Collection Summary
Grant Richards Collection of A. E.
Housman Material 1898-1947
(bulk
1910-1942)
1898-1947
(bulk
1910-1942)
MSS47183
Richards, Grant, 1872-1948
1,500 items
8 containers
3 linear feet
English
Collection material in English
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
British author and publisher.
Correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, galley and page proofs, newspaper
clippings, printed material, and musical scores pertaining primarily to Richards's
biography of A. E. Housman.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968--Correspondence.
Carter, John, 1905-1975--Correspondence.
Drinkwater, John, 1882-1937--Correspondence.
Firbank, Ronald, 1886-1926--Correspondence.
Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936--Correspondence.
Housman, Laurence, 1865-1959--Correspondence.
Huebsch, B. W. (Benjamin W.), 1876-1964--Correspondence.
Nicolson, Harold, 1886-1968--Correspondence.
Perkins, Maxwell E. (Maxwell Evarts), 1884-1947--Correspondence.
Richards, Grant, 1872-1948.
Richards, Grant, 1872-1948. Housman, 1897-1936. 1941.
Rothenstein, William, 1872-1945--Correspondence.
Symons, Katharine E. (Katharine Elizabeth)--Correspondence.
Trevelyan, George Macaulay, 1876-1962--Correspondence.
Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972--Correspondence.
Organizations
Oxford University Press--Correspondence.
Subjects
Classicists--Great Britain--Biography.
Poets, English--20th century--Biography.
Occupations
Authors.
Publishers.
Provenance
The Grant Richards Collection of A. E. Housman Material was purchased by the
Library of Congress in 1966.
Processing History
The Grant Richards Collection was processed in 1967. The finding aid was revised
in 2012.
Copyright Status
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings in the Grant Richards
Collection of A. E. Housman Material is governed by the Copyright Law of the
United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
Access and Restrictions
The Grant Richards Collection of A. E. Housman Material is open to research.
Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to
visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to
retrieve these items for research use.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following
information: Container number, Grant Richards Collection of A. E. Housman
Material, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical Note
Grant Richards
Date
Event
1872, Oct.
Born, Oxford, England
1890
Became staff member of
Review of Reviews
1897
Opened his own publishing firm
1897
1899
Published works of Maurice Maeterlinck, G. B. Shaw, Arnold Bennett,
H. G. Wells, Grant Allen, Alice Meynell; also published first works of
John Masefield and G. K. Chesterton
1898
Published second edition of A. E. Housman’s
A Shropshire
Lad
. London: G. Richards
1912
Published
Caviare
. Boston and New York: Houghton
Mifflin Co.
1913
Published
Valentine
. Boston and New York: Houghton
Mifflin Co.
1915
Published
Bittersweet
. London: G. Richards
1920
Published
Double Life
. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co.
1922
Published A. E. Housman’s
Last Poems
. London: G.
Richards
1924
Published
Every Wife
. New York: E. J. Clode
1927
Published
Fair Exchange
. New York: George H. Doran
Co.
1928
Published
The Coast of Pleasure
. New York: Harper
& Brothers
Published
The Hasty Marriage
. London: J.
Cape
1932
Published
Memories of a Misspent Youth
. London: W.
Heinemann
1942
Published
Housman
. New York: Oxford University Press
1948
Died, Monte Carlo
A. E. Housman
Date
Event
1859, March 26
Born at Catskill, Worcestershire, England
1870
1877
Educated at Bromsgrove School, Worcestershire, England
1877
1881
Educated at St. John’s College, Oxford, England
1882
1892
Worked in English patent office as a higher division clerk
1892
Professor of Latin, University College, London, Englnd
1896
Published
A Shropshire Lad
. London: Kegan Paul,
Trench, Trűbner
1898
Published second edition of
A Shropshire Lad
. London:
G. Richards
1911
Kennedy professor of Latin, Cambridge University, Cambridge,
England
1922
Published
Last Poems.
London: G. Richards
1936
Published
More Poems
. London: J. Cape
1936, April 30
Died, Cambridge, England
Scope and Content Note
The collection of Grant Richards (1872-1948) relating to A. E. Housman spans the
years 1898-1947, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1910-1942.
Included are memorials to Housman written shortly after his death and several pieces
of Richards’s personal and family correspondence. The focus of the collection is on
the preparation of Richards’s biographical work,
Housman, 1897-1936
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1942). During the years 1897-1936, Richards was
both friend and publisher of A. E. Housman.
The collection contains general and personal correspondence, material preparatory to
Housman
, manuscripts, typescripts, galley and page proofs of
Housman
, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and music scores.
Correspondents in addition to A. E. Housman include his brother and sister, Laurence
Housman and Katherine E. Symons, and Oxford University Press. Newspaper clippings
and magazine articles contain reviews of Richards’s biography and critiques of
Housman’s works.
Other correspondents include Witter Bynner, John Carter, John Drinkwater, Ronald
Firbank, B.W. Huebsch, Harold Nicolson, Maxwell E. Perkins, William Rothenstein,
George Macaulay Trevelyan, Edmund Wilson, and Oxford University Press.
Arrangement of the Papers
This collection is arranged by type of material.
Catalog Record: [https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78047183]
Container List
Container
Contents
1
General correspondence, A-Z
2
Personal correspondence
2
Housman, Laurence, 1936-1939
1936-1939
2
Symons, Katherine E., and miscellany,
including notes on galley proofs and the introduction to a memoir of
Housman, 1936-1946
1936-1946
2
Oxford University Press, and miscellany,
1935-1947
1935-1947
3
Richards, Grant
3
Housman to Richards
3
Originals, 1910-1935
1910-1935
3
Transcripts, 1902-1935
1902-1935
3
Richards to Housman, carbons,
1898-1935
1898-1935
4
Housman
4
Notes, research material, and drafts
4
Typescripts
5
Galley and page proofs
6
Miscellany
6
Song settings for
A Shropshire Lad
6
Sales chart, menus, map, and other
miscellany
7
Printed matter
7
Magazines and journals containing
critiques, memorials, and bibliographies of Housman
8
Newspaper clippings