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List of items for exhibition of Shakespeareana [manuscript], 1910-1917?.

Philbin, J., active 1916, correspondent.; Bateman, Robert, 1863- addressee.; Martin-Harvey, John, Sir, 1863-1944, addressee.; Hylton, Raymond Harvey Jolliffe, 1932- former owner.; Rawson, active 1917, correspondent.
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Title
List of items for exhibition of Shakespeareana [manuscript], 1910-1917?.
Description
142 leaves ; 26 cm
Associated name
Philbin, J., active 1916, correspondent.
Bateman, Robert, 1863- addressee.
Martin-Harvey, John, Sir, 1863-1944, addressee.
Hylton, Raymond Harvey Jolliffe, 1932- former owner.
Rawson, active 1917, correspondent.
Scope and content
Front endleaf labeled "Shakespeare and Theatrical Exhibition, 1910." Approximately 46 pages used in an alphabetically arranged log book, giving names of both individuals and institutions as well as details of loaned items for an exhibition of Shakespeareana. Also includes 6 loose leaves of manuscript notes, 1 telegram, (postmarked 17 Ja. 17) from Rawson, Manchester, to Bateman c/o Grafton Galleries, London concerning proofs (with manuscript notes on verso indicating "don't want proofs"), and an autograph letter signed from [J.?] Philbin, Southampton, to Sir John Martin-Harvey, London, dated Dec. 16, 1916, regarding a whole length figure of Shakespeare.
Note
These records likely relate to an exhibition, curated by Robert Bateman, that originated at the Whitworth Institute in Manchester and was shown in London at the Grafton Galleries, beginning on January 20, 1917.
Provenance
Formerly Folger MS Add 1016.
Former owner: Lord Hylton of Ammerdown.
Genre/form
Inventories.
Letters (correspondence)
Telegrams.
Manuscripts (documents)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Great Britain -- England -- Manchester.

Call number
W.a.294
Folger accession
MS Add 1016

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