Accession number
PML 352909.1-20
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Description
1 collection ; various sizes
Provenance
From the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll Collection.
Summary
Items related to Lewis Carroll centenary exhibition: Tenniel's Alice : (Miss Mary Badcock, now Mrs. Probert) [postcard] (PML 352909.1); Dodgson's Alice : Miss Alice Liddell, now Mrs. Hargreaves [postcard] (PML 352909.2); invitation for the Lewis Carroll centenary exhibition from S.H. Williams to Arthur H.[sic] Houghton (PML 352909.4); Lewis Carroll centenary celebration program and admission tickets (PML 352909.5); "To lovers of 'Alice' / Sidney H. Williams ; Falconer Madan, December 1931 (PML 352909.6); Lewis Carroll centenary exhibition speech by J.C. Squire (PML 352909.7); newspaper clipping from the New York Times, 31 January 1932, with spread from the Rotogravure Picture Section titled, "Photographs taken by the author of 'Alice in Wonderland' : Eminent Victorians recorded by the camera of Lewis Carroll, the 100th anniversary of whose birth was celebrated last week," includes 12 photographs with captions (PML 352909.13).
Newspaper and magazine clippings related to Lewis Carroll: clipping from Girl's Realm, page 56, with article titled, '"Alice in Wonderland' as a Pastorial Play," with inscription in unknown hand in pencil "annual for 1905" (PML 352909.11); newspaper clipping from the New York Times, 6 November 1939, with article, "Books of the Times" by Ralph Thompson which is a parody of "Alice's adventures in Wonderland" discussing the New York Book Fair (PML 352909.12); magazine clipping from Paris Match Noël, [No. 144]: Le vrai roman d'Alice au Pays des Merveilles / par Jean Farran, 1951, in French (pages 29-34) (PML 352909.18); newspaper from The Times, No. 45,391, December 20, 1929, with half page illustrated advert titled "The walrus and the carpenter (without apologies to Lewis Carroll)," a parody on the poem to advertise Guinness (page 10) (PML 352909.19); newspaper from The Evening Standard, No. 33,873, March 13, 1933, with half page illustrated advert from Gas Light and Coke Company titled "Therms and thrift" a parody of "The walrus and the carpenter" (page 7) (PML 352909.20).
Miscellaneous items related to Lewis Carroll: photograph of original "Lanrick," now in the Berol Collection, published 16 January 1879, showing Carroll's inscriptions and annotations (PML 352909.3); typed letter signed by J. Enrique Zanetti, Columbia University, 28 July 1939, to Arthur A. Houghton, Corning, NY, regarding the discovery of past correspondence between the two about the collection and its current inclusion of the contents with this letter, with inscription by Houghton in pencil: (large checkmark), Ans. 8/14/39 (PML 352909.8); registered letter envelope from Miss F.M. Dodgson, 54 Stratford Road, W.8., 1939, to Arthur A. Houghton, Esq., 718 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York (PML 352909.9); From the Lewis Carroll Collection of Philip Conklin Blackburn bookplate with inscription on the back: "One of 16 signed and numbered copies. #5 Philip Conklin Blackburn for Arthur A. Houghton, Jr." (PML 352909.10); Truth, no. 353, vol. xiv, October 4, 1883, puzzle, No. 243. Assorted Specimens-Good and Otherwise. Verses in imitation of the "Jabberwock" stanzas from "Alice in Wonderland" (pages 489-90) with photocopy of puzzle (PML 352909.14); sleeve of Sketch Portrait by Jerome, Southport (PML 352909.15); photograph of White Rabbit statue with inscription on back: "White Rabbit carved in stone over door in St. Mary's Parish Church, Beverley, Yorkshire, England, inspiration for John Tenniel's picturization of the White Rabbit in 'Alice in Wonderland,' photo a gift from Douglas W. Bryant, DIrector of Harvard University Library, 9 September 1976, A.A.H." (PML 352909.16); color illustration by V. Maretti depicting scenes from "Alice" with playing cards border, matted on brown cardboard (PML 352909.17).
Newspaper and magazine clippings related to Lewis Carroll: clipping from Girl's Realm, page 56, with article titled, '"Alice in Wonderland' as a Pastorial Play," with inscription in unknown hand in pencil "annual for 1905" (PML 352909.11); newspaper clipping from the New York Times, 6 November 1939, with article, "Books of the Times" by Ralph Thompson which is a parody of "Alice's adventures in Wonderland" discussing the New York Book Fair (PML 352909.12); magazine clipping from Paris Match Noël, [No. 144]: Le vrai roman d'Alice au Pays des Merveilles / par Jean Farran, 1951, in French (pages 29-34) (PML 352909.18); newspaper from The Times, No. 45,391, December 20, 1929, with half page illustrated advert titled "The walrus and the carpenter (without apologies to Lewis Carroll)," a parody on the poem to advertise Guinness (page 10) (PML 352909.19); newspaper from The Evening Standard, No. 33,873, March 13, 1933, with half page illustrated advert from Gas Light and Coke Company titled "Therms and thrift" a parody of "The walrus and the carpenter" (page 7) (PML 352909.20).
Miscellaneous items related to Lewis Carroll: photograph of original "Lanrick," now in the Berol Collection, published 16 January 1879, showing Carroll's inscriptions and annotations (PML 352909.3); typed letter signed by J. Enrique Zanetti, Columbia University, 28 July 1939, to Arthur A. Houghton, Corning, NY, regarding the discovery of past correspondence between the two about the collection and its current inclusion of the contents with this letter, with inscription by Houghton in pencil: (large checkmark), Ans. 8/14/39 (PML 352909.8); registered letter envelope from Miss F.M. Dodgson, 54 Stratford Road, W.8., 1939, to Arthur A. Houghton, Esq., 718 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York (PML 352909.9); From the Lewis Carroll Collection of Philip Conklin Blackburn bookplate with inscription on the back: "One of 16 signed and numbered copies. #5 Philip Conklin Blackburn for Arthur A. Houghton, Jr." (PML 352909.10); Truth, no. 353, vol. xiv, October 4, 1883, puzzle, No. 243. Assorted Specimens-Good and Otherwise. Verses in imitation of the "Jabberwock" stanzas from "Alice in Wonderland" (pages 489-90) with photocopy of puzzle (PML 352909.14); sleeve of Sketch Portrait by Jerome, Southport (PML 352909.15); photograph of White Rabbit statue with inscription on back: "White Rabbit carved in stone over door in St. Mary's Parish Church, Beverley, Yorkshire, England, inspiration for John Tenniel's picturization of the White Rabbit in 'Alice in Wonderland,' photo a gift from Douglas W. Bryant, DIrector of Harvard University Library, 9 September 1976, A.A.H." (PML 352909.16); color illustration by V. Maretti depicting scenes from "Alice" with playing cards border, matted on brown cardboard (PML 352909.17).
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