Found 14 collections related to Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard), 1879-1957

Thomas James Wise, English book collector and forger. · To Percy John Dobell, bookseller : 1 autograph postcard signed : 1 Mar 1920 : (S'ANA 1021) : from "Kirkstead," 25, Heath Drive, Hampstead, N.W.3. (embossed postcard) : begins, "I have looked up some documents written by Mary Shelley in August 1822 . . . .". less

Walter Edwin Peck, American professor and literary scholar. The Walter Edwin Peck manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include a typescript introduction to a proposed printing of Shelley's will, and a holograph essay, "Shelley and 'Constantia' (Claire Clairmont)." The bulk of the correspondence is addressed to Carl H. Pforzheimer and dated between 1922 and 1931. Accompanying material includes a number of typescript letter copies from Pforzheimer to Peck, and documents from Houghton Mifflin Company relating to sales of Peck's biography of Percy Bysshe Shelley. less

Walter Edwin Peck, American professor and literary scholar. The Walter Edwin Peck manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include a typescript introduction to a proposed printing of Shelley's will, and a holograph essay, "Shelley and 'Constantia' (Claire Clairmont)." The bulk of the correspondence is addressed to Carl H. Pforzheimer and dated between 1922 and 1931. Accompanying material includes a number of typescript letter copies from Pforzheimer to Peck, and documents from Houghton Mifflin Company relating to sales of Peck's biography of Percy Bysshe Shelley. less

Alfred Emanuel Smith, American politician and businessman. · To Carl H. Pforzheimer, investment banker, philanthropist and collector : 1 typescript letter signed : 27 Mar 1942 : (MISC 1272) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Empire State, Inc., New York (printed stationery) : begins, "This is to personally acknowledge your prompt and generous response to the appeal of the Archbishop's Committee of the Laity ....". less

Sigrid Undset, Norwegian novelist. · To Blanche Knopf of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., her American publisher: 1 typescript letter signed : 15 Jan. 1941 : (MISC 1187) : on the letterhead of the Hotel Margaret in Brooklyn. Undset reaffirms a decision to "reconsider that book of Essays." She adds that "I enjoyed that evening at the Pforzheimers immensely.". less

Roger Ingpen, British literary editor and writer. His Shelley in England (1917) was among the most important early 20th century accounts of Shelley's life. · To Harry Buxton Forman, bibliographer and forger : 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Oct 1913 : (S'ANA 0718) : from 28 Queen Anne's Grove, Bedford Park W. (printed stationery); begins, "I procured the Medwin letter with the object of printing it at some time or another, but I very willingly give you leave to make use of it ...". less

Louis Landré, French academic and professor of literature. · To Carl H. Pforzheimer, investment banker, philanthropist and collector : 1 autograph letter signed : 6 Dec 1926 : (H'ANA 0108) : 1 ¹/₄ pages (single sheet) : from 154 Irving Ave., Providence R.I. : on Brown University letterhead; begins, "Replying to your letter of November 26, I am preparing for a thesis for the French Doctorat d'Etat on "Leigh Hunt's Works" ..."; discussing his consultation of Hunt manuscripts in various libraries. less

Originally housed in his Park Avenue apartment, the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library moved to a suite in midtown Manhattan after Pforzheimer's death in 1957. There, Kenneth Neill Cameron, leading Shelley scholar of the time, continued his work as editor of the multi-volume Shelley and his Circle publication, years later followed by Donald H. Reiman. Mihai Handrea, hired as librarian in 1970, became the first curator of The Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle (a portion of the much larger Pforzheimer Library) when it moved to the New York Public Library in 1986. 23 manuscript boxes of correspondence, proofs, and printed material comprising the Pforzheimer Library papers in the Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle. less

The army general and 34th president of the United States was president of Columbia University from February 1948 to December 1950. To John T. Van Sant, of the Horace Mann School for Boys in New York City : 1 typescript letter signed : 20 Mar 1950 : (MISC 0946) : on Columbia University letterhead; concerning scholarships to Columbia for the sons of Horace Mann faculty members. Eisenhower also notes that "I thoroughly enjoyed my visit with Mr. Forsheimer [i.e. Pforzheimer] and yourself ...". less

To Wilfred Partington, writer and literary editor : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Aug 1930 : (B'ANA 0501) : from 50 Albemarle Street, London, W. 1. (printed stationery) : begins, "Many thanks for your 2 letters of the 1st & yesterday. I have looked out a Byron letter with a good signature & gladly send it herewith for your collection ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 May 1930 : (B'ANA 0502) : from 50 Albemarle Street, London, W. 1. (printed stationery) : begins, "I am really most grateful to you for the very splendid present ..." -- Both letters mounted within a half blue morocco album, along with the Byron manuscript (B 0131) referenced in the first letter. Shelved as *Pforz 558R 09. less

Carl H. Pforzheimer (1879-1957) began collecting books while in his early teens. In the second, third and fourth decades of the 20th century, he assembled one of the most distinguished rare book and manuscript libraries of English and American literature, including important milestones in intellectual progress. His library included the contents of the catalog The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library: English Literature, 1475-1700 (1940), now at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Austin, Texas, and the collection relating to Shelley and his circle now at the New York Public Library. The library, continued after his death by the Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation, also included rare continental incunables and 16th century books, various 18th-century landmarks of English literature, examples of fine printing, and original artwork used as book illustration. Collection consists of book acquisition records of the library of Carl H. Pforzheimer. Included are invoices and purchase memoranda and acquisition lists concerning items in the Carl H. Pforzheimer Shelley and his Circle Collection (which was transferred to The New York Public Library) as well as other works purchased for the Pforzheimer library. less

Unpublished essay in two editrorial states, planned to be issued with plates of Peacock's privately printed Greek poem, "A white-bait dinner at Lovegrove's at Blackway, July 1851," along with his literal Latin translation, and John Cam Hobhouse's English translation. The Pforzhiemer Collection holds copies of the original lithographed leaflets, as well as the manuscript of Hobhouse's translation (JCH 0003). Filed as (P'ANA 0065) under "Nicholes.". less

Notebook containing Frederic Warde's page design layouts for the title page, preface, contents, etc. On the cover of the volume is written: "This layout is the property of Mr. Warde. Please do not in anyway mutilate this layout and return it in each instance with any and all proofs sent to Mr. Warde." Inserted are marked-up press proofs of the title page and preface (pages [i]-xvi); a marked-up press proof from the letters section (pages 15-18); and an autograph letter from Warde to Carl H. Pforzheimer dated January 6, 1935. Within the original manila envelope addressed by Warde to Pforzheimer. Filed along with a prospectus of the Julian Editions, with a notice from the Literary Review laid in. less