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 27.77 to 27.94: Correspondence, 1865-1948,

The correspondence collection includes letters to Mrs. Combe, Dodgson's landlord, concerning housing; to Bertram Collingwood, Dodgson's nephew, discussing mathematical theories; to Dolly Draper, wishing her a happy New Year; to friends accepting and declining invitations; and others. Also included are two letters from Sir John Tenniel to "My Dear Bob" and "My Dear Sir", and one letter by George MacDonald to "My Dear Sir." The collection also contains letters to and from Heron related to his research.

Box-Folder 27.77: 20 August 1870

Ch. Ch. [Christ Church, Oxford]; Mentioning Dodgson's brother, an accountant, and sending an autograph to a little girl

Note: Heron Letters L1 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.78: 16 February [1876]

Accepting an invitation from Warden

Note: Heron Letters L2 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.79: 24 March 1876

Ch. Ch. Oxford [Christ Church]; Declining an invitation from Mr. and Mrs. Ward and expressing gratitude to their son

Note: Heron Letters L3 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.80: 2 January 1885

The Chestnuts, Guildford; Ordering books from B. Dobell

Note: Heron Letters L4 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.81: 21 June 1890

Ch.Ch. [Christ Church, Oxford]; Engaging three rooms for summer

Note: Heron Letters L5 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.82: 10 April 1891

Ch.Ch. Oxford, [Christ Church ]; Ordering books from Hitchman

Note: Heron Letters L6 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.83: 14 May 1891

Ch.Ch. [Christ Church, Oxford]; "Dear Treasurer"

Note: Heron Letters L7 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.84: unknown

Note accepting invitation from Mr. and Mrs. Pickard, apologizing if unable to be present

Note: Heron Letters L8 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.85: 30 April 1891

Ch. Ch. Oxford[Christ Church]; To Mrs. Dyer, again engaging rooms for the summer, and discussing heating and lighting facilities

Note: Heron Letters L9 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.86: 2 May 1896

Ch. Ch. Oxford[Christ Church]; Note enclosing envelope for receipted bill from Mr. Howell

Note: From context, letter likely intended for Mr. Howell, although the letter is not specifically addressed to him; Heron Letters L10 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.87: 4 December [year unknown]

Christ Church, Oxford; To Mrs. Combe about an invitation, and pictures (photographs) of Mr. Combe

Note: Heron Letters L11 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.88: 7 November 1897

Ch.Ch. Oxford [Christ Church]; To "My Dear Bertram," working out his mathematical process. The letter has been mutilated, and the signatures cut off. Mathematical principle explained in letter to be sent to the journal "Nature" containing Dodgson's abridgement to Collingwood's discovery.

Note: "Bertram" was Bertram J. Collingwood, Dodgson's nephew ; Heron Letters L12 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.89: 11 November 1897

Ch.Ch. [Christ Church, Oxford]; To "Dear Bertram," expressing disappointment with his "Method of Division." Letter not signed

Note: "Bertram" was Bertram J. Collingwood, Dodgson's nephew; Heron Letters L13 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 28. 90: 1 January 1880

The Chestnuts, Guildford, To Dolly Draper, wishing her a happy New Year

Note: Letter excerpted in Cohen p.363; Item located in box 26; Heron Letters L15 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.91: unknown

Letter from "Jack" to "My dear Bob."

Note: Sir John Tenniel is "Jack", the illustrator of Alice in Wonderland (1866) and Through the Looking Glass (1870); Heron Letters 14 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.92: February 24, 1892

ALS from Tenniel to "Sir"; biographical information and clippings on Tenniel included in folder

Note: Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.93: August 7, 1865

one ALS from MacDonald to "My Dear Sir"; clipping of photograph of MacDonald included in folder

Note: Heron Miscellaneous 41 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 27.94: F.W. Heron Correspondence, by multiple creators, July 1928 - September 1948

Heron letters concerning research

Note: 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]