Fonds GREG - Papers of Sir Walter Greg (W. W. Greg)

Identity area

Reference code

GREG

Title

Papers of Sir Walter Greg (W. W. Greg)

Date(s)

  • 1893-1958 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

1 box, 8 volumes

Context area

Archival history

These items were given to Library by Sir Walter Greg’s family in 1969 along with other books and papers formerly belonging to him. The gift was acknowledged in a College Council minute of 21 November, and an inventory of the contents was made about theread more

Content and structure area

Scope and content

This collection includes correspondence—mainly letters to Greg from fellow-bibliographers and literary scholars—notes, photographs of books and manuscripts, cuttings, a few small printed items, and the manuscript of part of Some Aspects of London Publishing.

System of arrangement

The papers and volumes were put into four archival boxes, and the contents of each were numbered in the order in which they lay, the letters having previously been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent. The classes 1-4 each represent theread more

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

This material is open for research unless otherwise stated.

Uploaded finding aid

Allied materials area

Related units of description

Six manuscript volumes from the same accession are catalogued as Add. MS. c. 219-24.

Copies of books formerly belonging to Greg, including two with manuscript material inserted, were in the library of Philip Gaskell when it was sold to Keio University inread more

Access points

Rules and/or conventions used

The addresses of some institutions have been given in a shortened form.

In descriptions of ‘extent and medium’, a ‘single sheet’ is a single unfolded leaf of paper comprising 2 pages; a ‘folded sheet’ is a sheet of paper folded once, comprising 2 leaves and 4 pages.

Dates of creation revision deletion

This description was created by A. C. Green in 2020.