Bookmark this page or copy and paste URL to Email message Arthur Symons papers circa 1890-1945MS 097
Biographical NoteWelsh poet, author, translator, playwright, and literary critic. Scope and Content NoteTen groups of literary manuscripts, each cased separately by volume number. Some are unpublished; others are proofs of published works. Many are autographed, dated, and contain Symons' edits. Most are holographic, in either pen or pencil, with some typescript. Clippings and reprints of articles by him are also present. The inventory file contains photocopies of catalog cards describing each individual manuscript. Seven manuscripts contain original essays, plays, and poems by Symons: Aspects of Kent; Cesare Borgia; Cities and Sea-coasts and Islands; Odilon Redon, with essay on Renoir also included; Toulouse; Poems and Translations; and The Romantic Movement in English Poetry. The remaining three manuscripts are his translations, from French, of the writings of others: Letters of Guy de Maupassant to Gustave Flaubert; Translations from Verlaine, and Les Fleures du Mal by Charles Baudelaire. A few original wood engravings from the Chiswick Press are enclosed with the volume 3 material, including one by Aubrey Beardsley, one by Fred Hyland, and one by William T. Horton. Inventory available. ArrangementThis collection is organized into 2 series:RestrictionsRestrictionsThere are no restrictions on this collection. CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright. Access TermsPersonal Name(s) Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872-1898. Horton, William T. Hyland, Fred. Symons, Arthur, 1865-1945 -- Manuscripts. Corporate Name(s) Chiswick Press. Subject(s) English literature -- Manuscripts. French literature -- 19th century. Administrative InformationCredit LineArthur Symons papers (MS 097). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries. Acquisition InformationAcquired as gift, 1953. Processing HistoryProcessed by Staff. |