Collections in Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

Betsy Aikin-Sneath, married name Rogers, English literary scholar and biographer of Anna Letitia Barbauld. · To F. L. Pleadwell, American physician and collector : 1 autograph letter signed : 28 May 1833 : (MISC 0853a) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from 51 Millman St., London, W.C.1. (on University of London stationery) : begins, "I am exeedingly grateful to you for your kindness in sending me copies of two of Mrs. Barbauld's manuscript letters ..."; with the stamped, postmarked envelope. Along with a second stamped, postmarked envelope to Pleadwell (MISC 0853b), from an unidentified recipient. less

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, army officer and founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. To Sir Charles Wakefield : 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Aug. 1911 : (MISC 1368) : offering to send him a copy of his Sketches in Mafeking and East Africa. less

To Major W. Van R. Whitall, American philanthropist : 2 autograph letters signed ; 23 Feb - 24 Aug 1925, in regard to a (forged) letter from Shelley to Godwin (S'ANA 0227) which refers to an Irish saint. Also discusses James Stephens's move to America. Also: one note in unknown hand on Irish saints. The "Shelley" letter and extensive commentary are printed in Shelley and His Circle, vol. V, p. 6-15. less

Andrew Cecil Bradley, English literary scholar. In 1901 he was elected as Oxford Professor of Poetry. To Charles Dealtry Locock, writer and editor : 9 autograph letters signed : ca. 1904 - 1906 (S'ANA 0956--0964), relating to Shelley and Locock's work on Shelley. Two envelopes from Bradley to Locock (one in the hand of another) were assigned the call number (S'ANA 0983). less

H. F. B. Brett-Smith, British literary scholar. He edited Peacock's memoirs of Shelley (1909), Peacock's Four ages of poetry (1921), and a 1924 ten-volume edition of Peacock's works. To R. N. Green-Armytage, literary scholar : 2 autograph letters signed and 1 autograph post card signed : 32 Oct - 20 Nov 1924 : (P'ANA 0084) : regarding a Thomas Love Peacock manuscript in the possession of Green-Armytage. Formerly laid into the Pforzheimer copy of Peacock's Four ages of poetry (1921). less

To Lucy Madox Brown Rossetti, painter and biographer : 7 autograph letters signed : 20 Jun 1878 -- 8 Jun 1891: (T'ANA 0017-0018) (T'ANA 0020-0021) (T'ANA 0023-0024) (T'ANA 0027) : on various subjects relating to her father, his friends, and Mr. Rossetti's work relating to them, including a good deal of friendly discussion. 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

Lewis Casson, English actor and theater director. · To Neville Rogers, Shelley scholar : 1 autograph letter signed : 24 Oct 1947 : (S'ANA 0912.01) : 2 pages (single sheet) : from 98 Swan Court, Chelsea, SW3 : begins, "I am very grateful to you for sending me that [?---] on Miss Alma Murray. My wife well remembers meeting her ...". less

After the death of Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1822, Claire Clairmont left her widowed step-sister Mary in Italy, after having lived with the Shelleys for years. She joined her brother Charles in Vienna, who had recently moved there to teach English. In 1824, Claire left for Russia to become a governess, at around which time Charles married the Viennese Antonia Ghi(s)laine d'Hembyze. Charles and Antonia had seven children, several of whom would live to develop close relationships with their aunt Claire into adulthood. The Clairmont family papers consist of letters, journals and various documents related to the descendants of Claire and Charles Gaulis Clairmont, the step-siblings of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English writer. Many of the documents from the 1930's, written in German and bearing government seals, trace the genealogy of the family back to the eighteenth century. Also included are documents from the 1760's relating to the ancestors of Charles Clairmont's wife Antonia Ghi(s)laine d'Hembyze, some of which are on vellum. less

Edith Clarke, née Nicolls, English promoter of home economics teaching. She was the maternal granddaughter of Thomas Love Peacock, novelist and poet. · Twenty-seven holograph recipes : [ca. 1860's-1870's?] : (TLP 0041) : 23 pages (within notebook, most pages of which are blank) : [no place] : with her ownership signature on the inside front cover of the notebook; continuing a recipe book begun with the holograph "Athenian Eel" recipe of her grandfather, Thomas Love Peacock, and his cousin, Harriet Love; Clarke's recipes include: raspberry pudding, tomato omelet, ale jelly, raspberry vinegar, "Restorative Food," rice cakes, arrowroot cake, mince meat, lemon jumbles, lemon tarts, chicken tea, potatoes à la creme, potato scallops, fruit ginger bread, coconut pudding, jelly fritters, rice jelly, tapioca blanc mange, beef sago broth, lemon pudding, chocolate tartlets, macaroni pudding, rhubarb soup, veal and sago broth, orange syrup, stewed trout, and stewed eels. less

Frederick Joseph Harvey Darton, English publisher and writer. Holograph manuscript, "The Leipzig Exhibition, 1914" : 1924 : (MISC 1297) : essay written on 3 leaves, front and back ; begins, "Leipzig has always been one of the chief centers of the book trade..." ; formerly laid into the Pforzheimer copy of the Catalogue of the British Section of the International Exhibition of the Book Industry and Graphic Arts (1914). less

Notes and commentary on Shelley's Esdaile notebook : (S'ANA 0395) : ca. 1886 : 78 leaves in ruled notebook. This notebook contains transcriptions of Shelley's Esdaile poems through "The Voyage" on the rectos -- the facing versos contain pencil and ink notes by Dowden relating to the text, composition of poems, influences, etc. Shelved as *Pforz (BT) Dowden 01. less

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, eighteenth Baron Dunsany, Irish writer. · To Neville Rogers, Shelley scholar : 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Jan 1939 : (S'ANA 0912.36) : 2 pages (single sheet) : from Dunsany Castle, Co. Meath (printed stationery) : begins, "Many thanks for sending me your Latin verses ..."; with the stamped, postmarked envelope. 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

William Clement Henry Esdaile, great-grandson of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley's manuscript notebook of juvenilia, dubbed "The Esdaile Notebook," was in the possession of Esdaile's family until 1962, when it was sold by his sister, Lettice A. Worrall. The notebook is now held by the Pforzheimer Collection. To Kenneth Neill Cameron, Shelley scholar : 1 autograph letter signed : 2 Dec 1948 : (S'ANA 0013) : including, "I am afraid the late professor N. I. White made a mistake in thinking I had Shelley's manuscripts in my possession ... I have hardly anything of his except one small book ... ". less

Frederick Gard Fleay, Shakespeare scholar. · Holograph essay signed, "On the received text of Shelley's poems" : 12 Sep 1894 : (S'ANA 0014) : 52 p., in brown cloth folding case. At the end is a note written by Fleay to the printer. Shelved as *Pforz BT (Shelley, P. B.) 03. less

Alfred Forman, English translator. After attending a Wagner concert in 1873, he began producing poetic translations of the operas into English, most of which remain unpublished. He was the brother of bibliographer and forger Harry Buxton Forman. His wife, Alma Murray, was an actor known for her role as Beatrice Cenci in Shelley's The Cenci. To H. Buxton Forman, bibliographer and forger, his brother : 8 holograph pieces of correspondence : (S'ANA 0025-09, 25, 28, 31, 33a, 14, 23) (S'ANA 0927) : 7 letters and 1 post card, discussing literary and family matters. less

Maurice Buxton Forman, English postal worker and literary editor. He was the son of the bibliographer and forger H. Buxton Forman, and has been posthumously implicated as a party to his father's literary counterfeit schemes. Forman produced several works on George Meredith, and followed his father as the editor of the letters of Keats. · To Neville Rogers, Shelley scholar : 5 autograph letters signed : 1948-1953 : (S'ANA 0912.37--41) : three of five written on printed South African "air letter" sheets ; discussing various literary subjects, including Keats and Shelley. less

Richard Garnett, English librarian and author; spent his career at the British Museum, becoming Keeper of Printed Books in 1890. Garnett wrote and edited several works on Shelley, including Relics of Shelley (1862). · Corrections on printed proofs, "Shelley, Harriet Shelley, and Mr. T. L. Peacock" : [post-6 Mar 1862] : (S'ANA 0693) : substantial manuscript emendations on printer's proofs for his contribution to Relics of Shelley. The published text, with a few minor exceptions, follows the revisions. less

The Genootschap Willem Bilderdijk -- an appreciation society for the Dutch poet Willem Bilderdijk. To Mrs. Ellen A. Boult, great-granddaughter of Robert Southey : 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Jun 1937 : (MISC 1608) : on research into Southey's journals for the years 1825 and 1826, including his time spent with the Bilderdijks. The letter is signed, "J. Hory, Treasurer of the Bilderdijk Society.". less

Henry Howard Harper (1871-1953), American writer and editor. He served for years as an officer for The Bibliophile Society of Boston, and produced several works privately printed by that group, including The Letters of Charles Lamb (1905); Byron's Malach Hamoves (1918); and Letters of Mary W. Shelley (1918). · To H. Buxton Forman, Shelley bibliographer : 2 typescript letters signed : -- 17 Nov 1910 : (S'ANA 0726) : from Boston; begins, "I herewith enclose a copy of the letter of William Godwin written to John Taylor..." [copy not present]. With penciled notes at the head of the sheet in Forman's hand. -- 13 Dec 1910 : (S'ANA 0727) : from Boston; begins, "I herewith send you the original Godwin letter..." [ms. letter not present]. Godwin's letter of 27 Aug 1814 was used by Forman in his "Elopement of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin as narrated by William Godwin," published by the Bibliophile Society in 1911. Both letters are on Bibliophile Society stationery. less

Maurice Henry Hewlett, English novelist and poet. His first novel, The Forest Lovers (1898) was a critical and popular success. Among his works are The Life of Richard Yea-and-Nay (1900), about Richard I, and The Queen's Quair (1904), on Mary, Queen of Scots. · To [J?] Macphail at the Royal Society Club, St. James's Street : 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Nov 1918 : (MISC 0885) : describing a flowering fruit tree in his possession. less

Margaret Williams was born on April 6, 1800 in Calcutta, to Robert Williams, a merchant and auctioneer, and his wife, Margaret. Robert Williams died in 1813, leaving his wife to care for Margaret and six other daughters; charitable subscriptions were taken up in India, and donations were solicited in London. At age 16, Margaret married Nathaniel Hudson, a lawyer, with whom she had a number of children. Nathaniel Hudson died in Calcutta in 1846. By the early 1850's, Margaret and her younger children were living in London with her brother-in-law, John Hudson, and other family members, at Upper Lansdowne Terrace in Notting Hill. Margaret Hudson died at age 59, at her home at Avenue Lodge, Southall, on February 19, 1860; she was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery. Her youngest daughters, Emily (1836-1904) and Adeline Maria (1838-1911), never married, and lived together into their later years. Reverse calf-bound notebook with "Receipt Book" stamped in black on the spine and "Mrs. N. Hudson / Receipt Book. / 1st Sept 1830" in ink manuscript on the front cover. The first 39 leaves seem to be primarily in one hand, probably that of Hudson herself. Most entries give a source (usually a person, many identified by initials only) and a date. Household and medicinal receipts (for making ink, tooth powder, furniture varnish; cures for the cough, hydrophobia, dysentery, cholera, snake bites, flatulency, etc.) are interspersed with cooking directions for a wide variety of dishes, many reflecting Hudson's life in British India (Cashmerian chutney, Country Captain, fowl curry, kedgeree, etc.). Leaves 40-46 contain mounted recipes written on smaller sheets of paper, some possibly in Hudson's hand. A letter dated 24 August [circa 1860's?] to Emily Hudson from "G. M.," referring to "the accompanying . . . recipes," is laid in. The remaining leaves contain a few printed late 19th century food-related advertisements (Felix Schell, "provider of Parisian dinners"; Domenico Piccirello, "importer of French and Italian produce"; and The American Freezer, "shown in practical operation at The Atomospheric Churn Company") and 20th century recipes, both in manuscript and printed clippings. Five pages at the end, reverso, contain manuscript verses in an early 19th century hand ("Morning Hymn"; "Evening Hymn"; "Lines addressed to Miss M. W."), apparently original and possibly by Nathaniel Hudson. less