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MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
Box Folder Creator Description Place of Creation Date
1 .001 Hardy, Thomas Postcard to Miss M.J. Reimann.
Wimborne, U.K. (postmark)
21 Apr. 1883
1 .002 Hardy, Thomas A.L.S to unidentified correspondent regarding the “Illustrated Christmas Annual.”
Max Gate, near Dorchester
6 Nov. 1888
1 .003 Hardy, Thomas Postcard to J. Stanley Little.
Dorchester, U.K. (postmark)
25 Nov. 1891
1 .004 Hardy, Thomas A.L.S. to Edward Clodd thanking him for an invitation.
The Athenæum, Pall Mall
3 May 1895
1 .005 Hardy, Thomas A.N.S. to Maurice Hewlett accepting an invitation.
27 Oxford Terrace, Hyde Park
10 June 1901
1 .006 Hardy, Thomas A.L.S. to Laura Barnes concerning Hardy’s obituary for her sister, Lucy Baxter.
Max Gate, Dorchester 7 Dec. 1902
1 .007 Hardy, Thomas Postcard of St Paul’s Cathedral, unsigned, to his sister Kate concerning the Education Bill.
Paddington (postmark) 23 May 1906
1 .008 Hardy, Thomas A.L.S. to Herbert Grierson, together with completed order form for academic robes for Hardy’s honorary degree from the University of Aberdeen. In bound volume.
Max Gate, Dorchester 19 Mar. 1905
11 Mar. 1905
1 .009 Hardy, Thomas A.L.S. to George Morley concerning literature as a profession.
The Athenæum, Pall Mall.
5 July 1907
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
1 .010 Hardy, Thomas Unsigned holography note to Charles Meech Hardy, concerning work to be done at 51 High Street, Dorchester.
Dorchester, U.K. (postmark)
22 Jan. 1908
1 .011 Hardy, Thomas Signed form booking Dorset Field Club excursion. Includes envelope addressed to H. Pouncy.
Dorchester, U.K. (postmark)
14 Aug. 1908
1 .012 Hardy Thomas Signed postcard to Walter Bawler, congratulating him on his performance in Trumpet Major.
Max Gate, Dorchester 20 Nov. 1908
1 .013 Hardy, Thomas Unsigned postcard to A.M. Broadley.
Max Gate, Dorchester 27 Nov. 1908
1 .014 Hardy, Thomas A.L.S. to Reginald Smith, sending MS of “The Cornhill Jubilee”. With envelope.
Max Gate, Dorchester 24 Oct. 1909
1 .015 Hardy, Thomas Holograph MS of “The Cornhill Jubilee”.
[s.l.] [1909]
1 .016 Hardy, Thomas Corrected proof of “The Cornhill Jubilee”, including five new lines.
[s.l.] [1909]
1 .017 Hardy, Thomas A.N.S. to Reginald Smith regarding his retention of the MS of “The Cornhill Jubilee”.
Max Gate, Dorchester 26 Oct. 1909
1 .018 Hardy, Thomas A.L.S. to Reginald Smith sending corrected proof of “The Cornhill Jubilee”.
Max Gate, Dorchester 29 Oct. 1909
1 .019 Hardy, Thomas A.N.S. to Clive Holland, thanking him for his congratulations on Hardy’s O.M.
The Athenæum, Pall Mall
10 June 1910
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1 .020 Hardy, Thomas Signed postcard to Walter Bawler, thanking him for the copy of Harmonized Carols.
Max Gate, Dorchester 6 Oct. 1910
1 .021 Hardy, Thomas T.L.S. on mourning stationery to H.A. Martin concerning proof of programme of Hardy Players production of The Woodlanders.
Max Gate, Dorchester 9 Nov. 1913
1 .022 Hardy, Thomas A.N.S. to J.S. Udal. Max Gate, Dorchester 3 Oct. 1916
1 .023 Hardy, Thomas Photocopy of A.L.S. to Edmund Gosse. Original tipped in at front of Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy. London, 1916. With envelope.
Max Gate, Dorchester 20 May 1920
1 .024 Hardy, Thomas T.L.S. (carbon) for members of the Hardy Players. This copy likely for H.A. Martin.
Max Gate, Dorchester 3 June 1925
1 .025 Hardy, Thomas T.L.S. to the Mayor of Dorchester thanking him and the citizens for their birthday greetings. With envelope.
Max Gate, Dorchester 4 June 1926
1 .026 Hardy, Thomas Typescript entitled “Information for Mrs. Hardy in the preparation of a biography. With 2 carbon copies.
[Max Gate, Dorchester]
[1926?]
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1 .027 Hardy, Thomas Carbon typescript entitled “List of miscellaneous articles by Thomas Hardy” With marginal pencil checkmarks by Sydney Cockerell and penciled notes by Daniel Macmillan. With another unannotated copy.
[Max Gate, Dorchester]
[1926?]
1 .028 Cockerell, Sydney Two letters to Daniel Macmillan listing Hardy’s uncollected miscellaneous prose. One partial letter address to [Howard] Bliss, concerning Hardy’s writing, and how he was commonly known.
3, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge
1928
1 .029 Hardy, Thomas A.N.S. to an unidentified recipient, with autograph.
[s.l.] [s.d.]
1 .030 Hardy, Thomas Hardy, Florence E.
Hand-crafted Christmas card with Herkomer illustration from Tess on front. Illustration identified in the hand of FEH. Message to Dorothy Allhusen.
[Max Gate, Dorchester]
[s.d.]
1 .031 Hardy, Emma Lavinia (1st wife)
A.L.S. on mourning stationery to Spalding Evans, sending information about the publication and availability of Hardy’s books. Includes TH’s autograph on card. With envelope.
Dorchester, U.K. 15 Oct. [1892]
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1 .032 Hardy, Emma Lavinia (1st wife)
A.N.S. on picture postcard to Bessie Churchill (housekeeper at Max Gate) concerning the house and cats.
Calais, France 23 Nov. 1903
1 .033 Hardy, Emma Lavinia (1st wife)
A.L.S. to Bessie Churchill with more instructions regarding the house and cats.
Calais, France 24 Nov. [1903]
1 .034 Hardy, Emma Lavinia (1st wife)
A.N.S. on picture postcard to Bessie Churchill, concerning arrangements for ELH’s return to Max Gate.
Calais, France 30 Nov. 1903
1 .035 Hardy, Emma Lavinia (1st wife)
A.L.S. to Bessie Churchill, sending a shawl as a gift.
Max Gate, Dorchester 19 Dec. 1904
1 .036 Dugdale, Florence Emily (later Hardy)
A.N.S. to H.V. McArthur, with envelope not in FEH’s hand. With holograph notes about Dorset inns.
Max Gate, Dorchester 2 Aug. 1910
1 .037 Hardy, Florence Emily (2nd wife)
A.N.S. on picture postcard to Henry Hardy.
Dorchester, U.K. 30 June 1915
1 .038 Hardy, Florence Emily (2nd wife)
A.N.S on picture postcard to Mrs John Galsworthy.
Dorchester, U.K. 31 Dec. 1918
1 .039 Hardy, Florence Emily (2nd wife)
A.L.S. to H.A. Martin regarding the Hardy Players production and programme for Desperate Remedies.
Max Gate, Dorchester 5 Nov. [1922]
1 .040 Hardy, Florence Emily (2nd wife)
A.L.S. to Harold Angus Kennedy, Secretary of Canadian Authors’ Association, concerning a prospective visit to Max Gate.
Max Gate, Dorchester 9 Nov. [1932]
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
1 .041 Hardy, Florence Emily (2nd wife)
A.L.S. to Harold Angus Kennedy about arrangements for his association’s visit.
Max Gate, Dorchester 10 Apr. 1933
1 .042 Kennedy, Harold Angus
Carbon typescript letter of thanks to Florence Hardy.
Cromer House, London 26 July 1933
1 .043 Winslow, Donald Carbon typescript letter to Florence E. Hardy expressing his appreciation for Mrs Hardy’s biography of her husband.
[s.l.] 16 July 1934
1 .044 Hardy, Florence Emily (2nd wife)
A.L.S. to Donald Winslow, concerning her biography of her husband.
Max Gate, Dorchester 5 Aug. 1934
1 .045 Hardy, Florence Emily (2nd wife)
Printed Christmas card of T. Hardy’s ‘Any little old song’. Signed: F.E.H.
[Max Gate?] Dec. 1934
1 .046 Hardy, Florence Emily (2nd wife)
A.L.S. (with envelope) to Frederick B. Adams arranging his visit.
Max Gate, Dorchester 27 Aug. 1935
1 .047 Hardy, Florence Emily (2nd wife)
A.L.S. (with envelope) to Frederick B. Adams concerning his recent visit to Max Gate.
Max Gate, Dorchester 15 Nov. 1935
1 .048 Hardy, Florence Emily (2nd wife)
A.L.S. (with envelope) to Frederick B. Adams concerning Howard Bliss’s financial difficulties.
Max Gate, Dorchester 23 Mar. 1936
1 .049 Hardy, Florence Emily (2nd wife)
A.L.S. (with envelope) to Frederick B. Adams concerning the death of Mortimer Wheeler’s wife, H. Bliss’s financial problems, and the estate of T.E. Lawrence.
Max Gate, Dorchester 21 Apr. 1936
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
1 .050 Hardy, Florence Emily (2nd wife)
A.L.S. (with envelope) to Frederick B. Adams concerning the Gosse letters, Bliss, and Purdy.
Max Gate, Dorchester 16 Aug. 1936
1 .051 Hardy, Florence Emily (2nd wife)
A.L.S. (with envelope) to Frederick B. Adams regarding the M. Webb volumes, the gloom of Max Gate, and the practical financial problems it presents.
Max Gate, Dorchester 1 Nov. 1936
1 .052 Hardy, Florence Emily (2nd wife)
A.L.S. (with envelope) to Frederick B. Adams, touching on the abdication of King Edward VIII.
Max Gate, Dorchester 20 Dec. 1936
1 .053 Hardy, Florence Emily (2nd wife)
A.L.S. (with envelope) to Frederick B. Adams with thanks for a photograph of his daughter Gillian and a book.
Max Gate, Dorchester 9 Jan. 1937
1 .054 Hardy, Florence Emily (2nd wife)
A.L.S. (with envelope) to Henry Reed, poet, dramatist, and would-be Hardy biographer concerning Hardy’s poem ‘Looking Back’ and Reed’s prospective visit.
Max Gate, Dorchester 6 May 1936
1 .055 Hardy, Florence Emily (2nd wife)
A.L.S. (with envelope) to Henry Reed expressing her pleasure at seeing him and helping his research.
Max Gate, Dorchester 9 Aug. 1936
1 .056 Hardy, Florence Emily (2nd wife)
A.L.S. (with envelope) to Henry Reed discouraging him with regards to any projected biography of Hardy and the possible performance of The Dynasts.
Max Gate, Dorchester 25 Dec. [1936]
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1 .057 Hardy, Florence Emily (2nd wife)
A.L.S. (with envelope) to Henry Reed concerning her illness and the desirability of his delaying the proposed biography of her husband.
Max Gate, Dorchester 21 Apr. 1937
1 .058 Hardy, Henry (brother)
Autographed postcard of York Minster Cathedral to Kate Hardy announcing his arrival at York with his brother Thomas and Florence Dugdale.
York, England [30 Nov. 1909]
1 .059 Hardy, Kate (sister)
Autographed postcard of Chesil Beach to Tom Soundy, nephew of Florence E. Hardy.
[s.l.] [ca. 1932]
1 .060 Hardy, Mary (sister)
Autographed postcard of Ruskin Memorial at Coniston to cousin James Sparks, Jr. concerning her enjoyment of the Lake District.
Windermere, England 23 Aug. 1904
1 .061 Hardy, Florence Emily
Photocopy of a letter to Richard Purdy
Max Gate, Dorchester 17 Nov. 1935
2 .001 Abercrombie, Lascelles (Friend of T.H.)
A.L.S. to unidentified correspondent. No reference to T.H.
The University, Leeds 21 Jan. [s.a.]
2 .002 Adams, Ellen (Housekeeper to Eva Dugdale)
6 A.L.S. to Michael Millgate (some with envelopes). Includes not by M.M. about file.
Croydon, Surrey, England
Jan. 1989 to Apr. 1996
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
2 .003 Adams, Frederick B. (Hardy collector)
Off-print of his ‘Another Man’s Roses’ inscribed to John Carter, with loosely inserted correspondence including A.L.S. from Carroll Wilson; carbons of typed letters to Wilson, Carter, Purdy, and Irene Cooper Willis. A.L.S. and MS note from Willis to Adams. A.L.S. from Adams to Henry Reed. Carbon copy of letter to Hogarth Press. T.L.S. from Herbert Cahoon to Adams.
Various 1945-1988
2 .004 Allhusen, Dorothy (Daughter of Lady Jeune and friend of T.H.)
2 A.L.S. to Richard Purdy. Shalbourne House, nr. Marlborough, Wilts.
1949-1950
2 .005 Allingham, Helen (Illustrator of Far from the Madding Crowd)
A.L.S to unidentified correspondent name ‘Lucy’. No reference to T.H.
Sandhills, Surrey 16 Dec. 1881
2 .006 Antell, John (Hardy’s cousin)
Holograph poem ‘The Old Cottage’.
Downton’s Farmhouse 17 July 1927
2 .007 Archer, William (Journalist & playwright)
A.L.S. to Edward Clodd. No T.H. reference.
Langley Rise, King’s Langley, Herts.
23 Sep. 1907
2 .008 Arlott, John (Author, radio commentator)
T.L.S. to Richard Purdy. The Old Sun, Alresford, Hampshire
10 June 1975
2 .009 Asquith, Lady Cynthia (Author & secretary to J.M. Barrie)
A.N.S . to Richard Purdy. Sullington Court, Sussex
21 Jun 1945
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
2 .010 Atkins, Norman ‘Tommy’ (Member of the Hardy Players)
7 A.L.S. to Michael Millgate 4 A.L.S. to Donald Winslow. 6 carbon copies of letters by Michael Millgate in reply to Atkins.
Various 1974-1976
1980
2 .011 Austin, Alfred (Poet)
A.L.S. to unidentified correspondent.
Swinford Old Manor, Ashford, Kent
26 July 1905
2 .012 Bankes Family of Kingston Lacy
2 A.L.S. from Elizabeth Bankes to Michael Millgate about Hardy. 2 A.L.S. to Milgate from Countess Zamoyska, granddaughter of Albert Bankes about Hardy. 9 A.L.S. from Viola Bankes to Michael Millgate. Carbon copies of Michael Millgate letters to Elizabeth and Viola Bankes.
Various 1973-1982
2 .013 Barclay, Celia (Descendant of Sparks branch of Hardy Family)
2 A.L.S. to Michael Millgate.
Wildwoods, Waltham Abbey
1972 & 1982
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
2 .014 Barker, Harley Granville (Author and friend of T.H.)
A.L.S. to Richard Purdy (with envelope) concerning Purdy’ edition of Sheridan. A.L.S. to Mr Freedly [?] concerning an adaptation of The Dynasts. Correspondance with Frederick B. Adams concerning Barker’s copy of Hardy’s The Queen of Cornwall.
Ritz Hotel, London Mayfair House, New York
26 Oct. 1929
21 Oct. 1942
1954-1955
2 .015 Barnes, William (Dorset poet & friend of T.H.)
A.L.S. to J.C. Curtis, regarding quoting some of his poems.
Came Rectory, Dorchester
22 Sep. 1871
2 .016 Barrie, J.M. (Author & friend of T.H.)
A.L.S. to Emma Lavinia Hardy on mourning stationery. Expression of regrets on behalf of Barrie declining an invitation.
Adelphi Terrace, Strand.
3 May 1922
2 .017 Bastow, Nancy (Granddaughter of T.H.’s friend, Henry Bastow)
A.L.S. & T.L.S. to Michael Millgate about Bastow and Hardy. Letter from Manning Clark to Michael Millgate about Bastow. Carbon copies of Michael Millgate’s replies to Nancy Bastow
Victoria, Australia Australian National University
1971
1982
1971
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
2 .018 Beatty, Claudius (Hardy scholar)
Collection of 43 letters and 5 Christmas cards exchanged between the Hardy bibliographer Richard Purdy and Claudius Beatty. Letters to Purdy are mostly carbon typescripts.
1958-1977
2 .019 Bell, Olivier (Editor of Virginia Woolf)
T.L.S. to Michael Millgate about Hardy’s letters to Hamo Thornycroft.
Cobbe Place, Lewes, Sussex
19 May 1969
2 .020 Bell, Quentin (Nephew & biographer of Virginia Woolf)
2 T.L.S. to Michael Millgate about Leslie Stephen and Hardy. 3 carbon copies of Michael Millgate’s letters to Quentin Bell.
1968-1981
2 .021 Benson, Arthur Christopher (Author, educator, friend of T.H.)
A.L.S. to [Arthur?] Bryant. Magdalene College, Cambridge
13 Feb. 1925
2 .022 Besant, Walter (Author)
3 letters to Michael Millgate from Christopher Roscoe, Besant’s grandson, concerning letters by Hardy. Includes a signed carbon typescript on the Besant family by A. Digby Besant (nephew). With two letters from Michael Millgate to Roscoe.
1985
2 .023 Birrell, Augustine (Author)
A.L.S. to Lady Colebrook. 70, Elm Park Road, Chelsea
16 Dec. 1905
2 .024 Black, William (Novelist)
A.L.S. to Mr De la Prynne. A.L.S. to Miss Faithfull.
Reform Club, Pall Mall 5 Belgrave Terrace, Brighton
[s.d.]
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
2 .025 Bliss, Howard (Collector & friend of T.H. and Florence E. Hardy)
22 letters or cards to Hardy scholar C.J.P. Beatty. Includes some transcriptions and printed material
Various 1958-1962
2 .026 Blunden, Edmund (Poet, friend of T.H.) Blunden, Claire
Signed postcard to Michael Millgate. A.L.S. to Michael Millgate. Typed notes recording a conversation with T.H. Copy of Blunden’s ‘Notes on Literature’, inscribed to Siegfried Sassoon. 2 carbon copies of Michael Millgate’s letters to Blunden Letters and notes
Hong Kong Long Melford, Suffolk London & Toronto Long Melford, Suffolk
8 Nov. 1963
20 Sep.
1966
29 Jul. 1923
1962
1972
1972
2 .027 Blyth, Mary (Great-niece of Hardy’s friend, Horace Moule)
A.L.S. (with fragment of Moule family tree) and signed postcard to Michael Millgate. With copies of Michael Millgate’s letters to Miss Blyth.
Various 1973
2 .028 Boughton, Rutland (Composer)
A.L.S. to H.A. Martin (Hardy Players), concerning tickets for the production of The Queen of Cornwall, for which Boughton wrote the music Programme for the Glastonbury Festival of 1924.
Glastonbury Festival 23 Jul. 1924
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
2 .029 Braybrooke, Neville (Author)
2 T.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning Hardy juvenilia. Copy of Michael Millgate’s letter to Braybrooke.
Isle of Wight Toronto
1989
28 Mar. 1989
2 .030 Brennecke, Ernest (American author of early books about Hardy)
T.L.S. to Robert N. Whiteford.
Columbia University, New York
22 June 1938
2 .031 Browne, Lorna Gore A.L.S. to Henry Reed about Reed’s Hardy symposium on BBC.
London 20 Feb. 1955
2 .032 Browning, Robert (Poet)
Programme for Browning’s funeral. Order of Service for Evensong on the occasion of the centenary of the death of Robert Browning, with admission ticket.
London London
31 Dec. 1889
12 Dec.
1989
2 .033 Bugler, Gertrude (Actress, starred as ‘Tess’ with the Hardy Players)
35 A.L.S. to Michael Millgate, with copies of Michael Millgate’s side of the correspondence. Includes one letter from Bugler’s daughter, Diana Toms.
Various 1974-1992
2 .034 Bugler, Gertrude (Actress, starred as ‘Tess’ with the Hardy Players)
7 l. holograph MS headed ‘Christmas Night at Max gate 1920’. Cyclostyled typescript of talk on Hardy. Order of Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Gertrude A. Bugler.
[s.l.] [s.l.] St Mary’s Church, Beaminster
[s.d.]
1959
19 Aug. 1992
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
2 .035 Carr, J. Comyns (Author; collaborator with Hardy on a stage version of Far from the Madding Crowd)
A.L.S. to unidentified correspondent.
Grosvenor Gallery, New Bond Street
22 Aug. [s.a.]
2 .036 Carter, John (Scholar & bibliographer)
Initialled annotation on Carl J. Weber’s BSA review of Purdy’s biography of Thomas Hardy.
[s.l.] [1954?]
2 .037 Cecil, Lord David (Critic)
A.L.S. to Sydney Cockerell about Cecil’s book on Hardy.
New College, Oxford 16 Apr. 1943
2 .038 Cecil, Hugh (Author)
A.L.S. to Michael Millgate regarding Hardy and the McCarthy family. With copies of two Michael Millgate letters to Cecil.
Holt, Norfolk University of Toronto
20 Aug. 1987
1987
2 .039 Child, Harold (Author of early books on Hardy)
2 A.L.S. to Richard Purdy. Photocopy of Purdy’s letter to Adams concerning Harold Child.
London Littlehampton, Sussex Yale University
14 Aug. 1931
27 Nov.
1944
14 July 1946
2 .040 Clifford, W.K. (Mathematician & philosopher)
A.L.S. to Roden Noel. Savile Club [1874]
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
3 .001 Clodd, Alan (Publisher, grandson of Edward Clodd)
3 signed letters to Richard L. Purdy. 5 signed letters to Michael Millgate. 1 signed letter from Pierre Coustillas to Michael Millgate concerning the diaries of Edward Clodd. With copy of Michael Millgate’s initial letter to Coustillas. Copies of letters from Michael Millgate to Alan Clodd.
London London La Madeleine, France
1950-1978
1981-1992
1974
1981-1992
3 .002 Clodd, Edward (Publisher & rationalist)
A.L.S. to Mrs Green concerning autographs. A.L.S. to Nellie concerning autographs. A.L.S. to Walter Besant.
Tufnell Park, London Aldeburgh, Suffolk Aldeburgh, Suffolk
20 Oct. 1890
21 Jul. 1915
23 May
1923
3 .003 Cockerell, Sir Christopher (Son of Sydney, engineer)
Exchange of letters between Michael Millgate and Cockerell concerning his father’s papers.
Various 1991
3 .004 Cockerell, Sir Sydney (One of Hardy’s literary executors, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum)
Holograph copy of an extract of a letter from Hardy to SCC. 2 A.L.S. and 2 postcards to Richard Purdy 2 A.L.S. to Frederick B. Adams. 1 A.L.S. to Howard Bliss concerning Hardy MSS.
Kew, Surrey Kew, Surrey Kew, Surrey
1916?
1938-1949
1949-1951
1925
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
3 .005 Collins, John Churton (Critic)
A.L.S. to William Macneile Dixon.
London 16 Sep. [1890?]
3 .006 Commins, Saxe (Editor, Random House)
T.L.S. to Richard Purdy about Hardy’s Old Mrs Chundle.
New York 15 Oct. 1942
3 .007 Cowley, Canon C.P. (Vicar of Stinsford)
A.L.S. to Richard Purdy. A.L.S. to Michael Millgate.
Cheriton Lodge, Winchester
12 July 1973
6 June 1980
3 .008 Craigie, Pearl (Author)
A.L.S. to Lily Strauss A.L.S. from Craigie’s son, John, to Richard Purdy. With envelope.
[s.l.] Witham, Essex
11 June 1902
7 May 1970
3 .009 Dalrymple-Champneys, Lady Norma (Bibliographer and librarian of Somerville College)
A.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning her cataloguing of the Max Gate Library. T.L.S. to Michael Millgate from G.E. Bentley concerning Lady Dalrymple-Champneys. Copy of T.L.S. from Millgate to Lady Dalrymple-Champneys.
Oxford, England Toronto Toronto
16 May 1995
20 Jan. 1995
25 May 1995
3 .010 Dalton, Francis (Curator of the Dorset County Museum)
A.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning Hardy on Dorchester theatres. Carbon copy of T.L.S. from Michael Millgate to Mr Dalton.
Dorchester [Toronto?]
9 Dec. 1982
17 Dec. 1982
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
3 .011 Deacon, Lois (Author of Thomas Hardy and Tryphena)
A.L.S. to Richard Purdy. Typed copies of Deacon’s letters to Kenneth Phelps. Presentation copy of Bugler’s Personal Recollections of Thomas Hardy to Sherwill Thomas.
Chagford, Devon, England
3 June 1964
16 & 23 March 1963
12 Sep.
1962
3 .012 DeLafontaine, Alfred (Owner of Athelhampton House, Dorset)
A.L.S. to Charles Sawyer concerning Hardy’s visit to Athelhampton and his composition of “The Dame of Atherhall”.
[s.l.] 15 Mar. 1928
3 .013 De la Mare, Walter (Poet)
A.L.S. to Mrs Leigh on mourning paper. With envelope.
Anerley, London 14 Feb. 1921
3 .014 Dobbs, Kildare (Critic and journalist)
T.L.S. to Michael Millgate about a Hardy letter. With envelope.
Toronto 1 Dec. 1983
3 .015 Dodd, Francis (Artist)
A.L.S. to Richard Purdy (with envelope) concerning a Hardy illustration. Includes newspaper notice of Dodd’s death.
[s.l.] 23 Mar. 1928
3 .016 Drew, Charles D. (Curator of Dorset County Museum)
T.L.S. to Richard Purdy concerning the opening of the Hardy Room at the DCM. A.L.S . to Richard Purdy concerning Hardy’s letters and personal items.
Dorchester 11 May 1939
30 Sep. 1941
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3 .017 Dugdale, Constance (Florence Emily Dugdale Hardy’s sister)
2 A.L.S. to Richard Purdy about Max Gate and Hardy.
Enfield, Middlesex 5 Jan. 1950
17 Nov.
1954
3 .018 Dugdale, Eva (Florence Emily Dugdale Hardy’s sister)
A.N.S. to Richard Purday concerning the relocation of the Rev. G.H. Moule. A.L.S. to Purdy on the death of Lady Cockerell. A.L.S. to Purdy. With envelope. Postcard from Lady Grogan to Eva Dugdale.
[s.l.] Gloucester Hotel, Weymouth [London?] Dorchester
July 1946
26 Sep. 1949
17 Nov.
1954
23 Dec. 1946
3 .019 Du Maurier, George (Illustrator and novelist; illustrator of The Hand of Ethelberta.)
A.L.S. to Lucas Ionides. With envelope.
Revington 8 Feb. 1870
3 .020 Ewart, Wilfrid (Author)
A.L.S. to Florence Emily Hardy, forwarding a copy of his first novel.
West Eaton Place, [London]
16 Nov. 1921
3 .021 Fairley, Barker (Canadian Goethe scholar & painter)
A.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning Hardy.
Toronto 30 Dec. 1969
3 .022 Feinberg, Charles (Collector)
T.L.S. to Michael Millgate. With two carbon copies of letters from Millgate to Feinberg.
Detroit Toronto
9 July 1965
11 June
& 16 July 1965
3 .023 Ffrancon-Davies, Gwen (Actress who played Tess)
A.L.S. to Richard Purdy about Hardy’s letters.
Stambourne, Essex 17 May 1975
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3 .024 Flower, Newman (Publisher)
A.L.S. to Sir James Marchant. T.L.S. to Richard Purdy about Hardy’s poems. T.L.S. to Sir James Marchant concerning an encounter with Sir Winston Churchill. A.L.S. to Lady Marchant.
Idehurst Sevenoaks London London Blandford, Dorset
13 June 1938
12 Sep.
1938
18 Nov. 1954
6 Dec. 1961
3 .025 Forster, E.M. A.L.S. to Richard Purdy (with envelope) informing him that he has no Hardy letters. Photocopy of letter to Henry Reed.
Cambridge Dorking
10 May 1968
25 Dec. 1944
3 .026 Fowles, John (Novelist)
Typed note to Michael Millgate on a copied advertisement page from The Dorset Magazine, advertising the sale of a Hardy letter. With two carbon copies of letters from Millgate to Fowles.
Lyme Regis, Dorset 10 May 1983
2 May 1983
19 May
1983
3 .027 Franklin, Colin (Publisher)
2 T.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning Charles Kegan Paul. 3 carbon copies of letters from Millgate to Franklin.
London Canterbury
15 Oct. 1968
22 Oct. 1968
Oct. 1968
3 .028 Frith, W.P. (Artist)
A.L.S. to Walter Sichel concerning one of his articles.
Ashenhurst, Sydenham Rise, S.E.
27 Nov. 1888
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3 .029 Furbank, P.N. (Author)
T.L.S. to Michael Millbank concerning a new edition of Hardy’s novels. A.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning Florence Emily Hardy’s nickname. 2 carbon copies of letters from Millgate to Furbank.
Cambridge London [s.l.]
24 Dec. 1973
3 Mar. 1983
1973-1983
3 .030 Galsworthy, John (Novelist & playwright)
A.L.S. to Secretary of the Cambridge Union.
London 26 Sep. 1925
3 .031 Garnett, Richard (Son of David)
3 T.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning the Garnett letters and Hardy. Carbon copy of letter to E.D. Yeo, Dept. of MSS, National Library of Scotland with her reply. Carbon copy of letter to Richard Garnett.
London Edinburgh [Edinburgh]
1974
1974
1974
3 .032 Gifford, Gordon (Nephew of Emma Lavinia Hardy)
A.L.S. to Constance Dugdale, with Dugdale’s marginalia. T.L.S. from F. Rampton to Michael Millgate concerning Gordon Gifford. Carbon copy of letter from Michael Millgate to F. Rampton.
New Eltham Brighton [s.l.]
21 Dec. 1949
22 Jan. 1973
13 Jan. 1973
3 .033 Gifford, Henry (Great –nephew of Emma Lavinia Hardy; Russian scholar)
4 A.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning the Gifford family. 3 carbon copies of letters from Millgate to Gifford.
Bristol [s.l.]
1975-1992
1982
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
3 .034 Gifford, Léonie (Cousin of Emma Lavinia Hardy)
A.L.S. to Dorothy Allhusen concerning Jude the Obscure and Tess; with Allhusen’s draft reply on verso.
Bradninch, Devon 9 June 1940
3 .035 Gosse, Edmund (Author)
A.L.S. to Teignmouth Shore. Author’s note initialed to Florence Emily Hardy, with photograph of cat. The Kinsmen Dinner menu, with many autographs on verso. A.L.S. (with envelope) from Philip Gosse to Richard Purdy.
Regents Park Regent’s Park London West Wratting, Cambridgeshire
10 Oct. 1906
14 July 1927
3 Feb. 1889
8 Sep. 1952
3 .036 Gosse, Jennifer (Granddaughter of Edmund Gosse)
7 A.L.S. to Michael Millgate. 7 carbon copies of letters from Millgate to Miss Gosse.
Newgate, Berkshire Various
1978-1991
1977-1981
3 .037 Graves, Robert (Poet)
A.L.S. to Richard Purdy. Written on verso of Purdy’s letter dated 30 April 1968, but with envelope postmarked 3 May 1968.
London 25 Apr. 1968 [i.e. 3 May?]
3 .038 Hanbury, Cecil. (Owner of Kingston Maurward House)
A.L.S. to Richard Purdy with envelope addressed in the hand of Florence Emily Hardy. A.L.S. from Dorothy Hanbury-Forbes, Hanbury’s widow, to Richard Purdy.
La Mortola, Ventimiglia, Italy La Mortola, Ventimiglia, Italy
31 Mar. 1928
16 May 1968
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
3 .039 Hardy, Evelyn (Hardy biographer)
T.L.S. to Richard Purdy. 2 A.L.S. to Michael Millgate. Signed correspondence card (with envelope) to Mrs Soundy (Florence E. Hardy’s sister). 1 carbon copy of a letter from Millgate to Miss Hardy.
Liphook, Hampshire Liphook, Hampshire Liphook, Hampshire [s.l.]
9 Dec. 1954
1978
21 Jan. 1975
17 Feb. 1978
3 .040 Hardy, Thomas Masterman (Royal Naval Officer, and distant relation of the author)
Autograph. This is the Hardy to whom Nelson uttered the famous words “Kiss me, Hardy” as he lay dying on the deck of H.M.S. Victory.
[s.l.] [s.d.]
3 .041 Harrison, Frederic A.L.S. to Roden Noel. Lincoln’s Inn 12 Dec. [s.a.]
3 .042 Harvey, Dolly (née Gale) (Emma Lavinia Hardy’s maid at the time of her death)
2 A.L.S. to Michael Millgate. Carbon copy of letter from Millgate to Harvey.
Ingersoll, Ont. April 1973
3 .043 Hawkins, Anthony Hope (Novelist)
A.L.S. to unidentified woman. A.L.S. to Lord Methuen.
Buckingham St, [London Bedford Square, [London]
9 Apr. 1895
27 Dec.
1916
3 .044 Henniker, Florence (Author & friend of Hardy.)
A.L.S. to Miss Peacock. Fryston Hall, Ferrybridge, Yorkshire
26 Dec. [s.a.]
3 .045 Herkomer, Hubert (Artist & illustrator of Tess)
A.L.S. to Mrs Swan. [s.l.] 25 July 1872
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
3 .046 Holland, Clive (aka C.J. Hankinson) (Photographer & travel journalist)
2 T.L.S. to Richard Purdy. A.L.S. from C.F.J. Hankinson (son) to Purdy.
Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire Eaton Rise, Ealing
1944
28 May 1975
3 .047 Hornby, C.H. St John (Publisher and printer)
A.L.S. to Richard Purdy (with envelope).
Chantmarle, Dorchester
16 Dec. 1943
3 .048 Howe, Irving (American critic)
2 T.L.S. to Michael Millgate.
New York 24 May 1971
8 Dec. 1983
3 .049 Howells, William Dean (Novelist)
A.L.S. to Jonathan Sturgis. Signed postcard from W.W. Howells (son) to Michael Millgate.
New York Cambridge, Mass.
14 Nov. 1891
26 Mar.
1963
3 .050 Hynes, Samuel (Hardy editor & scholar)
A.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning Bernard Jones’s edition of Hardy’s Fifty-Seven Poems. Copy of Millgate’s letter to Hynes.
Princeton Toronto
30 Mar. [2002]
15 Apr. 2002
3 .051 John, Augustus (Artist)
Signed postcard to Daniel George (journalist).
[Spain?] 8 Apr. 1953
3 .052 Removed from collection.
3 .053 Lang, Monica (Niece of Florence Emily Hardy)
2 A.L.S. to Richard Purdy. T.L.S. to Purdy.
Findon, Sussex Findon, Sussex
12 May 1969
14 Jan. 1979
24 Feb.
1978
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
3 .054 Larkin, Philip (Poet)
A.L.S. to Mr Dowling concerning a broadcast about Hardy. With photograph of bronze statue of Phillip Larkin, by sculptor Martin Jennings, at Hull Paragon Interchange; with MS notes by Ann Thwaite on verso.
Hull, [England] 13 Aug. 1968
3 .055 Lawrence, Elizabeth (Dorset poet)
A.L.S. to Richard Purdy. A.L.S. to Michael Millgate.
Bridport, Dorset 14 Nov. 1979
30 Aug.
1982
3 .056 Lea, Hermann (Dorset photographer and collaborator with Hardy on book about Hardy’s Wessex.
Carbon copy of letter about Hardy to Lady Hoare. Found among the Hardy papers of Henry Reed. With photocopy of studio postcard portrait of Lea.
Upper Rockhampton, Dorchester
21 May 1914
3 .057 Lemperly, Paul (American collector & correspondent of Hardy and his 2nd wife.)
A.L.S. to Richard Purdy concerning books by Hardy. A.L.S. to Frederick B. Adams concerning a Kipling booklet. Includes photocopied excerpts from Lemperly’s Books and I (1938).
Lakewood, Ohio
23 July 1928
2 Mar. 1936
3 .058 Lewis, Cecil Day (Poet & Hardy enthusiast)
T.L.S. to Michael Millgate refusing an invitation.
London 27 Nov. 1963
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
3 .059 Lock, H.O. (Hardy family solicitor)
T.L.S. to Richard Purdy concerning Hardy manuscripts. A.L.S. to Richard Purdy concerning Purdy’s bibliography of Hardy.
Dorchester 18 Aug. 1942
4 Dec. 1954
3 .060 Lock, Henry (Hardy family solicitor, son of H.O.)
Extensive correspondence with Michael Millgate concerning Hardy documents.
Various 1975-2007
3 .061 Lowes, John Linvingstone (Critic)
A.L.S. to Richard Purdy concerning the Hardy Exhibition at Yale.
Cambridge, [Mass.] 25 June 1928
4 .001 Macmillan, Alexander (Hardy’s publisher)
A.L.S. to William Michael Rossetti. A.L.S. to W.J.C. Miller concerning the publication of a mathematical work by Dr Booth. Photocopy of A.L.S. to Thomas Hardy.
Covent Garden Covent Garden Covent Garden
11 June 1867
11 Sep.
1891
10 Aug. 1868
4 .002 Macmillan, Harold T.L.S. from Macmillan’s personal secretary to Richard Purdy. T.L.S. to Richard Purdy concerning Hardy letters
Haywards Heath, Sussex London
14 July 1972
10 Oct. 1972
4 .003 Mann, E.W. (Hardy’s physician)
A.L.S. to Richard Purdy. Signed Christmas card to Purdy. Carbon typescript of radio presentation about Hardy’s death.
Muckleford, Dorset [s.l.] [s.l.]
18 Nov. 1954
[s.d.] [1955]
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
4 .004 Manning, Elfrida (Daughter of Hardy’s friend, the sculptor Hamo Thornycroft)
A.L.S. to Richard Purdy concerning Hardy’s letters. 2 A.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning Hardy and Agatha Thornycroft. Carbon copy of letter from Michael Millgate to Elfrida Manning.
Farnham, Surrey Farnham, Surrey
21 Oct. 1969
26 Feb. 1970
7 June 1973
3 July 1973
4 .005 Marsh, Edward (Man of letters)
A.L.S. to Richard Purdy concerning poem by Hardy.
Boar’s Hill, Oxford 30 Sep. 1944
4 .006 Martin, E.W. (Social historian)
T.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning the Tryphena story. A.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning Hardy and class-consciousness. Carbon copy of Millgate’s letter to Martin.
Exeter 8 Sep. 1975
[1976?]
19 Dec. 1975
4 .007 Meredith, George (Novelist)
A.L.S. to Mrs Benecke declining an invitation.
Box Hill 20 Aug. 1886
4 .008 Milne, W.O. (Architect and former Hardy colleague)
A.L.S. to Reginald Blomfield concerning Hardy at Arthur Blomfield’s office. T.L.S. from Charles J. Blomfield to ‘Fred’ about Milne’s letter.
Chipstead, Surrey London
23 May 1911
24 May 1911
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
4 .009 Milnes, Richard Monckton (later Lord Houghton) (Critic & editor)
2 A.L.S. to Roden Noel. A.L.S. to unidentified correspondent.
London Fyrlot [?] Pall Mall
22 Feb. 1879
29 Apr.
1879
21 June [s.a.]
4 .010 Monro, Harold (Poetry Bookshop)
Greeting card to the Hardys with Monro’s poem ‘Forgetfulness’. With illustration by Albert Rutherston.
[s.l.] [s.d.]
4 .011 Morley, John (Statesman, editor, critic)
A.L.S. to unidentified correspondent. A.L.S. to Roden Noel concerning criticism of poetry.
[s.l.] Piccadilly, London
14 Dec. 1873
5 July 1874
4 .012 Morrell, Roy (Critic)
2 T.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning his Hardy biography. Carbon copy of letter to Prof. Morrell
Blandford Forum, Dorset [s.l.]
Feb.-Mar. 1985
24 Feb.
1985
4 .013 Morshead, Sir Owen (Royal Librarian)
T.L.S to Michael Millgate concerning a memory of Hardy. T.L.S. to Millgate. 4 carbon copies of letters to Morshead.
Sturminster Newton, Dorset Sturminster Newton, Dorset [s.l.]
30 Jan. 1973
28 Apr. 1973
Jan.-June
1973
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
4 .014 Moule, Handley (Bishop of Durham)
A.L.S. to William Barnes with a copy of Moule’s poem ‘Farringdon Church’. A.L.S. to an unidentified correspondent. ‘How I became a preacher’. Holograph draft of a brief address.
Fordington Vicarage, Dorset Ridley Lodge, Cambridge [s.l.]
30 May 1870
14 July 1899
[1906]
4 .015 Moule, Henry C.C. (Moule family descendant)
11 letters (mostly T.L.S.) to Michael Millgate concerning the Moule family. T.L.S. from Moule to Mary Blyth, with a suggestion it be passed on to Millgate. Carbon copy of letter to Robert Darby with Darby’s reply. Millgate holograph notes from interview with Henry C.C. Moule. 7 carbon copies of letters from Millgate to Moule.
Nettlebed, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire Nettlebed, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire Nettlebed, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire. Oxford Nettlebed, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire
1973-1975
13 May 1973
3 June 1973
25 July 1973
2 June 1973
1973-1974
4 .016 Nevinson, Henry W. (Journalist)
A.L.S. to Galloway Kyle. T.L.S. to Galloway Kyle concerning the Hardy centenary.
Hampstead Hampstead
7 Feb. 1940
29 Apr.
1940
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
4 .017 Newbolt, Henry (Poet)
A.L.S. to Stephen Paget. A.L.S. to John Preece (with envelope) concerning Hardy’s poetry. Holograph MS list of his copies of The Dynasts.
London Salisbury [s.l.]
3 Apr. 1902
22 Mar.
1933
[s.d.]
4 .018 Newsome, David (Literary historian)
2 T.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning A.C. Benson. 3 carbon copies of Millgate’s letters to Newsome. T.L.S. from R. Hyam, Librarian, Magdalene College, Cambridge to Millgate concerning A.C. Benson.
Horsham, West Sussex [s.l.] Cambridge
1978
1978
6 May 1975
4 .019 Notestein, Wallace (Historian)
T.L.S. to Richard Purdy with anecdotes about Hardy.
Oxford 8 July 1950
4 .020 Oakshott, Walter (Historian)
2 A.L.S. to Michael Millgate. 2 carbon copies of letters from Millgate.
Oxford [s.l.]
1985
1985
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
4 .021 O’Rourke, May (Hardy’s secretary)
A.L.S. with envelope to Horace F. Moule of Weymouth. A.L.S. to Michael & Jane Millgate Signed postcard to the Millgates. A.L.S. to Millgate. Author’s presentation copy to Siegfried Sassoon of her pamphlet Thomas Hardy: His Secretary Remembers
Salisbury Dorchester Dorchester Hampshire [s.l.]
7 Aug. 1951
12 Mar. 1968
[7 June]
1968
25 Oct. 1974
Nov. 1965
4 .022 Parry, Donald (Tenant of Hardy’s birthplace)
2 A.L.S. to Donald Winslow.
Dorchester 15 Jan. 1939
18 Mar.
1940
4 .023 Phelps, William Lyon (American critic, friend of Florence E. Hardy)
A.L.S. to Richard Purdy. New Haven 12 Apr. 1935
4 .024 Philpotts, Eden (Novelist)
A.L.S. to H.B. Marriott (partner of Rosamund Tomson) concerning his possible move to Torquay. A.L.S. to the Research Defence Society.
Torquay Torquay
28 July 1905
20 Mar. 1908
4 .025 Pinero, Arthur W. (Playwright)
A.N.S. with quotation from The Squire (the play based on Far from the Madding Crowd).
[s.l.] 3 Jan. 1882
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
4 .026 Pippard, J.C. (Psychiatrist)
2 T.L.S. to Michael Millgate about Emma Lavinia Hardy’s niece, Lillian Gifford. Carbon copies of 3 letters by Millgate to Pippard.
Essex [s.l.]
1977
1977
4 .027 Pollock, Frederick (Lawyer)
A.L.S. to Richard Purdy (with envelope) concerning F.W. Maitland’s Life of Leslie Stephen, to which Hardy contributed.
London 24 Mar. 1928
4 .028 Pool, Ethel (née Hawker) (Hardy player)
A.L.S. to Henry Reed concerning his BBC Hardy broadcast. 6 A.L.S. to Gertrude Bugler. (Given to Michael Millgate by Bugler) Two poems written by Pool?
Surrey Surrey
23 Feb. 1955
Feb. 1955-Sep. 1956
4 .029 Poorton-Schwartz, Joost van der (Dutch author)
A.L.S. to Clement Shorter. Chateau de Zuylestein, Par Leersum
25 Aug. 1898
4 .030 Pope, Christopher (Member of a Dorset brewing family)
T.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning the Pope family’s Book of Remembrances, to which Hardy wrote the preface. Copy of letter from Millgate to Pope.
Dorchester Toronto
5 Apr. 1993
27 Mar. 1993
4 .031 Powys, John Cowper (Novelist)
A.L.S. to bookseller concerning the purchase and sale of books.
Hillsdale, New York 8 Dec. 1933
4 .032 Powys, Llewelyn (Poet)
A.L.S. to Grant Richards concerning his Skin for Skin.
New York, N.Y. [3] Nov. 1927
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
4 .033 Powys, Theodore (Author)
A.L.S. (with envelope) to J.S. Clarke.
Dorchester 25 Feb. 1931
4 .034 Pretor, Alfred (Author & Hardy friend)
Correspondence related to Pretor but not actually by him. With notes by Richard Purdy.
Various 1944-1945
4 .035 Proctor, Anne B. (Hostess, wife of Barry Proctor)
A.L.S. (with envelope) to William E. Mozley. Together with a brief biography and typed transcript of another Proctor letter.
Keninsgton Gore 2 Jan. 1884
4 .036 Reed, Henry (Poet, playwright, Hardy scholar)
Scrapbook created by Reed at the time of Hardy’s death.
[1928?]
4 .037 Rhys, Ernest (Publisher)
T.L.S. to Mr Simpson. London 21 Nov. 1933
4 .038 Richardson, Ethel (Florence Emily Hardy’s sister)
A.L.S. (with envelope) to Richard Purdy concerning her sister, Florence. Original TS of her ‘Recollection of Thomas Hard OM’, later published in her college magazine.
Osterley, Middlesex 18 Nov. 1954
4 .039 Richardson, Pamela (Florence Emily Hardy’s niece)
4 A.L.S. to Michael Millgate. 4 carbon copies of letters from Millgate to Richardson.
Brighstone, Isle of Wight [s.l.]
1978-1980
1978-1980
4 .040 Ring, Monica (Descendant of the Smiths of West Stafford)
T.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning Hardy’s letters. 3 carbon copies of letters by Millgate to Ring.
Puddletown 16 Jan. 1974
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
4 .041 Roberts, Marguerite (Hardy scholar)
A.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning an inscribed Hardy volume. 2 carbon copies of letters from Millgate to Roberts.
Richmond, Virginia 14 Feb. 1981
4 .042 Rumbold, Lady Pauline
A.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning the Hardy biography. Signed postcard to Ann Thwaite about the Hardy biography. Signed postcard to Millgate.
Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester
24 Feb. 1994
14 Feb. 1994
27 Aug. 1999
4 .043 Russell, John A.L.S. to Henry Reed concerning Hardy.
[London] 15 Nov. 1947
4 .044 Rutland, William R. (Author of books about Hardy; contemporary visitor to Max Gate)
T.L.S. to Howard Bliss. 2 T.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning the Max Gate Library. 3 carbon copies of letters from Millgate to Rutland.
Oxford Vaud, Switzerland [s.l.]
26 Feb. 1936
1969
1969
4 .045 Rylands, George (Cambridge academic, related to the Smith family of West Stafford)
T.L.S. to Jane Millgate concerning Hardy. T.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning Hardy. A.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning Hardy. 3 carbon copies of letters by Millgate.
Cambridge Cambridge Cambridge Toronto
1 July 1971
21 May
1973
2 June 1988
1973-1988
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
4 .046 Sassoon, Siegfried (Poet & memoirist)
Signed postcard to F.R. Batt. 4 A.L.S. to Bernard Jones, two of which refer to Hardy. T.L.S. from Sassoon’s publisher & executor, Rupert Hart-Davis to Michael Millgate concerning Millgate’s biography of Hardy.
Paris Warminster Richmond, Yorkshire
17 Mar. 1932
1965-1966
14 Apr. 1980
4 .047 Scott-Siddons, Mary (Actress admired by Hardy)
Holograph quotation from Keats. With Scott-Siddons’ autograph.
[s.l.] 12 Dec. 1878
4 .048 Sherman, Elna (Author of article on Hardy and music)
T.L.S. to Donald Winslow. Lincoln, Rhode Island 13 May 1940
4 .049 Sherren, Wilkinson (Writer on Wessex)
T.L.S. to Richard Purdy concerning Hardy.
Richmond, Surrey 13 Oct. 1943
4 .050 Shipton, Richard (Florence E. Hardy’s chauffeur)
Letter written in his wife’s hand, but with Shipton’s autograph, to Richard Purdy with reminiscences about Hardy.
Puddletown, Dorchester
20 Dec. [1965?]
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
4 .051 Shorter, Clement (Magazine editor and literary journalist)
“Compliments” card of Mr & Mrs Shorter. T.L.S. to Stewart M. Ellis, with possible Hardy reference. Blank page of Shorter’s personal stationery together with drawing of his library. Copy, signed by Eveleigh Nash, of a contract for Dora Sigerson Shorter’s A Dull Day in London for which Hardy wrote the prefatory note. Copy of letter from A.M. Bullen to Shorter. T.L.S from E.C. O’Sullivan to Shorter. T.L.S. from George Roberts concerning Sigerson copyrights. Miscellaneous cuttings including obituary notices for Shorter and carbon transcript of one obituary. Photographs & postcard.
[s.l.] [London] London Stratford-upon-Avon Holland Park Dublin
9 July 1896
8 Jan. 1915
27 Jan. 1920
13 June 1917
16 Feb.
1921
5 Oct. 1912
4 .052 Skilling, James & Ruth (Custodians of the Hardy birthplace)
T.L.S. from J.P. Skilling to Richard Purdy on receipt of his Hardy biography. Holograph poem in celebration of Michael Millgate by Ruth Skilling.
Dorchester [Dorchester?]
29 Mar. 1968
3 Aug. 1982
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
4 .053 Skinner, Ethel (Daughter of Florence E. Hardy’s nephew Gordon Gifford)
Holograph draft letter from Richard Purdy to Ethel Skinner. A.L.S. to Richard Purdy. A.L.S. to Michael Millgate. A.L.S. to Millgate on the death of Ethel Skinner from her husband, Don. A.L.S. from Don Skinner to Millgate concerning some Hardy papers. 4 carbon copies of letters from Millgate to Mrs Skinner
[s.l.] London Wetherby, W. Yorkshire Wetherby, W. Yorkshire Wetherby, W. Yorkshire [Toronto]
23 Oct. 1960
4 Nov. 1960
17 July 1978
18 Mar.
1982
19 Apr. 1982
1978-1982
4 .054 Smallwood, Norah (Publisher)
T.L.S. to Malcolm Tomkins concerning some Hardy letters.
London 13 July 1978
4 .055 Stephen, Leslie (Author, Hardy editor & friend)
T.L.S. to Mr Harrison [Frederic?].
Pall Mall [s.d.]
4 .056 Stewart-Mackenzie, Madeleine (Daughter of Hardy’s friend, Lady Jeune)
A.L.S. to Richard Purdy concerning her mother and Hardy’s letters.
Pulborough, Sussex 24 Oct. 1966
4 .057 Stracey, May (Daughter of Mrs Sheridan, Hardy’s friend)
A.L.S. to Florence Emily Hardy concerning meeting Richard Purdy. A.L.S. to Richard Purdy.
[London] [London]
20 July 1933
23 July 1933
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
5 .001 Sturgis, Barbara (Daughter of Christine Silver in role of Tess)
3 A.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning Christine Silver in the role of Tess. 4 carbon copies of Millgate’s letters to Sturgis.
Newport, Isle of Wight [s.l.]
June 1978-Aug. 1979
1978-1979
5 .002 Surtees, Virginia (Biographer)
T.L.S. to Richard Purdy, responding to Purdy’s enquiry about Sydney Cockerell. A.L.S. to Jane Millgate. Purdy’s draft letter to Mrs Surtees.
London London [s.l.]
9 Oct. 1964
26 Jun. 1985
4 Oct. 1964
5 .003 Symons, Arthur (Author)
A.L.S. to unidentified correspondent. With supporting documentation.
Wittersham, Kent 31 Aug. 1916
5 .004 Thackeray, Anne (Daughter of W.M. Thackeray, sister-in-law of Leslie Stephen, and early Hardy friend)
A.L.S. to Louisa Simeon (daughter of Sir John Simeon). Initialled note to Louisa Simeon, with envelope. A.L.S. (as Lady Ritchie) to Mr Johnson. 2 A.L.S. from Hester Ritchie (Anne’s daughter) to Johnson.
[London?] [London] Ware, Hertfordshire Isle of Wight
[25 May 1870]
6 June 1872
22 Jan. [1916]
Mar. 1924
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
5 .005 Thomas, Myfanwy (Daughter of Edward & Helen Thomas)
T.l.S. to Michael Millgate concerning his biography of Hardy. TS [original?] of Helen Thomas’s poem on Hardy’s funeral. Carbon copy of Millgate’s letter to Mrs Thomas
Newbury, Berkshire [s.l.] [s.l.]
21 Dec. 1982
[s.d.]
26 Feb. 1983
5 .006 Thorne, Edwin (Former owner of the MS of Far from the Madding Crowd)
4 T.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning access to the MS or to copies of it.
[New York] 3 carbon copies of letters to Thorne.
1968-1970
1968-1969
5 .007 Walter, Nicholas (Rationalist Press Association)
T.L.S. to Michael Millgate concerning a portrait of Edward Clodd.
London 21 Sep. 1982
5 .008 Ward, Mary A. (Novelist)
A.L.S. to Mrs Hogg. A.L.S. to Mrs Bagot.
[London] Stocks, Tring
15 Feb. 1893
26 Aug.
1901
5 .009 Willis, Irene Cooper (Florence Emily Hardy’s executor)
2 postcards signed to Richard Purdy. 2 A.L.S. to Claudius Beatty 2 A.L.S. to Michael Millgate Signed postcard to Millgate 4 copies of letters from Millgate to Willis.
[London?] Nutley, Sussex Nutley, Sussex Sussex Various
Sep. [1938?]
Sep. 1958
& July 1959
June &
July 1966
21 Aug. 1967
1966-1967
MS. Coll. 00651 Thomas Hardy Collection
5 .010 Winslow, Donald (Hardy scholar)
Extensive correspondence with Michael Millgate, including originals and copies, of Millgate letters.
Various 1993-2009
5 .011 Youriévitch, Serge (Sculptor of Hardy’s bust)
2 A.L.S. to Claudius Beatty.
Farnham, Surrey Apr. 1958
6 .001 Reed, Henry (Poet, playwright & Hardy scholar)
Reed’s working notebook for projected Hardy biography.
[s.l.] [s.d.]
6 .002 Hardy genealogical notes
Vellum document in French reputedly containing the earliest reference to the LeHardy family. With sheet of annotations in the hand of Emma Lavinia Hardy.
France 20 Oct. 1617