Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936
- Abstract:
- The Wright mss., 1878-1907, are letters and papers of Thomas Wright, 1859-1936, relating to his The Life of Walter Pater ... (London, Everett & Co., 1907), 2 volumes.
- Extent:
- 1 Box (1 standard)
- Language:
- Materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Wright mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Thomas Wright, 1859-1936, was an author best known for The Life of Walter Pater.
- Scope and Content:
The Wright mss., 1878-1907, are letters and papers of Thomas Wright, 1859-1936, relating to his The Life of Walter Pater ... (London, Everett & Co., 1907), 2 volumes.
The collection consists principally of letters to Wright from John Rainier McQueen, schoolmate of Pater's at King's School, Canterbury, and at Oxford University. They are concerned mainly with boyhood reminiscences of Pater. There is also a copy of a poem, "John by the Side of John" by McQueen.
Included also are letters to Wright from William Kyle Westwood Chafy, another schoolmate, Arthur J. Galpin, headmaster of King's School, Montague Henry Noel, vicar of St. Barnabas, Oxford, Clara A. Pater and H. M. Pater, sisters of Walter Horatio Pater, and others.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift: 2007 .
- Physical location:
- Lilly - Stacks
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
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- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Wright mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@iu.edu