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 30.129 to 31.147: Heron's Dealers' Catalogs, 1917-1951,

The collection includes dealers' catalogs listing Lewis Carroll items and a number of clippings from dealers' catalogs and other sources relating to the sale of Carroll's manuscripts and books. The collection consists of catalogs by Southeby and Co.,Maurice Inman Inc.; Ritter-Hopson Galleries; Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc; C.A. Stonehill Jr.; Maggs Bros.; and others. Also included is handwritten correspondence from Walter R. Spencer to Heron listing forty Carroll items.

Box-Folder 30.129: Rare Books, First Editions, Books of Hours in manuscript, French Literature, Fine Bindings and Autograph Letters, from Maurice Inman Inc., dealer, March 1942

few Dodgson items

Note: Heron Dealers' Catalogs D1 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 30.130: Catalog of Important Literary, Historical & Geographical Manuscripts, Valuable Printed Books, Autograph Letters. The Property of the late Clement King Shorter, Esq. and other sources from Southeby and Co., dealer, April 2-4, 1928

many Dodgson item; 1 dealers' catalog illustrated, the other is not

Note: Heron Dealers' Catalogs D2 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 30.131: The Lewis Carroll Collection and Other Choice Selection from the Library of Thomas Erwin from Ritter-Hopson Galleries, Inc., dealer, 1932

Cat. #30; some Dodgson entries clipped from catalog

Note: Heron Dealers' Catalogs D3 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 31.132: The Eldridge R. Johnson Collection, Part I from Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., dealer, 1946

Cat. #757; Including the Famous Original "Alice" Manuscript and Two Copies of the Rare First [1865] Edition and Other Carroll Books and Autographs; Important Cruikshank Books and Drawings

Note: Heron Dealers' Catalogs D4 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 31.133: Through the Magic Door from Frank Hollings, dealer, 1937

Cat. #204; some Dodgson entries clipped

Note: Heron Dealers' Catalogs D5 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 31.134: Books and MSS from C.A. Stonehill Jr., dealer, 1936

Cat. #133; some Dodgson entries clipped

Note: Heron Dealers' Catalogs D6 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 31.135: Association Books from C.A. Stonehill Jr., dealer, 1935-6

Cat. #130; including Personal Relics of Alice in Wonderland

Note: Heron Dealers' Catalogs D7 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 31.136: Rare and Interesting Books from George Bates, Bookseller, unknown

Cat. #15

Note: Heron Dealers' Catalogs D8 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 31.137: A Catalogue of Books, Chiefly in English Literature from Edgar H. Well & Company, dealer, November 1937

Cat. #41, some Dodgson entries clipped

Note: Heron Dealers' Catalogs D9 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 31.138: A Catalogue of Miscellaneous Books from First Edition Bookshop Limited, dealer, November 1936

Cat. # 23

Note: Heron Dealers' Catalogs D10 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 31.139: A Selection of Recent Acquisitions from C.A. Stonehill, Inc,. dealer, 1936

2 copies; Third Series, Cat. #7

Note: Heron Dealers' Catalogs D11 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 31.140: A few Rare Books and Interesting Relics from EP Dutton & Company, dealer, 1917

Comprising unique editions of . . . Lewis Carroll

Note: Heron Dealers' Catalogs D12 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 31.141: Rare Books and MSS from C.A. Stonehill, Inc., dealer, 1937

Cat. # 136

Note: Heron Dealers' Catalogs D13 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 31.42: Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books from Sotheby & Co., dealer, 1935

title page coming off

Note: Heron Dealers' Catalogs D14 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 31.143: Later Nineteenth and Early Twentieth century important first Editions; Sold by order of M. Robert Dorn, Esquire from Swann Auction Galleries, delaer, 1951

"Including very complete collection of Walt Whitman and Lewis Carroll"

Note: Heron Dealers' Catalogs D15 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 31.144: Report of Books & Autographs of Lewis Carroll interest from Maggs Bros., dealer, 19 September 1930

typed manuscript; entries from other catalogs pasted on pages

Note: Heron Dealers' Catalogs D16 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 31.145: The Scribner Bookstore; The Limited Editions Club from Scribner Bookstore, dealer

Cat #123

Note: Heron Dealers' Catalogs D18 in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 31.146: clippings from dealers' catalogs which include Carroll items

notes in folder contain sources of clippings when known

Note: Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 31.147: facsimiles of Carroll's rare items and clippings from dealers' catalogs

miscellaneous items, not all from dealers' catalogs; notes in folder contain sources of clippings when known

Note: Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 29.148: clippings on Carroll's rare items at auction and in libraries

notes in folder contain sources of clippings when known

Note: Unmentioned in previous finding aid

Box-Folder 29.149: correspondence from Walter R. Spencer to Heron on Carroll items from Walter T. Spencer, dealer, 23 August 1935

letter to Heron on Spencer stationary; list of Carroll items on legal size paper (11 x 17)

Note: Heron Dealers' Catalogs D17 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]