Box 3
Contains 84 Results:
Eileen Duggan, "Ballade of Home Coming", undated
Item appears to be a poetic tribute to Chesterton.
Letter, Cecil Chesterton to Unknown, 1916 October 12
Addressee of the letter written on New Witness stationery is unknown. Letter deals with Cecil Chesterton's induction into the service and with G.K. Chesterton's assumption of editorial responsibilities.
Letter, G.K. Chesterton to Unknown, 1923 August 16
Addressee of this letter written on G.K.'s Weekly stationery is unidentified. Letter deals with the prospects of the new publication.
Flyers, Frances Chesterton's Piers Plowman's Pilgrimage and G.K. Chesterton's "League of Little People", 1925-1926
Promoting Frances Chesterton's morality play and G.K. Chesterton's address.
W.R. Titterton, "G.K. Chesterton: The Portrait of a Child", 1936
Advertisement and subscription form for Titterton's book on Chesterton.
Photograph, G.K. Chesterton, undated
Photograph was taken by Scottish photographer, J. Craig Annan (1864-1946).
Card, Pat Lawlor to John Bennett Shaw, undated
Belated Christmas greeting to John Bennett Shaw from a book dealer in New Zealand.
G.K. Chesterton, Letter and magazine prospectus, 1924 November
Letter to potential investor plus prospectus for G.K.'s Weekly Limited.
G.K. Chesterton, Galleys and Typescript, 1930-1931
Galleys for three articles: "The Greek Mask," "Marriage and the Modern Mind," and "The True Sin of Bolshevism." Also typescript for "The Green Mask."
G.K. Chesterton, "The So-Called Belgium Bargain", 1915
Reprinted from the Illustrated London News.
Letters, Frances Chesterton and C.N. de Reyes to R.N. Green Armytage, 1926 November-December
From the R.N. Green Armytage collection.
Eileen Duggan, "Chesterton, The Man", undated
Article by Eileen Duggan (1894-1972) was published in The Evening Star (Dunedin, New Zealand). Folder contains a letter from Pat Lawlor to John Bennet Shaw.
Letter, John Sullivan to John Bennett Shaw, 1948 June 18
John Sullivan's letter to Shaw concerns G.K. Chesterton: A Bibliography, which was about to be published. Sullivan's bibliography is a highly regarded Chesterton source.
Lord Elton, "Books That Have Influenced Me: G.K. Chesterton", 1944 May 15
Manuscript consists of a transcript of a BBC radio broadcast.
John Bennett Shaw, paper on G.K. Chesterton, 1937
Shaw's undergraduate paper touches upon the following novels: The Napoleon of Notting Hill, Man Alive, the Man Who Was Thursday, The Flying Inn, The Ball and the Cross, and The Return of Don Quixote. Paper includes notes and commentary by Professor John T. Frederick.
Christmas Cards, undated
Blank Christmas cards with verses by G.K. Chesterton on the "Christ Child."
G.K. Chesterton, Poems "To Father O'Connor", undated
Poems were inscribed on the fly-leaves of Chesterton titles owned by Father John O'Connor, the prototype for the Father Brown character.
G.K. Chesterton, "Folk Song", undated
Inscribed on the fly-leaf of Father John O'Connor's copy of The Secret of Father Brown.
National Broadcasting Company, "England Revisited: G.K. Chesterton", 1961 August 20
Typescript of an episode of The Catholic Hour dealing with G.K Chesterton.
Aleister Crowley, Order Form for "Why Jesus Wept", undated
Crowley (1875-1947), controversial poet of the occult and founder of the philosophy and religion of Thelema, was an opponent of Chesterton's.
Letter, G.K. Chesterton to Stuart P.B. Mais, circa 1925 August 29
In his letter of appreciation to Stuart Mais, a writer of travel books, Chesterton refers to one of his own publications, William Cobbett.
Photographs, Father Kevin Scannell, undated
Father Kevin Scannell was a collector of G.K. Chesterton materials and a friend of John Bennett Shaw.
Collection Cards, undated
From the Robert John Bayer Collection of Chestertoniana. Folder also includes a postcard of the James Gunn painting of Chesterton, Baring, and Belloc, the original of which hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Phonograph Record (78 rpm), "The Donkey," , undated
“The Donkey” is a poem composed by Chesterton, referring to Palm Sunday.