M. P. Shiel:
An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
| Creator: | Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps), 1865-1947 | |
| Title: | M. P. Shiel Collection | |
| Dates: | 1876-1966 | |
| Extent: | 18 boxes (7.56 linear feet) | |
| Abstract: | The collection of British novelist and short story writer M. P. Shiel consists of manuscripts of his works and outgoing and incoming correspondence. Much of the correspondence in the Letters and Miscellaneous series are copies made by Shiel’s literary executor, Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong, better known by his pseudonym, John Gawsworth. "Morse" numbers refer to A. Reynolds Morse’s system for identifying Shiel manuscript items (see The Works of M. P. Shiel, pp. 125-136). | |
| Call Number: | Manuscript Collection MS-03821 | |
| Language: | English, French, Italian, and Spanish |
| Access: | Open for research. Researchers must create an online Research Account and agree to the Materials Use Policy before using archival materials. | |
| Use Policies: | Ransom Center collections may contain material with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in the collections without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Ransom Center and The University of Texas at Austin assume no responsibility. |
Administrative Information
| Preferred Citation | M. P. Shiel Collection (Manuscript Collection MS-03821). Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin. | |
| Processed by: | Joan Sibley and Richard Workman, 2018 Note: This finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only in a card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the abbreviations commonly used in descriptions. |
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