Jones, Henry Arthur
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TitleJones, Henry Arthur
Reference codeMS410
Date1887-1950
Scope and ContentCollection of material relating to the dramatist Henry Arthur Jones (1851-1929), collected by M.H.Spielmann, including: Five letters from Henry Arthur Jones to the Morning Post newspaper concerning the reconstruction of the theatre (1919); correspondence with James Stanley Little (1922-1929); correspondence between Jones and M.H.Spielmann (1919-1929); correspondence between Doris Thorne (nee Arthur Jones) and M.H.Spielmann (1929-1939); publications and proofs of works by H.A.Jones (1897-1921); press cuttings concerning miscellaneous topics connected to H.A.Jones, including reviews of books and plays and cuttings concerning his disputes with George Bernard Shaw and H.G.Wells (1887-1950).
Conditions governing accessOpen for research. Access to individual files may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details. At least 24 hours notice is required for research visits.
Extent2 boxes
System of ArrangementThe collection is divided into four sections, including:
Section 1: Letters to the Morning Post
Section 2: Others Letters
Section 3: Publications and Proofs
Section 4: Press Cuttings and Reviews
Finding aidsCatalogued online (click on the "contains" icon below). A pdf version of the hard-copy catalogue is also attached to this description.
Related files
The University of London Library holds letters from Jones to James Stanley Little, 1922-1927 (Ref: AL 190) and Marion Harry Alexander Spielmann, 1918-1925 (Ref: AL 176/1). The Theatre Museum, London, holds manuscripts of plays; the British Library, London, has a manuscript of The divine gift, 1912 (Ref: Add Ms 41740), correspondence with William Archer, 1889-1903 (Ref: Add Ms 45292), correspondence with Macmillans Publishers, 1891-1926 (Ref: Add Ms 55013), and correspondence with the Society of Authors (Ref: Add Ms 56733); the University of Texas at Austin, USA, contains correspondence; the Brotherton Library, Leeds University, holds letters from Sir Edmund William Gosse, 1889-1925; the University of Chicago Library, USA, has letters to William Moy Thomas, 1875-1893; Hove Central Library contains letters to Lady Louisa Wolseley, 1897-1902 (Ref: Wolseley).
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