MS Eng 1148.2-1148.3 Rothenstein, William, Sir, 1872-1945. Sir William Rothenstein papers: Guide.
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Call No.: MS Eng 1148.2
Call No.: MS Eng 1148.3
Creator: Rothenstein, William, Sir, 1872-1945.
Title: Sir William Rothenstein papers,
Date(s): 1887-1957.
Quantity: 27 boxes (13.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Correspondence and compositions of English painter William Rothenstein.
*63M-168. Purchased with the Amy Lowell fund; received: 1964 March 9.
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Sir William Rothenstein Papers (MS Eng 1148.2-1148.3). Houghton Library, Harvard
University.
Rothenstein was an English painter and president of the Royal College of Art
(1920-1935).
Organized into the following series:
- I. MS Eng 1148.2: Compositions
- A. Men and Memories
- B. Other compositions
- II. MS Eng 1148.3: Correspondence and other papers
- A. Letters to Alice (Kingsley) Rothenstein
- B. Letters to Sir William Rothenstein
- C. Other letters
- D. Other papers
Contains typescripts and proofs for Men and Memories and
articles and addresses on art. Also includes letters to Rothenstein, family
correspondence, papers relating to the Royal College of Art, and photographs, a
scrapbook, clippings, and printed material.
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Series: I. MS Eng 1148.2: Compositions
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A. Men and Memories
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(1) Men and Memories, vol I. Author's
typescript with annotations and A.MS. inserts, [n.p., n.d.] 3 boxes.
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(2) Men and Memories, vol I. TS.
(incomplete); [n.p., n.d.] 1 bundle.
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(3) Men and Memories, vol. I. TS.
(incomplete); [n.p., n.d.] 1 bundle. Annotated by the author.
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(4) Men and Memories, vol. I. TS.
(incomplete); [n.p., n.d.] 1 bundle. Early draft, annotated by the
author.
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(5) Men and Memories, vol. I. Galley proofs annotated by the author;
Cambridge, 1930. 2 boxes.
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(6) Men and Memories, vol I. 3 sets
of page proofs with corrections by the
author; Cambridge, 1930. 1 box.
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(7) Men and Memories, vol II.
Author's typescript with annotations and A.MS. inserts;
[n.p., n.d.] 1 box.
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(13) Men and Memories, vol. II. Galley proofs annotated by the author;
Cambridge, 1931. 1 box.
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(14) Men and Memories, vol. II. 2 sets
of page proofs with corrections by the
Author; Cambridge, 1931 and 1932. 1 box.
One set is incomplete.
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(16) Men and Memories, vol III.
Author's typescript with annotations and A.MS. inserts;
[n.p., n.d.] 2 boxes.
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(20) Men and Memories, vol. III. TS.
and A.MS. fragments; [n.p., n.d.] 1 bundle.
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(21) Men and Memories, vol. III. Galley proofs annotated by the author;
Glasgow, 1939. 1 box.
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(22) Men and Memories, vol. III. Page
proofs with corrections by the author;
Glasgow, 1939. 1 bundle.
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(24) Men and Memories, vols. I-III.
Miscellaneous TS. and MS. fragments; [n.p., n.d.] 2 bundles.
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(25) Men and Memories, vols. II and III.
TSS. of letters published in Men and Memories; [n.p., n.d.]
1 bundle. Partially annotated by the author.
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B. Other compositions
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(26) Goya. TS. annotated by the author
and with A.MS. inserts; [n.p., 1896]
41s. (43p.)
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(27) Goya. A.MS. (miscellaneous
leaves); [n.p., 1896] 1
bundle.
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(28) Birmingham Municipal School of Art, an
address on the occasion of the distribution of prizes to the
students. A.MS.; [Birmingham, 13
Feb 1908] 4s. (5p.)
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(30) Civic ideals in art, address delivered at
the North of England Education Conference, Bradford, 2 Jan 1914.
A.MS.; [n.p., 1914]
11s. (11p.)
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(31) The Ajanta frescoes. A.MS.s.;
[n.p., 1915] 8s. (8p.)
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(32) A plea for a wider use of artists [and
craftsmen. Lecture delivered at the Technical School of Art at
Sheffield, 8 Nov 1916.] A.MS.; [n.p., 1916] 14s. (14p.)
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(33) [A plea for a wider use of artists and
craftsmen] Galley proofs corrected by the author;
[Sheffield, 1916] 20s. (20p.)
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(34) The place of art in contemporary life.
Lecture II. TS.; [n.p., 14 Nov 1917] 15s. (15p.)
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(35) Art schools, museums and picture
galleries. Lecture IV. TS.; [n.p., 28 Nov 1917] 21s. (21p.)
Incomplete at end.
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(37) The relation of art to adult education
[address delivered before the Educational Settlements
Association] TS. annotated by the author; [n.p.,
1924] 8s. (8p.)
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(38) [Indian sculpture, introduction to
Ancient India from the earliest times to the Guptas by Kenneth
de Burgh Codrington] TS. with A.MS. inserts; [n.p.,
1926] 52s. (52p.)
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(39) [Indian sculpture...] Galley proofs corrected by the author;
[London, 1926] 7s. (7p.)
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(40) [Indian sculpture...]
Miscellaneous MSS. and TSS.; [n.p., 1926] 1 bundle.
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(41) Whither painting? 9th Broadcast National
Lecture, delivered 18 Dec 1931. TS. (draft) annotated by
the author; [n.p., 1931] 19s. (19p.)
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(42) Whither painting? TS. (final
version) annotated by the author; [n.p., 1931] 13s. (13p.)
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(43) Whither painting? Miscellaneous
TSS. partially annotated by the author; [n.p., 1931] 1 bundle.
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(43a) Whither painting? Author's copy,
annotated; London, 1932. 1 vol.
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(44) Education and the creative and
imaginative activities. Presidential address at the 20th annual
Conference of Educational Associations, University College,
London. TS. annotated by the author; [n.p., Jan
1932] 6s. (6p.)
Incomplete at the end.
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(45) [Introduction for the catalogue of the
centenary exhibition of paintings and drawings by Sir Edward
Burne-Jones, Bart., 1933] A.MS.; [n.p., 1933] 5s. (8p.)
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(46) [Introduction for the catalogue of
---paintings and drawings by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Bart.,
1933] TS.s.; annotated by the author; [n.p., 1933] 4s. (4p.)
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(47) [Form and content in English painting.
The Romanes lecture, delivered in the Sheldonian Theatre, 24
May, 1934] Printers TS. annotated by the author; [n.p.,
1934] 1 volume.
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(48) Form and content in English painting.
Page proofs, corrected by the author;
Oxford, 1934. 36s. (36p.)
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(49) [Talks for sixth forms. Lecture broadcast
11 Oct 1935] TS. (fragment) with A.MS. inserts; [n.p.,
1935] 6s. (6p.)
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(51) [Contemporaries] A.MS.
(introduction); [n.p., 1937]
13s. (14p.)
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(52) Contemporaries. Bound copy of
MSS., page proofs and printed
drawings; [n.p., 1937] 1 volume.
Includes following MSS. and TSS.;
- Rothenstein, Sir William, 1872-1945.
Preface. A.MS.; [n.p., 1937] f. 1-5.
- Rothenstin, Sir William, 1872-1945.
Preface. TS. annotated; [n.p., 1937] f.
6-11.
- Dunsany, Edward, 18th baron, 1878-1957.
Field-Marshal Viscount Allenby. TS. annotated;
[n.p., 1937] f.
12-13.
- Rothenstein, Sir William, 1872-1945.
List of portraits. A.MS.; [n.p., 1937] f.
14.
- Seward, Albert Charles, 1863-1941. Sir William Bragg, O. M. A.MS.; [n.p.,
1937] f.
15.
- Kennet, Edward Hilton Young, baron, 1879- Sir Austen Chamberlain, K. G. TS.
annotated; [n.p., 1937] f.
16-17.
- Myers, Leopold Hamilton, 1882-1944. Havelock Ellis. TS. annotated; [n.p.,
1937] f.
18-19.
- Trevelyan, George Macaulay, 1876- Professor Élie Halévy. A.MS.; [n.p.,
1937] f.
20-23.
- Bradshaw, H. C. Charles Holden. TS.; [n.p., 1937] f.
24.
- Dale, Sir Henry Hallett, 1875- Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, O.M.,
F.R.S. TS.s.; [n.p., 1937] f. 25-27.
- Sparrow, John, 1906- C. Day Lewis. TS. annotated; [n.p.,
1937] f.
28-30.
- Church, Richard, 1893- Somerset Maugham. TS.s.; [n.p., 1937] f.
31.
- Howard, Esme William Howard, baron, 1863-1939. Axel Munthe. TS.; [n.p., 1937] f.
32-33.
- Roberts, Richard Ellis, 1879- Leo H. Myers. TS. corrected by the
author; [n.p., 1937] f.
34-35.
- Samuel, Sir Herbert. The Marquess of
Reading. TS.; [n.p., 1937] f. 36.
- MacMillan, Harold, 1894- Sir John Reith, G.B.E., D.C.L., L.L.D.
A.MS.; [n.p., 1937] f.
37-39.
- Schwabe, Randolph, 1885- Stanley Spencer. A.MS.; [n.p., 1937] f.
40-41.
- Oxford and Asquith, Margot Asquith, countess of,
1864- J. Alfred Spender. A.MS.s.; [n.p.,
1937] f.
42-46.
- Wooley, Sir Charles Leonard, 1880- Sir Aurel Stein. TS.; [n.p., 1937] f.
47-48.
- Moore, Thomas Sturge, 1870- Rabindranath Tagore. A.MS.; [n.p.,
1937] f.
49-50.
- Chapman, Guy, 1887- R. H. Tawney. TS. corrected by the
author; [n.p., 1937] f.
51-52.
- Jones, Thomas, 1870- Richard Henry Tawney. TS. (with carbon
copy); [n.p., 1937] f.
53-54.
- Vaughan, Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Sir Donald Tovey. A.MS.s.; [n.p., 1937] f.
55-58.
- Fisher, Herbert Albert Laurens, 1865-1940. Sir George Trevelyan, O.M. A.MS.s.;
[n.p., 1937] f.
59-60.
- Strong, Leonard Alfred George, 1896- William Butler Yeats. TS.; [n.p., 1937] f.
61-63.
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(54) [On Walter Crane] A.MS.; [n.p.,
n.d.] 2s. (2p.)
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(55) [On William Morris] A.MS.
(fragment); [n.p., n.d.] 7s. (7p.)
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(56) [On William Morris] TS.
(fragment); [n.p., n.d.] 2s. (2p.)
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(58) [On Alfred Thornton] TS.s.;
annotated by the author; [n.p., n.d.] 3s. (3p.)
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(59) [On Tolstoi's theory of art]
A.MS.; [n.p., n.d.] 8s. (9p.)
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(60) [Criticism] A.MS. (fragment);
[n.p., n.d.] 10s. (10p.)
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(61) [Criticism] TS. annotated by the
author; [n.p., n.d.] 16s. (16p.)
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(62) [Criticism] Miscellaneous TSS.
partially annotated by the author; [n.p., n.d.] 1 folder.
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(64) [Preface to Notes on the technique of
painting by Hilaire Hiler] A.MS.; [n.p., n.d.] 2s. (2p.)
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(65) [Preface to a catalogue of the Students
Sketch Club] TS. annotated by the author; [n.p., n.d.] 1s. (1p.)
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(66) 8 letters to the London Times. No. 1 is
dated 18 Feb 1915; nos.
2-8 n.d.
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(67) [Address delivered before the Fabian
Society] A.MS.; [n.p., n.d.] 3s. (3p.)
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(68) [Lecture on difficulties connected with
the village arts] A.MS.; [n.p., n.d.] 2s. (2p.)
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(69) [On aid for artists during the
war] A.MS. (fragment); [n.p., n.d.] 5s. (5p.)
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(70) [On the development of creative resources
] A.MS.; [n.p., n.d.] 3s. (3p.)
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(71) 4 poems. A.MS.; [n.p., n.d.] 4s. (5p.)
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(72) List of writings [of Sir William
Rothenstein] A.MS.; [n.p., n.d.] 1 notebook.
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(73) Miscellaneous unidentified TSS and MSS.; 1 box.
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Series: II. MS Eng 1148.3: Correspondence and other papers
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C. Other letters
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(131) Biddulph, Margaret. 1 letter to
William Rothenstein, jr.; n.d.
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(132) Foot, Richard, 1 letter to [Mr ] Towndraw;
1949.
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(133) Rothenstein, Lady Alice. 2 letters to
Sir John Rothenstein; n.d.
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(134) Rothenstein, Sir William, 1872-1945. 1 letter
to Wyndham Lewis; 1932.
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(135) Rothenstein, Sir William, 1872-1945. 2 letters
to Elizabeth Rothenstein; 1929-1931.
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(136) Rothenstein, Sir William, 1872-1945. 39 letters
to Sir John Rothenstein; 1910-1931 &
n.d.
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(138) Miscellaneous typed transcripts of correspondence; 1 box.
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(139) Typed transcripts of letters to Sir William
Rothenstein; 2 vols.
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Series: D. Other papers
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(140) Rothenstein, Sir William, 1872-1945. 1
scrapbook. 1 box.
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