Flodden Heron collection of Lewis Carroll papers, 1876-1895 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Flodden Heron collection of Lewis Carroll papers, 1876-1895

ID: 01/01/MSS00023

Primary Creator: Heron, Flodden W.

Other Creators: Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898

Extent: 27.0 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Items are numbered sequentially (1-149) in the following categories: Articles contained in C.D.'s Deed Box (1-27); Miscellaneous Items and Realia (28-76); Correspondence (77-94); Magazines and Clippings (95-125); Typescripts of Flodden Heron (126-128); and Dealers' Catalogs (129-149).These items are located in boxes 1-31.

Languages: English

Flodden W. Heron was a bibliographer and collector of rare materials on Lewis Carroll. He published the following articles on the subject: "The 1866 Appleton Alice" in The Colophon 1.3 (1935): 422-7; "Lewis Carroll, amateur photographer: the story of two photographs" Camera Craft (Nov.1938): 507-511; and "Lewis Carroll: Inventor of Postage Stamp Case" Stamps 26.12 (March 1939). Flodden W. Heron's collection consists of Lewis Carroll realia, correspondence, and photographs. The collection also includes Heron's typescripts, dealers' catalogs, and ephemera relating to Lewis Carroll, Alice Liddell Hargreaves, and Alice in Wonderland. Books from the Heron collection have been dispersed among the Rare Book and Manuscript Library book collections. Stickers in the inner covers reveal that these items came from the Heron collection, but currently, we do not have an inventory of these books. A list is being compiled and will be added to the finding.

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Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box-Folder:

[Box-Folder 1.1 to 18.27: Articles from Charles Dodgson's Deed Box, 1867 &; undated,],
[Box-Folder 19.28 to 27.76: Miscellaneous Items and Realia, 1862-1945,],
[Box-Folder 27.77 to 27.94: Correspondence, 1865-1948,],
[Box-Folder 29.95 to 30.125: Magazines and Clippings, 1892-1949,],
[Box-Folder 30.126 to 30.128: Typescripts, 1937 and unknown,],
[Box-Folder 30.129 to 31.147: Heron's Dealers' Catalogs, 1917-1951,],
[Box-Folder 1/1-2: Oversize],
[All]

Box-Folder 19.28 to 27.76: Miscellaneous Items and Realia, 1862-1945,

The collection includes Alice in Wonderland realia and ephemera, such as an album of materials from the Wonderland exhibit at DeYoung Museum, Alice postcards, and a poster from the theatrical production of Alice in Wonderland at Duke of York's Theater. Also included are photographs and reproductions of Carroll's friends and family. The Alice in Wonderland Postage Stamp Case and Carroll stamps are also available.

Box-Folder 19.28 ( bo: Vellum Binding for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by unknown, unknown

Note: Heron Miscellaneous 27 in previous finding aid.

Box-Folder 20.29: Album of Lewis Carroll Centenary Exhibition at DeYoung Museum, SanFrancisco, by unknown, 1932

clippings from exhibit; letters from children responding to mirrored letter

Note: Heron Miscellaneous 28 in previous finding aid.

Box-Folder 20.30: Facsimiles of rare one-page Lewis Carroll items, by unknown, unknown

Note: Heron Miscellaneous 34 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 20.31: Photograph of Alice Liddell and her two sisters, by Dodgson, Charles, unknown

photograph taken by Dodgson; mounted with description and half-tone reproduction of same image

Note: Heron Miscellaneous 35 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 20.32: Poster of Theatrical "Alice in Wonderland", by unknown, 1934

performed at Duke of York's Theatre, London 1934

Note: Heron Miscellaneous 36 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 21.33: Poster of Wonderland Characters, by Bennett, Richard, unknown

poster based on the drawings of John Tenniel; clipping from Publisher's Weekly, June 16, 1945 attached

Note: Heron Miscellaneous 37 in previous finding aid ; located with unprocessed items; upper level 6, column 2, top shelf; item is torn and an entire section of the poster is no longer attached; clipping is housed with poster but no longer attached to item

Box-Folder 22.34: Facsimile of a pen and ink drawing of "Lewis Carroll", by Furniss, Harry, unknown

No. 25 of 25 copies made, signed by S.H. Williams

Note: item is missing; Heron Miscellaneous 38 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 22.35: Enlarged photograph of Mrs. Hargreaves, by unknown, unknown

Hargreaves was the original Alice; the photograph shows her celebrating her 80th birthday at the Waldorf-Aestoria

Note: item is missing; Heron Miscellaneous 40 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 23.36: Black's Beautiful Post Cards- Alice in Wonderland Series, by unknown, unknown

Alice in Wonderland Series no.80

Note: items are missing; Heron Miscellaneous 30 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 23.37: Guinness Post Cards about "Alice", by unknown, unknown

n/a

Note: items are missing; Heron Miscellaneous 31 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 23.38: C.W. Faulkner's Pictorial Post Cards, Alice in Wonderland, by unknown, unknown

Note: items are missing; Heron Miscellaneous 32 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 24.39: Poster of Alice Characters, by Hammond, unknown

hand-colored poster

Note: item is missing; Heron Miscellaneous 39 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 25.40: Painted Oval Tile, by unknown, unknown

painting of man reading and holding letter

Note: Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 26.41: Collection of mounted newspaper clippings, by unknown, unknown

feature articles

Note: Heron Miscellaneous 39 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.42: Archbishop Longley, Photograph, by unknown, unknown

Black and White Oval; reproduction

Note: labeled item number 1 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.43: Display Case holding Wonderland Dolls, Photograph, by unknown, unknown

2 copies, Black and White, possibly reproductions

Note: labeled item number 2 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.44: Alice Liddell, Age 6 Years, Photograph, by unknown, unknown

mounted reproduction on paperboard

Note: labeled item number 3 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.45: The Late Rev. C. L Dodgson ("Lewis Carroll") , Photograph, unknown

Guildford, mounted reproduction

Note: labeled item number 4 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.46: The Wonderland Postage-Stamp Case, 1889

Oxford, published by Emberlin and Son,

Note: price one shilling, stamp folder has places for 12 stamps, no stamps included; labeled item number 5 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.47: Alice looking on clock, Illustration, unknown

mounted illustration

Note: labeled item number 6 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.48: C.L. Dodgson, Photograph, by unknown, unknown

Oval portrait on rectangle card

Note: labeled item number 7 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.49: Dodgson Reading, Photograph, by unknown, July 11, 1938

Clipping from Life Magazine article Life Looks Back. 76 Years to Alice in Wonderland's First Audience

Note: labeled item number 8 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.50: Queen of Heart yelling at Alice, Illustration, by unknown, unknown

clipping mounted on cardboard

Note: labeled item number 9 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.51: Alice Find the Little Door, Illustration, by unknown, unknown

clipping mounted on cardboard

Note: labeled item number 10 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.52: Alice Liddell, Age 8 years, Photograph, by unknown, unknown

Oval portrait of Alice Liddell mounted on blue marble paper and cardboard

Note: labeled item number 11 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.53: Walrus, Carpenter, & Oysters, Illustration, by unknown, unknown

mounted illustration

Note: labeled item number 12 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.54: Alice at Table With March Hare, Mad Hatter, and Mouse, Illustration, by unknown, January 24, 1932

clipping mounted on cardboard, from New York Times Magazine

Note: labeled item number 13 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.55: Archdeacon Dodgson as a Young Man, Father of Lewis Carol, Photograph, by unknown, unknown

clipping of reproduced photograph mounted on cardboard

Note: labeled item number 14 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.56: Alice Confronts Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, Illustration, by unknown, unknown

mounted clipping of illustration

Note: labeled item number 15 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.57: Printed Addressed Envelope to Lewis Carroll, Esq., by unknown, unknown

unused printed envelopes addressed to Lewis Carroll, Esq. c/o Messrs. Macmillan & Co. 29, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London

Note: labeled item number 16 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.58: Printed Addressed Envelope to Lewis Carroll, Esq., by unknown, unknown

unused printed envelopes addressed to Lewis Carroll, Esq. c/o Messrs. Macmillan & Co. 29, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London

Note: labeled item number 17 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.59: Postcard of The Cher near Christ Church, Oxford, by unknown, unknown

unsent postcard with reproduced photograph of the Cher on the front, no writing

Note: published by Oxford Times Co, Ltd. , Oxford; labeled item number 18 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.60: Lorina, Alice, and Edith Liddell with Poem, Photograph, by unknown, unknown

From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, eight-line poem below photo

Note: labeled item number 19 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.61: Infant Hospital Patients, Illustration, by unknown, April 26, 1873

clipping from Harper's Weekly

Note: labeled item number 20 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.62: Lewis Carroll Postage Stamp, by unknown, unknown

stamp mounted on white paper and then black cardboard, in plastic case

Note: labeled item number 21 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.63: Reproduction of First Page of "Alice" Manuscript, by unknown, January 24, 1932

clipping mounted on cardboard; Chapter 1 with illustration of sister reading to Alice; clipping mounted on cardboard, from New York Times Magazine

Note: reproduced from the Facsimile Edition, Courtesy of Macmillan Company; labeled item number 22 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.64: Lewis Carroll's Grave, Photograph, by unknown, unknown

mounted clipping, From a photograph

Note: labeled item number 23 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.65: Drawing by Lewis Carroll of His Five Sisters, by unknown, unknown

Clipping mounted on cardboard; also includes Rembrandt quote below drawing

Note: labeled item number 24 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.66: Archdeacon Dodgson, Father of Lewis Carroll, Photograph, by unknown, unknown

clipping mounted on cardboard, from a photograph

Note: labeled item number 25 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.67: Lewis Carroll, by unknown, unknown

from a photograph

Note: labeled item number 26 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.68: Tenniel's Alice, Miss Hilton Badcock, now Mrs. Probert, by unknown, unknown

photograph reproduction of Badcock, young girl in large chair, plate V

Note: item in fragile condition, material very unstable; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.69: Lewis Carroll and Alice Posing as Beggar Child, Photograph, by unknown, unknown

two oval photograph reproductions, mounted on white cardboard

Note: labeled item number 28 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.70: Mrs. George MacDonald, Four Children and Lewis Carroll, Photograph, by unknown, 1862

reproduced from photograph

Note: labeled item number 29 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.71: The English Clearing House of the World's Art: A Room in Christie's in London, by unknown, unknown

clipping of photograph "during the recent sale of a collection of Old Masters which brought a record price. The Picture on the Stand is a Portrait of Queen Charolotte. (Times Wide World Photos)

Note: Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.72: Lewis Carroll's Study at Christ Church, Photograph, by unknown, unknown

picture of the room

Note: item in fragile state, material very unstable; labeled item number 31 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.73: Knight on White Horse with Alice, Illustration, by unknown, unknown

Color Illustration

Note: item in fragile condition, material very unstable; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.74: Lawn & Gardens in the Quad (Oxford), Photograph, by unknown, unknown

Photograph, mounted on cardboard, Mark (S) indicates the window at which Lewis Carroll studied

Note: labeled item number 30 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.75: Display Case Holding Wonderland Figures, Photograph, by unknown, unknown

black and white, probably a reproduction

Note: labeled item number 32 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.76: Display Case of Wonderland Figures, Photograph, by unknown, unknown

black and white, probably a reproduction?

Note: labeled item number 33 on back; material previously ordered by size and numbered; Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Browse by Box-Folder:

[Box-Folder 1.1 to 18.27: Articles from Charles Dodgson's Deed Box, 1867 &; undated,],
[Box-Folder 19.28 to 27.76: Miscellaneous Items and Realia, 1862-1945,],
[Box-Folder 27.77 to 27.94: Correspondence, 1865-1948,],
[Box-Folder 29.95 to 30.125: Magazines and Clippings, 1892-1949,],
[Box-Folder 30.126 to 30.128: Typescripts, 1937 and unknown,],
[Box-Folder 30.129 to 31.147: Heron's Dealers' Catalogs, 1917-1951,],
[Box-Folder 1/1-2: Oversize],
[All]