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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
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
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
9
1907-13: corresp (11 items) with AG Gardiner
London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections
NRA 25119
10
corresp with (c30 items) John Lane
University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library
NRA 23022
11
1911-24: corresp with Charles Sarolea
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
12
1909-36: corresp with Society of Authors
British Library, Manuscript Collections
13
1917: corrected original typescript of 'A Short History of England'
British Library, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Return 2017
14
1917-1929: poems, drawings and letters to Enid Mary Simon (1907-1991)
British Library, Manuscript Collections
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
See Annual Return 2022