doyle, 114 pages; typescript with several handwritten deletions, 22 2.14 pages bound; typescript, 26 pages bound; typescript, 35 pages; 1922-1928. The proof of spiritualism, mimeo, 5 pages, undated. Article for National Press Container Agency Ltd. 2.7 Rationalism and spiritualism, with a drastic examination of Mr. Joseph McCabe, Container signed handwritten manuscript with revisions, 44 pages, 21 June 1920. 3.1 A scandal of Bohemia, handwritten manuscript, 30 pages bound, 6 April 1891. From Container the Ellery Queen Collection. osbv 1 The Slapping Sal, signed handwritten manuscript with revisions, 16 pages bound, Container undated. 3.2 Spiritualism: some straight questions and answers, carbon copy typescript with Container extensive handwritten emendation, 5 pages, undated. 3.1 The striped
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