wtu00001.xml Finding-aid for the Harold C. Ackert Papers (WTU00001) The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation 2003 University Libraries, Washington University in St. Louis
Department of Special Collections Olin Library Campus Box 1061 1 Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO 63130 (314) 935-5495 Fax: (314) 935-4045 spec@library.wustl.edu http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec
Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, January 2003. ENG 2004: July 7 Chatham EwingChanged to EAD 2002. Included fixing langenconding error in eadheader, fixing eadid to conform with national and international standards, changing admininfo to descgrp, removing langmaterial attribute from archdesc, and redoing doctype declaration. Done using textpad and reglar expressons. Languages: English Descriptive Summary Harold C. Ackert Papers WTU00001 Washington University in St. Louis University Libraries, Dept. of Special Collections
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
Scope and Contents Note

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts and memorabilia relating to George Bernard Shaw. Correspondence, 1901 - 1928, includes 30 letters and cards to John Drinkwater. Also, autograph manuscript of speech, portraits of Shaw, and various personal artifacts.

68 items

2 boxes

 Processing Notes

ACCESSION: 1554, 1603

NUCMC: Sept 1983

September, 1982

 SOURCE

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. Ackert

 RIGHTS, TERMS

Open

 1/1-3 I. Correspondence 1/1-2. I.1 Shaw Correspondence With John Drinkwater 30 items.

Shaw's letter and cards to Drinkwater (British playwright and director of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre) span from 1912: Nov. 2 to 1926: Dec. 31, and are concerned primarily with various pieces of theatre information: permission to produce plays, suggestions and comments on performers and performances, comments on manuscripts by Drinkwater. The correspondence consists of 11 letters, 18 cards and 1 enclosed letter.

 1/3. I.2 Miscellaneous Shaw Correspondence 20 items.

Shaw correspondence from 1901 - 1928.

 DeCasseres, Benjamin 1928: June 21 upbraids Shaw Shaw, George Bernard To Carrol, Kathleen Fawcus 1909: May 18 [card] advice on living To Charrington, Charles 1902: May 21 [card] publishing, money To Fry, Roger 1912: Feb. 11 [card] refuses to undertake project requested of him To Jewett, Henry 1919: Nov. 5 censorship, changing of names in a play 1921: June 27 permission to produce play Norman, C H. 1922: April 21 [card] regarding military inanity To Renfron, H S. 1919: Feb. 5 [note added to Renfron letter] refuses permission to republish parts of Shaw work, but notes that much would be done if anthology was respectable To Smith, A C. 1901: April 6 [card] Shaw's whereabouts, travel To Strang, William 1906: July 14 [card] regarding drawing of Shaw To Titterton, W R. 1923: March 28 [card] refuses to write a piece for Titterton's paper To Wise, William H. & Co. 1928: May 10 refuses to permit republication, plus newspaper clippings that Wise wished to reprint, with xerox of envelope. Original envelope tipped in Spec. HX 246 S 43 1928 June 4 advises Wise to pay Author's League for copyrighted Shaw material to be included in anthology (without Shaw authorization) To Croll, Robert H. 1941: Oct. 25 [card] response to Croll's earlier letter on McMahon's death and eulogy by Croll ?, William of R. & R. Clark Limited, Publishers 1948: May 28 advises Shaw on status of and autobiography and Odham's Complete Plays 1/4-5 II. Manuscripts And Miscellaneous Shaviana 1/4 II.1 Shaw Manuscript Material 1/4 Untitled speech AMs, 6 lined pages. Appeal for financial contributions to the King Edward Memorial Hospital. Includes not declaring abhorrence of “charity business.” Speech published by Washington University Libraries, 1981, under the title, “So He Took His Hat Round.” 1/4 Questionnaire from The World of Trade, Frankfort, Germany. Typed questionnaire with autograph Shaw responses. Questions concern Germany's position in post-World War I world. Includes envelope in which the questionnaire was returned. (1920: Feb 1) 1/4 Program for special meeting of Academy of Political Science in honor of George Bernard Shaw, at which Shaw gave an address. 1933: April 11 1/4 Shaw signature, clipped from envelope 1/5 Draft of letter to editor of The New Statesman, Ts., moderate auto revision, signed, by Shaw. The letter takes issue with an article by “Lens”, which hails the effectiveness of typhoid vaccine and advocates its use. Original article by “Lens” (pseudonym for Caleb Williams Saleeby, 1878 -?, British physician and author), a regular columnist for The New Statesman, appeared in Nov. 18, 1916 issue. Shaw's response was published in that of Nov. 25, 1916. 1/5 Photocopies of published versians of Lens article and Shaw's letter accompany this item. 3pp. 1 item. 1/6-8 II.2 Miscellaneous Shaviana 1/6 Photo of Shaw, in frame 1/7 Pencil drawing of Shaw by W R. Black Engraving of Shaw by Stephan Mrozewski. Signed by artist and by Shaw. 1935. 1/8 Tearsheet from The New Leader, article Where Darwin Is Taboo, The Bible in America by G. Bernard Shaw. 1925: July 10. 2/- Stamp box used by Shaw at Whitehall Court. Includes key and note by B. Patch, Shaw's secretary 2/- Silver desk tray for pencils 2/- Two paper knives, one from China. Includes note from B. Patch 2/- Scissors used by Shaw at Whitehall Court. Includes note from B. Patch 2/- Advertisement for “Mary Stuart,” [play] by Friedrich Schiller, American Theatre of St. Louis