Edward Garnett: An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center Descriptive Summary Creator: Garnett, Edward, 1868-1937 Title: Edward Garnett Collection Dates: 1889-1937, undated Extent: 15 boxes (6.30 linear feet), 2 oversize folders (osf) Abstract: Contains mostly letters written or received by the British critic and literary editor, Edward Garnett. Major correspondents include H. E. Bates, Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford, Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, T. E. Lawrence, Sean O'Faolain, and Liam O'Flaherty, as well as many other notable authors. Call Number: Manuscript Collection MS-1541 Language: English, French, German, and Russian Access: Open for research Administrative Information Processed by: Joan Sibley and Apryl Voskamp, 2014 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 Garnett, Edward, 1868-1937 Manuscript Collection MS-1541 2 Garnett, Edward, 1868-1937 Manuscript Collection MS-1541 Works: Foreword to A modern conquistador Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham by Container Herbert Faulkner West, carbon typescript with handwritten corrections, 3 pages, 1.1 October 1931. Foreword to The two sisters by H. E. Bates, page proofs with handwritten corrections and few emendations, 4 pages, February 1926. Report on ms. to T. Fisher Unwin, Publisher, signed handwritten manuscript on printed form, 2 pages, 10 November 1898. Re The Wistons by Miles Amber, pseudonym. Report… on Mr. Frank Horridge's books and mss., signed handwritten and typed carbon copy manuscript, 2 pages, undated. 3 Garnett, Edward, 1868-1937 Manuscript Collection MS-1541 Letters: Container FL to unidentified recipient re William Henry Davies, February 1911. 1.2 ALS/ draft to unidentified recipient re Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame, undated. ALS to Bentley, E. C., undated. Not described in card catalog; Gift G14234, 1998. ALS to Bontine, A. E., Mrs., 25 April 1907. ALS to Burke, Thomas, 19 October 1923. 4 ALS, ALS/ incomplete to Bussy, Dorothy Strachey, 1904-1907, undated. 2 ALS to Clayton, Douglas, 9 July 1916, 26 December 1930. TLS/ mimeo from Edward Garnett and Edward Thomas to Clutton-Brock, Arthur, February 1911. 28 ALS, ALI, TccL to Conrad, Joseph, 1896-1923, undated. Included with these: Container TccL copies of ALS dated 26 May, 2 June, and 17 June 1896. 1.3 43 ALS, ALI, APCS to Curle, Richard, 1912-1935, undated. ALS of 1 March 1928 Container misdated (actual date 27 February 1928). ANI by Curle on ALS dated 1 August 1.4 1932. 4 ALS, ALS/ incomplete, AL/ incomplete, 3 APCS, APC to Garnett, Constance, Container 1915-1928, undated. 1.2 6 ALS, AL/ incomplete to Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame "Amigo," 1898-1930. 4 ALS, 2 ANS, ANI, APCI to Lloyd, Bertram, 1917-1934, undated. Container 27 ALS, 7 ALI, APCS, APCI to Lloyd, Bertram, 1919-1937, undated. 1.5 AL/ draft to Longman, Charles, James, undated. Container 1.2 ALS to Massingham, Harold John, 26 May 1912. Container 1.6 ALS to Meyerfeld, Maximilian, 9 August 1907. 3 ALS to O'Riordan, Conal O'Connell, 1907-1909. 12 ALS to O'Riordan, Conal O'Connell, 1907-1910. Container 1.7 4 Garnett, Edward, 1868-1937 Manuscript Collection MS-1541 2 ALS to Osborne, _____, 3 May 1892, 1889. Container 1.6 ALS to Owlett, 15 June 1921. 2 ALS to Powys, John Cowper, 3 May and 8 August 1929. Included with ALS dated 3 May: signed handwritten manuscript on Wolf Solent for publicity purposes, 16 April 1929. ALS to Robb, Ellis D., 8 October 1934. Not described in card catalog; gift G14234, 1998. 14 ALS, APCS to Wilson, John G., 1917-1929, undated. 5 Garnett, Edward, 1868-1937 Manuscript Collection MS-1541 Recipient: Unidentified author. ALS to Garnett, Edward, 13 April no year. Possibly from John Container A. Hobson. 1.8 Unidentified author. AL to Garnett, Edward, 21 April 1907. Letterhead: Royal Gardens Kew. Unidentified author. TLS to Garnett, Edward, 22 October 1931. Address: Merton House, Teddington, Middlesex. Unidentified author B. L. 2 ALI to Garnett, Edward, 28 and 31 October 1931. Possibly Bertram Lloyd. Unidentified author J. L. H. ALI to Garnett, Edward 3 November 1904. Letterhead: The Speaker. Possibly J. L. (John Lawrence) Hammond. Unidentified author Mark. ALS to Garnett, Edward, undated. Unidentified author Robert. ALS to Garnett, Edward, 18 October 1907. Container Abercrombie, Lascelles, 1881-1938. ALS to Garnett, Edward, 5 March no year. 1.9 Agresti, Olivia Rossetti, 1875-. TLS to Garnett, Edward, 10 June 1907. Aldred, Laura. ALS to Garnett, Edward, undated. Anthony, Joseph, 1897-. 3 ALS, 2 TLS to Garnett, Edward, 1922-1925. Archer, William, 1856-1924. 6 ALS, 2 TLS Garnett, Edward, 1907-1909, undated. Archer, William, 1856-1924. TLS to Garnett, Edward, 8 December 1910. Baker, A. H. ALS to Garnett, Edward, 1 March 1909. Barns, Charles Edward. TLS to Garnett, Edward, 14 October 1901. Barrie, James Matthew, Sir, 1860-1937. 2 ALS to Garnett, Edward, 9 October 1907, 12 January 1925. Letter dated 1925 re Liam O'Flaherty. Bates, Herbert Ernest, 1905-1974: 104 ALS, 29 ALI, 2 AL, APCS, 2 APCI to Garnett, Edward, 1925-1936. One Container signed "Richard." 2.1-4 Container 101 ALS, 7 ALI, AL, 3 APCS, APCI to Garnett, Edward, 1926-1929, undated. 2.5-8 6 Garnett, Edward, 1868-1937 Manuscript Collection MS-1541 2 ALS to Garnett, Edward, 10 August 1931, 31 May 1932. Included are Container handwritten manuscripts for Fear, The Mother, and The Idiot by H. E. Bates. 1.9 Bates, Ralph, 1899-. ALS to Garnett, Edward, 23 December 1933. Baynton, Barbara. ALS to Garnett, Edward, 30 November no year. Beer, Thomas, 1889-1940. 2 TLS to Garnett, Edward, 4 July 1922, 4 March 1924. Container Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953. 6 ALS, 7 TLS to Garnett, Edward, 1902-1911, undated. 3.1 Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931. 8 ALS, 4 TLS, 4 APCS to Garnett, Edward, Container 1897-1929, undated. 3.2 Container Bentley, Edmund Clerihew, 1875-1956. ALS to Garnett, Edward, 30 October 1907. 1.9 Container Beresford, John Davys, 1873-1947. 14 ALS, APCS to Garnett, Edward, 1912-1920. 3.3 Container Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943. ALS to Garnett, Edward, 24 October no year. 3.4 Bishop, Gerald M. ALS, invitation to Garnett, Edward, 16 October 1907, 13 April 1908. Blodgett, Glenn Walton. ALS to Garnett, Edward, 31 January 1922. Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen, 1840-1922. 2 ALS to Garnett, Edward, 15 January 1908, 9 July 1919. Bone, Gertrude Helena Dodd, Lady, 1876-1962. 23 ALS to Garnett, Edward, 1906-1926, undated. Enclosed with these: initialed handwritten manuscript Container Conversation with Joseph Conrad re Edward Garnett; handwritten manuscript From 3.5 the night; handwritten manuscript When I was a child. Bone, Muirhead, Sir, 1876-1953. 16 ALS, ALS/ incomplete, 5 APCS to Garnett, Container Edward, 1907-1925, undated. Included with this: 2 photographs. 3.6 Container Bontine, A. E. 91 ALS, 2 ANS to Garnett, Edward, 1899-1923, undated. 3.7-9 Boswell, Diane. ALS to Garnett, Edward, 4 November 1925. Container 3.4 Bowes-Lyon, Lilian Helen, 1895-. ALS to Garnett, Edward, 1 March 1929. Bréal, Auguste. ALS to Garnett, Edward, 5 May no year. Written in French. 7 Garnett, Edward, 1868-1937 Manuscript Collection MS-1541 Bridges, Robert Seymour, 1844-1930. ALS to Garnett, Edward, 30 January 1905. Brooke, Margaret Alice Lilly De Windt, Lady, Rani of Sarawak, d. 1936. 2 ALS to Garnett, Edward, 25 October and 1 November 1922. Brown (Curtis), Publishers. TLS to Garnett, Edward, 24 October 1907. Browne, Edward S. ALS to Garnett, Edward, 19 October 1912. Browne, Frances Worsley Stella. 2 ALS to Garnett, Edward, 10 March 1918, 7 February 1920. Bruce-Joy, _____. ALS to Garnett, Edward, 7 April 1908. Bruce-Joy, Arminella. ALS to Garnett, Edward, 10 April 1908. Bullock, Shan F., 1865-1935. ALS to Garnett, Edward, 9 November 1924. Bussy, Simon. ALS to Garnett, Edward, 2 April 1903. Written in French. C., E. Telegram to Garnett, Edward, 8 October 1907. Container 4.1 C., Ed. APCS to Garnett, Edward, 24 October 1923. Campbell, Mary. 10 ALS to Garnett, Edward, 1924-1925, undated. Included with Container this: 4 photographs. 4.2 Campbell, Roy, 1901-1957. 6 ALS, telegram to Garnett, Edward, 1924-1925, Container undated. 4.3 Container Canby, Henry Seidel, 1878-1961. TNS to Garnett, Edward, 30 September 1925. 4.1 Cannan, Gilbert, 1884-1955. 19 ALS, TLS, APCS to Garnett, Edward, 1907-1910, Container undated. 4.4 Container Cape (Jonathan) Limited. TLI "J. C." to Garnett, Edward, 21 January 1926. 4.1 Chambers, Jessie, 1886-1944. 5 ALS to Garnett, Edward, 1912-1914. Chapman, Frederic, d. 1918. 6 ALS, 3 TLS, 2 APCS to Garnett, Edward, 1906-1916, undated. Container Chesson, Wilfrid Hugh. 15 ALS to Garnett, Edward, 1894-1912. 4.5 Chesterton, Gilbert Keith, 1874-1936. 4 ALS to Garnett, Edward, 8 October 1901, Container 8 Garnett, Edward, 1868-1937 Manuscript Collection MS-1541 Chesterton, Gilbert Keith, 1874-1936. 4 ALS to Garnett, Edward, 8 October 1901, Container undated. 4.1 Child, Harold Hannyngton, 1869-1945. ALS to Garnett, Edward, 11 October 1907. Clutton-Brock, Arthur, 1868-1924. 8 ALS to Garnett, Edward, 1909-1914. Clutton-Brock, Evelyn Alice Vernon-Harcourt, 1876-. ALS to Garnett, Edward, undated. Coit, Stanton, 1857-1944. ALS to Garnett, Edward, 7 October 1913. Container Conrad, Jessie George. 20 ALS to Garnett, Edward, 1914-1924, undated. 4.6 Container Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. 3 ALS to Garnett, Edward, 1896-1919. 4.1 Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. TL/ copy to Garnett, Edward, 3 August 1898.