Gaither mss., 1955-1986
Papers, 1955-1986, of Mary Elizabeth Gaither at the Lilly Library, Indiana
University, Bloomington, Indiana
Electronic finding aid encoded by Beth Benda.
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly
Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly
Creator
Gaither, Mary E.
TitleGaither mss.,1955-1986
Collection No.
LMC 2215
Extent
238 items
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
Consists of correspondence and writings
of Mary Elizabeth Gaither relating primarily to work on Leonard and Virginia Woolf and
on the publications of their Hogarth Press. Additions to the collection include receipts
and invoices, 1961-1969, for the purchase of Hogarth Press books.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Indiana University Professor Emeritus of English.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of correspondence and writings of Mary Elizabeth Gaither relating primarily to
work on Leonard and Virginia Woolf and on the publications of their Hogarth Press.
Additions to the collection include receipts and invoices, 1961-1969, for the purchase
of Hogarth Press books.
The first folder of correspondence is between Leonard Woolf and Mary E. Gaither,
1955-1961. In 1961 Gaither interviewed Woolf and the notes for that interview are in the
first folder of writings. The majority of the correspondence is from 1974-1986 and is
primarily with book dealer and bibliographer J. Howard Woolmer, first of Andes, New
York, later of Revere, Pennsylvania. In 1976, Woolmer's
A
Checklist of the Hogarth Press,
with a Short History of the Press by Mary E.
Gaither, was published by the Hogarth Press in London and by Woolmer-Brotherton in the
US. Work on the revised edition began in 1985 and was published in late 1986. In
addition to "the Short History" present in the writings section, there are offprints of
two articles that Gaither did for
The Dictionary of Literary
Biography,
vol. 112, in 1991: "Hogarth Press" and "Nonesuch Press."
A few miscellaneous items at the end of the collection include a photographic copy of a
portrait of Leonard Woolf that is in the National Portrait Gallery, and a group of news
clippings about him, mostly from the 1960s.
Additions to the Gaither mss. include receipts and invoices, 1961-1969, for the purchase
of Hogarth Press books by Mary Gaither. Her main source for her collection was British
bookseller R.A. Brimmell, first located in Middlesex then in Sussex. Also present in
this group is an exchange with American bookseller Robert A. Wilson relating to the
purchase of Virginia Woolf’s
Two Stories in 1965.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries' online
catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the
catalog using these terms.
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Names
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Indiana University
--Faculty --Archives.
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Hogarth Press.
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Gaither, Mary E.
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Woolf, Leonard,
1880-1969 --Correspondence.
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Woolf, Leonard, 1880-1969.
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Woolmer, J. Howard.
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Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Gift, 1999, 2001.
Usage RestrictionsPrior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however, patrons
from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in advance of their
visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Gaither mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Series:
Collection, 1955-1986
Box 1
Folder 1
1955-1961. Correspondence with Leonard Woolf
Box 1
Folder 2
1965-1974. Correspondence – general
Box 1
Folder 3
1974-1986: Correspondence re: Hogarth checklist and history,
chiefly with J. Howard Woolmer
Box 1
Folder 4
Writings: interview with Leonard Woolf, 1961
Box 1
Folder 5
Writings, re: Hogarth Press manuscript, 1968
Box 1
Folder 6
Hogarth Press Bibliography, draft, ca. 1968
Box 1
Folder 7
[Short history of Hogarth Press], and Appendix, 1976
Box 1
Folder 8
Offprints: review of Hogarth Press checklist; "Hogarth Press" from
DLB 112; "Nonesuch Press" from
DLB 112
Box 1
Folder 9
Notes, pencil, re: Lytton Strachey / Virginia Woolf correspondence
Box 1
Folder 10
Photograph of portrait of Leonard Woolf
Box 1
Folder 11
Miscellaneous clippings and printed items.
Box 1
Folder 12
Receipts and invoices, for purchase of Hogarth Press books. 1961-1964
Box 1
Folder 13
Receipts and invoices, 1965-1969