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.
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archival materials.
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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.
