Greg, W. W. Autograph and typed letters signed to Sir Walter Wilson Greg from various correspondents

Folger bibliographic ID: 231171
Folger call number: Y.c.6409 (1-7)
Folger holdings ID: 280023
Accession Number: MS Add 964

(1) and (2) are typed letters signed from Joseph Q. Adams, on letterhead of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. (1) is dated April 16, 1936 and (2) is dated May 11, 1936. Both letters concern a Henry Peacham manuscript of portions of Titus Andronicus and the possibility of a Collier forgery; (3) Autograph letter signed from E.K. Chambers, Eynsham, and dated May 17, 1936. Regarding letters and signs in a proof which he thinks it would be convenient for Greg to have; (4) Typed letter signed from Graham Pollard of Birrell & Garnett, London, dated 21 July 1937. Concerns an error Greg pointed out in Pollard's paper; (5) Autograph letter (incomplete) from James G. McManaway on letterhead of the Folger Shakespeare Library dated 26 March 1940. Discusses Massinger's The Picture and copies of Gosse and Lefferts; with a typescript leaf listing typographical errors in a copy of Massinger's The Picture and one leaf containing a copy of a signature of Christofer Marley, witness to the will of Katherine Benchkin, from John Bakeless's Christopher Marlowe, Howard University Press, 1942, vol. 1, p. 208, pasted on a larger leaf; (6) Typed letter signed from Giles E. Dawson, Folger Shakespeare Library, dated 7 June 1952. Concerning " a brief note to Bowers ... in which I asked his opinion of your footnote on my little paper on the printing of Troilus"; (7) Typed letter signed from James G. McManaway, Folger Shakespeare Library, dated March 30, 1953. He writes that the Oxinden MS, no. 750.1 is here and Greg may have a photostat of the list

General notes

(1), (2), and (4) are addressed to Greg at Park Lodge, Wimbledon Common, London, S.W. 19, England; (6) and (7) are addressed to Greg at Tanners Knap, Petworth, Sussex, England Formerly Folger MS Add 964 (1-7) Gift received May 10, 1991

Extended title: Autograph and typed letters signed to Sir Walter Wilson Greg from various correspondents 1936-1953

Greg, W. W. 1875-1959 Adams, Joseph Quincy, 1881-1946 Chambers, E. K. 1866-1954 Dawson, Giles E. 1903- McManaway, James Gilmer, 1899-1980 Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640. Picture Pollard, Graham Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883 Oxinden, Henry, 1609-1670. Miscellany of Henry Oxinden

correspondent: Greg, W. W. (Walter Wilson), 1875-1959
subject: Greg, W. W. (Walter Wilson), 1875-1959
subject: Adams, Joseph Quincy, 1881-1946
subject: Chambers, E. K. (Edmund Kerchever), 1866-1954
subject: Dawson, Giles E. (Giles Edwin), 1903-
subject: McManaway, James Gilmer, 1899-1980
subject: Pollard, Graham
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
subject: Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883
correspondent: Adams, Joseph Quincy, 1881-1946
correspondent: Chambers, E. K. (Edmund Kerchever), 1866-1954
correspondent: Dawson, Giles E. (Giles Edwin), 1903-
correspondent: McManaway, James Gilmer, 1899-1980
correspondent: Pollard, Graham
associated with: Folger Shakespeare Library