Correspondence and a literary manuscript of Henry Arthur Jones

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS 19c Jones
  • Dates of Creation
    • ca. 1854-1929
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1219 letters in 258 envelopes held in 5 boxes and 2 bound volumes on 1 shelf

Scope and Content

Some letters are undated. One bound volume contains 54 letters with transcriptions from M. H. Spielmann to Henry Arthur Jones. Box 5 includes 223 letters from Sir Charles Wyndham to Henry Arthur Jones held in 3 envelopes. The second bound volume contains a manuscript of a play by Henry Arthur Jones entitled Whitewashing Julia and stated to have been "first produced at the Garrick Theatre, London, March 2nd 1903".

Administrative / Biographical History

Henry Arthur Jones (1851-1929) was a dramatic author. For fuller details of his life and work see Who was who, Vol.3, 1929-1940

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

From the library of Lord Brotherton

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

The letters are listed in the Letters database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/letters/letlink.htm#ms194