Shaw, George Bernard, (1856-1950), author and playwright

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Surname:	Shaw
Forenames:	George Bernard
Gender:	Male
Date:	1856-1950
Biography:	ODNB link for Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950), author and playwright
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P129859 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P25908 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for George Bernard Shaw

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 50508-743, 63179-187
2	1885-97: diaries	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections	SR 0293	NRA 30258 Shaw
3	c1875-1950: corresp and papers	University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library	G.B. Shaw Collection	NRA 21657
4	1887-1946: corresp, literary MSS and papers (c200 items)	Harvard University: Houghton Library		See NUC MS 81-639
5	1871-1904: papers (50 items), incl literary MSS	Cornell University Libraries		See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
6	1877-1950: business corresp and papers incl engagement diaries	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections	SHAW	NRA 30258 Shaw
7	1851-1944: corresp and papers given to the Fabian Society	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections	Fabian Soc	NRA 16800
8	1933-40: corresp and papers rel to "Political Science in America" lecture	Columbia University Libraries: Rare Book and Manuscript Library		See NUC MS 67-811
9	1924-46: corresp etc (12 items)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 63728
10	1895-1950: photographs	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections	SHAW PHOTOGRAPHS
11	1893-1910: letters (22) to his Aunt Georgina	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	NLW MS 18157E	See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
12	1896-1934: letters to his wife	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 46505-07
13	letters	National Theatre Archive		See Metropolitan Lines (GLAN Newsletter) Feb 2002
14	1925-30: letters to Lady Aberconway	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 52556
15	1885-1924: corresp with William Archer	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 45296
16	1941-50: corresp with R Page Arnot	Hull History Centre (Hull University Archives)	U DAR	NRA 34112 Arnot
17	1928-50: corresp with Nancy Astor	University of Reading: Special Collections	MS 1416/1/4/90-95	NRA 41566 Astor
18	corresp with Thomas Bodkin	Trinity College Dublin	MSS 6910-7079	NRA 24102
19	1890-1928: corresp with John Burns	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 59784
20	1906-40: corresp with GK and FA Chesterton, and others	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 73198 ff.1-120
21	1905, 1921-46: letters (100+) to R & R Clark Ltd	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections		See Annual Report 1974-75 p55
22	1909-50: corresp with Constable & Co	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill		See NUC MS 62-4410
23	1919-42: corresp with Sir Edward Elgar and family	Elgar Birthplace Museum		NRA 12104 Elgar
24	1888-9: letters to Henry Havelock Ellis	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 61891
25	1903-34: letters to Sir J Forbes-Robertson and family	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 61998
26	1907-20: letters (13 incl copies) to AG Gardiner	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
27	1895-1942: corresp with the ILP	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections	BLPES/ILP/Section 4 passim	NRA 42988
28	1923-1950: corresp with Sir Barry Jackson	Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service	MS 2129	See Annual Return 1997
29	1906-07: letters to Holbrook Jackson	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 62992
30	1930-43: corresp with Thomas Jones	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	Thomas Jones	NRA 30994 Jones
31	letters to Lady Kennet	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Kennet	NRA 12509 Young
32	1918-46: letters (14) to John Maynard Keynes	Cambridge University: King's College Archive Centre	JMK	NRA 36972
33	1904-34: letters (58) to Gertrude Kingston	Cambridge University: King's College Archive Centre		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
34	notes by Jack Lambert on Shaw's plays	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS. Eng. c. 2345	NRA 41271
35	1933-44: corresp with Sir BH Liddell Hart	King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives	KCLMA Liddell Hart B H	NRA 19291
36	1944: corresp with JH Lloyd	Hull History Centre (Hull University Archives)	17	NRA 13532 Lloyd
37	1926-44: letters to Lady Londonderry	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)	D3099/3/16	NRA 19803 Stewart
38	1909-43: letters (19 incl copies) to Edith Lyttelton	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	CHAN	See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
39	1918-36: letters to the Manchester Guardian	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	Guardian archives	NRA 18162 Guardian
40	1892-1928: letters (15) to AJ Marriott, Fabian	National Library of Ireland	Acc 6762	See Annual Return 2008
41	1932-50: corresp with Kingsley Martin (33 items)	Sussex University Library Special Collections	SxMs 11	NRA 20303
42	1920s-1949: letters (19) to Dame Laurentia McLachlan	Stanbrook Abbey		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
43	1898-1950: corresp with Gilbert Murray	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Gilbert Murray	NRA 16865
44	1890-1911: corresp (13 items) with Karl Pearson	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	PEARSON	NRA 18115 Pearson
45	1890-1900: letters to Edward Pease	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 59784
46	1909-48: corresp (37 items) with Sir Horace Plunkett	Plunkett Foundation	SHA	NRA 16228 Plunkett
47	1943-50: corresp with Kingsley Read	University of Reading: Special Collections		See Guide to Reading Univ L Archives, p37
48	1889-1901: letters to Edward Rose	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS Add. 9526/238-255	See Annual Return 2004
49	1930-48: letters (12) to Lord Reith	BBC Written Archives Centre		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
50	corresp with Dora Russell	International Institute of Social History	Dora Winifred Russell Papers	See Guide 1989
51	1921-22: letters to St Albans Rural District Council	Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies	Acc 3373	See Annual Return 1998
52	1909-45: letters to Herbert Samuel	Parliamentary Archives	SAM	NRA 11187
53	1909-26: corresp with Charles Sarolea (36 items)	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	Sar coll 34
54	1884-1904: corresp with Andreas Scheu	International Institute of Social History	Andreas Scheu Papers	See Guide 1989
55	1909-61: corresp with Society of Authors etc	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 56627-637
56	1916-52: corresp with Marie Stopes	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 58493
57	1892-1922: corresp with Ellen Terry	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 43800-02, 46172g, MS Facs 496
58	1924-40: corresp with Ernest Thesiger	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, Theatre and Performance Archives		See Accessions to Repositories 1964
59	1888-1928: letters (40) to Graham Wallas	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections	Wallas	NRA 7537 Wallas
60	1898-1944: letters to Sidney and Beatrice Webb	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections	Passfield	NRA 7533 Webb
61	1938-43: corresp with Sir Almroth Wright	Trinity College Dublin	TCD MSS 9888	NRA 32069 Almroth Wright
62	1887-1934: corresp and literary MSS	University of Victoria: McPherson Library		See Union list of MSS in Canadian repositories , suppl 1976
63	1889-1949: letters (11); literary MSS	Huntington Library		See Guide to Literary MSS 1979
64	letters, literary MSS and rehearsal notes	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library		See Handbook to Depts of Prints and Drawings and Paintings, 1964
65	letters (c300)	Boston University Library: Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center		See Ex inf Dan H Laurence, Shaw estate literary adviser, 28.6.74
66	letters	Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre		See Guide 1989
67	c1890-1944: letters	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, Theatre and Performance Archives		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
68	papers	New York Public Library: Manuscripts and Archives Division	MssCol 4619	See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
69	papers	Colby College		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
70	papers	Leo Baeck Institute Archives Division		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
71	papers	Free Library of Philadelphia		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
72	20th cent: papers rel to Shaw	Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies	D/EX 975	NRA 3507 Herts RO misc
73	1936: typescript of 'The King, the Constitution, and the Lady' with ms alterations	National Library of Ireland	Acc. 6239	See Annual Return 2005
74	1908: (copy) 'On driving capital out of the country' corrected ts	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP 1895
75	1945-1950: corresp rel to suggested burial in Westminster Abbey	Westminster Abbey Library and Muniment Room	WAM 63050-80
76	1913-1946: additional papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89058
77	1901: letter from George Bernard Shaw to William Wetenhall	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89199	See Annual Return 2016
78	corresp	New York Public Library: Manuscripts and Archives Division	Pforz MS
79	1935-1950: papers rel to wireless interview with publisher Maurice Webb (1890-1966) in Durban, South Africa, 1935	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89242	See Annual Return 2017
80	1940-1948: corresp with writer and director Herbert Marshall (1906-1991)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89243	See Annual Return 2017
81	1892-1937: corresp with Tita Brand (1879-1964) and singer Marie Brema (1856-1925),	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89246	See Annual Return 2017
82	1927-1928: corresp and papers rel to his book The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism	London University: Queen Mary University of London	GBS
83	1947-1976: typescript of 'A Definition of Communism'	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89531	See Annual Return 2022

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Dates	Category of relationship
1	Loewenstein, Fritz Erwin, (1901-1969), founder of the Shaw Society	founder of the Shaw Society		Associative
2	Shaw, Charlotte Frances, (1857-1943), political activist	spouse		Family