Richard Le Gallienne Letters, 1890-1900

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Le Gallienne, Richard (1866-1947)

Collector:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections

Title:

Richard Le Gallienne Letters

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/70795765c

Dates:

1890-1900

Size:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Storage Note:

ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1

Language:

English

Abstract: Consists of letters of Richard Le Gallienne, who was a British poet, essayist, and literary critic. A member of the Oscar Wilde circle, Le Gallienne contributed to the illustrated quarterly magazine The Yellow Book that is associated with Aubrey Beardsley, Max Beerbohm, and Ernest Dowson.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists chiefly of twenty-nine autograph letters and three postcards sent by Richard Le Gallienne to Frederick Turner. Other correspondence includes a letter to Paul Lemperly, one to "Mr. Mathews," two letters to Silvanus Phillips Thompson, and one to William M. Van der Weyde. The subject matter of the letters range from friendly topics to new books, proofs, photographs, or articles in The Yellow Book. Also included is an autographed photograph portrait of Le Gallienne by W & D Downey, a very small portrait of Le Gallienne inscribed to Turner, a photograph of a library at "Waggoner Wells," and a photograph of a garden captioned by Le Gallienne as "The Mulberry Tree."

Arrangement

Arranged by accession number.

Collection Creator Biography:

Le Gallienne

Richard Le Gallienne was an English man of letters. As literary critic and contributor to the illustrated quarterly The Yellow Book, he was associated with the fin-de-siècle aesthetes of the 1890s before becoming a resident of the United States. He joined the staff of The Star in 1891, and wrote for various papers over the signature of Logroller. His works include the poems Volumes in Folio (1889), the novel Quest of the Golden Girl (1896), and two books of reminiscences, The Romantic '90's (1925) and From a Paris Garret (1936). He was the father of teh actress Eva Le Gallienne.

Collection History

Acquisition:

Letter to Van der Weyde was purchased in December, 1946 .

Letter to Lemperly was a gift of Mrs. W. Floyd Nichols in April, 1953 .

Letters to Thompson were purchased on July 25, 1961 .

Letter to Mathews was purchased on March 13, 1958 .

Letters, cards, and photographs to Turner were purchased on August 9, 1955 .

Custodial History

The collection was formed as a result of a Departmental practice of combining into one collection material of various accessions relating to a particular person, family, or subject.

Appraisal

No appraisal information is available.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Dina Britain on May 18, 2006. Finding aid written by Dina Britain on May 19, 2006. Folder inventory added by James Clark '14 in 2012.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

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