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Contains 70 Results:

GBS : Address Book, [pre-1900]

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Made from the Microfilm of the address book in the British Museum, numbered 50715

Dates: [pre-1900]

GBS : Autograph Manuscript: Address Book, ca. 1902

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: 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...
Dates: ca. 1902

GBS : Typed Manuscript Signed: Address to the U.S.A. [fragment], Summer 1940

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Includes note by GBS dated April 7, 1942; See: p. 322 of R. Mander & J. Mithcenson, Theatrical Companion to Shaw (London 1954) for text and circumstances

Dates: Summer 1940

The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search For God

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 28-67
Scope and Contents

Preparatory sketches, for the book published in December 1932; all items formed part of the Black Girl Collection, acquired by Cornell in October 1984

Dates: [ca. 1810]-1990.

GBS : The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search For God [proof sheets], October 10, 1933

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 68
Scope and Contents

Made from Photostats of originals in National Library of Scotland; showing autograph revisions by Shaw

Dates: October 10, 1933

GBS : Manuscript: The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search For God [pre-proof] Title page, 1932

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 69
Scope and Contents

Trial layouts for title and imprint, including beginning of text, and proof of the Sculptor engraving; formed part of the Black Girl Collection; ink notes on 2 proofs by John Farleigh

Dates: 1932

GBS : Manuscript: The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search For God [Illustration proofs] 1) Title page, n.d.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the File:

Made from various states of the wood engravings prepared by John Farleigh for the book published in December 1932; all items formed part of the Black Girl Collection, acquired by Cornell in October 1984

Dates: n.d.

GBS : Manuscript: The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search For God [Illustration proofs] 2) Headpiece with capital W, n.d.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the File:

Made from various states of the wood engravings prepared by John Farleigh for the book published in December 1932; all items formed part of the Black Girl Collection, acquired by Cornell in October 1984

Dates: n.d.