Box: 42 Fold: 11 Short Stories Box: 42 Fold: 12 Trees - Notes Box: 42 Fold: 13 "Dr. Shane Leslie's Newsletter" Box: 43 Fold: 1 Archbishop William Alexander Box: 43 Fold: 2 Nancy Astor Box: 43 Fold: 3 John James Audubon Box: 43 Fold: 4 Maurice Baring
Box: 43 Fold: 5 Robert Hugh Benson
2. Typescript for an article, entitled, "Robert Hugh Benson."
3. Printed version of same article by Shane Leslie, "Robert Hugh Benson: Some Personal Memories."
4. Typescript for bibliography of by Benson. Prepared by David Watkin.
5. 2 ALS from David Watkin to Shane Leslie, 7/14/1964 & 8/5/1964.
6. Printed program for the annual Cambridge conference of the University Catholic Federation of Great Britain, entitled, "Three Cambridge Men: Lord Acton, Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson, Sir Edmund Whittaker." Held 20-22 February, 1959. Speakers list includes Shane Leslie, a friend of Benson's.
Box: 43 Fold: 6 Lord Blandford, 8th Duke of Marlborough Box: 43 Fold: 7 Ava (Bodley) Waverley
Box: 43 Fold: 8 Evelyn Bodley Box: 43 Fold: 9 J.E.C. Bodley Box: 43 Fold: 10 "Memoir of J.E.C. Bodley" - Correspondence about Box: 43 Fold: 11 "Memoir of J.E.C. Bodley" - Galleys Box: 43 Fold: 12 "Memoir of J.E.C. Bodley" - Reviews Box: 43 Fold: 13 Bodley Family - Miscellaneous Box: 43 Fold: 14 Charles Dilke - Correspondence (transcriptions) Box: 43 Fold: 15 Charles Dilke - Related Correspondence
1. Emilia Francis Strong Dilke, second wife of Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke (2nd baronet), to Grant Duff (?), 2 ALS, 3/11/(11886?) &6/7/(1886?) -- these dates appear as 1556.
2. Lady Dilke to Lady Venetia, ALS 7/22/?. According to note on original storage envelope, this letter was finished by Charles Dilke.
3. Louis Malet to Grant Duff with enclosed note to Lady Duff, ALS 11/17 and 11/18/1886, re the Charles Dilke case.
4. Empty envelope addressed to Charles Dilke at his address, 76 Sloane Street, London.
5. Original storage envelope listing items in this folder. Note: Item #4 "Bodley on Manning and Dilke" is now located in folder 43:13 of this collection.
Box: 43 Fold: 16 "The Dilke Case" - Manuscript Box: 43 Fold: 17 "The Dilke Case" - Typescript Box: 43 Fold: 18 Charles Dilke - Notebook Box: 43 Fold: 19 Charles Dilke - Miscellaneous notes Box: 43 Fold: 20 "Chamberlain, Parnell & Dilke" - Galley Box: 43 Fold: 21 "Dilke in his own Defense" Box: 43 Fold: 22 "The Dilke Puzzle" Box: 43 Fold: 23 "Cardinal Manning in Mrs. Crawford's Journals" Box: 43 Fold: 24 "Virginia Crawford, Sir Charles Dilke and Cardinal Manning" Box: 43 Fold: 25 "Virginia Crawford, Sir Charles Dilke and Cardinal Manning" Box: 43 Fold: 26 Charles Dilke - Newsclippings Box: 43 Fold: 27 "Cardinal Bourne: A Study in Facts" Box: 44 Fold: 1 Gilbert Keith Chesterton - Notes Box: 44 Fold: 2 Randolph Churchill's Resignation 1886 Box: 44 Fold: 3 "Life of Winston Churchill" by Randolph Churchill (Review) Box: 44 Fold: 4 "Winston - A Cousinly Memory" Box: 44 Fold: 5 "Winston's Bibliography" Box: 44 Fold: 6 Horace de Vere Cole Box: 44 Fold: 7 Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson Box: 44 Fold: 8 Edward VII Box: 44 Fold: 9 "Mrs. Fitzherbert" - Related Correspondence
@ Reginald Butcher ALS 6/19/1939
@ Beatrice Chichester-Plowden ALS 1/11/?
@ Edward Coughlan ALS 10/2/1933
@ Doris Davy ALS 3/7/1940
@ Duke of Devonshire, Victor Christian William Cavendish (?), TLS 7/28/1938
@ H.E.D. Disbrowe-Wise TL 2/17/1942 with attached transcription of a letter from Queen Charlotte Sophia, wife of George III (England) and Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
@ Sir Seymour Fortescue, 2 ALS 1935, 1938
@ Earl of Harewood (6th), Henry George Charles Lascelles, ALS, 2 TLS 1938-39
@ Baron Hylton (3rd), Hylton George Hylton Joliffe, 3 ALS 1938-9
@ Charles L. Jones TLS 11/24/1939
@ Gertrude Langdale ALS, n.d.
@ Helen Languishe ALS 12/31/1939
@ Sir Algernon Law 2 ALS 1937
@ Blanche Lennox 2 ALS 1939
@ R.S. Medlicott ALS 1/27/1940
@ Wilfrid Parsons, S.J., archivist, Riggs Memorial Library, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., TLS 1/8/1940.
@ Lord Stafford, Francis Edward Fitzherbert-Stafford (12th baron), 2 ALS.
@ Joanna Richardson TLS 8/7/1959.
@ Francis Thompson, TLS 3/8/1939 + TL fragment 10/24/1938
@ Mary Waldegrave ALS 3/4/?
Box: 44 Fold: 10 Mrs. Fitzherbert - Related Correspondence & Notes
1. Autograph manuscript entitled, "Statement of Mr. W.H. Wilkins made at his flat 3 Green St., Mayfair, on Feb. 14th. 1905." (9 pages)
2. Typed copy of letter by M. Arthur, dated 9/28/1908.
3. Typed copy of 2 letters from W.W. Wilkins to M. Arthur, dated 10/16/1907 and November 17.
4. ALS from M. Arthur, dated 10/7/1908.
5. Miscellaneous autograph notes about Mrs. Fitzherbert.
Box: 44 Fold: 11 Mrs. Fitzherbert - Death Certificate Box: 44 Fold: 12 Mrs. Fitzherbert & George IV Box: 44 Fold: 13 "The Life and Letters of Mrs. Fitzherbert" - Publisher's Contract Box: 44 Fold: 14 "The Life and Letters of Mrs. Fitzherbert" - Reviews Box: 44 Fold: 15 "Moreton Frewen" by Shane Leslie (Galleys) Box: 44 Fold: 16 "Mortal Ruin: A Memoir of Moreton Frewen..." by Shane Leslie Box: 44 Fold: 17 "Mortal Ruin: A Memoir of Moreton Frewen..." by Shane Leslie Box: 45 Fold: 1 Moreton Frewen - Biography by Shane Leslie (manuscripts) Box: 45 Fold: 2 Moreton Frewen - Biography by Shane Leslie (manuscripts) Box: 45 Fold: 3 Moreton Frewen - Biography by Shane Leslie (Preface)
Box: 45 Fold: 4 Moreton Frewen - Biography by Shane Leslie (manuscripts)
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DESCRIPTION: Contains notebook and looseleaf autograph manuscripts by Shane Leslie, designated, "Short Stories."
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DESCRIPTION: Contains autograph notes (notebook), newsclippings and b/w photographs re trees, especially the American sequoia.
1940
DESCRIPTION: Contains 7 issues of a comic newsletter written by Shane Leslie for family and friends during the war year of 1940.
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DESCRIPTION: Contains fragments of printed material about Archbishop William Alexander.
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DESCRIPTION: Contains autograph transcription of a review: "Sir Shane Leslie has completed his comic-cursory study of Nancy Lady Astor which though not submitted to the venerable but sparkling subject of the book shows remarkable insight into Lady Astor's mind and feelings..."
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DESCRIPTION: Contains autograph notes by Shane Leslie about John James Audubon, the great naturalist and painter. (3 pages)
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DESCRIPTION: Contains autograph notes by Shane Leslie re Maurice Baring. (2 pages)
1959-1964
DESCRIPTION: 1. Autograph notes by Shane Leslie re Robert Hugh Benson.
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DESCRIPTION: Contains autograph notes by Shane Leslie re George Charles, 8th Duke of Marlborough and Marquess of Blandford.
1927-1965
DESCRIPTION: Contains 10 ALS to Shane Leslie from Ava Viscountess Waverley, daughter of J.E.C. Bodley. Datespan: c.1927-1965. Includes typed letter draft (8/17/1960) from Shane Leslie re the Charles Dilke case.
1950-1951
DESCRIPTION: Contains 2 ALS from Evelyn Bodley, wife of J.E.C. Bodley, written to Shane Leslie re the Dilke case.
Letters dated: 1913-1921
DESCRIPTION: Contains 18 ALS to Shane Leslie from J.E.C. Bodley.
Letters dated: 1914-1977
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence re "Memoir of J.E.C. Bodley" by Shane Leslie. Correspondents include: G(eorge?) S. Barnes, 2 ALS 1930; Bourke Cockran, ALS copy 2/1/1914; Violet Carruthers to Captain Roskill, TL carbon 11/5/1958; Richard Ellmann, ALS 7/31/1977; Sheila Sokolov Grant, 2 TLS 1960; H.K. Hudson, 3 ALS 1930 & 1938, 1 TLS 1938; Gertrude Tuckwell, Charles Dilke's niece and biographer, ALS 1/5/1917. Includes ALS copy from Shane Leslie to Marjory Madan, 12/10/1958, and TL carbons from Shane Leslie to unidentified individuals. References in correspondence to Charles Dilke and Joseph Chamberlain, the former's political rival.
c.November 1930
DESCRIPTION: Contains galleys for chapter 11 of "Memoir of J.E.C. Bodley," edited by Shane Leslie.
November 1930
DESCRIPTION: Contains clippings of reviews of Shane Leslie's book, "Memoir of J.E.C. Bodley."
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DESCRIPTION: Contains autograph transcription of a letter from J.E.C. Bodley to Shane Leslie, dated 10/21/1913, re Charles Dilke and Cardinal Manning. Also includes postcard print of a painting by Josselin Bodley.
Letters dated: 1885-1886
DESCRIPTION: Contains typed transcriptions of correspondence by Charles Dilke addressed to Lady Venetia and to Grant Duff.
Letters dated: 1886
DESCRIPTION: Contains letters relating to the Dilke case:
undated/c.1930?
DESCRIPTION: Contains autograph manuscript by Shane Leslie entitled, "The Dilke Case" re Charles Wentworth Dilke. (10 pages)
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DESCRIPTION: Contains typescript and typed fragments of Shane Leslie's essay on Charles Dilke, entitled, "The Dilke Case."
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DESCRIPTION: Contains autograph notes by Shane Leslie concerning the role of Cardinal Manning in the Charles Dilke divorce case/scandal.
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DESCRIPTION: Contains looseleaf autograph notes on the Dilke case by Shane Leslie.
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DESCRIPTION: Contains galley proof for a letter to the editor of the Daily Telegraph from Shane Leslie, entitled, "Chamberlain, Parnell & Dilke."
1960
DESCRIPTION: Contains clippings of a printed article on the Charles Dilke divorce case by Shane Leslie. Entitled, "Dilke in his own Defence."
National Review, January 25, 1966
DESCRIPTION: Contains clipping of an article by Shane Leslie for the National Review, entitled, "The Dilke Puzzle." Re Charles Dilke.
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DESCRIPTION: Contains clipping of an article or possibly an excerpt from a biography by Shane Leslie on Cardinal Manning. Entitled, "Cardinal Manning in Mrs. Crawford's Journals" re the relationship of Manning and Virginia Crawford, who was allegedly Charles Wentworth's mistress.
1967
DESCRIPTION: Contains typescript for an article by Shane Leslie re the Charles Dilke case, entitled, "Virginia Crawford, Sir Charles Dilke and Cardinal Manning." Submitted to and published by The Dublin Review.
The Dublin Review, Autumn 1967
DESCRIPTION: Contains clipping of an article by Shane Leslie for the Dublin Review, "Virginia Crawford, Sir Charles Dilke and Cardinal Manning."
c.1959
DESCRIPTION: Contains newsclippings re Charles Dilke and individuals related the to the scandal involving the divorce case of his mistress Virginia Crawford. Includes reference to Cardinal Manning a friend of Mrs. Crawford's and Dilke's.
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DESCRIPTION: Contains typed manuscript with autograph corrections by Shane Leslie re Cardinal Bourne. Entitled, "Cardinal Bourne: A Study in Facts." (5 pages)
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DESCRIPTION: Contains autograph notes (notebook) by Shane Leslie re G.K. Chesterton.
December 1886
DESCRIPTION: Contains printed clippings re the resignation of Lord Randolph Churchill.
c.1966
DESCRIPTION: Contains autograph manuscript by Shane Leslie of his review of a biography on Winston Churchill by Randolph Churchill, published by Heinemann, 1966.
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DESCRIPTION: Contains typed manuscript by Shane Leslie entitled, "Winston - Cousinly Memory." (25 pages)
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DESCRIPTION: Contains typed manuscript by Shane Leslie entitled, "Winston's Bibliography" re works about Winston Churchill.
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DESCRIPTION: Contains autograph notes and printed information about the nineteenth-century humorist and wit Horace de Vere Cole (1881-1936).
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DESCRIPTION: Contains autograph notes by Shane Leslie re Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson.
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DESCRIPTION: Contains autograph and typed notes by Shane Leslie re Edward VII. Originally written to be included in his autobiography.
Letters dated 1933-43
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence to Shane Leslie re the publication of his biography, "Mrs. Fitzherbert." Includes -
Letters dated: 1905-1908
DESCRIPTION: Contains the following items regarding Mrs. Fitzherbert -
1859-1907
DESCRIPTION: Contains typed transcription of death certificate in the name of Mary Anne Smith also spelled Maria Ann Smythe (aka Mrs. Fitzherbert). Deceased May 6, 1859.
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DESCRIPTION: Contains autograph transcriptions by Shane Leslie of letters between Mrs. Fitzherbert and George IV. Includes printed card announcing a lecture on the subject by Shane Leslie to the Fisher Society.
Dated 5/22/1939
DESCRIPTION: Contains contract with publishers Burns, Oates & Washbourne, Ltd. and Shane Leslie for the publication of his biography in two volumes on Mrs. Fitzherbert.
1939-40
DESCRIPTION: Contains press cuttings of reviews of Shane Leslie's 2-part biography on Mrs. Fitzherbert.
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DESCRIPTION: Contains galley proofs for a piece written by Shane Leslie on his uncle Moreton Frewen.
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DESCRIPTION: Contains typed manuscript for a biography by Shane Leslie on Moreton Frewen. Full title given on cover page (with quotations from Herbert Maxwell and William Wordsworth): "Mortal Ruin: A Memoir of Moreton Frewen, his Friends, Adventures and Schemes."
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DESCRIPTION: Contains more of the typed manuscript for Shane Leslie's biography on Moreton Frewen.
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DESCRIPTION: Contains typed manuscript for a biographical work by Shane Leslie on Moreton Frewen.
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DESCRIPTION: Contains miscellaneous autograph and typed manuscripts by Shane Leslie for his life of Moreton Frewen.
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DESCRIPTION: Contains typed manuscript for the preface of Shane Leslie's biography on Moreton Frewen.
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DESCRIPTION: Contains autograph manuscript of some chapters for a biography on Moreton Frewen written by Shane Leslie.
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