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Bernard F. Burgunder Collection of George Bernard Shaw

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4617

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Manuscripts, letters, documents, photographs, broadsides, microfilms, videocassettes, audio cassettes, posters, and other materials by and about Shaw, covering all aspects of his varied literary, critical, personal, and political activities. Includes 2122 manuscripts by or about Shaw; 832 letters by Shaw; 2580 photographs, including some 2400 of productions of Shaw's plays at the Arts Theatre Club in London, 70 photographs of Shaw himself and 14 taken by Shaw; and a large collection of theater programs for productions of Shaw's plays through 1990, reviews of his plays, newspaper clippings which include articles on his many speeches and lectures, and proofs and rehearsal copies of his plays. Also, recordings of some of Shaw's radio broadcasts, and a 1962 BBC broadcast of Blanche Patch remembering Shaw. Also included are a bronze cast of a bust of Shaw by Clare Winsten, 1946, together with a letter from Shaw to her husband Stephen suggesting her as the artist for the bust (June 13, 1946), and related photographs, letters, and other materials concerning the bust's appearance at the opening of the St. Pancras Library and Shaw Theatre in 1971.

Correspondents include: Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the British Broadcasting Corporation, Lady Gregory, Hesketh Pearson, Blanche Patch, Charlotte Payne-Townshend Shaw (his wife), Harley Granville-Barker, Henry Arthur Jones, Gertrude Lawrence, F.E. Loewenstein, Sean O'Casey, Dame Sybil Thorndike, George Herbert Thring, Gene Tunney, H.G. Wells, Dan H. Laurence, and Bernard F. Burgunder. Also included are a 1903 letter to Charles Dickens's daughter Kate Perugini, concerning her father's literary stature, and an 1889 letter to Tighe Hopkins in which Shaw predicts the future of his own writing career.

Additional materials relating to Ann Elder Jackson. Includes autograph letters, notes and postcards from George Bernard Shaw to Ms. Jackson. Subjects include travel plans, rehearsal schedules, and diary engagements in addition to detailed instructions for Elder as his secretary.

Dates

  • [ca. 1810]-1990.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Restrictions on use:

Researchers may view one folder at a time.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

British playwright; literary, art, and music critic; lecturer and essayist; and socialist. One of the founders of the Fabian Society, precursor of England's Socialist Party.

Extent

53.8 cubic feet. (53.8 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Manuscripts, letters, documents, photographs, broadsides, microfilms, videocassettes, audio cassettes, posters, and other materials by and about Shaw, covering all aspects of his varied literary, critical, personal, and political activities.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Manuscripts

Box 1-7

A - Ad

The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search For God

An - B

C - F

Diaries

G - I

J - P

Q - Z

Series II. Documents

Box 8

Series III. Envelopes annotated by Shaw

Box 9

Series IV. Outgoing Correspondence

Box 10-18, 112-114

Undated-1907

1908-1915

1916-1920

1921-1930

Dodd, Meade, & Co.

1931-1937

1938-1943

1944-1950

E. M. Wheeler

Ann Elder [Jackson]

Series V. Manuscripts and Correspondence to and by others

Boxes 19-32, 115-116

A - B

Campbell

Campbell 1939 - D

Cockerell, Sir Sydney To Judy Musters

E - K

Healy, George H. To Bernard F. Burgunder

L - Pas

Laurence, Dan H.

Mushlin, M. Harry to Bernard F. Burgunder

Musters, Judy to Ann Carr Jackson

Patterson, Jane

Pat - Shav

Shaw - Sz

T - Z

Watt, W. P.

Series VI. Miscellaneous Printed Material

Boxes 33-37

A - H

Collected Letters

I - S

T - Z, and letters

Works - Reviews, etc.

Series VII. Reviews on G.B. Shaw

Boxes 38-39

Series VIII. Miscellaneous Printed Material by others

Boxes 40-42, 44-48

A - C

D - I

J - L

M - Pa

Pb - R

S - Shaw Festival

Shaw Society - Z

Series IX. Statuettes

Boxes 43

Series X. Photographs of Shaw and Others

Boxes 49-53

Photographs of Shaw

A - F

G - M

N - Z

Series XI. Photographs of Shaw's plays

Boxes 54-56

A - C

D - O

P - Z

Series XII. Shaviana

Boxes 57-64

General Shaviana

Shaviana Hat

Printed Shaviana

A - Shaw (F)

Shaw (G - Z)

Laing Collection Clippings

Series XIII. Playbills, Posters, Pressbooks

Boxes 65 and Mapcase Folders

Series XIV. Theater Programs

Boxes 66-73

A - B

C

D - G

H - Maj

Mak - Mz)

O - Sa

Sb - Z

Miscellaneous

Series XV. Arts Theatre Club Photographs

Boxes 74-96, 111-111B

Arts Theatre Club Photographs (8x10)

Unidentified, A

B

Ca - Cn

Co - Cz

D

E

F

G

Ha - Hob

Hoc - Hz

I

J - L

Maa - Mas

Mat - Mz

N - O

P - Q

R

Sa - Sh

Si - Sz

Ta - Tra

Trb - Tz

U - V

W - Z

Arts Theatre Club Photographs (8x14)

Unidentified, A - B

C - G

H - J

K - L

M - N

O - R

S

T

U - Z

Arts Theatre Club Photographs (11x17)

A - C

D - G

H - L

M - Q

R - S

T - Z

Arts Theatre Club Photographs (oversized)

Series XVI. Miscellany Media

Boxes 117-120

Series XVII. Museum items

Boxes 122, 124 and MU items

RELATED MATERIALS

A large collection of books by and about Shaw (ca. 2530 titles) is also housed in the repository. Related materials located in collection 7901, Victor Gollancz Ltd. publisher's files.

SEPARATED MATERIAL

Bound Manuscripts - cataloged individually in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections

  1. Bd.Ms.1, AM Address Book. c. 1920-1950
  2. Bd.Ms.2 +, TM Alps and Balkans [Later known as Arms and the Man]. 1894
  3. Bd.Ms.3 +++, Androcles and the Lion Costume and Properties Drawings. 1912
  4. Bd.Ms.4 +, Arms and the Man scriptbook for Captain Bluntschli. 1894
  5. Bd.Ms.5 ++, TM & Proofs The Artstruck Englishman. 1917
  6. Bd.Ms.6 +, Shaw Scrapbook. 1904-1913
  7. Bd.Ms.7 ++, Candida items. March 1895
  8. Bd.Ms.8 +, TM Caesar and Cleopatra Prologue. 1912
  9. Bd.Ms.9 +, TM[copy] Chance-Medley. 1936
  10. Bd.Ms.10 +, Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings. 1913
  11. Bd.Ms.11 +, Miscellaneous Clippings File. 1884-1944
  12. Bd.Ms.12, Shaw's Dublin Testimonial. 1878
  13. Bd.Ms.13 ++, Elgar, Edward T[printed]M of The Severn Suite. 1931
  14. Bd.Ms.14 ++, Shaw. AM Evans, An Appreciation. 1903
  15. Bd.Ms.15 ++, Farleigh, John D[woodcuts] The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God. 1932
  16. Bd.Ms.16 ++, Ewens, Eric TM Shaw's First Play. September 1965
  17. Bd.Ms.17-18 +, Books From Shaw's Library. October 1970
  18. Bd.Ms.19 ++, Shaw TM & Printed Geneva. 1938
  19. Bd.Ms.20, Shaw AM Getting Married. 1907-1908
  20. Bd.Ms.21, Shaw's Glass Photo. c. 1920
  21. Bd.Ms.22 ++, Shaw TM How to Become a Musical Critic. 1960
  22. Bd.Ms.23, Shaw Printed M How to Become a Musical Critic. 1960
  23. Bd.Ms.24 +, Shaw's Music Reviews. 1960
  24. Bd.Ms.25 ++, D Inventory & Valuation of Property at 10 Adelphi Terrace W.C., London. 1908
  25. Bd.Ms.26 +, Shaw TL & AL to Lord Kennet of the Dene.c. 1922
  26. Bd.Ms.27 ++, Shaw AM[fragment] The Irrational Knot. 1886
  27. Bd.Ms.28 +, Shaw TL[carbon] to Charlotte (Payne-Townshend) Shaw. 1896-1934
  28. Bd.Ms.29, "Leonora" A[note] to Shaw. July 1878
  29. Bd.Ms.30-31 ++, Shaw AM[fragment] Love Among the Artists. 1900
  30. Bd.Ms.32 ++, Shaw D Man and Superman. June-July 1903
  31. Bd.Ms.33 +, "Masks and Faces" Picture Play Scrapbook. 1917
  32. Bd.Ms.34 ++, Scrapbook of Shaw Clippings. 1892-1895
  33. Bd.Ms.35 ++, Shaw Printed Music in London. 1891-1894
  34. Bd.Ms.36 ++, Shaw AM Musical Themes from Wagner. c. 1885
  35. Bd.Ms.37 ++, Shaw TMS Conscientious Objectors. May 1916
  36. Bd.Ms.38, O'Connor, Mrs. T. P. AM & Printed "Bernard Shaw's Superman Manuscript". April 1929
  37. Bd.Ms.39, Shaw AM Political Science Lecture Note. April 11, 1933
  38. Bd.Ms.40 +, Shaw AM Honour to J. T. Grein Speech. 1928
  39. Bd.Ms.41 ++, Shaw TL[carbon] to Molly Tompkins. 1921-1940
  40. Bd.Ms.42 +, Gene Tunney Letters. 1929-1940
  41. Bd.Ms.43 ++, TM The Upanishads. Undated
  42. Bd.Ms.44 +, Burgunder, Bernard F. AM & TM Desiderata Lists. Undated
  43. Bd.Ms.45 +, Wells, Geoffrey H. Printed Bibliography of the Books and Pamphlets of George Bernard Shaw. 1928
  44. Bd.Ms.46 ++, Bernard Shaw manuscript fragments of "Widowers' houses". 1884-1892
  45. Bd.Ms.47 +, Shaw A[shorthand]M The Worst Journey in the World Postscript. 1948
  46. Bd.Ms.48 +, Shaw TM The Garden of Eden [In the Beginning]. 1918
  47. Bd.Ms.49 +, Deruelle, Marcel TM G.B. Shaw als Dramaturg. 1922
  48. Bd.Ms.50 ++, Motoring Papers and Pictures. 1908-1939
  49. Bd.Ms.51 ++, Letter to Lee Keedick. December 30, 1918

Physical Description

Manuscripts, letters, documents, photographs, broadsides, microfilms, videocassettes, audio cassettes, posters, and other materials.

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Ana GuimarãesLucy Burgess
Date completed:
January 2008
EAD encoding:
Peter Martinez, March 2006 Evan Fay Earle, March 2007, January 2008 Ana Guimarães, 2007 Lucy Burgess, Nov.-Dec.2007, January, 2008.
Date modified:
Marcie Farwell, November 2018
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Ana Guimarães, 2006-07 Lucy Burgess, 2007.
Date
January 2003
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)