Rudyard Kipling collection, 1881-1960-(bulk 1890-1920)
Collection Number: 4610

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Rudyard Kipling collection, 1881-1960-(bulk 1890-1920)
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4610
Abstract:
Manuscripts, letters, clippings, and photographs by, to, or relating to Rudyard Kipling.
Creator:
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936.
Bridge, Frederick, 1844-1924.
Clarke, George Sydenham, Sir, 1848-
Craik, Henry, Sir, 1846-1927.
Dufferin and Ava, Harriot Georgina Blackwood, Marchioness of, 1843?-1936.
White, Edward Lucas, 1866-1934.
Raven-Hill, L. (Leonard), 1867-1942.
Paterson, Charles J.
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911.
Hill, Edmonia Taylor, -1952.
Miller, Betty.
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936. (Title of work: Captains courageous..)
Quanitities:
4.2 cubic feet.
7 volumes.
Language:
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Rudyard Kipling was an English author and journalist.
RELATED MATERIALS

Includes collection #13-6-1232.
Book collection also held in the repository, including many first English and first American editions of Kipling's works and copies signed by him.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cite As:

Rudyard Kipling collection, #4610. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Scope and content

Manuscripts, letters, clippings, and photographs by, to, or relating to Rudyard Kipling. Included are autograph and typewritten manuscripts of poems and stories by Kipling, with his autograph corrections; 258 letters written by Kipling, ranging in date from 1886-1935; letters by others to or about Kipling; and numerous newspaper and magazine clippings and photographs, including newspaper articles by or about Kipling, obituaries of him, and reviews of and publishers' advertisements for his books. Also included are a questionnaire Kipling filled out in 1881 concerning his favorite authors and his views on literature and life; typewritten memoirs about Kipling by his friend Edmonia Taylor Hill; a diary kept by Mrs. Hill from 1888-1890, including material about Kipling; 10 chapters of a typewritten manuscript biography of Kipling by Betty Miller; 50 photographs taken by Prof. Hill to accompany the text of Kipling's book From Sea to Sea; and an album of photographs of India dating from 1888.
Scope and content

Kipling's letters include comments and instructions concerning the publication of his books and stories; contemporary political developments in England and in British foreign affairs, especially the question of home rule for India; and a few requests for research materials which he used in writing his novel Captains Courageous. Correspondents include John Frederick Bridge, George Sydenham Clarke, Sir Henry Craik, Monsieur Garnier, Macmickan, General Sterling, Edward Lucas White, and Leonard Raven-Hill. Also included are transcripts of 61 letters written by Charles J. Paterson, many of them to Edmonia Taylor Hill.
Scope and content

Bound manuscripts include notebooks of Kipling magazine publications compiled by William Arthur Young, and individual manuscript letters by Kipling to Lady Dufferin, Dr. Hale, Howard Pyle, and Lord Sydenham. Some bound manuscripts are cataloged separately.
Access Restrictions:

Access to Collection #13-6-1232 is restricted.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936.
Places:
India -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947.
India -- Description and travel.
India -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- India.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1901-1936.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1901-1936.
Subjects:
Authors, English.
Women -- Diaries.
Authorship.
Press and politics -- England.
Authors and publishers -- England.
English literature -- 20th century.
English literature -- 19th century.
Form and Genre Terms:
Portraits.
Photographs.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1
Manuscripts
Outgoing correspondence
Box 2
1886-1898
Box 3
1899-1922
Box 4
1923-1935 , undated
 1923-1935
Incoming correspondence and manuscripts
Box 5
A-Mr
Box 6
Ms-Z
Box 7
Kiplingiana
Bound Manuscripts
Bd. Ms. 1
"Captains Courageous" notebook
Bd. Ms. 2, 3+
Transcripts of Kipling letters
 1896-1929
Bd. Ms. 4+
"Kipling: The End" scrapbook
 1893-1937
Bd. Ms. 5
Letter to Lady Dufferin
 November 9, 1892
Bd. Ms. 6 tiny
Letter to R.I. Harding
 October 10, 1897
Bd. Ms. 7
Letter to Dr. Hale
 January 15, 1895
Bd. Ms. 8+
Photograph album on India
 1886?
Bd. Ms. 9++
Kipling memoir by Edmonia Hill (draft)
Bd. Ms. 10-14
Fiction and criticism scrapbooks
 1890-1928
Kiplingiana
 1891-1954 (bulk 1891-1924)
Bd. Ms. 15+
Kiplingiana
Bd. Ms. 16++
Kiplingiana
Bd. Ms. 17
Kiplingiana
Bd. Ms. 18++-20++
Kiplingiana
Bd. Ms. 21+, 22+
Kipling memoir by Edmonia Hill (2 fair copies)
Bd. Ms. 23
Signed verse from "In the Neolithic Age"
Kipling cuttings
 1891-1933
Bd. Ms. 24-28
Kipling cuttings
Bd. Ms. 29+- 31+
Kipling cuttings
Bd. Ms. 32++
Kipling cuttings
Bd. Ms. 33+
Kipling cuttings
Bd. Ms. 35++
Kipling cuttings
Bd. Ms. 36+
Kipling cuttings
Bd. Ms. 37++
Kipling cuttings
Bd. Ms. 38+ (index)
Kipling cuttings
Bd. Ms. 41 tiny
Putnam, (printing specimen by Kipling)
 1900
Bd. Ms. 42
Letter to Howard Pyle
 August 25, 1894
Bd. Ms. 43
Kipling stories in American and illustrated magazines
 1895-1920
Bd. Ms. 44+
Katy Anne Eaton, Rudyard Kipling miscellany
Bd. Ms. 45 tiny
Photographs for From Sea to Sea (copies)
Bd. Ms. 46
Letters to Lord Sydenham
 May 5, 1918 - September 13, 1930
Bd. Ms. 47++
Verse from "A Tree Song" with leaves and Kipling portrait
Bd. Ms. 48 2 vols.
John Lockwood Kipling and Alice Kipling notebooks
 1889-1931