Chesterton, Gilbert Keith, (1874-1936), poet, novelist and critic

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Surname:	Chesterton
Forenames:	Gilbert Keith
Gender:	Male
Date:	1874-1936
Places:	Kensington, Middlesex
Biography:	ODNB link for Chesterton, Gilbert Keith (1874-1936), poet, novelist and critic
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P165857 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P5503 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	corresp and literary papers	John Carroll University: Grasselli Library		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
2	corresp and literary papers	University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
3	1877-1988: corresp and papers, incl compilations made after his death	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 73186-73484
4	1895-1936: corresp, literary MSS and papers (1050 items)	John Carroll University: Grasselli Library		See NUC MS 75-2005
5	c1915-17: verses, drawings, etc	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 57983
6	literary MSS	Marquette University Memorial Library		See NUC MS 61-2770
7	books and papers	Wheaton College: Marion E. Wade Centre		See information from website
8	1936: typescript autobiography, with autograph corrections	University of Notre Dame Archives	GKC
9	1907-13: corresp (11 items) with AG Gardiner	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections	Gardiner	NRA 25119
10	corresp with (c30 items) John Lane	University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library	John Lane Company Records	NRA 23022
11	1911-24: corresp with Charles Sarolea	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	Sar coll 9
12	1909-36: corresp with Society of Authors	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 56682
13	1917: corrected original typescript of 'A Short History of England'	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89255	See Annual Return 2017
14	1917-1929: poems, drawings and letters to Enid Mary Simon (1907-1991)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89336	See Annual Return 2018
15	c1914: 'The Fairy Tale of Father Brown', original manuscript, incl part in the hand of an amanuensis (noted as being Miss Alepat on the title page)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89621	See Annual Return 2022