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Francis Bacon Library Archive

Finding aid prepared by Suzanne Oatey.The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical GardensRare Books Department1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, California 91108Phone: (626) 405-2191Email: [email protected]: http://www.huntington.org© 2012The Huntington Library. All rights reserved.

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Overview of the CollectionTitle: Francis Bacon Library ArchiveDates: 1846-1996Bulk dates: 1920-1990Accession Number: 602120Creator: Francis Bacon FoundationExtent: 151 boxes/83.3 linear feetRepository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Rare Books Department1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, California 91108Phone: (626) 405-2191Email: [email protected]: http://www.huntington.orgURL: http://www.huntington.orgAbstract: The Francis Bacon Library was a private rare book research library on the campus of the Claremont Colleges inClaremont, California. It was founded by Walter Conrad Arensberg and his wife, Louise Stevens Arensberg. In 1938, theyestablished The Francis Bacon Foundation to promote study of the life and works of statesman Sir Francis Bacon(1561-1626). The Foundation administered the Francis Bacon Library, which included a comprehensive collection on theShakespeare authorship controversy, a subject of great personal interest to Walter Arensberg, who believed that Bacon wasthe true author of Shakespeare's plays. This archive contains the records of the Library, which closed in 1995, includingpapers and correspondence of scholars interested in Bacon and the authorship question. It also contains the personal andfamily papers of the Arensbergs, and Walter Arensberg's cryptographic files and research on the authorship controversy.Language of Material: The records are in English.AccessOpen to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contactReader Services.Publication RightsThe Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of thismaterial, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one,and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.Preferred Citation[Identification of item], Francis Bacon Library Archive, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.ProvenanceDonated by the Francis Bacon Foundation, Claremont, California, November 1995.Removed or Separated MaterialA small bronze sculpture by Anna Hyatt Huntington (American, 1876-1973) that was part of Series 5. Art and Artifacts wastransferred to The Huntington Art Division on June 10, 2019. The item description read: WA-2/778. Sculpture. Artist: Hyatt.Bronze, feline.Historical NoteThe Francis Bacon Library was a private rare book library that stood on the campus of Claremont Colleges, California, from1960 to 1995. It was established and operated by the Francis Bacon Foundation, created in 1938 by Walter ConradArensberg (1878-1954) and his wife, Louise Stevens Arensberg (1879-1953).The library grew out of the private collection of Walter Arensberg, a scholar, poet and art collector born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to a wealthy industrial family. He became interested in Dante during his undergraduate years at Harvard University, 1896-1900, and started collecting Dante material. His interests grew to include the Renaissance, and in particular, philosopher, essayist and statesman Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626). Arensberg began collecting books by and about Bacon, along with material in all the fields of Bacon's interest: law, politics, affairs of state, philosophy, the natural and physical sciences, literature, cryptography, magic, witchcraft, the occult, alchemy, and Rosicrucianism. He became convinced that Bacon was the true author of the plays and poems attributed to William Shakespeare, and embarked on what would become a lifelong obsession – using cryptographic methods to discover supposed hidden meanings and secret messages embedded in Shakespeare's text by Bacon or by a Baconian secret society. Arensberg, an intellectual with a


passion for chess, numerology and word games, became engrossed with analyzing texts, and hired researchers andcryptographers to assist him. He published The Cryptography of Shakespeare in 1922 and other works on the subjectthroughout the 1920s. Though Arensberg's efforts were ultimately unsuccessful and his unorthodox cipher systemsconsidered incapable of proof, his conviction and enthusiasm for his theories seldom waned, even up until his death in1954.The Arensbergs had relocated from New York to Los Angeles in 1921. They had begun collecting art in New York, wherethey had developed friendships with avant-garde intellectuals and artists--in particular, Marcel Duchamp. After movingwest, they eventually settled, in 1927, into a home in Hollywood that became filled with books and art. While Waltersteadily enlarged his library and conducted his cryptographic research, he and Louise were also building an importantcollection of modern and pre-Columbian art.In 1938, Walter and Louise Arensberg founded the Francis Bacon Foundation as an educational and research institution topromote study in science, literature, religion, history and philosophy, with special emphasis on Bacon's life, character andinfluences. Booksellers in Europe became aware of the Arensbergs' search for rare books and manuscripts, and togetherwith Foundation President and Library Director Elizabeth Wrigley, the Arensbergs assembled one of the most extensivelibraries of Bacon material in the world.The Foundation administered the library out of the Arensbergs' home at 7065 Hillside Avenue, Hollywood, until it wasmoved to an office building in Pasadena in 1954, after the Arensbergs' deaths. There, the Francis Bacon Library opened itsdoors to the public for the first time, as the Arensbergs had intended. In 1960, the library found a permanent home on thecampus of the Claremont Colleges in Claremont, California, in a new building financed by the Foundation. The smallred-brick building was formally dedicated May 8, 1960, and drew scholars, students, faculty and members of the public toits doors for 35 years, until it was closed in 1995. A major factor in its closing was the failing health of Elizabeth Wrigley,longtime director of the library, who had begun working for Mr. Arensberg in 1944. (See Biographical Note on ElizabethWrigley in Library Records series.)Under Wrigley's guidance, the library had grown to over 14,000 titles by 1995. It had one of the world's largest collectionson Francis Bacon, and one of the largest collections on the Shakespeare authorship controversy in the United States. Thelibrary also held works by numerous other Elizabethan and Jacobean authors, and supporting collections in emblemliterature, Rosicrucian works, and early American political theory.The library primarily served the academic community but made efforts to welcome the larger public pursuing scholarship,education or simply personal interest. The library staff held regular open houses and exhibits to attract new visitors, manyof whom were students. Each year, they mounted a major themed exhibition and a lecture and fete in honor of Bacon'sbirthday. The library interior was richly decorated with Oriental rugs, gooseneck lamps and an iron chandelier that hungfrom a beamed oak ceiling. It was a place for serious research but had its lighthearted moments too. A 1987 exhibit ondivination included 20 different methods of divination for visitors to actually try. There was an overwhelmingly favorableresponse and coverage in the local media, including an article in a local newspaper featuring a photo of a costumedlibrarian gazing into a crystal ball. The library held memberships in professional organizations and co-sponsored events andlectures related to Bacon and Renaissance literature. It was an associate presenter of the Renaissance Conference ofSouthern California, along with the Huntington Library, the Getty and others. The library also sponsored a lecture series atthe University of Southern California featuring prominent scholars from all over the world.Regarding the Bacon-Shakespeare authorship question, in a 1981 letter, library director Elizabeth Wrigley explained: "Ourlate founder, Walter Arensberg, had his own cipher system, and we continued to work on it for six years after his death. Atthat time the Board of Trustees felt that we should not continue as we did not have his guidance. The Foundation does notpromote the controversy. We make written materials available to scholars, but that is it. We serve as a kind ofclearinghouse for Bacon scholarship, which does include some work on the controversy."When the library closed in 1995, its collection of books and manuscripts were donated to the Huntington Library, along withinstitutional records and some of the Arensbergs' personal papers. The papers related to the Arensbergs' art collection andmost of the Foundation's administrative records were given to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which had earlier beengiven the art collection.Scope and ContentThis collection contains the archive of the Francis Bacon Library, a private rare book research library on the campus of theClaremont Colleges in Claremont, California. The archive is organized into five series: Library Records; Personal Papersgiven to the Library; Francis Bacon Foundation Records; the Walter and Louise Arensberg Papers; and the Art and ArtifactsCollection.The Library records include administration and collection records, gifts and acquisitions, exhibit records, and a large portion of correspondence. The correspondence, almost entirely written by library director Elizabeth Wrigley, is with students, other


organizations, scholars, and, notably, interested Baconians (supporters of the theory that Francis Bacon was the true authorof the plays attributed to Shakespeare). There are also records of gifts to the library, including books, ephemera and papersof Baconians and other scholars studying the Shakespeare authorship question. These papers comprise the Personal Papersseries, and are organized by owner name: Isabelle Kittson Brown, Eugene Dernay, George Drury, Johan Franco, R. W.(Reginald Walter) Gibson, Olive Woodward Hoss, Karl [Richards] Wallace, and A. Allen Woodruff.The Francis Bacon Foundation papers contain articles of incorporation, financial and legal documents, and somecorrespondence of the board members. There are also clippings and photostats on Shakespeare, Bacon and Elizabethanhistory that were collected for research purposes. This represents only a portion of the Foundation records; the remainderare in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.The personal and family papers of Walter and Louise Arensberg include Walter Arensberg's cryptographic research files,charts and notes; personal papers; drafts of his poems and books; correspondence with Baconians; photographs; andletters of Arensberg and [Louise] Stevens family members. The letters between Walter and his brother Charles F. C.Arensberg are particularly personal and informative.This portion of the Arensbergs' personal papers does not include their correspondence with artists or their art-collectingactivities. Those papers (the Arensberg Archives) were given by the Francis Bacon Foundation to the Philadelphia Museumof Art, which also holds the Arensberg Art Collection of Modern and pre-Columbian art.The last series of the archive is a group of art objects and historical artifacts that belonged to the Foundation and library.Some were collected by the Arensbergs, and some were acquired by the library after their deaths. They are listed with theiroriginal descriptions kept by the Foundation.The collection is organized into these series and subseries:

Series 1. Library Records1.1 Administrative records1.2 Collection records1.3 Correspondence

1.3.1. General1.3.2. Colleges, Universities and Schools1.3.3. Foundations, Societies, etc.1.3.4. Libraries and Related Institutions1.3.5. Correspondence with Baconians

1.4 Exhibits1.5 Financial records

Series 2. Personal Papers2.1. Isabelle Kittson Brown Papers, circa 1880-19282.2. Eugene Dernay Papers, 1861-19602.3 George Drury Papers, 1960-19642.4. Johan Franco publication plates, undated2.5. R. W. (Reginald Walter) Gibson Papers, circa 1940-19592.6. Olive Woodward Hoss Papers, circa 1920-19692.7. Karl [Richards] Wallace Papers, circa 1960-19732.8. A. Allen Woodruff Papers, circa 1893-1949

Series 3. Francis Bacon Foundation RecordsSeries 4. Walter and Louise Arensberg Papers

4.1. Correspondence4.1.1. General4.1.2. Correspondence with Baconians4.1.3. Arensberg Family correspondence4.1.4. Stevens Family correspondence

4.2. Personal4.3. Writings4.4. Financial


4.5. Legal4.6. Research4.7. Photographs

Series 5. Art and Artifacts CollectionArrangementThe arrangement and titles of the files have been kept as much as possible in the original order of the records maintainedby the Arensbergs and the library staff. Folders are arranged alphabetically by title within series. Documents within foldersare arranged in chronological order by date with undated materials residing at the end of each folder. One exception isresearch files, which have been kept in their original order, which was not always chronological, but often by topic.Indexing TermsThe following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog. Personal NamesArensberg, Walter, 1878-1954Arensberg, Lou (Mary Louise Stevens)Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626--Authorship.Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626--Bibliography.Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626--Criticism and interpretation.Brown, Isabelle, 1860-1928Franco, Johan, 1908-1988Friedman, William F. (William Frederick), 1891-1969Gibson, R. W. (Reginald Walter)Manly, John Matthews, 1865-1940Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Authorship--Baconian theory.Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.Stevens, John E. 1909-1988Wallace, Karl Richards, 1905-1973Wolfe, Clyde Lynne Earle, b. 1885Wrigley, Elizabeth S.SubjectsCryptography.Ciphers.Francis Bacon Library.Research libraries.Rare books.Claremont Colleges.Lichfield Cathedral.GenreArt objects.Artifacts.Audiotapes.Business records.Clippings--19th century.Clippings--20th century.Ephemera.Letters (correspondence).Notes--United States.Passports--United States--20th century.Personal Papers--United States.

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Photographs--19th century.Photographs--20th century.Poems--20th century.Scrapbooks.Added EntriesBynner, Witter, 1881-1968.Letters and a photograph. Boxes 77 and 104.Huston, John, 1906-1987.Author of letter to Walter Arensberg. Box 78, Folder 8.Keller, Helen, 1880-1968.Author of letters to Charles F. C. Arensberg. Box 80, Folder 12.Lawrence, Frieda von Richthofen, 1879-1956.Author of letters to Walter and Louise Arensberg. Box 78, Folder 11.Miller, Henry, 1891-1980.Author of letters to Walter Arensberg. Box 78, Folder 19.Weston, Edward, 1886-1958.Subject in 1990 letter from Elizabeth Wrigley to Dorothy Wang, Box 47, Folder 3.Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.Autograph in album. Box 55, Folder 14.

• Arsenberg, Walter, 1878-1954. Journal entries for a work in progress [microfilm]. The Huntington Library (Callnumber: MSS MFilm 00337, reels 1-14)

• Francis Bacon Foundation/Arensberg Collection. The Huntington Library. Selected collection of manuscripts, rarebooks and reference books formerly in the Francis Bacon Library. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

• Arensberg Archives. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives.• Francis Bacon Foundation Records. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives.

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1. LIBRARY RECORDS, 1938-19961.1. Administrative Records


1. LIBRARY RECORDS, 1938-1996Scope and Content NoteIncludes administrative records; applications for reading privileges; event records such asopen houses, lectures, book sales and exhibits; collection records; and a large portion ofcorrespondence almost entirely written by Elizabeth Wrigley, library director.The insurance files are of note for listings of many of the rare books and their appraisedvalues.A significant part of this series are the letters received from many interested people aboutthe Shakespeare authorship question from 1920s to 1995. The correspondence shows how,over the years, Wrigley developed personal relationships with many of the scholars whowere interested in the library. The correspondence with collector R. W. Gibson, whopublished a bibliography of Bacon in 1950, contains interesting details about specific Baconworks. The correspondence also presents a good record of what the library held, and whatthey were still buying, seeking and collecting.There are some attachments of flyers, article reprints, clippings and some photographs withthe correspondence. Copies of scholarly articles written by correspondents are filed withtheir correspondence, as originally organized.The Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable files contain many articles and reprints regardingthe Shakespeare authorship question.Biographical NoteElizabeth Wrigley (1915-1997) was associated with the Francis Bacon Library for 50 years,almost the entire time of its existence. Wrigley held bachelor's degrees in Elizabethanliterature and library science and was an analyst for U.S. Steel in her native Pittsburgh from1941 to 1943. Shortly after she and her husband moved to California, they were invited totea at the Hollywood home of Walter Arensberg. He needed help with his library and in 1944,she went to work for him as a research assistant and rare book cataloger. The next year shewas named as an executive and member of the board of the Foundation. By 1959, Wrigleywas president of the Foundation and director of the library.Wrigley was a woman of colorful character known to invite visitors to the library for "coffeeat 10 a.m. and tea at 4 p.m." She was extremely knowledgeable about Bacon and theShakespeare authorship issue, and served on the Board of Advisors of the ShakespeareAuthorship Roundtable. Wrigley was also an active member of the American CryptogramAssociation, most likely an interest developed in her years working with Walter Arensberg.In 1958, Wrigley published Short title catalogue numbers in the library of the Francis BaconFoundation, incorporated, and a supplement in 1967. Due to health issues, she stoppedworking for the Foundation and library in 1995, and the library closed the same year. Shepassed away in 1997 at age 81.

1.1. Administrative Records Box 1, Folder 1 Applications for reading privileges, 1960-1962Box 1, Folder 2 Applications for reading privileges, 1963Box 1, Folder 3 Applications for reading privileges, 1964Box 1, Folder 4 Applications for reading privileges, 1965-1966Box 1, Folder 5 Applications for reading privileges, 1967Box 1, Folder 6 Applications for reading privileges, 1968Box 1, Folder 7 Applications for reading privileges, 1969Box 1, Folder 8 Applications for reading privileges, 1970Box 1, Folder 9 Applications for reading privileges, 1971Box 1, Folder 10 Applications for reading privileges, 1972-1973Box 1, Folder 11 Applications for reading privileges, 1974-1975Box 1, Folder 12 Applications for reading privileges, 1976Box 1, Folder 13 Applications for reading privileges, 1977Box 2, Folder 1 Applications for reading privileges, 1978-1979Box 2, Folder 2 Applications for reading privileges, 1980-1981



Box 2, Folder 3 Applications for reading privileges, 1982-1983Box 2, Folder 4 Applications for reading privileges, 1984-1985Box 2, Folder 5 Applications for reading privileges, 1986-1987Box 2, Folder 6 Applications for reading privileges, 1988Box 2, Folder 7 Applications for reading privileges, 1989-1990Box 2, Folder 8 Applications for reading privileges, 1991-1992Box 2, Folder 9 Applications for reading privileges, 1993-1995Box 2, Folder 10 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, 1973-1978Box 2, Folder 11 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, 1979-1982Box 2, Folder 12 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, 1983-1989Box 2, Folder 13 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, 1990-1994Box 3, Folder 1 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Lists, 1974-1994Box 3, Folder 2 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1974Box 3, Folder 3 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1975Box 3, Folder 4 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1976Box 3, Folder 5 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1977Box 3, Folder 6 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1978Box 3, Folder 7 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1979Box 3, Folder 8 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1980Box 3, Folder 9 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1981Box 3, Folder 10 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1982Box 3, Folder 11 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1983Box 3, Folder 12 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1984Box 3, Folder 13 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1985Box 3, Folder 14 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1986Box 3, Folder 15 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1987Box 3, Folder 16 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1988Box 3, Folder 17 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1989Box 3, Folder 18 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1990Box 3, Folder 19 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1991Box 3, Folder 20 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1992Box 3, Folder 21 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1993Box 3, Folder 22 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1994Box 3, Folder 23 Bacon Birthday Celebrations, Lectures, Text, 1995Box 3, Folder 24 Bacon Scholars [lists of names and addresses], 1984, 1987, undatedBox 4, Folder 1 Building, Construction and maintenance, 1959-1965Box 4, Folder 2 Building, Construction of addition and maintenance, 1967-1979Box 4, Folder 3 Cataloging Reports, 1954-1956Box 4, Folder 4 Cataloging Reports, 1957-1992Box 4, Folder 5 Copyright Issues, 1977-1978Box 4, Folder 6 Cryptography Contest, 1962, 1979Box 4, Folder 7 Development Projects, 1966-1991Box 4, Folder 8 Grants, Requests for (individuals), 1984-1995Box 4, Folder 9 Library, Published profiles and descriptions, 1980-1993Box 4, Folder 10 Library, Reports by others, circa 1970-1980Box 4, Folder 11 Library, Amateur film reel of interiors and exteriors, (8 mm. Kodachrome film),

circa 1960Box 5, Folder 1 Photographs, Library building, interiors and exteriors, 1960, 1974, undatedBox 5, Folder 2 Photographs, Elizabeth Wrigley (Library Director), portraits in Library, undatedBox 5, Folder 3 Photographs, Employees and visitors in Library (unidentified), undatedBox 5, Folder 4 Publicity, Adair, Douglass, Gift, 1967Box 5, Folder 5 Publicity, Book Sale, 1962-1970Box 5, Folder 6 Publicity, Book Sale, 1971-1987Box 5, Folder 7 Publicity, Book Sale, 1988-1994Box 5, Folder 8 Publicity, Brown, Isabelle Kittson, Collection, 1972Box 5, Folder 9 Publicity, General, 1956-1965Box 5, Folder 10 Publicity, General, 1966-1969Box 5, Folder 11 Publicity, General, 1970-1979



Box 5, Folder 12 Publicity, General, 1980-1993Box 5, Folder 13 Questionnaires about Library and staff, 1972 – 1980. Includes Elizabeth Wrigley's

resume and descriptions of the Library's holdings.Box 112 Reader cards, by name, (A-Z), 1960-1995.Box 5, Folder 14 Salary statistics for library professionals, 1970-1979Box 113 Visitor registers, [Register 1] May 31, 1960-Dec. 1965Box 134, Folder 2 Visitor registers, [Register 2] Jan. 3, 1966-Dec. 14, 1970Box 113 Visitor registers, [Register 3] Dec. 14, 1970-Jan. 17, 1975Box 113 Visitor registers, [Register 4] Jan. 17, 1975-May 19, 1978Box 114 Visitor registers, [Register 5] May 19, 1978-Dec. 14, 1982Box 114 Visitor registers, [Register 6] Dec. 14, 1982-Dec. 19, 1989Box 114 Visitor registers, [Register 7] Dec. 19, 1989-Nov. 20, 1995Box 5, Folder 15 Visitor thank-you notes, miscellaneous, 1960-1982Box 5, Folder 16 Wrigley, Elizabeth, Book-buying trip to England, 1974 1.2. Collection recordsBox 6, Folder 1 Acquisitions Committee, 1961-1963Box 6, Folder 2 Appraisals, 1971Box 6, Folder 3 Appraisals, 1972-1975Box 6, Folder 4 Bacon Lists and desiderata, 1946-1994Box 6, Folder 5 Catalog listings, National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, 1976-1977Box 6, Folder 6 Collections, General, 1964-1991Box 6, Folder 7 Conservation of Materials, 1975-1992Box 6, Folder 8 Continental Editions, undatedBox 6, Folder 9 Correspondence, General, (A-B), 1963-1991Box 6, Folder 10 Correspondence, General, (C-F), 1949-1992Box 7, Folder 1 Correspondence, General, (G-H), 1967-1993Box 7, Folder 2 Correspondence, General, (I-M), 1971-1991Box 7, Folder 3 Correspondence, General, (N-R), 1957-1988Box 7, Folder 4 Correspondence, General, (S-Z), 1959-1993Box 7, Folder 5 Cryptology Lists, [after 1976]Box 7, Folder 6 Duplicates Sold, 1975-1977Box 7, Folder 7 Gifts to Library, chronological list, 1971-1995Box 7, Folder 8 Gifts to Library, 1955-1972Box 7, Folder 9 Gifts to Library, 1973-1983Box 7, Folder 10 Gifts to Library, 1984-1994Box 8, Folder 1 Gifts to Library, Adair, Douglass (Lee-Bernard Collection), Catalog, 1972-1973Box 8, Folder 2 Gifts to Library, Adair, Douglass (Lee-Bernard Collection), Correspondence,

1965-1969Box 8, Folder 3 Gifts to Library, Adair, Douglass (Lee-Bernard Collection), Reprints of Adair's

writings on Federalist Papers, 1944-1965, undatedBox 115 Gifts to Library, Adair, Douglass (Lee-Bernard Collection), Bibliographic cards and

notes (4 envelopes)Box 8, Folder 4 Gifts to Library, Brown, Isabelle Kittson, 1971, (1 of 2)Box 8, Folder 5 Gifts to Library, Brown, Isabelle Kittson, 1971, (2 of 2)Box 8, Folder 6 Gifts to Library, Brown, Isabelle Kittson, gift appraisal, 1971-1972Box 8, Folder 7 Gifts to Library, Dernay, Eugene, 1959Box 8, Folder 8 Gifts to Library, Hoss, Olive Woodward, 1974-1975Box 8, Folder 9 Gifts to Library, McKaig, Betty (Elizabeth), undatedBox 8, Folder 10 Gifts to Library, Ogden, C. K. (Charles Kay), Collection ("U.C.L.A. gift"), undatedBox 8, Folder 11 Gifts to Library, Woodruff, A. Allen, 1972-1973Box 8, Folder 12 Insurance lists, circa 1960Box 8, Folder 13 Insurance lists, 1978Box 9, Folder 1 Insurance lists, Bacon, Cryptology, Emblem and Rosicrucian Collections,

1981-1984Box 9, Folder 2 Insurance lists, General, Bacon, Cryptology, Emblem and Rosicrucian Collections,

1981-1984Box 9, Folder 3 Insurance lists, General Collection, 1981 (1 of 3)Box 9, Folder 4 Insurance lists, General Collection, 1981, 1984 (2 of 3)



Box 9, Folder 5 Insurance lists, General Collection, 1981 (3 of 3)Box 134, Folder 1 Insurance lists, [after 1988] (Oversize)Box 9, Folder 6 Insurance lists, Rare Collection, 1993Box 9, Folder 7 Inter-library loan policies, 1952-1988Box 9, Folder 8 Inter-library loan records, 1958-1993Box 9, Folder 9 Master copies regarding Bacon etc., circa 1960-1970Box 9, Folder 10 Microfiche information, circa 1984Box 10, Folder 1 Offered, Books, (A), 1983-1992Box 10, Folder 2 Offered, Books, (B-C), 1983-1992Box 10, Folder 3 Offered, Books, (D-M), 1982-1994Box 10, Folder 4 Offered, Books, (P-T), 1982-1994Box 10, Folder 5 Offered, Books, (U-Z), 1982-1992Box 10, Folder 6 Ordering and auctions, etc., 1983-1992Box 10, Folder 7 Provenance, 1947-1986Box 10, Folder 8 Publications of Walter C. Arensberg (Records of gifts to other institutions),

1953-1955Box 10, Folder 9 Publications of the Francis Bacon Foundation (Indexes of library holdings),

1952-1972Box 10, Folder 10 Purchased, Books, 1976, (A-E)Box 10, Folder 11 Purchased, Books, 1976, (F-M)Box 10, Folder 12 Purchased, Books, 1976, (N-Z)Box 11, Folder 1 Purchased, Books, 1977Box 11, Folder 2 Purchased, Books, 1978, (A-L)Box 11, Folder 3 Purchased, Books, 1978, (M-Z)Box 11, Folder 4 Purchased, Books, 1979Box 11, Folder 5 Purchased, Books, 1980Box 11, Folder 6 Purchased, Books, 1981Box 11, Folder 7 Purchased, Books, 1982Box 12, Folder 1 Purchased, Books, 1983Box 12, Folder 2 Purchased, Books, 1984Box 12, Folder 3 Purchased, Books, 1985Box 12, Folder 4 Purchased, Books, 1986Box 12, Folder 5 Purchased, Books, 1987Box 12, Folder 6 Purchased, Books, 1988Box 12, Folder 7 Purchased, Books, 1989Box 12, Folder 8 Purchased, Books, 1990Box 12, Folder 9 Purchased, Books, 1991Box 13, Folder 1 Purchased, Books, 1992Box 13, Folder 2 Purchased, Books, 1993Box 13, Folder 3 Purchased, Books, 1994Box 13, Folder 4 Rosicrucian books, Collations, etc., undated. Includes photograph of Max Heindel

(1865-1919).Box 13, Folder 5 Scholarship, Reprints, "Matching Shakespeare, Folder Computer Testing of

Elizabethan Texts," 1990, 1994Box 13, Folder 6 Scholarship, Reprints, Miscellaneous (A - M), circa 1960-1989Box 13, Folder 7 Scholarship, Reprints, Miscellaneous (N - Z), 1944-1992Box 13, Folder 8 Subscriptions and Memberships, 1960-1991Box 13, Folder 9 Theft Prevention, 1981

1.3. Correspondence Subseries 1.3.1. General CorrespondenceBox 14, Folder 1 General correspondence, (A)Box 14, Folder 2 General correspondence, (Ba-Bi)Box 14, Folder 3 General correspondence, (Bj-Bu)Box 14, Folder 4 General correspondence, Box, Ian, 1983, 1993Box 14, Folder 5 General correspondence, (Ca-Ci)Box 14, Folder 6 General correspondence, Cardwell, [Brother] Kenneth, 1987 - 1995

1. LIBRARY RECORDS, 1938-19961.3. Correspondence


Box 14, Folder 7 General correspondence, (Cl-Cy)Box 14, Folder 8 General correspondence, Coquillette, Daniel R., 1984, 1993Box 14, Folder 9 General correspondence, Coquillette, Daniel R., draft of scholarly paper, 1984Box 15, Folder 1 General correspondence, (D)Box 15, Folder 2 General correspondence, Davidonis, Alexander, 1985-1987Box 15, Folder 3 General correspondence, Dick, Hugh G., 1956-1965Box 15, Folder 4 General correspondence, Drury, George, 1961-1963Box 15, Folder 5 General correspondence, (E)Box 15, Folder 6 General correspondence, Epstein, Joel, 1962-1980Box 15, Folder 7 General correspondence, (F)Box 15, Folder 8 General correspondence, Fattori, Marta, 1975-1985Box 15, Folder 9 General correspondence, Filby, P. William, 1965-1981Box 15, Folder 10 General correspondence, Freedman, Joyce T., 1973-1985. Includes photographs

of Elizabeth Wrigley and Freedman in front of Francis Bacon Library, 1974.Box 15, Folder 11 General correspondence, Fry, Frances, 1977-1992Box 15, Folder 12 General correspondence, (G)Box 16, Folder 1 General correspondence, Gibson, R. W. (Reginald Walter), 1943-1958Box 16, Folder 2 General correspondence, Gibson, R. W. (Reginald Walter), 1959-1961Box 16, Folder 3 General correspondence, Gibson, R. W. (Reginald Walter), 1962-1964Box 16, Folder 4 General correspondence, Gibson, R. W. (Reginald Walter), 1965-1971Box 16, Folder 5 General correspondence, Glaisdale, Right Honorable Lord Simon of, 1985Box 16, Folder 6 General correspondence, Goodrich, Norma, 1986-1993Box 16, Folder 7 General correspondence, (Ha-Hog)Box 16, Folder 8 General correspondence, Hanson, David J., 1983-1995

NoteSee also Library Records, Folder "General correspondence, Oak Island ExplorationCompany"

Box 16, Folder 9 General correspondence, Hogan, John C., 1982Box 16, Folder 10 General correspondence, Hogan, John C., 1983-1986Box 17, Folder 1 General correspondence, Hogan, John C., writings, 1983Box 17, Folder 2 General correspondence, (Hol-Hy)Box 17, Folder 3 General correspondence, Hovey, Kenneth, 1991-1993Box 17, Folder 4 General correspondence, (I - J)Box 17, Folder 5 General correspondence, Index of English Literary Manuscripts, 1975-1982Box 17, Folder 6 General correspondence, (K)Box 17, Folder 7 General correspondence, Kinney, Arthur F., (English Literary Renaissance),

1978-1995Box 17, Folder 8 General correspondence, Kristeller, Paul Oskar, 1956-1993Box 17, Folder 9 General correspondence, Kristeller, Paul Oskar, lecture text, 1965Box 18, Folder 1 General correspondence, (L)Box 18, Folder 2 General correspondence, Le Doeuff, Michele, 1983-1993Box 18, Folder 3 General correspondence, Leary, Thomas P., 1957-1985Box 18, Folder 4 General correspondence, Leary, Thomas P., 1986-1993Box 18, Folder 5 General correspondence, Levin, Harry, 1985Box 18, Folder 6 General correspondence, Los Angeles, City of, circa 1960-1981Box 18, Folder 7 General correspondence, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966, 1988-1992Box 18, Folder 8 General correspondence, (Ma)Box 18, Folder 9 General correspondence, Mathews, Mrs. Nieves H., 1972-1989Box 18, Folder 10 General correspondence, (Mc-Mw)Box 18, Folder 11 General correspondence, McCutcheon, Elizabeth, 1973-1991Box 19, Folder 1 General correspondence, Miller, Ruth Loyd, 1978-1986Box 19, Folder 2 General correspondence, Miller, Ruth Loyd, clippings (about her and/or

Shakespeare authorship), circa 1950 -1976Box 19, Folder 3 General correspondence, Mouton, Johann, 1978-1991Box 19, Folder 4 General correspondence, (N)Box 19, Folder 5 General correspondence, (O)



Box 19, Folder 6 General correspondence, Oak Island Exploration Company, 1991-1992NoteSee also Library Records, Folder "General correspondence, Hanson, David J."

Box 19, Folder 7 General correspondence, Oak Island Inn, Nova Scotia, 1993Box 19, Folder 8 General correspondence, (P)Box 19, Folder 9 General correspondence, Patrick, J. Max, 1958-1983Box 19, Folder 10 General correspondence, Paul, Debjani and Pran G., 1959-1973Box 19, Folder 11 General correspondence, (R)Box 19, Folder 12 General correspondence, Rees, Graham, 1982-1990Box 20, Folder 1 General correspondence, Roe, Richard Paul, 1989-1990Box 20, Folder 2 General correspondence, Royal "Shake-speare" [Shakespeare] Revels, Ojai

(California), 1985-1986Box 20, Folder 3 General correspondence, (Sa-Sj)Box 20, Folder 4 General correspondence, Sessions, William A., 1969-1995Box 20, Folder 5 General correspondence, (Sm-Sw)Box 20, Folder 6 General correspondence, Smith, A. Hassell, 1969-1990Box 20, Folder 7 General correspondence, Snow, Lynn (regarding Bacon-Shawe-Cooke

Indentures), 1982-1983Box 20, Folder 8 General correspondence, (T)Box 20, Folder 9 General correspondence, (U - V)Box 20, Folder 10 General correspondence, Ule, Louis, 1974-1993Box 21, Folder 1 General correspondence, Urbach, Peter, 1983-1994Box 21, Folder 2 General correspondence, Verulam Museum, St. Albans, England, 1959-1983Box 21, Folder 3 General correspondence, Vickers, Brian, 1964-1995Box 21, Folder 4 General correspondence, (W - Z)Box 21, Folder 5 General correspondence, Wallace, Karl (Richards) and Dorothy, 1966-1975Box 21, Folder 6 General correspondence, Wheeler, Harvey, 1970-1995Box 21, Folder 7 General correspondence, Whitney, Charles, 1976-1990 Subseries 1.3.2. Colleges, Universities and SchoolsBox 22, Folder 1 California Institute of Technology, 1972Box 22, Folder 2 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1975-1995Box 22, Folder 3 California State University, Branches, 1965-1988Box 22, Folder 4 California, University of, Branches, 1955-1975Box 22, Folder 5 California, University of, Branches, 1976-1994Box 22, Folder 6 Claremont Colleges, 1955-1960Box 22, Folder 7 Claremont Colleges, 1961-1963Box 22, Folder 8 Claremont Colleges, 1964-1966Box 22, Folder 9 Claremont Colleges, 1967-1969Box 22, Folder 10 Claremont Colleges, 1970-1971Box 23, Folder 1 Claremont Colleges, 1972-1973Box 23, Folder 2 Claremont Colleges, 1974-1975Box 23, Folder 3 Claremont Colleges, 1976-1977Box 23, Folder 4 Claremont Colleges, 1978-1979Box 23, Folder 5 Claremont Colleges, 1980-1981Box 23, Folder 6 Claremont Colleges, 1982-1984Box 23, Folder 7 Claremont Colleges, 1985-1986Box 23, Folder 8 Claremont Colleges, 1987-1989Box 23, Folder 9 Claremont Colleges, 1990-1993Box 23, Folder 10 Claremont Colleges, Affiliates, 1974-1989Box 24, Folder 1 Claremont Colleges, College Student Personnel Institute, 1969-1970Box 24, Folder 2 Claremont Colleges, Educational Resource and Information Center, 1968-1973Box 24, Folder 3 Claremont Colleges, Lectures and Seminars, 1963-1991Box 24, Folder 4 Claremont Colleges, Student Directories, 1982, 1994Box 24, Folder 5 Claremont Men's College, Shakespeare Clinic, 1987-1991Box 24, Folder 6 Columbia University, 1956-1991Box 24, Folder 7 Grants, Requests for, 1958-1968Box 24, Folder 8 Grants, Requests for, 1969-1992



Box 24, Folder 9 Harvard University, 1954-1981Box 24, Folder 10 Maps of campuses, various circa 1970s- circa 1995Box 24, Folder 11 Miscellaneous schools, (A-B), circa 1955-1990Box 25, Folder 1 Miscellaneous schools, (C), circa 1955-1990Box 25, Folder 2 Miscellaneous schools, (D-F), circa 1955-1990Box 25, Folder 3 Miscellaneous schools, (G-H), circa 1955-1990Box 25, Folder 4 Miscellaneous schools, (I-K), circa 1955-1990Box 25, Folder 5 Miscellaneous schools, (L), circa 1955-1990Box 25, Folder 6 Miscellaneous schools, (M), circa 1955-1990Box 25, Folder 7 Miscellaneous schools, (N), circa 1955-1990Box 25, Folder 8 Miscellaneous schools, (O-Q), circa 1955-1990Box 25, Folder 9 Miscellaneous schools, (R-Sa), circa 1955-1990Box 26, Folder 1 Miscellaneous schools, (Sc-T), circa 1955-1990Box 26, Folder 2 Miscellaneous schools, (U-Z), circa 1955-1990Box 26, Folder 3 Occidental College, 1956-1988Box 26, Folder 4 Stanford University, 1954-1961Box 26, Folder 5 Stanford University, 1962-1992Box 26, Folder 6 University of Southern California, 1955-1956Box 26, Folder 7 University of Southern California, 1957-1959Box 26, Folder 8 University of Southern California, 1960-1990Box 26, Folder 9 University of Toronto, 1959-1991Box 26, Folder 10 Westmont College, 1965-1978 Subseries 1.3.3. Foundations, Societies, Etc.Box 27, Folder 1 American Cryptogram Association, 1958-1960Box 27, Folder 2 American Cryptogram Association, 1961-1962Box 27, Folder 3 American Cryptogram Association, 1963-1965Box 27, Folder 4 American Cryptogram Association, 1966-1967Box 27, Folder 5 American Cryptogram Association, 1968-1969Box 27, Folder 6 American Cryptogram Association, 1970Box 27, Folder 7 American Cryptogram Association, 1971Box 27, Folder 8 American Cryptogram Association, 1972Box 27, Folder 9 American Cryptogram Association, 1973Box 27, Folder 10 American Cryptogram Association, 1974-1976Box 27, Folder 11 American Cryptogram Association, 1977-1979Box 28, Folder 1 American Cryptogram Association, 1980-1985Box 28, Folder 2 American Cryptogram Association, 1986-1988Box 28, Folder 3 American Cryptogram Association, 1989-1993Box 28, Folder 4 Bacon's Castle, Virginia, 1986Box 28, Folder 5 Baconian Foundation, Oregon, 1987-1988Box 28, Folder 6 Claremont Council of Renaissance Studies, 1978Box 28, Folder 7 Conference on British Studies, 1977-1980Box 28, Folder 8 English-Speaking Union of the United States, 1966-1980Box 28, Folder 9 English-Speaking Union of the United States, 1988-1995Box 28, Folder 10 Foundation Center, New York, 1986-1988Box 28, Folder 11 Francis Bacon Research Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon (England), 1980-1986Box 28, Folder 12 Francis Bacon Research Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon (England), 1987-1994Box 29, Folder 1 Grants, Requests for, 1957-1965Box 29, Folder 2 Grants, Requests for, 1966-1969Box 29, Folder 3 Grants, Requests for, 1970-1972Box 29, Folder 4 Grants, Requests for, 1973-1976Box 29, Folder 5 Grants, Requests for, 1984-1990Box 29, Folder 6 Grants, Requests for, 1991-1995Box 29, Folder 7 Miscellaneous Foundations, (A-B), circa 1960-1990Box 30, Folder 1 Miscellaneous Foundations, (C), circa 1960-1990Box 30, Folder 2 Miscellaneous Foundations, (D-E), circa 1960-1990Box 30, Folder 3 Miscellaneous Foundations, (F), circa 1960-1990Box 30, Folder 4 Miscellaneous Foundations, (G-H), circa 1960-1990Box 30, Folder 5 Miscellaneous Foundations, (I-J), circa 1960-1990



Box 30, Folder 6 Miscellaneous Foundations, (K-M), circa 1960-1990Box 30, Folder 7 Miscellaneous Foundations, (N-O), circa 1960-1990Box 31, Folder 1 Miscellaneous Foundations, (P-Q), circa 1960-1990Box 31, Folder 2 Miscellaneous Foundations, (R), circa 1960-1990Box 31, Folder 3 Miscellaneous Foundations, (S), circa 1960-1990Box 31, Folder 4 Miscellaneous Foundations, (T-V), circa 1960-1990Box 31, Folder 5 Miscellaneous Foundations, (W-Z), circa 1960-1990Box 31, Folder 6 Modern Humanities Research Association, London, 1958-1995Box 31, Folder 7 Modern Language Association of America, 1954-1973Box 31, Folder 8 Modern Language Association of America, 1974-1995Box 31, Folder 9 North American Conference on British Studies, 1984-1994Box 32, Folder 1 Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies, 1977-1995Box 32, Folder 2 Planetary Society, 1988-1994Box 32, Folder 3 Renaissance Conference of Southern California, 1970-1995Box 32, Folder 4 Renaissance Society of America, 1956-1995Box 32, Folder 5 Richard III Society, New York, 1978-1986Box 32, Folder 6 Richard III Society, New York, 1987-1995Box 32, Folder 7 Rosicrucian Order, San Jose (California), 1957-1988Box 32, Folder 8 Shakespeare Association of America, 1956-1991Box 33, Folder 1 Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable (Los Angeles), 1983Box 33, Folder 2 Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1984Box 33, Folder 3 Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1985Box 33, Folder 4 Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1986Box 33, Folder 5 Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1987Box 33, Folder 6 Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1988Box 33, Folder 7 Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1989Box 33, Folder 8 Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1990-1992Box 34, Folder 1 Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1993Box 34, Folder 2 Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1994Box 34, Folder 3 Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, 1995Box 34, Folder 4 Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, Miscellaneous articles, 1920-1986Box 34, Folder 5 Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, Miscellaneous articles, circa 1950-1990 (1

of 2)Box 34, Folder 6 Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, Miscellaneous articles, circa 1950-1990 (2

of 2)Box 34, Folder 7 Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable, Miscellaneous articles, undatedBox 34, Folder 8 Shakespeare Oxford Society, Nashua, New Hampshire, 1966-1995Box 35, Folder 1 Shakespeare Society of America, Los Angeles (California), 1983, 1987Box 35, Folder 2 Shakespearean Authorship Society (formerly The Shakespeare Fellowship),

London, 1952-1982Box 35, Folder 3 Smithsonian Institution, 1980-1983Box 35, Folder 4 Veritat Foundation, Los Angeles (California), 1987-1990 Subseries 1.3.4. Libraries and Related InstitutionsBox 35, Folder 5 American Library Association, 1961-1973Box 35, Folder 6 American Library Association, 1974-1995Box 35, Folder 7 Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Archival Center, 1981-1995Box 35, Folder 8 Bodleian Library, 1954-1990Box 35, Folder 9 British Library, 1974-1984Box 35, Folder 10 British Museum, 1958-1974Box 35, Folder 11 California Academic and Research Libraries (CARL), 1978-1996Box 36, Folder 1 California Center for the Book, 1986-1987Box 36, Folder 2 California Library Association, 1957-1995Box 36, Folder 3 California State Library Foundation, 1971-1995Box 36, Folder 4 Claremont Librarians in Concert, 1969-1980Box 36, Folder 5 Claremont Librarians in Concert, 1981-1990Box 36, Folder 6 Clark Library [William Andrews Clark Memorial Library], 1957-1994Box 36, Folder 7 Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services, 1976-1980Box 36, Folder 8 Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services, 1981-1988



Box 37, Folder 1 Denison Library, Scripps College, 1979-1993Box 37, Folder 2 Folger Shakespeare Library, 1954-1988Box 37, Folder 3 Honnold Library, Claremont Colleges, 1958-1971Box 37, Folder 4 Honnold Library, Claremont Colleges, 1972-1973Box 37, Folder 5 Honnold Library, Claremont Colleges, 1974-1983Box 37, Folder 6 Honnold Library, Claremont Colleges, 1984-1994Box 38, Folder 1 Houghton Library, Harvard University, 1958-1983Box 38, Folder 2 Huntington Library, 1954-1973Box 38, Folder 3 Huntington Library, 1974-1982Box 38, Folder 4 Huntington Library, 1983-1995Box 38, Folder 5 Huntington Library, Morkisch, Erwin F., correspondence, 1952-1959Box 38, Folder 6 Information Center for Southern California Libraries, 1970-1974Box 38, Folder 7 Inland Library System, 1974-1975Box 38, Folder 8 Lambeth Palace Library, 1967-1973Box 38, Folder 9 Library of Congress, 1957-1994Box 39, Folder 1 Miscellaneous Libraries, (A-B), 1944-1995Box 39, Folder 2 Miscellaneous Libraries, (C-J), 1944-1995Box 39, Folder 3 Miscellaneous Libraries, (K-R), 1944-1995Box 39, Folder 4 Miscellaneous Libraries, (S-Z), 1944-1995Box 39, Folder 5 Peabody Institute [Filby, P. William], Baltimore (Md.), 1957-1964. Includes

photograph of Elizabeth Wrigley and Vera Filby in front of the Francis BaconLibrary, 1961.

Box 40, Folder 1 Rare Books and Manuscripts Conference, 1976-1982Box 40, Folder 2 Rare Books and Manuscripts Conference, 1983-1995Box 40, Folder 3 School of Theology at Claremont, Library, 1970-1982Box 40, Folder 4 Scripps College Library, 1960-1970Box 40, Folder 5 Society of American Archivists, 1976-1983Box 40, Folder 6 Society of American Archivists, 1984-1995Box 40, Folder 7 Society of California Archivists, 1978-1995Box 40, Folder 8 Special Libraries Association, 1967-1974Box 41, Folder 1 Special Libraries Association, 1975-1995Box 41, Folder 2 University of Southern California, School of Library Science, 1972-1978Box 41, Folder 3 Wian, Robert, Library, Palos Verdes Peninsula (California), 1970-1972 Subseries 1.3.5. Correspondence with BaconiansBox 41, Folder 4 Correspondence with Baconians, (A-B)Box 41, Folder 5 Correspondence with Baconians, Alsup, Frances, 1976-1994Box 41, Folder 6 Correspondence with Baconians, The Association of "Sixty-Seven," Storrington

(England), 1965-67Box 41, Folder 7 Correspondence with Baconians, Ballantine, Roberta, 1981-1985Box 41, Folder 8 Correspondence with Baconians, Barwick, Cecil, 1984-1987Box 41, Folder 9 Correspondence with Baconians, Briggs, Arthur E., 1955-1969Box 41, Folder 10 Correspondence with Baconians, Brown, Ernest Clive, 1956-1981Box 42, Folder 1 Correspondence with Baconians, (C)Box 42, Folder 2 Correspondence with Baconians, Chafee, Raymond V., 1955Box 42, Folder 3 Correspondence with Baconians, Clairmonte, Mrs. Glenn, 1944-1977Box 42, Folder 4 Correspondence with Baconians, Covington, Annette, 1955-1960Box 42, Folder 5 Correspondence with Baconians, Creuz, Conrad H. F., 1956-1963Box 42, Folder 6 Correspondence with Baconians, (D)Box 42, Folder 7 Correspondence with Baconians, Day, Frederick E., 1966-1975Box 42, Folder 8 Correspondence with Baconians, Dernay, Eugene, 1957-1961Box 42, Folder 9 Correspondence with Baconians, (F, H)Box 42, Folder 10 Correspondence with Baconians, Francis Bacon Society, London, 1938-1972Box 42, Folder 11 Correspondence with Baconians, Francis Bacon Society, London, 1973-1990Box 43, Folder 1 Correspondence with Baconians, Franco, Johan (and Eloise), 1955-1960Box 43, Folder 2 Correspondence with Baconians, Franco, Johan (and Eloise), 1961-1970Box 43, Folder 3 Correspondence with Baconians, Franco, Johan (and Eloise), 1971-1994



Box 43, Folder 4 Correspondence with Baconians, Friedman, William F., 1954-1962NoteSee also Walter and Louise Arensberg Papers, Folder "Correspondence, Friedman,William F."

Box 43, Folder 5 Correspondence with Baconians, Gaines, Frank L., 1958-1960Box 43, Folder 6 Correspondence with Baconians, Gerstenberg, Dr. Joachim, 1966-1971Box 43, Folder 7 Correspondence with Baconians, Greene, Margaret, 1966-1978Box 44, Folder 1 Correspondence with Baconians, Hall, Marie Bauer and Manly, 1955-1990Box 44, Folder 2 Correspondence with Baconians, Heppenheimer, Helene, 1954-1958Box 44, Folder 3 Correspondence with Baconians, Heustis, Larry, 1975-1976Box 44, Folder 4 Correspondence with Baconians, Hieronimus, Robert R., 1972-1973Box 44, Folder 5 Correspondence with Baconians, Hieronimus, Robert R., 1974-1985Box 44, Folder 6 Correspondence with Baconians, Hovhaness, Mrs. Alan, 1975-1976Box 44, Folder 7 Correspondence with Baconians, (J, M)Box 44, Folder 8 Correspondence with Baconians, MacDonald, Mrs. F. B., 1957-1972Box 44, Folder 9 Correspondence with Baconians, MacDuff, Donald (Ewen) and Laura, 1961-1965Box 45, Folder 1 Correspondence with Baconians, MacDuff, Donald (Ewen) and Laura, 1966-1988Box 45, Folder 2 Correspondence with Baconians, McKaig, Elizabeth, 1976-1991Box 45, Folder 3 Correspondence with Baconians, (N - R)Box 45, Folder 4 Correspondence with Baconians, Pares, Cmdr. Martin, 1956-1964Box 45, Folder 5 Correspondence with Baconians, Pares, Cmdr. Martin, 1965-1982Box 45, Folder 6 Correspondence with Baconians, Peck, Andrew S., 1959-1966Box 46, Folder 1 Correspondence with Baconians, Peck, Andrew S., 1989-1993Box 46, Folder 2 Correspondence with Baconians, (S-W)Box 46, Folder 3 Correspondence with Baconians, Slagle, A. Russell, 1956-1957Box 46, Folder 4 Correspondence with Baconians, Slagle, A. Russell, 1958Box 46, Folder 5 Correspondence with Baconians, Slagle, A. Russell, 1959-1965Box 46, Folder 6 Correspondence with Baconians, Slagle, A. Russell, 1966-1988Box 47, Folder 1 Correspondence with Baconians, Strong, Leonell, 1975-1982Box 47, Folder 2 Correspondence with Baconians, Tomasson, Gunnar, 1984-1990Box 47, Folder 3 Correspondence with Baconians, Wang, Dorothy, 1986-1994Box 47, Folder 4 Correspondence with Baconians, Weagant, James R., 1955-1964Box 47, Folder 5 Correspondence with Baconians, Weagant, James R., copies of correspondence

with others, circa 1950-1960Box 47, Folder 6 Correspondence with Baconians, Weagant, James R., notes and writings, circa

1950sBox 47, Folder 7 Correspondence with Baconians, Werts, Geraldine Alten, 1961Box 47, Folder 8 Correspondence with Baconians, Woodruff, Allen M., 1956-1967. Includes

photographs of his book collection. See Library records, Folder "Gifts toLibrary."

1.4. Exhibits Box 48, Folder 1 List of Library exhibits, 1960-1992Box 48, Folder 2 Exhibits, "Commemoration of the 400th Anniversary of Francis Bacon's Birth," Jan.

1961Box 48, Folder 3 Exhibits, "The Art of Secret Writing," Nov. 1962Box 48, Folder 4 Exhibits, "Witchcraft, Magic and Alchemy," Nov. 1963Box 48, Folder 5 Exhibits, "Shakespeare, Folder What They Said About Him," Nov. 1964Box 48, Folder 6 Exhibits, "Dante," 1965 and undatedBox 48, Folder 7 Exhibits, "Emblem Literature of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Folder

Devices, Imprese, Hierglyphs, Images and Emblemata," Nov. 1966Box 48, Folder 8 Exhibits, "Rosicrucians, Past and Present," Nov. 1967Box 48, Folder 9 Exhibits, "The Lee-Bernard Collection in American Political Theory," Nov. 1968Box 48, Folder 10 Exhibits, "Three Hundred Years of Divination," Nov. 1970

1. LIBRARY RECORDS, 1938-19961.4. Exhibits


Box 48, Folder 11 Exhibits, "The Shakespeare-Authorship Controversy, Folder A Sampling of Booksand Letters Illustrating the Baconian Theory," Nov. 1971

Box 48, Folder 12 Exhibits, "The Age of Elizabeth," (Isabelle Kittson Brown collection), 1972Box 48, Folder 13 Exhibits, "The Dominant and the Dominated, Folder Women of Sixteenth and

Seventeenth Century England," Nov. 1973Box 48, Folder 14 Exhibits, "Witchcraft, Black and White," Nov. 1974. Includes four photographs of

exhibit and staff member in the library.Box 48, Folder 15 Exhibits, "Star-Crossed, Folder Astrology Then and Now," Nov. 1975Box 48, Folder 16 Exhibits, "Claremont Looks At America," Nov. 1976Box 48, Folder 17 Exhibits, "Life in Elizabethan England," Nov. 1977Box 48, Folder 18 Exhibits, "Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Emblem Literature," Nov. 1978Box 48, Folder 19 Exhibits, "Codes and Ciphers, Folder Secret Writing Through the Ages," Nov. 1979Box 48, Folder 20 Exhibits, "Life in Shakespeare's England" and "Was Shakespeare Shakespeare?"

1981 (1 of 2)Box 48, Folder 21 Exhibits, "Life in Shakespeare's England" and "Was Shakespeare Shakespeare?"

1981 (2 of 2)Box 49, Folder 1 Exhibits, "Apollinaire, Folder Pantomime and Ideogramme," Mar. 1982Box 49, Folder 2 Exhibits, "The Arensbergs and Their Circle," Nov. 1982Box 49, Folder 3 Exhibits, "Calendars and Almanacs in the Francis Bacon Library," Aug. 1983Box 49, Folder 4 Exhibits, "Treason and Gunpowder Plot," Nov. 1983Box 49, Folder 5 Exhibits, "Early Music at the Francis Bacon Library," Dec. 1983Box 49, Folder 6 Exhibits, "Gloriana, Folder The Life and Reign of Elizabeth I," Nov. 1984Box 49, Folder 7 Exhibits, "London, Folder A Tourist's Guide to the Year 1600," Nov. 1985 (1 of 2)Box 49, Folder 8 Exhibits, "London, Folder A Tourist's Guide to the Year 1600," Nov. 1985 (2 of 2)Box 49, Folder 9 Exhibits, "Sir Francis Bacon, Folder Herald of a New Age," Nov. 1986 (1 of 2)Box 49, Folder 10 Exhibits, "Sir Francis Bacon, Folder Herald of a New Age," Nov. 1986 (2 of 2)Box 49, Folder 11 Exhibits, "Divination, Folder The Search for Hidden Knowledge," Nov. 1987 (1 of 3)Box 49, Folder 12 Exhibits, "Divination, Folder The Search for Hidden Knowledge," Nov. 1987 (2 of 3)Box 50, Folder 1 Exhibits, "Divination, Folder The Search for Hidden Knowledge," Nov. 1987 (3 of 3)Box 50, Folder 2 Exhibits, "Merchants, Pirates, Sea Dogs All, Folder The Rise of English Sea Power,"

Nov. 1988Box 50, Folder 3 Exhibits, "Two Queens on One Isle, Folder Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I,"

Nov. 1989 (1 of 2)Box 50, Folder 4 Exhibits, "Two Queens on One Isle, Folder Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I,"

Nov. 1989 (2 of 2)Box 50, Folder 5 Exhibits, "Emblem Books of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries," Nov. 1990Box 50, Folder 6 Exhibits, "Summer Garden Exhibit," 1991Box 50, Folder 7 Exhibits, "Costume In the Age of Francis Bacon, 1561-1626," Nov. 1991Box 50, Folder 8 Exhibits, "Of Physicke and Health, Folder Medicine in the Late Renaissance," Nov.

1992Box 50, Folder 9 Exhibits, "Horticulture and Culture, Folder Books From the Francis Bacon Library,"

Mar. 1993Box 50, Folder 10 Exhibits, "Place, Time and Space, Folder A Geography of England and the World in

Bacon's Era," Nov. 1993Box 50, Folder 11 Exhibits, "Elizabethans at Home, Folder Daily Life in the Age of Sir Francis Bacon,"

Nov. 1994Box 50, Folder 12 Exhibits, "The Man in the London Street in the Age of Francis Bacon," 1995Box 50, Folder 13 Exhibits, "Aldine," undatedBox 50, Folder 14 Exhibits, "Courtesy Books," undatedBox 51, Folder 1 Exhibits, Francis Bacon-related exhibit materials (1 of 2)Box 51, Folder 2 Exhibits, Francis Bacon-related exhibit materials (2 of 2)Box 51, Folder 3 Exhibits, Miscellaneous display labels and other exhibit materials, 1979-1992Box 51, Folder 4 Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Buildings and places, (1 of 2)Box 51, Folder 5 Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Buildings and places, (2 of 2)Box 51, Folder 6 Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Miscellaneous subjects (1 of 6)Box 51, Folder 7 Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Miscellaneous subjects (2 of 6)Box 52, Folder 1 Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Miscellaneous subjects (3 of 6)Box 52, Folder 2 Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Miscellaneous subjects (4 of 6)

1. LIBRARY RECORDS, 1938-19961.4. Exhibits


Box 52, Folder 3 Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Miscellaneous subjects (5 of 6)Box 52, Folder 4 Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Miscellaneous subjects (6 of 6)Box 52, Folder 5 Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Photographic reproductions, various subjectsBox 53, Folder 1 Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Portraits (1 of 3)Box 53, Folder 2 Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Portraits (2 of 3)Box 53, Folder 3 Exhibits, Mounted illustrations, Portraits (3 of 3)Box 53, Folder 4 Exhibits, Shakespeare Authorship controversy materials (1 of 2)Box 53, Folder 5 Exhibits, Shakespeare Authorship controversy materials (2 of 2)

1.5. Financial records Box 54, Folder 1 Insurance, Policies and correspondence, 1955-1970Box 54, Folder 2 Insurance, Policies, obsolete, 1954-1966Box 54, Folder 3 Insurance, Storage, Bekins warehouse, 1970-1976Box 54, Folder 4 Invoices, Miscellaneous, "A" circa 1960-1980Box 54, Folder 5 Invoices, Miscellaneous, "Ba-Be" circa 1960-1980Box 54, Folder 6 Invoices, Miscellaneous, "Bi-Bl" circa 1960-1980Box 54, Folder 7 Royalties, Bacon Concordance [Published by the Francis Bacon Foundation],

1973-1990 2. PERSONAL PAPERS

Scope and Content NoteCollections of personal papers given to the Francis Bacon Library by the owners or theirheirs. In most cases, they were part of a larger gift that included rare books. Much of thematerial concerns Bacon and the Shakespeare authorship question. The papers includeauditapes, ephemera, publication plates, photographs, drafts and galley proofs,correspondence, research notes and clippings.

2.1. Isabelle Kittson Brown Papers, circa 1880-1928Scope and Content NoteIsabelle Kittson Brown (1860-1928) was a scholar of Elizabethan history who authoredseveral books on the subject under the pseudonym Basil Brown, most notably Law Sportsat Gray's Inn (1594), published in 1921. Her papers include correspondence withBaconians, galley proofs, photographs, and extensive research notes relating toShakespeare, Bacon and other Elizabethan figures. A large portion of her researchcenters on Shakespeare's sonnets and her arguments that Bacon wrote them. Thiscollection also includes theater-related photographs and ephemera, including OscarWilde's autograph in an album. Gift to the Francis Bacon Library of Mrs. Brown's son,Ernest Clive Brown, 1971.See also Library Records: "Gifts to Library, Brown, Isabelle" and "Correspondence withBaconians, Brown, Ernest Clive."

Box 119 Bookplate, Isabelle Brown bookplate (copper on wood), and paper copies, undatedBox 55, Folder 1 Correspondence, The Bacon Society, London, 1903-1910Box 55, Folder 2 Correspondence, The Bacon Society of America, 1922-1926Box 55, Folder 3 Correspondence, Columbia University Library, New York, 1908-1929Box 55, Folder 4 Correspondence, Dobell, Bertram, 1911Box 55, Folder 5 Correspondence, [Letters to editors], drafts, 1920-1921, undatedBox 55, Folder 6 Correspondence, Morgan, Appleton, 1908-1921, undatedBox 55, Folder 7 Correspondence, Sihler, E. G., 1916-1925Box 55, Folder 8 Correspondence, Various, (A-Z), 1905-1928Box 55, Folder 9 Ephemera, Cigar band collection in scrapbook ("Ernest Clive Brown's Collection of

Cigar Bands"), May 11, 1910Box 55, Folder 10 Ephemera, Embroidery books and miscellaneous items, 1899-1916Box 55, Folder 11 Ephemera, New York City, miscellaneous (includes Bell Telephone Directory of

businesses), circa 1900-1924

2. PERSONAL PAPERS2.1. Isabelle Kittson Brown Papers, circa 1880-1928


Box 55, Folder 12 Ephemera, Shakespeare-related lectures and publications, circa 1875-1921Box 55, Folder 13 Ephemera, Theater and performing arts programs, etc., circa 1887-1915Box 55, Folder 14 Ephemera, Theater, Oscar Wilde autograph in album, March 11, 1881Box 55, Folder 15 Ephemera and pamphlets, World War I, 1916-1919 (1 of 2)Box 55, Folder 16 Ephemera and pamphlets, World War I, 1916-1919 (2 of 2)Box 56, Folder 1 Glass plate negative, "Lichfield, stained-glass window," (Lichfield Cathedral), circa

1905Box 56, Folder 2 "Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594)," Acknowledgements and dedication notes,

1920-1921Box 56, Folder 3 "Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594)," Pamphlets and advertisements, 1921Box 56, Folder 4 "Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594)," Proof copy, 1921 (copy 1)Box 56, Folder 5 "Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594)," Proof copy, 1921 (copy 2)Box 56, Folder 6 "Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594)," Reviews and notices, 1921-1924Box 56, Folder 7 Miscellaneous personal writings by Brown, circa 1894-1914Box 116, Folder 1 Newspaper Clippings, Cancer treatment, 1928Box 116, Folder 2 Newspaper Clippings, Great Britain-related (Elizabethan history, royalty, etc.),

circa 1880-1926Box 116, Folder 3 Newspaper Clippings, Literature and authors, circa 1880-1926Box 116, Folder 4 Newspaper Clippings, Miscellaneous, circa 1880-1926Box 116, Folder 5 Newspaper Clippings, Shakespeare and Bacon-related, circa 1880-1926 (1 of 2)Box 116, Folder 6 Newspaper Clippings, Shakespeare and Bacon-related, circa 1880-1926 (2 of 2)Box 117, Folder 1 Newspaper Clippings, Theater and performing arts, circa 1880-1926Box 117, Folder 2 Newspaper Clippings, Women's issues, 1921Box 117, Folder 3 Newspaper Clippings, World War I, 1914-1919 (1 of 2)Box 117, Folder 4 Newspaper Clippings, World War I, 1914-1919 (2 of 2)Box 56, Folder 8 Photographs, Miscellaneous, Folder art reproductions; Constance M. Pott; General

Tom Thumb; Westminster Abbey tomb, circa 1890-1900Box 57, Folder 1 Photographs, Old Gorhambury House, St. Albans (England). Isabelle Brown and

son Clive are in some views, 1905, 1908Box 57, Folder 2 Photographs, Theater actors, Folder Mary Anderson (2); Sarah Bernhardt (5, one

by Nadar, Paris); Isabella Irving (1); Lily Langtry (1); Helena [Madame] Modjeska(3); Ellen Terry (2); unknown man (1), circa 1890-1900

Box 117, Folder 5 Photographs, Theater actors, Folder Marie Jensen in "The Oolah." Imperial sizephotograph by B. J. Falk, circa 1889

Box 57, Folder 3 Postcards, Views of St. Albans (England) and one of Eaton Hall (England), etchingreproductions, circa 1900

Box 57, Folder 4 Research notes, Shakespeare, Bacon, Elizabeth I, etc., circa 1900-1928 (1 of 6)Box 57, Folder 5 Research notes, Shakespeare, Bacon, Elizabeth I, etc., circa 1900-1928 (2 of 6)Box 57, Folder 6 Research notes, Shakespeare, Bacon, Elizabeth I, etc., circa 1900-1928 (3 of 6)Box 57, Folder 7 Research notes, Shakespeare, Bacon, Elizabeth I, etc., circa 1900-1928 (4 of 6)Box 58, Folder 1 Research notes, Shakespeare, Bacon, Elizabeth I, etc., circa 1900-1928 (5 of 6)Box 58, Folder 2 Research notes, Shakespeare, Bacon, Elizabeth I, etc., circa 1900-1928 (6 of 6)Box 118, Folder 1 Research notes and drafts, "Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594)" and miscellaneous,

circa 1920 (1 of 3)Box 118, Folder 2 Research notes and drafts, "Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594)" and miscellaneous,

circa 1920 (2 of 3)Box 118, Folder 3 Research notes and drafts, "Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594)" and miscellaneous,

circa 1920 (3 of 3)Box 58, Folder 3 Research notes and drafts, [Shakespeare's Sonnets], circa 1900-1928 (1 of 2)Box 58, Folder 4 Research notes and drafts, [Shakespeare's Sonnets], circa 1900-1928 (2 of 2)Box 119 Research notes and drafts, "Shakespeare's Sonnets, Folder Their History, Their

Meaning, Their Author, By Mrs. E. C. Brown, New York, 1904."Box 58, Folder 5 Research notes and drafts, "Supposed Caricature of the Droeshout Portrait of

Shakespeare," circa 1910Box 59, Folder 1 Transcripts, Various excerpts from circa 17th-19th c. source material (1 of 3)Box 59, Folder 2 Transcripts, Various excerpts from circa 17th-19th c. source material (2 of 3)Box 59, Folder 3 Transcripts, Various excerpts from circa 17th-19th c. source material (3 of 3)Box 59, Folder 4 Transcripts, "Gesta Grayorum" (1688) (partial)

2. PERSONAL PAPERS2.1. Isabelle Kittson Brown Papers, circa 1880-1928


Box 59, Folder 5 Writings and correspondence of Ernest Clive Brown upon the death of (his wife)Isabelle Kittson Brown, 1928

Box 59, Folder 6 Obituaries on Isabelle Kittson Brown, 1928

2.2. Eugene Dernay Papers, 1861-1960 (bulk 1910-1945)Scope and Content NoteThe papers of Eugene Dernay (d. 1961), a Hungarian-born translator, includecorrespondence, ephemera and his numerical cipher work on the Bacon-Shakespearequestion and the cryptography of Cervantes' Don Quixote. Dernay was a Baconian andmember of the Bacon Society of America. Gift to the Francis Bacon Library of EugeneDernay, 1959.

Box 60, Folder 1 [Baconians in the United States], list, circa 1936Box 60, Folder 2 Book dealers catalogs, 1916-1960Box 60, Folder 3 Cipher notebook, Bacon and alternate versions of name (1 of 2)Box 60, Folder 4 Cipher notebook, Bacon and alternate versions of name (2 of 2)Box 60, Folder 5 Cipher notebook, Shakespeare alternate spellingsBox 60, Folder 6 Cipher notebook, [Words], "A"Box 60, Folder 7 Cipher notebook, [Words], "B"Box 60, Folder 8 Cipher notebook, [Words], "C"Box 60, Folder 9 Cipher notebook, [Words], "D-E"Box 61, Folder 1 Cipher notebook, [Words], "F-G"Box 61, Folder 2 Cipher notebook, [Words], "H-I"Box 61, Folder 3 Cipher notebook, [Words], "J-L"Box 61, Folder 4 Cipher notebook, [Words], "M-O"Box 61, Folder 5 Cipher notebook, [Words], "P-Q"Box 61, Folder 6 Cipher notebook, [Words], "R"Box 61, Folder 7 Cipher notebook, [Words], "S"Box 61, Folder 8 Cipher notebook, [Words], "St. or Saint"Box 61, Folder 9 Cipher notebook, [Words], "T"Box 62, Folder 1 Cipher notebook, [Words], "U-Z"Box 62, Folder 2 Cipher notebook, "100-149"Box 62, Folder 3 Cipher notebook, "150-200"Box 62, Folder 4 Cipher notebook, "201-300"Box 62, Folder 5 Cipher notebook, "301-400"Box 62, Folder 6 Cipher notebook, "401-500"Box 62, Folder 7 Cipher notebook, "501-651"Box 62, Folder 8 Cipher notebook, "652-1749"Box 62, Folder 9 Cipher notebooks, Miscellaneous notesBox 63, Folder 1 Correspondence, Gray, Ethel, 1940-1951Box 63, Folder 2 Correspondence, Morgan, J. E. (John Edward), 1940-1948, undatedBox 63, Folder 3 Correspondence, Owen, Walter, 1940-1945Box 63, Folder 4 Correspondence, [Regarding books offered], 1916-1945Box 63, Folder 5 Correspondence, Various, (A-Z), 1928-1956Box 63, Folder 6 Third-party Correspondence, Bauer, Maria and Kenneth Sylvian Guthrie, 1939Box 63, Folder 7 Third-party Correspondence, Montgomery, C. A. (Charles Alexander) and various,

1909-1921Box 63, Folder 8 Third-party Correspondence, Morgan, J. E. (John Edward) and Ethel Gray,

1938-1944Box 63, Folder 9 Third-party Correspondence, Morgan, J. E. (John Edward) and Ethel Gray, undatedBox 64, Folder 1 Journals and ephemera related to Shakespeare, 1861-1953Box 64, Folder 2 Newspaper clippings, circa 1910-1955 (1 of 4) (Subjects are Shakespeare,

literature, English history, art, etc.)Box 64, Folder 3 Newspaper clippings, circa 1910-1955 (2 of 4)Box 64, Folder 4 Newspaper clippings, circa 1910-1955 (3 of 4)Box 64, Folder 5 Newspaper clippings, circa 1910-1955 (4 of 4)

2. PERSONAL PAPERS2.2. Eugene Dernay Papers, 1861-1960 (bulk 1910-1945)


Box 65, Folder 1 Newspaper clippings, The Shakespeare Fellowship's series in The HackneySpectator on the Shakespeare authorship controversy, 1923-1925

Box 65, Folder 2 Notes and translations, undatedBox 65, Folder 3 Research notes on Francis Bacon, circa 1920, 1950Box 65, Folder 4 Shakespeare Fellowship, literature and annual report, 1927-1930Box 65, Folder 5 Shakespeare Tercentenary ephemera, 1916Box 133, Folder 1 Photographs, Montgomery, C. A. (Charles Alexander), portraits, undatedBox 133, Folder 2 Photographs, Tombstones, Stratford-upon-Avon, undatedBox 133, Folder 3 Photographs, Westminster Abbey, inscriptions and monuments, undatedBox 120, Folder 1 Photostats, Bacon, Francis, texts (1 of 2)Box 120, Folder 2 Photostats, Bacon, Francis, texts (2 of 2)Box 120, Folder 3 Photostats and photographs, Bacon, Francis, monument in St. Michael's ChurchBox 120, Folder 4 Photostats, prints and engravings, Bacon, FrancisBox 133, Folder 4 Photostats, Excerpts from various texts (1 of 2)Box 133, Folder 5 Photostats, Excerpts from various texts (2 of 2)Box 133, Folder 6 Photostats, Historical portraits, various Elizabethan figures, etc.Box 121, Folder 1 Photostats, Jewell, Bishop John, "An Apologie in the Defense of the Church of

England…" (1562)Box 121, Folder 2 Photostats, Shakespeare texts and portraitsBox 121, Folder 3 Photostats, Shakespeare, "King Richard III" (1634)Box 121, Folder 4 Photostats, Shakespeare, "Love's Labour's Lost" from Second FolioBox 121, Folder 5 Photostats, Sidney, Sir Philip, various textsBox 65, Folder 6 Writings, Guthrie, Kenneth Sylvian, 1930Box 122, Folder 1 Writings, Montgomery, C. A. (Charles Alexander), circa 1910-1927 (1 of 3)Box 122, Folder 2 Writings, Montgomery, C. A. (Charles Alexander), circa 1910-1927 (2 of 3)Box 122, Folder 3 Writings, Montgomery, C. A. (Charles Alexander), circa 1910-1927 (3 of 3)Box 122, Folder 4 Writings, Montgomery, C. A. (Charles Alexander), notes on Delia BaconBox 65, Folder 7 Writings, Morgan, J. E. (John Edward), circa 1939

2.3. George Drury Papers, 1960-1964Scope and Content NoteGeorge Drury (1917-2010) was a professor and charter faculty member of MonteithCollege, Michigan.This collection consists of correspondence, ephemera and six audiotape recordings of theFrancis Bacon Celebration held at Monteith College, January 20-27, 1961. Lecturers areGeorge Drury, Sally Cassidy, Norman Cleary, Max Coral, Robert McRae, Robert Merton,Woodburn Ross, Dean Jesse Shera, John Tossey, and Paule Verdet. Gift of George Drury.

Box 66, Folder 1 Audiotape recording, "Bacon Is Shakespeare," radio interview with Riley Crabb,

December 8, 1964; "The Baconian Heresy," a lecture by Riley Crabb, June 16, 1962Box 66, Folder 2 Audiotape recording, Monteith College Bacon Celebration, January 20-27, 1961, (1

of 6)Box 66, Folder 3 Audiotape recording, Monteith College Bacon Celebration, January 20-27, 1961, (2





of 6)Box 66, Folder 8 Monteith College Bacon Celebration, 1961, correspondence regarding planning,

1960-1961. Includes brief autograph letters from Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) andJ. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967).

Box 66, Folder 9 Monteith College Bacon Celebration, 1961, program detailsBox 66, Folder 10 Monteith College Bacon Celebration, 1961, publicity and clippings

2. PERSONAL PAPERS2.4. Johan Franco Publication plates, undated


2.4. Johan Franco Publication plates, undatedScope and Content NoteJohan Franco (1908-1988) was a music composer, author, book collector, and a Baconian.In 1947 he published The Bacon-Shakespeare identities revealed by their hand-writings.The items here are publication plates for one or more works related to Bacon. He and hiswife Eloise kept a nearly 40-year correspondence with the Arensbergs and the Library;see "Correspondence with Baconians, Franco, Johan" in both the Library records seriesand Walter and Louise Arensberg Papers. The library bought a number of Emblem booksfrom him, and others were donated after his death.

Box 115 Copper plates for publications, Folder Reproductions of pages from Bacon's works

(5 metal plates on wood blocks)

2.5. R. W. (Reginald Walter) Gibson Papers, circa 1940-1959.Scope and Content NoteR. W. Gibson worked for Blackwell's, Oxford, and was also a Bacon collector. These areprimarily his research notes and correspondence for his publication Francis Bacon; abibliography of his works and Baconiana to the year 1750 (Oxford, Folder Scrivener Press,1950). Much of the correspondence concerns details of holdings of Bacon material inlibraries all over the world. See also Library records, General Correspondence files for hiscorrespondence with Elizabeth Wrigley concerning books and manuscripts offered andsold to the Francis Bacon Library.

Box 67, Folder 1 Correspondence, (A-B), circa 1940-1960Box 67, Folder 2 Correspondence, Francis Bacon Society, London, 1944-1950Box 67, Folder 3 Correspondence, British Museum, 1942-1959Box 67, Folder 4 Correspondence, (C-D), circa 1940-1960Box 67, Folder 5 Correspondence, Cambridge University Library, 1942-1959Box 67, Folder 6 Correspondence, Deutsch, Morton, 1958-1959Box 67, Folder 7 Correspondence, (E-F), circa 1940-1960Box 67, Folder 8 Correspondence, Folger Shakespeare Library, 1943-1948Box 67, Folder 9 Correspondence, (G), circa 1940-1960Box 67, Folder 10 Correspondence, (H), circa 1940-1960Box 67, Folder 11 Correspondence, Harvard University, Houghton Library, 1944-1951Box 67, Folder 12 Correspondence, Harvard University, Law Library, 1945-1947Box 67, Folder 13 Correspondence, Huntington Library, 1943-1947Box 68, Folder 1 Correspondence, (I-J), circa 1940-1960Box 68, Folder 2 Correspondence, (K-L), circa 1940-1960Box 68, Folder 3 Correspondence, University of Leeds, Library, 1944-1945Box 68, Folder 4 Correspondence, (M), circa 1940-1960Box 68, Folder 5 Correspondence, (N-P), circa 1940-1960Box 68, Folder 6 Correspondence, National Library of Scotland, 1943-1946Box 68, Folder 7 Correspondence, Pares, Cmdr. G. Martin, 1944-1960Box 68, Folder 8 Correspondence, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1946-1950Box 68, Folder 9 Correspondence, (Q-S), circa 1940-1960Box 68, Folder 10 Correspondence, (T-Z), circa 1940-1960Box 68, Folder 11 Correspondence, Trinity College (University of Cambridge) Library, 1944-1950Box 68, Folder 12 Correspondence, Vatican Library [Biblioteca apostolica vaticana], 1945-1946Box 68, Folder 13 Correspondence, Woodruff, Allen M., 1946-1949Box 68, Folder 14 Correspondence, Yale University Library, 1944-1947

2. PERSONAL PAPERS2.6. Olive Woodward Hoss Papers, circa 1920-1969


2.6. Olive Woodward Hoss Papers, circa 1920-1969Scope and Content NoteThis is a small group of Hoss' correspondence (1939-1952), clippings and ephemerarelated to Bacon, Shakespeare and Tudor England. Hoss' husband gave her books andthese papers to the Library. See Library records, Folder "Gifts to Library, Hoss, OliveWoodward."

Box 69, Folder 1 Clippings, correspondence and ephemera (primarily related to Bacon and

Shakespeare)

2.7. Karl (Richards) Wallace Papers, circa 1960-1973Scope and Content NoteKarl Richards Wallace (1905-1973) was a scholar and author who wrote on the subjects ofrhetoric, public speaking and Francis Bacon. His first Bacon book was Bacon's theory ofpublic address ..." in 1933. This collection consists of the bibliographic index cards, notesand periodicals list he kept on Bacon.

Box 123, Folder 1 Notes and periodicals list for Francis Bacon bibliographyBox 123, Folder 2 Bibliography cards for Francis Bacon bibliography, (A-B)Box 123, Folder 3 Bibliography cards for Francis Bacon bibliography, (C-E)Box 123, Folder 4 Bibliography cards for Francis Bacon bibliography, (F-I)Box 123, Folder 5 Bibliography cards for Francis Bacon bibliography, (J-M)Box 123, Folder 6 Bibliography cards for Francis Bacon bibliography, (N-R)Box 123, Folder 7 Bibliography cards for Francis Bacon bibliography, (S-U)Box 123, Folder 8 Bibliography cards for Francis Bacon bibliography, (V-Z)

2.8. A. Allen Woodruff Papers, circa 1893-1949Scope and Content NoteA. Allen Woodruff (d. 1949), former officer in the British Royal Navy (WWI), was interestedin the Bacon-Shakespeare authorship question and cryptography. The collection includescardboard cipher wheels created by Woodruff, research notes, technical analyses, andcorrespondence with Baconians. Gift to the Francis Bacon Library along with his books, byhis wife, Mrs. Francis Stokes, 1973.

Box 69, Folder 2 The Cryptogram, a publication of the American Cryptogram Association, New York

(8 issues), 1943-1944Box 69, Folder 3 Cipher wheels made by A. Allen Woodruff, circa 1920-1949 (1 of 2)Box 69, Folder 4 Cipher wheels made by A. Allen Woodruff, circa 1920-1949 (2 of 2)Box 69, Folder 5 Clippings and pamphlets, Bacon Society of America, Bacon Society of London,

others, circa 1893, 1920-1930Box 69, Folder 6 Correspondence, 1920, 1936, 1948, undatedBox 69, Folder 7 Research notes, circa 1920-1949 3. FRANCIS BACON FOUNDATION RECORDS

Scope and Content NoteIncludes articles of incorporation, Board correspondence, administrative records, employeefiles (including employees of the Francis Bacon Library), safe deposit box lists andperpetuation files. There are also clippings on the Shakespeare authorship question, somedating to the 19th century. Other research reference materials are photographs, photostatsand clippings related to Bacon, Shakespeare, English history and Lichfield Cathedral,England.This represents only a portion of the Foundation records. The remainder are in thecollections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Box 70, Folder 1 Articles of Incorporation (and amendments), 1938-1948Box 70, Folder 2 Articles of Incorporation (and amendments), 1952-1980

3. FRANCIS BACON FOUNDATION RECORDS


Box 70, Folder 3 Board of Trustees, Meetings and notices, 1938-1952Box 70, Folder 4 Board of Trustees, Stevens, John E., correspondence, 1954-1963

Note(See also Walter and Louise Arensberg Papers, Folder "Stevens Family Correspondence,Stevens, John E."

Box 70, Folder 5 Board of Trustees, Stevens, John E., correspondence, 1964-1988Box 70, Folder 6 Brochures, 1954-1975Box 71, Folder 1 Clippings, Bacon, Francis, circa 1920-1980Box 71, Folder 2 Clippings, Books, circa 1920-1970Box 71, Folder 3 Clippings, History and biography, circa 1920-1980Box 71, Folder 4 Clippings, Miscellaneous, circa 1950-1990Box 71, Folder 5 Clippings, Philosophy and science, circa 1950-1960Box 72, Folder 1 Clippings, Shakespeare, circa 1920-1990 (1 of 2)Box 72, Folder 2 Clippings, Shakespeare, circa 1920-1990 (2 of 2)Box 72, Folder 3 Clippings, Shakespeare authorship controversy, Montreal Gazette, 1910-1911Box 72, Folder 4 Clippings, Shakespeare authorship controversy, circa 1920-1990 (1 of 2)Box 72, Folder 5 Clippings, Shakespeare authorship controversy, circa 1920-1990 (2 of 2)Box 124 Clippings scrapbook, "Cuttings from Newspapers Respecting the Bacon-Shakespeare

'Craze,'" 1887-1888. Clips from British newspapers, including The Daily Telegraph,The Standard, Daily Mail and others. Some handwritten notes. Original ownerunknown.

Box 124 Clippings scrapbook, "Press Cuttings Relating to Spenser's Tomb," 1938. Britishnewspaper coverage of the opening of Edmund Spenser's tomb in WestminsterAbbey, 1938.

Box 124 Clippings scrapbook, Shakespeare authorship controversy, 1850-1964 [Clippingsbook 3]

Box 125 Clippings scrapbook, Shakespeare authorship controversy, 1913-1950s [Clippingsbook 4]

Box 73, Folder 1 Employees, Job postingsBox 73, Folder 2 Employees, Records and correspondence, 1937-1953Box 73, Folder 3 Employees, Records and correspondence, 1954-1970Box 73, Folder 4 Employees, Records and correspondence, 1971-1995Box 73, Folder 5 Financial, Accounts, "Old Foundation," 1937-1938Box 73, Folder 6 Financial, Accounts, 1943-1954Box 73, Folder 7 Financial, Property Tax, City of Pasadena, 1955-1960Box 73, Folder 8 Financial, Tax exemption certificate, 1938, 1954Box 73, Folder 9 Financial, Taxes, 1938-1948Box 73, Folder 10 Financial, Taxes, 1949-1954Box 73, Folder 11 Insurance, 1937-1949Box 73, Folder 12 Insurance, 1950-1954Box 74, Folder 1 Lecture series announcements, 1956-1969Box 74, Folder 2 Legal documents and correspondence, 1937-1948Box 74, Folder 3 Legal documents and correspondence, 1949-1954Box 74, Folder 4 Operating Committee correspondence, 1954-1961Box 74, Folder 5 Perpetuation notes, 1950-1954Box 74, Folder 6 Photographs and photostats, Bacon, Francis, family and miscellaneousBox 74, Folder 7 Photographs and photostats, Bacon, Francis, portraits and monumentsBox 74, Folder 8 Photographs and photostats, Bacon, Francis, "The Two Bookes of the Advancement

of Learning" (1605) (partial)Box 74, Folder 9 Photographs and photostats, Lichfield Cathedral (1 of 2)Box 75, Folder 1 Photographs and photostats, Lichfield Cathedral (2 of 2)Box 75, Folder 2 Photographs and photostats, Lichfield Cathedral, glass plates of engravings (3)Box 75, Folder 3 Photographs and photostats, Lichfield Cathedral, photographs by Giles G. (Giles

Greville) Healey, circa 1948-1951Box 75, Folder 4 Photographs and photostats, MiscellaneousBox 75, Folder 5 Photographs and photostats, Shakespeare-related

3. FRANCIS BACON FOUNDATION RECORDS


Box (Tube)152 Photographs and photostats, Shakespeare-related. Five items rolled in tube:Note1. Photograph of inscription on Shakespeare monument in Westminster Abbey.2. Photostat of rubbing from above inscription.3. Rubbing from Garrick tomb inscription in Westminster Abbey.4. Rubbing from Samuel Johnson's tomb inscription in Westminster Abbey.5. Illustrated leaf (pp. 4-5) from Robert Fludd's "Collectis Operum - 1617" - IntegraeNaturae Speculum Artisque Imago.

Box 75, Folder 6 Photographs and photostats, Shakespeare, First Folio (1623), first and last pages of

playsBox 76, Folder 1 Publications, "Concordance to the Essays of Francis Bacon," correspondence,

1970-1981NoteSee also Library Records, Folder "Financial records, Royalties, Bacon Concordance"

Box 76, Folder 2 Publications, "Concordance to the Essays of Francis Bacon," Drafts and working

papers, approx. 1960-1973 (1 of 2)Box 76, Folder 3 Publications, "Concordance to the Essays of Francis Bacon," Drafts and working

papers, approx. 1960-1973 (2 of 2)Box 76, Folder 4 Publications, "Concordance to the Essays of Francis Bacon," Reviews and listings,

1971-1975Box 76, Folder 5 Published listings and descriptions of the Francis Bacon Foundation, 1981-1993Box 76, Folder 6 Safe deposit box, lists of contents, 1940-1954 4. WALTER AND LOUISE ARENSBERG PAPERS

Scope and Content NoteA significant portion of these papers consists of Walter Arensberg's cryptographic researchnotes and files, circa 1920 to 1954. His notes demonstrate his conviction that he wouldeventually unlock the key to the ciphers in Shakespeare's texts despite unsuccessful resultsand contrary opinion. There are many typescripts by Arensberg, but also research work doneby his staff, at his direction. The titles of his research subject files give a good idea of thetopics of interest to Arensberg, many related to mythology and symbolism. There are a fewletters with private researchers or librarians dealing with specific topics in the subject files.The research work was carried on by the staff for approximately six years after his death inJanuary 1954.Also included here is personal correspondence with family, friends and other Baconians, andsome of Walter's early and experimental poetry.Walter's letters to Louise in 1923 and 1924 are an account of his first visit to Lichfield,England, where he hoped to convince local authorities of his theory that Bacon was buriedthere.The letters of Walter's father, Conrad Christian Arensberg, demonstrate his pride in Walter'sbooks of the 1920s. Letters to his brother Charles F. C. Arensberg, to whom he appeared tobe close, contain some accounts from Walter about his Baconian theories. Also of note areletters from Helen Keller (to Charles F. C. Arensberg); writer Henry Miller; film director JohnHuston; noted World War II cryptologist William F. Friedman; and Clyde Wolfe, a CaliforniaInstitute of Technology professor whom Arensberg hired, along with Friedman, to assist withhis cipher work.Personal items include family photographs, two of Walter Arensberg's passports, medicaland financial records, and copies of the Arensbergs' wills.The collection also includes family photographs of the Arensberg and [Louise] Stevensfamilies, including Walter and Louise.

4.1. Correspondence

4. WALTER AND LOUISE ARENSBERG PAPERS4.1. Correspondence


Subseries 4.1.1. General CorrespondenceBox 77, Folder 1 Correspondence, (A), 1943-1955, undatedBox 77, Folder 2 Correspondence, Arensberg, Louise Stevens to Walter Conrad Arensberg, 1922Box 77, Folder 3 Correspondence, Arensberg, Walter Conrad to Louise Stevens Arensberg

(regarding first visit to Lichfield, England), 1923Box 77, Folder 4 Correspondence, Arensberg, Walter Conrad to Louise Stevens Arensberg,

undatedBox 77, Folder 5 Correspondence, Aull, Grace H. and William F., 1929-1930, 1938Box 77, Folder 6 Correspondence, (B), 1909-1953Box 77, Folder 7 Correspondence, Bacon Society of America, 1923-1939Box 77, Folder 8 Correspondence, Bacon Society of America (efforts to locate), 1938-1946Box 77, Folder 9 Correspondence, Books of Walter Conrad Arensberg [people interested in

buying], 1936-1938Box 77, Folder 10 Correspondence, Bynner, Witter, 1938-1951Box 77, Folder 11 Correspondence, (C), 1914-1956Box 77, Folder 12 Correspondence, Castle, Mabel Wing, 1940-1947Box 77, Folder 13 Correspondence, Cookson, Maurice B., 1951-1952Box 77, Folder 14 Correspondence, (D), 1940-1953Box 77, Folder 15 Correspondence, (E-F), 1940-1953Box 77, Folder 16 Correspondence, Folger Shakespeare Library, 1948-1954Box 77, Folder 17 Correspondence, Foundations and Societies (A-Z), 1938-1953Box 77, Folder 18 Correspondence, Francis Bacon Society, London, 1921-1954Box 77, Folder 19 Correspondence, Friedman, William F., 1925-1930

NoteSee also Library Records, Folder "Correspondence with Baconians, Friedman,William F., 1954-1962"

Box 77, Folder 20 Correspondence, Friedman, William F., 1945-1954. [Walter Arensberg hired

Friedman for cryptography work.]Box 77, Folder 21 Correspondence, Frost, Lowell Chester, 1949-1953Box 78, Folder 1 Correspondence, (G), 1923-1953Box 78, Folder 2 Correspondence, (H), 1923-1955Box 78, Folder 3 Correspondence, Haverlin, Carl, 1934Box 78, Folder 4 Correspondence, Haverlin, Carl, 1939-1949Box 78, Folder 5 Correspondence, Healey, Giles G. (Giles Greville), 1945-1954Box 78, Folder 6 Correspondence, Huntington Library, 1935-1938Box 78, Folder 7 Correspondence, Huntington Library, 1939-1955Box 78, Folder 8 Correspondence, Huston, John, 1951Box 78, Folder 9 Correspondence, (J-K), 1941-1954Box 78, Folder 10 Correspondence, (L), 1940-1953Box 78, Folder 11 Correspondence, Lawrence, Frieda [von Richthofen], 1936-1953Box 78, Folder 12 Correspondence, Library of Congress, 1942-1954Box 78, Folder 13 Correspondence, Lichfield (England), Folder Bishop and city officials,

1923-1929Box 78, Folder 14 Correspondence, Lyman, Helen and Jack, 1952-1954Box 78, Folder 15 Correspondence, (M), 1939-1953Box 78, Folder 16 Correspondence, Macy, John, 1921-1930Box 78, Folder 17 Correspondence, Manly, John Matthews, 1921-1934Box 78, Folder 18 Correspondence, Mendelsohn, Charles Jastrow, 1930Box 78, Folder 19 Correspondence, Miller, Henry, 1941-1952Box 78, Folder 20 Correspondence, Morkisch, Erwin F. (Huntington Library), 1947-1952Box 78, Folder 21 Correspondence, (N-P), 1941-1957Box 78, Folder 22 Correspondence, Owen, C. V., 1928Box 78, Folder 23 Correspondence, (R), 1923-1954Box 78, Folder 24 Correspondence, (S), 1923-1954Box 79, Folder 1 Correspondence, Sanborn, Pitts. Includes clippings of his reviews, 1927-1940Box 79, Folder 2 Correspondence, Sanborn, Robert Alden, 1942-1954Box 79, Folder 3 Correspondence, (T), 1923-1953



Box 79, Folder 4 Correspondence, (U-V), 1940-1953Box 79, Folder 5 Correspondence, Unidentified [Dorothy __?], 1925Box 79, Folder 6 Correspondence, (W-Z), 1944-1953Box 79, Folder 7 Correspondence, Wolfe, Clyde, 1925-1926 Subseries 4.1.2. Correspondence with BaconiansBox 79, Folder 8 Correspondence with Baconians, Adler, Cyrus M., 1948-1953Box 79, Folder 9 Correspondence with Baconians, Bendix, Vincent, 1941Box 79, Folder 10 Correspondence with Baconians, Brick Row Book Shop (New York), 1938Box 79, Folder 11 Correspondence with Baconians, Bristol, Myrl, 1947-1955Box 79, Folder 12 Correspondence with Baconians, Brooks, Alden, 1939Box 79, Folder 13 Correspondence with Baconians, Brown, E. C. (Ernest Clive), 1937, 1955Box 79, Folder 14 Correspondence with Baconians, Clexton, Andrew R., 1945, 1955Box 79, Folder 15 Correspondence with Baconians, Covington, Annette, 1946Box 79, Folder 16 Correspondence with Baconians, Cockburn, John A., 1923-1924Box 79, Folder 17 Correspondence with Baconians, Croll, D., 1914Box 79, Folder 18 Correspondence with Baconians, Cunningham, Wallace M., 1938Box 79, Folder 19 Correspondence with Baconians, de Prorok, Byron, 1943Box 79, Folder 20 Correspondence with Baconians, Des Moineaux, E. J., 1928-1930Box 79, Folder 21 Correspondence with Baconians, Dick, Hugh G., 1945-1946Box 79, Folder 22 Correspondence with Baconians, Field, G. A., 1946Box 79, Folder 23 Correspondence with Baconians, Fleet, Mary Davenport, 1950-1955Box 79, Folder 24 Correspondence with Baconians, Franco, Johan, 1946-1955Box 79, Folder 25 Correspondence with Baconians, Frisbee, George G., 1930, 1955Box 79, Folder 26 Correspondence with Baconians, Greenwood, George, 1923-1924Box 79, Folder 27 Correspondence with Baconians, Hall, Manly and Maria Bauer, 1951-1953Box 79, Folder 28 Correspondence with Baconians, Horton, Edward Everett, 1936-1937Box 79, Folder 29 Correspondence with Baconians, Johnson, Edward D., 1942-1947Box 79, Folder 30 Correspondence with Baconians, Larkin, Charles, 1931-1932Box 79, Folder 31 Correspondence with Baconians, Linden, Adolph F., 1927Box 79, Folder 32 Correspondence with Baconians, Merlo, Victor, 1947-1955Box 79, Folder 33 Correspondence with Baconians, Millikin, Donald D., 1932Box 79, Folder 34 Correspondence with Baconians, Morgan, J. E. (John Edward), 1934Box 79, Folder 35 Correspondence with Baconians, O'Bryan, Roy A., 1932Box 79, Folder 36 Correspondence with Baconians, Peterson, C. Stewart, 1940Box 79, Folder 37 Correspondence with Baconians, Prescott, Kate H., 1939Box 79, Folder 38 Correspondence with Baconians, Rand, E. K., 1927Box 79, Folder 39 Correspondence with Baconians, Riegle, Robert R., 1952Box 79, Folder 40 Correspondence with Baconians, Robb, Stewart, 1952Box 79, Folder 41 Correspondence with Baconians, Sloman, Robert A., 1953Box 79, Folder 42 Correspondence with Baconians, Smedley, William, 1923Box 79, Folder 43 Correspondence with Baconians, Still, Colin, 1926-1928Box 79, Folder 44 Correspondence with Baconians, Theobald, Bertram G., undatedBox 79, Folder 45 Correspondence with Baconians, Wack, Henry Wellington, 1947-1950Box 79, Folder 46 Correspondence with Baconians, Woodward, Frank, 1924Box 79, Folder 47 Third-party Correspondence, Baconians, Cunningham, Granville C. to Alexander

T. Wright, 1912-1919Box 79, Folder 48 Third-party Correspondence, Baconians, Des Moineaux, E. J. to J. E. (John

Edward) Morgan, 1930Box 79, Folder 49 Third-party Correspondence, Baconians, Fabyan, Mrs. George to N. A. Kovach,

Parnassus Bookshop, 1938Box 79, Folder 50 Third-party Correspondence, Baconians, Loughridge, Charles to Rev. C. L.

Meares, 1913-1920Box 79, Folder 51 Third-party Correspondence, Baconians, Morgan, J. E. (John Edward) to Carl

Haverlin, 1934-1936, undatedBox 79, Folder 52 Third-party Correspondence, Baconians, Morgan, J. E. (John Edward) to Henry E.

Huntington, 1926 Subseries 4.1.3. Arensberg Family CorrespondenceBox 80, Folder 1 Arensberg, Charles Covert, circa 1930-1961



Box 80, Folder 2 Arensberg, Charles Covert, with Elizabeth Wrigley (Francis Bacon Foundation),1957

Box 80, Folder 3 Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1902Box 80, Folder 4 Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1903-1904Box 80, Folder 5 Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1905Box 80, Folder 6 Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1906Box 80, Folder 7 Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1907-1909Box 80, Folder 8 Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1910-1924Box 80, Folder 9 Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1925-1944Box 80, Folder 10 Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1945-1953Box 80, Folder 11 Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), 1954-1961Box 80, Folder 12 Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), with Helen Keller,

1902-1905Box 80, Folder 13 Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick Covert), undatedBox 80, Folder 14 Arensberg, Conrad Christian, 1919-1921Box 80, Folder 15 Arensberg, Conrad Christian, 1923Box 80, Folder 16 Arensberg, Conrad Christian, (letters received regarding son Walter's books),

1923Box 80, Folder 17 Arensberg, Conrad Christian, 1924, undatedBox 80, Folder 18 Arensberg, Conrad Maynadier, 1932-1953Box 80, Folder 19 Arensberg, Conrad Maynadier, 1960, 1967Box 80, Folder 20 Arensberg, Edward Baldwin, 1931Box 80, Folder 21 Arensberg, Ella Graubart (Mrs. Charles Frederick Covert), 1949-1953Box 81, Folder 1 Arensberg, Emily Maynadier (Mrs. Charles Frederick Covert), 1905Box 81, Folder 2 Arensberg, Emily Maynadier (Mrs. Charles Frederick Covert), 1906-1907,

undatedBox 81, Folder 3 Arensberg, Flora Belle Covert (Mrs. Conrad Christian), 1905-1913Box 81, Folder 4 Arensberg, Florence Dangerfield (Mrs. Francis Louis), 1941-1953Box 81, Folder 5 Arensberg, Florence Dangerfield (Mrs. Francis Louis), 1953-1960Box 81, Folder 6 Arensberg, Francis Louis, 1905-1954Box 81, Folder 7 Arensberg, Francis Louis, with Elizabeth Wrigley (Francis Bacon Foundation),

1954-1959Box 81, Folder 8 Arensberg, James Murray, 1941, 1953Box 81, Folder 9 Arensberg, Mariada (Mrs. Walter Eveleth), 1953Box 81, Folder 10 Arensberg, Martha, 1940Box 81, Folder 11 Arensberg, Walter Eveleth, 1940-1953

Keller, Helen. See Walter and Louise Arensberg Papers / Arensberg FamilyCorrespondence, Arensberg, Charles F. C. (Charles Frederick)

Box 81, Folder 12 Price, Betty (Mrs. Charles Philip), 1953Box 81, Folder 13 Price, Charles Philip, 1941-1953Box 81, Folder 14 Price, Edith Arensberg (Mrs. Philip W.), 1896-1953Box 81, Folder 15 Price, Edith Arensberg (Mrs. Philip W.), with Elizabeth Wrigley (Francis Bacon

Foundation), 1954-1959Box 81, Folder 16 Price, Philip W., 1923 Subseries 4.1.4. Stevens Family CorrespondenceBox 81, Folder 17 Heckman, Dorothy (Mrs. Chester L.), 1953Box 81, Folder 18 Sewall, Emilyn (Mrs. Robert Lentner), 1952Box 81, Folder 19 Sewall, Leila Louise, 1953-1954Box 81, Folder 20 Sewall, Leila Mae Stevens (Mrs. Lentner), 1953Box 81, Folder 21 Stevens, Harriet Louise (Mrs. John Edward), 1873Box 81, Folder 22 Stevens, Helen, 1954Box 81, Folder 23 Stevens, Horace N., 1937, 1940Box 81, Folder 24 Stevens, John E., 1951-1953

NoteSee also Francis Bacon Foundation records, Folder "Board of Trustees, Stevens,John E. correspondence"



Box 81, Folder 25 Stevens, John Naylor to Miss M. K. Stevens (two photo cards, presumably ofJohn Naylor Stevens and family), 1921, 1923

Box 81, Folder 26 Stevens, Mary Kittredge. Includes genealogy charts of the Stevens family,1925, undated

Box 81, Folder 27 Stevens, Maymie (Mrs. John E.), 1951-1953Box 81, Folder 28 Stevens, Sidney, 1931-1951Box 81, Folder 29 White, Gertrude Olney Stevens, 1950-1953Box 81, Folder 30 White, Gertrude Olney Stevens, with the Arensbergs' staff, regarding their

deaths, 1954

4.2. Personal Box 82, Folder 1 Address books and telephone lists, undatedBox 82, Folder 2 Air raid warden correspondence, notes and ephemera, Arensberg, Walter Conrad,

1942-1946Box 82, Folder 3 Arensberg family clippings and ephemera, circa 1924-1949Box 82, Folder 4 Automobiles and driving, 1942-1953Box 132.1 Books - Private property of Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Arensberg, and books acquired

by the Francis Bacon Foundation.NoteList of books in Arensberg's private library, as well as inventories of oriental rugs andartwork. These are photocopies that were made ca. 2010 of original lists in theArensberg Archives at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Some lists are inventories forinsurance purposes.

Box 82, Folder 5 Medical correspondence and prescriptions, Arensberg, Louise Stevens, 1940-1953Box 82, Folder 6 Medical correspondence and prescriptions, Arensberg, Walter Conrad, 1909-1953Box 82, Folder 7 Obituaries, Arensberg, Louise Stevens, 1953-1954Box 82, Folder 8 Obituaries, Arensberg, Walter Conrad, 1954Box 82, Folder 9 Passports, bookplates and name cards, Arensberg, Walter Conrad, 1923, 1928,

undatedBox 82, Folder 10 Receipts and invoices, 1924-1950, undatedBox 82, Folder 11 Receipts and invoices, 1951-1954Box 82, Folder 12 Stevens family clippings and ephemera, 1895-1947. Includes application to the

Daughters of the American Revolution (1895).Box 82, Folder 13 Student years at Harvard University, clippings and ephemera, Arensberg, Walter

Conrad, 1899-1904Box 83, Folder 1 Wills and related correspondence, 1951-1952Box 83, Folder 2 Wills and related correspondence, 1953

4.3. Writings Box 83, Folder 3 Arensberg, Louise Stevens, Translation of "A Season in Hell" by Arthur Rimbaud

(1873), 1920Box 83, Folder 4 Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Cryptography of Dante," notations, undatedBox 83, Folder 5 Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Cryptography of Shakespeare," drafts, undatedBox 83, Folder 6 Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Cryptography of Shakespeare," galley proofs

(partial)Box 83, Folder 7 Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Cryptographic Structure of the First Folio of the

Plays of William Shakespeare," 1951-1952 (1 of 2)Box 83, Folder 8 Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Cryptographic Structure of the First Folio of the

Plays of William Shakespeare," 1951-1952 (2 of 2)Box 83, Folder 9 Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "Francis Bacon, William Butts, and the Pagets of

Beaudesert," undatedBox 83, Folder 10 Arensberg, Walter Conrad, Outlines for books, 1932Box 83, Folder 11 Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Pagets of Beaudesert and the Bishop of Lichfield,

Folder Chapter VIII of the Shakespearian Mystery," draft, 1928

4. WALTER AND LOUISE ARENSBERG PAPERS4.3. Writings


Box 83, Folder 12 Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Pagets of Beaudesert, Folder Chapter VIII of theShakespearian Mystery," draft, circa 1928

Box 84, Folder 1 Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Pagets of Beaudesert, Folder Chapter VIII of theShakespearian Mystery," second edition notes and draft, undated

Box 84, Folder 2 Arensberg, Walter Conrad, Poems, before 1915Box 84, Folder 3 Arensberg, Walter Conrad, Poems, circa 1915-1919Box 84, Folder 4 Arensberg, Walter Conrad, Poems, undatedBox 84, Folder 5 Arensberg, Walter Conrad, Reviews by others, clippings, 1914-1923Box 84, Folder 6 Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Shakespearian Mystery" (1928), Publication

illustrations (1 of 2)Box 84, Folder 7 Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Shakespearian Mystery" (1928), Publication

illustrations (2 of 2)Box 135 Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Skeleton Text of the Shakespeare Folio" (1952)

[Copy 1 in two binders]Box 136 Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Skeleton Text of the Shakespeare Folio" (1952)

[Copy 2 in two binders]Box 84, Folder 8 Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Skeleton Text of the Shakespeare Folio" (1952),

Notes, 1944-1951 (1 of 2)Box 84, Folder 9 Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "The Skeleton Text of the Shakespeare Folio" (1952),

Notes, 1944-1951 (2 of 2)Box 84, Folder 10 Arensberg, Walter Conrad, "Vacuum Tires, Folder A Formula for the Digestion of

Figments," drafts and notes, undatedBox 126 Publication plates (metal on wood blocks), illustrations for one or more

publications, circa 1920-1929. (7 items)Box 127 Publication plates (metal on wood blocks), illustrations for one or more

publications, circa 1920-1929. (8 items)Box 128 Publication plates (metal on wood blocks), illustrations for one or more

publications, circa 1920-1929. (8 items)

4.4. FinancialNoteMostly correspondence with Patterson, Crawford, Arensberg and Dunn, the firm ofWalter's brother, Charles F. C. Arensberg. Includes correspondence, reports, cancelledchecks, stock sales, donations, etc.

Box 84, Folder 11 Financial, Bank book and report, 1925, 1930Box 84, Folder 12 Financial, 1935-1939Box 85, Folder 1 Financial, 1940-1951Box 85, Folder 2 Financial, 1952Box 85, Folder 3 Financial, 1953-1954Box 85, Folder 4 Financial, Taxes, 1938-1943Box 85, Folder 5 Financial, Taxes, 1944-1950Box 85, Folder 6 Financial, Taxes, 1951-1953

4.5. Legal Box 85, Folder 7 Legal, Grinstead estate (Walter Conrad Arensberg, executor), 1944-1945Box 85, Folder 8 Legal issues and correspondence, 1948-1952Box 85, Folder 9 Legal issues and correspondence, 1953Box 85, Folder 10 Legal and estate issues, 1954Box 85, Folder 11 Legal and estate issues regarding the Francis Bacon Foundation and staff,

1955-1976

4.6. ResearchNoteTitles of research subject files have been left as received.

4. WALTER AND LOUISE ARENSBERG PAPERS4.6. Research


Box 86, Folder 1 Research, Cryptographic work, errors in count, 1943-1944Box 86, Folder 2 Research, Cryptographic work, miscellaneous, circa 1936-1938Box 86, Folder 3 Research, Cryptographic work, miscellaneous, 1953Box 86, Folder 4 Research, Cryptographic work, posthumous work by staff, 1959Box 86, Folder 5 Research, Cryptographic work, miscellaneous, undatedBox 86, Folder 6 Research, Cryptographic work by Clyde Wolfe, 1929-1932 (1 of 4)Box 86, Folder 7 Research, Cryptographic work by Clyde Wolfe, 1929-1932 (2 of 4)Box 86, Folder 8 Research, Cryptographic work by Clyde Wolfe, 1929-1932 (3 of 4)Box 86, Folder 9 Research, Cryptographic work by Clyde Wolfe, 1929-1932 (4 of 4)Box 87, Folder 1 Research, "Mechanics of the Cipher Developed by Walter C. Arensberg" by Stanley

Rogers, 1939-1941 (copy 1)Box 87, Folder 2 Research, "Mechanics of the Cipher Developed by Walter C. Arensberg" by Stanley

Rogers, 1939-1941 (copy 2)Box 87, Folder 3 Research, "Mechanics of the Cipher Developed by Walter Conrad Arensberg in the

First and Second Folios of the Plays of William Shakespeare," 1945 (3 copies)Box 106 Research, Index cards, Index to miscellaneous notes, by subject, A-ZBox 106 Research, Index cards, "Projects." Notes on seven cards, 1935, 1939Box 107 Research, Index cards, "Date Index." Notes organized by months, years and

numbers.Box 108 Research, Index cards, "Bibliography, Folder Controversy, A-L." Books and articles

related to Bacon-Shakespeare authorship controversy.Box 109 Research, Index cards, "Bibliography, Folder Controversy, M-Z"Box 110 Research, Index cards, "Indices of W.C.A." Index to subjects in Arensberg's six

books published between 1922 and 1930. Subjects referenced by book and pagenumber.

Box 111 Research, Index cards, Numbers and alphabets. Includes "Alphabetical index" ofwords and number counts.

Box 111 Research, Index cards, "Clipping Index." Articles related to Bacon-Shakespeareauthorship controversy, bulk 1940-1959.

Box 88 Research, Notebooks, "Calendars and some Folio comparisons / Lee, Staunton,Methuen, etc., 1935," 1933-1939

Box 88 Research, Notebooks, "Encyclopedia A-D, Misc. Processes and notes," circa1930-1940

Box 88 Research, Notebooks, "Encyclopedia E-Z," circa 1930-1940Box 89 Research, Notebooks, "Mr. Arensberg's Notebook" (Charts, notes, spellings, seal,

alphabets, etc.), circa 1950-1953Box 89 Research, Notebooks, "Notes." Lists of different alphabets, circa 1943-1945Box 89 Research, Notebooks, "Old Charts from Mr. Arensberg's Folder," circa 1946-1953Box 90 Research, Notebooks, "Topical Outlines of Mr. Arensberg's Books." Covers his six

books published between 1922 and 1930.Box 90 Research, Notebooks, "Report on Folio, 3-way check," circa 1944-1945Box 90 Research, Notebooks, "Elizabeth S. Wrigley / Current." Research by subject, circa

1950-1953Box 91 Research, Notebooks, "Charts, Quadrants, Chessboards, 1955-1956, 1st copy"Box 91 Research, Notebooks, "Charts, Quadrants, Chessboards, 1955-1956, 1957-1959,

2nd copy"Box 92, Folder 1 Research, Notes, 1936Box 92, Folder 2 Research, Notes, 1940Box 92, Folder 3 Research, Notes, 1940-1941Box 92, Folder 4 Research, Notes, January 1944Box 92, Folder 5 Research, Notes, February 1944Box 92, Folder 6 Research, Notes, March 1944Box 92, Folder 7 Research, Notes, April 1944Box 92, Folder 8 Research, Notes, May 1944Box 92, Folder 9 Research, Notes, June 1944Box 92, Folder 10 Research, Notes, July 1944Box 92, Folder 11 Research, Notes, August 1944



Box 92, Folder 12 Research, Notes, September 1944Box 92, Folder 13 Research, Notes, October 1944Box 92, Folder 14 Research, Notes, November-December 1944Box 92, Folder 15 Research, Notes, February-July 1945Box 92, Folder 16 Research, Notes, August 1945Box 92, Folder 17 Research, Notes, September-October 1945Box 93, Folder 1 Research, Notes, November 1945Box 93, Folder 2 Research, Notes, December 1945Box 93, Folder 3 Research, Notes, January-March, 1946Box 93, Folder 4 Research, Notes, April, 1946Box 93, Folder 5 Research, Notes, May 1946Box 93, Folder 6 Research, Notes, June-July 1946Box 93, Folder 7 Research, Notes, August 1946Box 93, Folder 8 Research, Notes, September 1946Box 93, Folder 9 Research, Notes, October 1946Box 94, Folder 1 Research, Notes, November 1-15, 1946Box 94, Folder 2 Research, Notes, November 16-30, 1946Box 94, Folder 3 Research, Notes, December 1-15, 1946Box 94, Folder 4 Research, Notes, December 16-31, 1946

NoteArensberg’s research notes for January 1947 – January 1954 are on microfilm only.See MSS MFilm 00337 (reels 1-14), titled "Journal Entries for a Work in Progress byWalter Conrad Arensberg (1947-1954)."

Box 94, Folder 5 Research, Notes, January 1954Box 94, Folder 6 Research, Notes, "Publication," 1939-1953Box 94, Folder 7 Research, Notes, "Re-statement," 1946-1953Box 94, Folder 8 Research, Notes, "Things to Do" lists, 1945-1954Box 129 Research, Rolls of tabulations and calculations, 1945-1946. Rolls of adding

machine paper. Some typed notations at beginnings of rolls, but primarilynumbers.

Box 130 Research, Rolls of tabulations and calculations, 1945-1946Box 131 Research, Rolls of tabulations and calculations, 1951-1956, undatedBox 132 Research, Rolls of tabulations and calculations, 1957-1959Box 95, Folder 1 Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1932Box 95, Folder 2 Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1935Box 95, Folder 3 Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1940-1941Box 95, Folder 4 Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1942Box 95, Folder 5 Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1943-1944Box 95, Folder 6 Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1945-1947Box 95, Folder 7 Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1947-1948Box 96, Folder 1 Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1948-1950Box 96, Folder 2 Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1950-1951Box 96, Folder 3 Research, Statements of Pattern development, 1951-1953Box 97, Folder 1 Research, Subject files [List of note file classifications]Box 97, Folder 2 Research, Subject files, "AB spelled backward"Box 97, Folder 3 Research, Subject files, Acknowledged works - BaconBox 97, Folder 4 Research, Subject files, AcrosticsBox 97, Folder 5 Research, Subject files, Alban, SaintBox 97, Folder 6 Research, Subject files, Allusive or parabolicBox 97, Folder 7 Research, Subject files, Alphabets (1 of 3)Box 97, Folder 8 Research, Subject files, Alphabets (2 of 3)Box 97, Folder 9 Research, Subject files, Alphabets (3 of 3)Box 97, Folder 10 Research, Subject files, Alternatives for patternBox 97, Folder 11 Research, Subject files, AnagramsBox 97, Folder 12 Research, Subject files, ArkBox 97, Folder 13 Research, Subject files, Bacon, Date of true deathBox 97, Folder 14 Research, Subject files, Bacon, Genealogy





Box 97, Folder 15 Research, Subject files, Bacon, MiscellaneousBox 98, Folder 1 Research, Subject files, Bacon, Roger (Friar Bacon's Head)Box 98, Folder 2 Research, Subject files, Baconian Mystery, Books containing allusions toBox 98, Folder 3 Research, Subject files, Biblical allusions, etc.Box 98, Folder 4 Research, Subject files, Bibliography, BaconianBox 98, Folder 5 Research, Subject files, "Bome boon for boon prescian"Box 98, Folder 6 Research, Subject files, Burial locationBox 98, Folder 7 Research, Subject files, Butts' name [Sir William Butts]Box 98, Folder 8 Research, Subject files, CalendarBox 98, Folder 9 Research, Subject files, CedarBox 98, Folder 10 Research, Subject files, ChessboardsBox 98, Folder 11 Research, Subject files, Christ, Bacon asBox 98, Folder 12 Research, Subject files, Classical allusionsBox 98, Folder 13 Research, Subject files, Columbus allusionsBox 98, Folder 14 Research, Subject files, ConstantsBox 98, Folder 15 Research, Subject files, Controversy notesBox 98, Folder 16 Research, Subject files, Cooke, AnnBox 98, Folder 17 Research, Subject files, Cryptic intention in playsBox 98, Folder 18 Research, Subject files, Cyclical indexBox 98, Folder 19 Research, Subject files, Dante allusionsBox 98, Folder 20 Research, Subject files, Dates, family correspondencesBox 98, Folder 21 Research, Subject files, Dates, First Folio, etc.Box 99, Folder 1 Research, Subject files, Dates, generalBox 99, Folder 2 Research, Subject files, Dates, publication datesBox 99, Folder 3 Research, Subject files, Dates, references to Saints, etc.Box 99, Folder 4 Research, Subject files, Dates, significant events, 1400-1600Box 99, Folder 5 Research, Subject files, Dates as spellingsBox 99, Folder 6 Research, Subject files, Digits in cryptographyBox 99, Folder 7 Research, Subject files, Durer's Magic SquareBox 99, Folder 8 Research, Subject files, EclipsesBox 99, Folder 9 Research, Subject files, Edward the ConfessorBox 99, Folder 10 Research, Subject files, EmbolismBox 99, Folder 11 Research, Subject files, English History allusionsBox 99, Folder 12 Research, Subject files, Folio as Maternal Form, etc.Box 99, Folder 13 Research, Subject files, Golden Bough, Myth ofBox 99, Folder 14 Research, Subject files, "Golden Section"Box 99, Folder 15 Research, Subject files, Hebrides, St. Columba, Butt of Lewis, etc.Box 99, Folder 16 Research, Subject files, HeraldryBox 99, Folder 17 Research, Subject files, Incest symbolismBox 99, Folder 18 Research, Subject files, Julian PeriodBox 99, Folder 19 Research, Subject files, King PeriodsBox 99, Folder 20 Research, Subject files, LancasterBox 99, Folder 21 Research, Subject files, Lichfield (England)Box 99, Folder 22 Research, Subject files, LucreceBox 99, Folder 23 Research, Subject files, ManichaeismBox 99, Folder 24 Research, Subject files, MarloweBox 99, Folder 25 Research, Subject files, Novae [New stars]Box 99, Folder 26 Research, Subject files, OracleBox 99, Folder 27 Research, Subject files, Paget's name [Sir William Paget]Box 99, Folder 28 Research, Subject files, PaginationBox 99, Folder 29 Research, Subject files, PaintersBox 100, Folder 1 Research, Subject files, PericlesBox 100, Folder 2 Research, Subject files, Philosophers and scientistsBox 100, Folder 3 Research, Subject files, Pregnancy periodBox 100, Folder 4 Research, Subject files, PrintersBox 100, Folder 5 Research, Subject files, PseudonymBox 100, Folder 6 Research, Subject files, QuadrantsBox 100, Folder 7 Research, Subject files, Rebirth experiment and symbolism



Box 100, Folder 8 Research, Subject files, ReformationBox 100, Folder 9 Research, Subject files, RosicruciansBox 100,Folder 10

Research, Subject files, Second Folio

Box 100,Folder 11

Research, Subject files, Shakespeare's other works

Box 100,Folder 12

Research, Subject files, Shakespeare, "The Passionate Pilgrim" (1599)

Box 100,Folder 13

Research, Subject files, Shakespeare, Poems and Pericles

Box 100,Folder 14

Research, Subject files, Shakespeare, Sonnets

Box 100,Folder 15

Research, Subject files, Shakespeare, "Venus and Adonis"

Box 100,Folder 16

Research, Subject files, Spelling guides

Box 100,Folder 17

Research, Subject files, Stationer's Register

Box 100,Folder 18

Research, Subject files, Troubadours

Box 100,Folder 19

Research, Subject files, Troylus [Troilus]

Box 100,Folder 20

Research, Subject files, Value sums

Box 101, Folder 1 Research, Subject files, "Old," AcrosticsBox 101, Folder 2 Research, Subject files, "Old," AstronomyBox 101, Folder 3 Research, Subject files, "Old," Bacon, FrancisBox 101, Folder 4 Research, Subject files, "Old," Biographical material except Bacon and

ShakespeareBox 101, Folder 5 Research, Subject files, "Old," Bishop's Bible, 1568Box 101, Folder 6 Research, Subject files, "Old," Books [Arensberg's outlines for his books]Box 101, Folder 7 Research, Subject files, "Old," CalendarsBox 101, Folder 8 Research, Subject files, "Old," ChessboardsBox 102, Folder 1 Research, Subject files, "Old," Classification code, circa 1930-1939Box 102, Folder 2 Research, Subject files, "Old," Cyclical indexBox 102, Folder 3 Research, Subject files, "Old," Glossary, "Hang-Hog is Latin for Bacon"Box 102, Folder 4 Research, Subject files, "Old," Glossary, special subjectsBox 102, Folder 5 Research, Subject files, "Old," Incest symbolismBox 102, Folder 6 Research, Subject files, "Old," Lichfield (England)Box 102, Folder 7 Research, Subject files, "Old," Lichfield (England). Includes letters to Marques and

Marchioness of Anglesey, circa 1929Box 102, Folder 8 Research, Subject files, "Old," Miscellaneous notes, circa 1920-1935Box 102, Folder 9 Research, Subject files, "Old," MythologyBox 102,Folder 10

Research, Subject files, "Old," Oracle

Box 102,Folder 11

Research, Subject files, "Old," Pagination analysis

Box 102,Folder 12

Research, Subject files, "Old," Philosophy

Box 103, Folder 1 Research, Subject files, "Old," QuotationsBox 103, Folder 2 Research, Subject files, "Old," ReligionBox 103, Folder 3 Research, Subject files, "Old," Rosicrucian and OccultBox 103, Folder 4 Research, Subject files, "Old," Shakespeare's PlaysBox 103, Folder 5 Research, Subject files, "Old," Shakespeare's Plays - "Cymbeline"Box 103, Folder 6 Research, Writings by others, Montagu, Basil (1770-1851). Letter, 1846, and

photograph, undated.Box 103, Folder 7 Research, Writings by others, "Notes from the Lectures of Captain and Mrs.

Rogerson, 1928 to 1929." Typescript. Unknown author.



Box 103, Folder 8 Research, Writings by others, Schlamm, Willi (William S.), "Notes on the NewMagazine," undated. Typescript memo addressed to "Mr. [Henry] Luce."

Box 103, Folder 9 Research, Writings by others, Thomas, Peter, poems, 1979

4.7. Photographs Box 104, Folder 1 Arensberg dogs, undated (24 items)Box 104, Folder 2 Arensberg friends and associates (Aull, William F. (home only); Bynner, Witter;

Cadman, Charles Wakefield; Dazara, Frances; Ruby, Blanche; Sanborn, Pitts, withLouise Stevens Arensberg; Verlaine, Paul; White, Gertrude Olney Stevens) (8items)

Box 104, Folder 3 Arensberg homes in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, circa 1910 (5 items)Box 104, Folder 4 Arensberg, Conrad Christian, portraits, circa 1922 and undated (4 items)Box 104, Folder 5 Arensberg, Francis Louis, portrait, circa 1940-1949 (2 items)Box 104, Folder 6 Arensberg, Louise Stevens, circa 1890-1950 (1 of 2) (31 items)Box 104, Folder 7 Arensberg, Louise Stevens, circa 1890-1950 (2 of 2) (12 items)Box 104, Folder 8 Arensberg, Louise Stevens, photographs of Russia inscribed by her father, John

Edward Stevens, undated (4 items)Box 104, Folder 9 Arensberg, Walter Conrad, circa 1900-1920 (9 items)Box 104,Folder 10

Arensberg, Walter Conrad, and family members, 1895 and circa 1940 (7 items)

Box 104,Folder 11

Stevens, John Naylor, childhood portraits, circa 1880-1900 (18 items)

Box 104,Folder 12

Stevens family members (some unidentified) (9 items)

Box 104,Folder 13

Unidentified people (25 items)

Box 134, Folder 3 Unidentified people (two portraits of women; one of a girl). (3 items, oversize)Box 105 Art and artifacts from the Arensbergs' art collection.

Physical Description: Black and white contact sheet prints of individual artworks.The prints are numbered and in envelopes by number, 1-1,300. Most are missing fornumbers 901-1,300. Photographs were taken approximately 1941-1951 in theArensbergs' home on Hillside Avenue, Hollywood, for inventory or insurance purposes.The objects are not fully identified. (See the Arensberg Archives, Philadelphia Museumof Art, for the negatives for these prints and more information.)

5. ART AND ARTIFACTS COLLECTION

Scope and Content NoteThese items were either collected by the Arensbergs during their lifetimes or acquired by theFrancis Bacon Foundation and Library after their deaths. There is little supportingdocumentation, other than brief descriptions on photocopies of file cards for each item. Theoriginal file card descriptions are at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Some items belonged toIsabelle Kittson Brown (indicated below), and were donated with her papers.Several items were on display in the Francis Bacon Library in Claremont.The original item numbers and descriptions have been retained for each item. Key toabbreviations in front of numbers: A&A = Archaeological and Anthropological; FA = LibraryFurnishings - Antique; WA = Works of Art; B = Library "B" list.NOTE: Descriptive information may not be accurate or reliable. A curator has examinedsome pieces and found the descriptions were wrong.See "Separated Materials Note" at beginning of finding aid regarding an Anna HyattHuntington sculpture that was transferred from this collection.

Box 137 A&A 8/245 [Chinese-style ceramic jar. Poor reproduction, probably from 1930s or

1940s.] Source: Examination by Huntington Library art curator, 2012.Box 138 A&A 14/339 Bread bowl. Wooden. Early American. 16 ½ in. diameter.



Box 139 A&A 1/2 Pitcher. Pottery, large. North American Colonial or Federal. 8 ¼ high, 6 in.opening.

Box 139 A&A 2/4 Jar. Pottery, black. North American, early European culture. 5 ½ high, 3 ¼opening.

Box 139 A&A 6/93 Bowl. Pottery. Dark blue, small.Box 139 A&A 23/1106 Bowl. Modern copper. 3 in. high, 6 1/4 in. diameter.Box 140 A&A 4/76 Bowl. Large, black clay. African Negro or North American Indian.Box 141 A&A 10/274 Platter. Porcelain with metal rim. Anon. [Not likely Chinese, according to

Huntington Library art curator, 2012.]Box 141 A&A 16/488 Crystal[?] sphere. 3 in. diameter. Chinese. [Undetermined if it is actually

crystal.]Box 141 A&A 21/954 Bowl. Modern, red and black. Chinese. 9 ¼ in. diameter. 3 3/8 in. high.Box 142 A&A 9/247 [Metal (bronze?) vessel, very crudely cast. It has a large quantity of rust

and hardened soil (?) on its surface. In style of decoration, it evokes the WesternZhou (about 1100 to 771BCE) period. However it is probably not of that vintage. Therusting and its heavy weight seems to indicate some iron in the metal--somethingthat would not be used in the Western Zhou. Iron was used to cast sculpture, etc.later, especially by the Ming and Qing onwards. Was this piece the result of laterattempts (i.e. Ming/Qing/modern) to create an antique object? The hardenedmud/soil accretions may be an indication of this scenario.] Source: Examination byHuntington Library art curator, 2013.

Box 143 FA-2/798 Candlestick. Black, with snuffer.Box 143 WA-5 Sculpture. Artist: Bosio. Bronze. Youth in garb of Elizabethan period. 12 in.

high. [Isabelle Kittson Brown collection.] [The sculpture is of young Henry IV and theartist is Baron François Joseph Bosio (1768–1845). Original is in the Louvre and datesto 1822. Many later copies were made and it was very popular. Source: Examinationby Huntington Library art curator, 2019.]

Box 144 A&A 5/91 Platter. Pewter. Marked "M. Unverhaven, 1780." North American Colonial.Box 144 A&A 15 Plate. Pewter. Early American or European. 15 ½ in. diameter.Box 144 A&A 17/489 Plate. Pewter. Early American. 13 in. diameter.Box 144 A&A 29/1470 Basket. Flat, woven. American Indian.Box 144 523 Dish. Wood, painted and lacquered. Mexican.Box 145 A&A 11/279 [Blue and white dragon Bowl with foot rim and flattened mouth-rim

glazed in brown with incised patterns. Most likely stoneware. The painting of twoconfronting dragons is quite nicely done in a practiced and easy manner. The use ofdark brown glaze however is mindful of Southeast Asian ceramics, perhapsVietnamese (?), rather than Chinese pieces. Possibly 19th century.] Source:Examination by Huntington Library art curator, 2013.

Box 145 B-2/383 Framed photograph of a [painting of Sir William Butts, after Hans Holbeinthe Younger]. [Original index card for this item identified it as William Paget, butresearch shows it is Sir William Butts; the original painting is in the National PortraitGallery, London.]

Box 145 B-3/384 Framed photograph of bust of Anne Bacon. After bust at Gorhambury.Box 145 B-7/412 Framed engraving. Portrait of Francis Bacon by W. Hollar.Box 145 B-9/414 Framed photograph. Drawing of Dante signed from C.E.N. to J.R.L. [Charles

Eliot Norton to James Russell Lowell].Box 145 B-33, B-34 Stamps. Reissue of Newfoundland Tercentenary six-cent stamp honoring

Bacon. (One has "z" and one has "s" spelling of the word Colonization.) 1910.Box 146 A&A 22/983 Bowl. Marblehead pottery. Blue and gray. 10 ½ in. diameter, 2 in. high.Box 146 A&A 30 Girdle. Metal with enamel work. Elizabethan period. [Isabelle Kittson Brown

collection.]Box 146 A&A 31 Bag. Wood frame and velvet. Elizabethan period. [Isabelle Kittson Brown

collection.]Box 147 A&A 25/1172 Bowl. Marblehead pottery. Brown. Medium mouth.Box 147 B-1/378 Death mask of Dante. Plaster cast. 8 ¼ x 6 ½ in.Box 148 A&A 3/30 Stand. Wood, brown. African Negro. 8 ½ in. diameter.Box 148 A&A 26/1361 Scarab. Green stone. Egyptian.Box 149 A&A 7/126 Lid. Pottery (fragment). Grecian.



Box 149 A&A 19/721 Circular silver amulet with magic square. From Mexico; European culture.Box 149 A&A 27/1468 Mask. Stone. Pre-Colombian. Aztec Valley of Mexico death mask. 5 ¼ in.

wide, 6 ½ in. high.Box 149 A&A 28/1469 Mask. Wooden. Eskimo. {After examining a high-resolution photograph

of the mask in 2011, Dr. Aron Crowell, Alaska Director of the Arctic Studies Center,Smithsonian Institution, tentatively identified it as Iñupiat (or Inupiaq), (North CoastAlaska).

Box 150 FA-4/1025 Clock. Mantel style, metal. Chelsea movement.Box 151 A&A 13/331 Bottle. Green glass. Spanish, early. WA-6 Sculpture. Artist: F. Sanzell. "Love Blinding Wisdom." Bronze, two-tone. 27 in.

high on wooden pedestal. 66 in. high overall. [Isabelle Kittson Brown collection.]Location: Stored in Library. See Curator of Rare Books.