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Box 1

 Container

Contains 87 Results:

Possibly found in Dutch edition of The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Identifier: Folder 21
Scope and Contents

Letter from Doreen Smith (the Bodley Head), June 16, 1959. 1p.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Principles and Problems of Biblical Translation by W. Schwarz

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Identifier: Folder 18
Scope and Contents

One entire page, front and back, from The Times Literary Supplement, May 27, 1955, found inside the front cover. 1p.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Proceedings of the British Academy; 1956, 1958; 1960; 1962

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Identifier: Folder 19
Scope and Contents

Four copies of note, "With the Compliments of the Secretary of the British Academy." 1p.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Essays and Studies by members of the English Association; xx by Doreen Smith

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Identifier: Folder 22
Scope and Contents

Letter from Charles Williams (Oxford University Press), November 7, 1938. Refers to proofs of The Personal Heresy: a Controversy by E.M.W. Tillyard and C.S. Lewis (published by O.U.P., 1939). 2pp.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

The Religious Policy of Giordano Bruno by Frances Yates

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Identifier: Folder 23
Scope and Contents

Letter from Frances A. Yates, December 16, 1940. 1p.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

The Mahatma and the Hare by H. Rider Haggard

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Identifier: Folder 25
Scope and Contents

Note from Roger Lancelyn Green written on business card, found between pages 138-139, 1p.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

The Collected Poems of G.K. Chesterton by G.K. Chesterton

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Identifier: Folder 26
Scope and Contents

Note card "from Mary L. Van Deusen" found between pages 134-135. 2pp.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

The Third Revolution by Karl Stern

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Identifier: Folder 27
Scope and Contents

"To Prof. C.S. Lewis in admiration and gratitude, Karl Stern, Montreal, Octobre 1955" penned on card found between pages 228-229. 1p.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Collected Poems of Andrew Young by Andrew Young

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Identifier: Folder 28
Scope and Contents

A note from the librarian at Magdalen College, Oxford to CSL dated August 17, 1946 regardin the word "descension" found between pages 62-63. 1p.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Medium Aevum, Vol. 1 No. 2

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Identifier: Folder 29
Scope and Contents

"For C.S. Lewis / 2 books" written o a slip of paper found between pages 82-83. 1p.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Handwritten annotations directly on the book

 Series — Box: 1
Identifier: Series 1

Titles by William Shakespeare

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents

Titles: Hamlet, Love's Labour's Lost, Othello, and The Tragedy of King Lear. Photocopied annotations. 21pp. (Note: these books are NOT owned by the Wade Center. The originals are at the Pepys Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge)

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of selections from Joy Davidman's copy of Mere Christianity. Includes the title page, publishing information, Davidman's signature, and pages 78-79 and 86-87 with underlining and annotation by Davidman. 3pp. (Note: copies given by Peter Harris, France, circa 1999. Original book was eventually sold through Ed Brown.)

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Letters and other items sent to C.S. Lewis

 Series — Box: 1
Identifier: Series 3

From the personal library of Steven Beebe (originally from Lewis's library)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Titles: Spirits in Bondage by Clive Hamilton, The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis, The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, Neoplatonism of the Italian Renaissance, and Arthurian Torso. Photocopied annotations. 5pp.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Unknown book

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents

Newsclipping of photo taken August 24, 1946 of Mr. C.S. Lewis, Sir David Ross, Mr. H. Guinness, and Brig.-Gen. C.R.P. Winser. 1p.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Unknown Book

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
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Partial letter, dated April 21. 2pp.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

The Religious Philosopher

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents

(Book not found as of 9/27/2012) Letter from Arthur B. Allen, January 22, 1946. 1p.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

The Journal with other Writings of John Woolman by John Woolman

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Letter from George Allen and Unwin Ltd., July 8, 1937. 1p.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Other items

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Series 4

Unknown book

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents

"Abecedarium Philosophicum," printed with calligraphy by Jaime R. VIdal in 1974. From Wroxton Abbey Library. 2pp.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Ingoldsby Legends edited by Richard Harris Barnham

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents

Green envelope. 1p.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Unknown book

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents

Oxford University College Scholarship Examination in Modern Subjects: English Literature, General, March 1940. 2pp.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

The Saints' Rest: Ancient and Modern Library of Theological Literature VII by Richard Baxter

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents

"De Audiendis Poetis" early fragmented draft of essay, 2 pp AMs in 2 lvs. [CSL/MS-153] 2pp.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Tremendous Trifles by G.K. Chesterton

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents

Cambridge Union Society notice of Third Debate on April 28, 1953. "Chesterton Quotations" handwritten on reverse. 2pp.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Selected Letters of William Cowper by William Cowper, selected and arranged by William Hadley

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents

Extract from All Saints Monthly, All Saints, South Acton, June, 1895.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Selected Letters of William Cowper by William Cowper, selected and arranged by William Hadley

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents

"Liceat miki, precor..." Latin notes, 2 pp on 1 lf. [CSL/MS-148] 2pp.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Scope and Contents

Receipt for Mr. A. Lewis, Belfast, January 1, 1899. 1p.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Trois Contemporains by Yves Battestini

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents

Gift Card in French from Yves Battestini. 1p.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Unknown Book

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents

Letter from M.N. Beck, November 30, 1961. 1p.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Golden Fleec by William Rose Benét

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents

Poem sent to Joy from W.R. Benét. 1p.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

The End of Time by John Alexander Chapman

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents

Letter from J.A. Chapman, February 9, 1951, and undated poem by John Alexander Chapman. 4pp.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

The Entail by John Galt

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents

"The nostrils have brought...," three lines of poetry, 1p AMs. [CSL/MS-147] 1p.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Evolution and the Fall by E.O. James

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: Folder 10
Scope and Contents

"H.L. Conditori..." Latin card, 1p AMs on 1 lf. (includes 1p. translation) [CSL/MS-151] 2pp.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

De Imitatione Christi by Thomas à Kempis

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: Folder 11
Scope and Contents

Envelope with annotations (list of names and reference of a book) on reverse. Transcript included. 2pp.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Samuel Johnson by Joseph Wood Krutch

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: Folder 12
Scope and Contents

"Boswell Rediscovered" by Peter Quennell, newsclipping from The Sunday Times, December 5, 1948. Date and journal name handwritten [by C.S. Lewis]. 2pp.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Possibly found in: Select Plays by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Small card with picture of Old Mill, Ludford. 2pp.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

The new testament in the original Greek

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents

Pages of Acts from a pocket size Bible. 2pp.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: in five volumes Volume IV

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents

B.H. Blackwell Ltd. Bookmark. 1p.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Robert Fitzgerald

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents

Pamphlet "Homer's Words." 24pp.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Virginian Rebel by Maurice Cox

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Scope and Contents

Letter from Maurice Cox, February 3, 1960. 1p.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Robert Fitzgerald

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents

Letter from Anthony Curtis, August 7, 1962. 1p.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux by Bruno S. James

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: Folder 10
Scope and Contents

Letter from Leonard Cutts, July 15, 1957. 1p.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

The Tale of Beatrix Potter by Margaret Lane

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: Folder 13
Scope and Contents

"Margaret Lane recalls her brush with the memory of Beatrix Potter" from Punch (p 711-716), November 14, 1962. 4pp.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

A Greek-English Lexicon ed. by Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: Folder 14
Scope and Contents

"Walking alone..." and "And desperate wish...," partial poems and sketches. 2pp AMs on 1 lf. [CSL/MS-150] 2pp.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Temple of Glas by John Lydgate

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Identifier: Folder 15
Scope and Contents

"A possible metre," poem, 2pp AMs on 1 lf. [CSL/MS-144] 2pp.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Temple of Glas by John Lydgate

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Identifier: Folder 16
Scope and Contents

"The goodly fair...," poem, 1p AMs on 1 lf. [CSL/MS-146] 1p.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974

Temple of Glas by John Lydgate

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Identifier: Folder 17
Scope and Contents

Old English poetry and list of lines and page numbers, 2pp AMs on 1 lf. [CSL/MS-145] 2pp.

Dates: Created: 1889-1974