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Contains 40 Results:

Envelope which contained the poems of Cecil Chesterton, and various holograph poems by Cecil:, n.d.

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

“With a long kiss of Peace,” “At Benediction,” “From San Miniato,” “Triolets,” Fragment of holograph poem by Cecil Chesterton, “A String of Triolets,” “To John Keith Prothers,” “To Keith (in memory of a ‘gin crawl’),” “Hampstead Heath,” and “Tantum Eye.” 20pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

Various holograph poems by Cecil:, ca. 1900-1905

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

“Apologia,” “Our Lady’s Dowry,” “A Seascape” (published in the “Westminster”), “The Sand Dance,” “After (May 31, 1902),” “Monie Emerald,” folder, and typescripts of poems by Cecil Chesterton. 27pp.

Dates: Created: ca. 1900-1905

Holograph letters from Miss Dorothy Collins to Father Brocard Sewell, 1972-1975

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

• January 22, 1972 • February 15, 1972 • November 13, 1973 • September 9, 1975. 8pp.

Dates: Created: 1972-1975

Typescript of undated, handwritten letter from GKC to “Bentley”. , December 25, 1892-1893

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

2pp.

Dates: Created: December 25, 1892-1893

Three holographs and one TLS from "Gregory" to "Michael"., 1972-1975

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

• February 1, 1972 • March 17, 1972 • February 12, 1974 • September 17, 1975 12pp.

Dates: Created: 1972-1975

Two letters from “George” to “Michael.”, 1973-1974

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

December 17, 1973 • January 2, 1974. 6pp.

Dates: Created: 1973-1974

Letters from various correspondents to Father Sewell: , 1972-1983

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

Mrs. Beth-Zion Abrahams (March 9, 1976), Miss Maud Cannon (June 10, 1974), Mary Barnett (May 24, 1983), Eleanor (Bunny) Phillips (January 31, 1972, December 20, 1973 and December 8, 1975). 11pp.

Dates: Created: 1972-1983

Copy of a letter from Mrs. Cecil Chesterton to Brother Gabriel Ecclestron., n.d.

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

1p.

Dates: Created: n.d.

Letters from various correspondents to Father Sewell: , 1972

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

Mrs. Mary Buck, librarian of Catholic Central Library (February 11, 1972), Mr. Maurice B. Reckitt (February 17, 1972, May 17, 1972), Mr. David Lodge (March 20, 1972), and Mrs. Joan Wilson (February 9). 1972, 8pp.

Dates: Created: 1972

Incomplete letter (p. 2)., n.d.

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

1p.

Dates: Created: n.d.

Letter from Capt. H.S.D. Went (“Toby”?) to “Michael” (?)., February 5, 1972

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

1p.

Dates: Created: February 5, 1972

Seven letters from Leslie C. Staples to Father Sewell:, 1972-1975

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

March 3, 1972, April 14, 1972, May 2, 1972, December 27, 1973, February 2, 1974, November 25, 1975, December 12, 1975. 1972-1975. 11pp.

Dates: Created: 1972-1975

Letters from various correspondents to Father Sewell, 1972

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

Tom Ponsonby (Fabian Society, February 4, 1972, May 17, 1972), Lucy Masterman (Mrs. C.F.G., February 21, 1972), and Berta Ruck (Mrs. Oliver Onions, February 4, 1972). 9pp.

Dates: Created: 1972

Letter from Frances Chesterton to Father Vincent., June 13

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

1p.

Dates: Created: June 13

Letters from various correspondents to Father Sewell, 1972-1974

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

Edward Leicester (November 11, 1973, November 20, 1973, March 28, 1974), Arthur E. Barker (May 23, 1972, July 10, 1972), and C. Kennedy (librarian, Nuffield College, February 10, 1972). 6pp.

Dates: Created: 1972-1974

Letter from Father Roper to "Mrs. Malik"., February 19, 1974

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

2pp.

Dates: Created: February 19, 1974

Letters from Hope Malik to Fr. Brocard Sewell., 1973-1974

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

(October 27, 1973. 1974 letters: January 7, January 17, January 26, February 1, February 10, February 13-14, February 18, February 20, February 25, February 28). Enclosures of typed notes: Typed copies of obits for Cecil Chesterton. Also includes notes on Cecil Chesterton, and an excerpt from The Lawyer by E.S.P. Haynes. 24pp.

Dates: Created: 1973-1974

Letters from Hope Malik to Fr. Brocard Sewell., 1974-1975

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

(1974 letters: March 1, March 5, March 8, March 11, April 7, May 2, November 26. 1975 letters: October 6, December 8). Enclosures of typed notes: “From the proceedings from shorthand by J.W.T. Ley. London Chapman and Hall Ltd. 1914” of the Drood Case. 1974-1975, 17pp. (1974 letters: March 1, March 5, March 8, March 11, April 7, May 2, November 26. 1975 letters: October 6, December 8). Enclosures of typed notes:

Dates: Created: 1974-1975

Letters from various correspondents to Father Sewell, 1973-1974

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

Iain Moncreiffe (April 18, 1974), Jeffrey Weeks (Historical Records Project, April 24, 1974), Douglas Woodruff (Marcham Priory, October 25, 1973). 4pp.

Dates: Created: 1973-1974

Copy of a letter from Cecil Chesterton to “Haynes.”, July 18, 1916

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Identifier: Folder 20
Scope and Contents

1p.

Dates: Created: July 18, 1916

Letter from Eleanor and Reginald (Rex) Jebb to Father Sewell., May 23, 1972, and May 26-27, 1972

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

6pp.

Dates: Created: May 23, 1972, and May 26-27, 1972

Letters from various correspondents to Father Sewell, 1972-1975

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

Renee Haynes / Mrs. Tickell (December 11, 1973, January 22, 1974), Bryan M. Walker (Old Pauline Club, February 5, 1974), Dame Margaret Cole (February 10), Patrick Cahill (n.d., February 8, 1972), and Lord Reading (March 22, 1972, April 5, 1972, October 25, 1975). 19pp.

Dates: Created: 1972-1975

Letters from various correspondents to Father Sewell, 1973-1975

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

A.H. Mead (Hugh Mead, November 15, 1973), John Bourne (December 18), “C.” (September 30, 1974), Sir Oliver Chesterton (February 19, 1974), Roundwood Press (September 19, 1975), Ampleforth Journal (March 3, 1975), John M. Todd (December 18, 1974), and Ian Boyd (August 27, 1975). 1973-1975,

Dates: Created: 1973-1975

Holograph notes on Cecil Chesterton by Eleanor Belloc (Mrs. Jebb)., May 26, 1972

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Identifier: Folder 24
Scope and Contents

2pp.

Dates: Created: May 26, 1972

Notes on Cecil Chesterton from Father Vincent McNabb’s notes on GKC., n.d.

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

1p.

Dates: Created: n.d.

Cover note from R. Bede Bailey to Fr. Brocard Sewell., March 4, 1974

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

1p.

Dates: Created: March 4, 1974

Handwritten notes taken on the Annual Register, 1908 (of the Fabian Society?), 1908

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

2pp.

Dates: Created: 1908

Typewritten notes on the Marconi trial by Hope Malik., February 2, 1974

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

3pp.

Dates: Created: February 2, 1974

Notes on the Drood Trial from Hope Malik to Fr. Brocard Sewell, February 26, 1974

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

1p.

Dates: Created: February 26, 1974

Annual report for Cecil Houses, (inc.) and cover letter., 1974-1976

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
Identifier: Folder 31
Scope and Contents

14pp.

Dates: Created: 1974-1976

Brochure describing the “Modern British Political Records Project.”, n.d.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
Identifier: Folder 32
Scope and Contents

2pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

Copy of Cecil Chesterton's will., February 20, 1919

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 33
Identifier: Folder 33
Scope and Contents

1p.

Dates: Created: February 20, 1919

Letters and papers regarding the publication of Sewell’s biography of Cecil Chesterton. , 1974-1975

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 34
Identifier: Folder 34
Scope and Contents

32pp

Dates: Created: 1974-1975

Notes of corrections to be made in Fr. Brocard Sewell's biography on Cecil Chesterton. , April 20, 1976

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 35
Identifier: Folder 35
Scope and Contents

1p.

Dates: Created: April 20, 1976

Corrected typescript of Fr. Brocard Sewell’s biography of Cecil Chesterton. , n.d

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 36
Identifier: Folder 36
Scope and Contents

“Title” Page, forward, and text. n.d., 98pp. (8 preliminary pages, pp. 1-35, 35a-46, 46a-72, 73-74 (2 pages each), 75-81, 82 (2 pages), 83-84, 84a)

Dates: Created: n.d

Corrected typescript of Fr. Brocard Sewell’s biography of Cecil Chesterton., n.d.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 37
Identifier: Folder 37
Scope and Contents

73pp. (pp. 85-86, 86a-140, 140a-155)

Dates: Created: n.d.

Corrected typescript of Fr. Brocard Sewell’s biography of Cecil Chesterton., n.d.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 38
Identifier: Folder 38
Scope and Contents

91pp. (pp. 156-246)

Dates: Created: n.d.

5x7 photo of Cecil Chesterton and W. Walter Crotch at the Drood Trial., 1914

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 39
Identifier: Folder 39
Scope and Contents

5x7 photo of Cecil Chesterton in uniform.1p. [originals: in photo collection]

Dates: Created: 1914

Brocard Sewell Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Wade-A-24
Abstract This archive contains poems by Cecil Edward Chesterton, letters to Father Brocard Sewell, and the typescript of Sewell's biography of Cecil Chesterton. Cecil Chesterton, the younger brother of G.K. Chesterton, was the editor of The New Witness, author of A History of the United States and The Party System, widely known in political circles, member of the Fabian Society and the Christian...
Dates: Created: 1892-1983; Other: Majority of material found in 1972-1975