Guide to the Wyndham Lewis collection,
1877-1975

Collection Number: 4612

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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Date completed:
November 1997
EAD encoding:
Mireille Lee, July 2000; Lucy Burgess, January-August 2008,

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Wyndham Lewis collection, 1877-1975
Collection Number:
4612
Creator:
Wyndham Lewis, 1882-1957.
Quantity:
44 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, printed material, graphics.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, printed material, graphics, and bound manuscripts by, to, or about Wyndham Lewis, covering all aspects of his career and life. Includes one of two known proof copies of his novel The Roaring Queen, which was withdrawn before publication; unpublished novels, short stories, essays, and notebooks; and manuscripts and notes for several of Lewis's published books. Also included are diaries of Lewis's wife, G. Anne Hoskyns Lewis, from 1953-1967, and Civil War reminiscences of his father, Charles Edward Lewis.
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Wyndham Lewis was an artist, novelist, and critic, who was born in Canada but lived for many years in England. He was a leader of the Vorticist movement.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, printed material, graphics, and bound manuscripts by, to, or about Wyndham Lewis, covering all aspects of his career and life. Includes one of two known proof copies of his novel The Roaring Queen, which was withdrawn before publication; unpublished novels, short stories, essays, and notebooks; and manuscripts and notes for Lewis's published books The Apes of God, Self Condemned, The Human Age (including Childermass, Malign Fiesta, Monstre Gai, and a synopsis of the projected fourth volume which Lewis never wrote), Mrs. Duke's Millions, The Red Priest, Rotting Hill, Rude Assignment, and The Writer and the Absolute. Also included are diaries of Lewis's wife, G. Anne Hoskyns Lewis, from 1953-1967, and Civil War reminiscences of his father, Charles Edward Lewis.
Letters include correspondence with Ezra Pound, and transcriptions of letters between Lewis and his mother while he was at the front during World War I; letters from members of his father Charles Edward Lewis's family, dating back to the 1870's, which describe life in upstate New York and Ontario; and many letters between Wyndham Lewis and other writers and publishers. Correspondents include Richard Aldington, Michael Ayrton, Lewis's lover Iris Barry, Clive Bell, Roy Campbell, Lord Kenneth Clark, T.S. Eliot, Roger Fry, Stuart Gilbert, Geoffrey Grigson, Ernest Hemingway, R.D. Jameson, Augustus John, Hugh Kenner, Charles Edward Lewis, Wyndham Lewis's mother Anne Stuart Lewis, his wife G. Anne Hoskyns Lewis, Archibald MacLeish, Marshall McLuhan, Naomi Mitchison, T. Sturge Moore (photocopies), Frederick Morgan, Dorothy Pound, Ezra Pound, C.H. Prentice, I.A. Richards, Sir John Rothenstein; Edith, Osbert, and Sacheverell Sitwell; Stephen Spender, Julian Symons, Tambimuttu, Allen Tate, H.G. Wells, and W.B. Yeats. The collection also includes two letters from Lewis to James Joyce.

PROVENANCE

The core of the collection was purchased in 1959 with funds provided by William G. Mennen; more material was purchased from Lewis's widow in 1975.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Lewis, Wyndham, 1882-1957.
Lewis, Anne Stuart.
Lewis, Charles Edward.
Lewis, G. Anne Hoskyns.
Lewis, Wyndham, 1882-1957.
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972.
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.
Dismorr, Jessica.
Aldington, Richard, 1892-1962.
Ayrton, Michael, 1921-1975.
Barry, Iris, 1895-
Bell, Clive, 1881-1964.
Campbell, Roy, 1901-1957.
Clark, Kenneth, 1903-
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.
Fry, Roger Eliot, 1866-1934.
Gilbert, Stuart.
Grigson, Geoffrey, 1905-
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
Jameson, R. D. (Raymond De Loy), 1896-1959.
John, Augustus, 1878-1961.
Joyce, James, 1882-1941.
Kenner, Hugh.
Lewis, Anne Stuart.
Lewis, Charles Edward.
Lewis, G. Anne Hoskyns, 1900-1979.
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-
McLuhan, Marshall, 1911-
Mitchison, Naomi, 1897-
Moore, T. Sturge (Thomas Sturge), 1870-1944.
Morgan, Frederick, 1922-
Pound, Dorothy.
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972.
Prentice, C. H.
Richards, I. A. (Ivor Armstrong), 1893-
Rothenstein, John, Sir, 1901-
Sitwell, Edith, Dame, 1887-1964.
Sitwell, Osbert, 1892-1969.
Sitwell, Sacheverell, 1897-
Spender, Stephen, 1909-
Symons, Julian, 1912-
Tambimuttu, 1915-
Tate, Allen, 1899-
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.

Subjects:
English literature--20th century.
American literature--20th century.
Modernism (Literature).
Graphic arts--England--History.
Graphic arts--United States--History.
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives.
Authors, English--Relations with women.
Authors, American--Relations with women.
Authors, Canadian--Relations with women.
Authorship.
Authors and publishers--England.
Domestic relations--England.
Women--Diaries.

Places:
England--Intellectual life--20th century.
United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
New York (State)--Social conditions--History.
Ontario (Canada)--Social conditions--History.
New York (State)--Description and travel.
Ontario (Canada)--Description and travel.

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Portraits.
Diaries.

Occupations:
Authors, English.
Authors, American.
Authors, Canadian.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Wyndham Lewis collection, #4612. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Link to a copy of the published card catalogue. (9MB PDF)

RELATED MATERIAL

The collection is described in: Mary F. Daniels, Wyndham Lewis: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscript Material in the Department of Rare Books, Cornell University Library. Ithaca, NY: The Library, 1972 (Rare Ref. Z8504.389 C81)
Also described in: W.K. Rose, Wyndham Lewis at Cornell: A Review of the Lewis Papers Presented to the University by William G. Mennen. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Library, 1961 (Rare Ref. Z8504.389 R79+)
A large collection of books by and about Lewis is also held in the repository, including all lifetime editions of his works and many volumes from his personal library. A large collection of Lewis's drawings are held in the Johnson Art Museum, Cornell University.
Originals of Lewis's letters to T. Sturge Moore in: University of London Library.

COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Manuscripts by Lewis are arranged alphabetically by title; G. Anne Hoskyns Lewis's letters alphabetically by correspondent; documents, alphabetically by the person concerned; letters by Lewis, chronologically; letters by others, alphabetically by writer; photographs of others, alphabetically by name of photograph's subject.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Manuscripts
Boxes 1-50
Boxes 51-55
Series II. Documents Boxes 56-60
Series III. Correspondence
Boxes 61-84
Boxes 85-147
Boxes 148-155
Series IV. Photographs Boxes 157-158
Series V. Graphic Material and Printed Items
Box 156
Boxes 159-162
Boxes 163-165
Series VI. Miscellaneous Boxes 166-168

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
[1944]
Lewis AM[drafts, notes] About Myself
Box 1 Folder 1
32 leaves
[St. Louis] [Appears to be prepared for a talk at the "Wednesday Club" on February 18, 1944]
Aug., 1943
Lewis. AM[draft, fragment] & TM[draft] Abstract Art
Box 1 Folder 2
4 leaves + 3 leaves
[Windsor] Written for a lecture delivered at the summer school of Assumption College. Annotated heavily in written draft; only slightly in typed draft.
[194-?]
Lewis.AM[draft, notes] Address to French Canada
Box 1 Folder 3
10 leaves
[Toronto?] Written in French, this radio address emphasizes the unity of western culture as an encouragement to French Canadians to join in the war effort.
[Jul., 1940]
Lewis. TM After Abstract Art
Box 1 Folder 4
10 leaves + 4 leaves
[n.p.] A slightly revised version of this article was publiched in "The New Republic," July 8, 1940. One TM[copy] has corrections by Lewis.
[1945?]
Lewis. AM & TM America & Cosmic Man. Section I
Box 1 Folder 5
[250?] leaves
[London] Heavily corrected and amended.
[1945?]
Lewis AM & TM America & Cosmic Man. Section II
Box 2 Folder 1
[350-500? leaves]
[n.p.] [With annotations and corrections]
[1945?]
Lewis.AM & TM America & Cosmic Man. Section III
Box 2 Folder 2
[30 leaves?]
[n.p.] [With dustjacket proof sheet]
[1945?]
Lewis AM America & Cosmic Man. Notes
Box 2 Folder 3
11 leaves
[Ottawa] [First notes for his "political book".]
[1947]
Lewis AM America & Cosmic Man. Corrections.
Box 2 Folder 4
5 leaves
[London] [4 leaves listings of correction to manuscript; and 1 leaf regarding publisher disagreement]
[1947?]
Lewis AM America & Cosmic Man. Fragment
Box 2 Folder 5
5 leaves
[n.p.] [With additions and corrections in hand]
[1939-1940]
Lewis AM America, I Presume
Box 2 Folder 6
28 leaves
[n.p.] [A parody of Lewis' visit to Geoffrey Stone's Connecticut farm at this period. Two chapters both marked "Extra chapter, not used"]
[1949?]
Lewis AM America, I Presume. Notes
Box 2 Folder 7
1 leaf
[n.p.] [Concerning expansion and re-issue of book]
[1940?]
Lewis AM America, I Presume. Notes
Box 2 Folder 8
1 leaf
[n.p.] [Handwritten notes on both sides of an envelope]
[194-?]
Lewis TM[copy] An Ancient and Dirty Game
Box 2 Folder 9
9 leaves
[Toronto?] Synopsis of "Self-Condemned".
[1940-41?]
Lewis AM Anglosaxony
Box 2 Folder 10
11 leaves
[Toronto] Follow-up material and a prospectus for a pamphlet tentatively titled "How Will Democracy Evolve? With corrections.
[n.d.]
Lewis AM Annotations from T.S. Elliot Books
Box 2 Folder 11
8 leaves
[n.p.] [From J. Carter's books. Copied into a notebook by Anne Lewis.]
[1945?]
Lewis TM[fragment, copy] Anti-Semitism in America
Box 2 Folder 12
1 leaf
[n.p.] [Could be from "America, I Presume"]
[192-?]
Lewis AM The Apes of God. Notes
Box 3 Folder 1
ca. 70 leaves
[London] [Small note pad with 5 leaves used; remainder of pad is blank. Many miscellaneous leaves of various sized with both notes and sketches. Printed 4 page article by Lieut.-Col. E. F. Strange, "The Design of English Chairs"; and two clippings, one a review of Godfrey Winn's, "Squirrels' Cage" (The Star, June 10, 1923) and the other on climbing Mount Kanchenjunga.
[195-?]
Lewis AM & TM The Apes of God. Prefatory Material
Box 3 Folder 2
ca. 70 leaves
London; Drafts and clean typescript of introductory material apparently written to preface the reprint edition. Varying texts in Lewis' and Anne Lewis.
[1923]
Lewis AM[fragment] Apes of God [Split Man]
Box 3 Folder 3
2 leaves
[London]
[Mar., 1924?]
Lewis M[printed] The Apes of God. Galley Proof
Box 3 Folder 4
4 leaves
[London] "Extract from Encyclical Addressed to Daniel Boleyn by Mr. Zagreus". With minor corrections in Lewis' hand. Published in "Criterion", II, No. 7, April, 1924.
[193-?]
Lewis AM The Aristocrat
Box 3 Folder 5
27 leaves
[London?.] Notes, synopsis, philosophical thesis, and partial draft of a proposed novel. Has some relation to "Revenge for Love" and "Snooty Baronet."
[n.d.]
Lewis AM & TM L'Arlesienne
Box 3 Folder 6
2 leaves
[n.p.] Discussion of Van Gogh's painting "L'Arlesienne". Published in "Wyndham Lewis on Art," p. 459.
[1926?]
Lewis TM Art of Being Ruled. Notices.
Box 3 Folder 6.5
3 leaves
[n.p.] Quotations from various sources concerning "The Art of Being Ruled".
[1926?]
Lewis TM Art of Being Ruled. Press Releases
Box 3 Folder 7
1 leaf
[n.p.] American press notices for "Art of Being Ruled"
[Oct., 1946
Lewis AM & TM[copy] The Art of Gwen John
Box 3 Folder 8
5 leaves + 3 leaves
[London] Holograph version heavily emended. Published in "The Listener", October 10, 1946, p. 484.
[n.d.]
Lewis TM[fragment] The Art Racket
Box 3 Folder 9
2 leaves
[n.p.]
[194-?]
Lewis AM Article on Canada
Box 3 Folder 10
10 leaves
[Toronto?] Notation by Lewis indicates this article was written for possible submission to "Time & Tide." Published in "Wyndham Lewis in Canada", 1971.
[194-?]
Lewis AM[drafts, notes] The Artist and Society
Box 3 Folder 11
23 leaves
[n.p.] Lecture probably delivered at Bryanston Music School, Blandford, Dorset on August 1, 1948. Deals with the social background of art, the question of a "collective" art, and the decline of oil "easel-painting.".
[1945?]
Lewis TM[carbon, fragment] Atomic Bombs and the Reordering of World Politics
Box 3 Folder 12
1 leaf
[n.p.]
Aug.17, 1908
Lewis AM Autobiographical fragment
Box 3 Folder 13
8 leaves
Quimperle; A description of a stay in Brittany with commentary of local customs and residents. Heavily corrected; with a map sketched on first leaf.
[1939?]
Lewis AM[fragments] Autobiographical fragments
Box 3 Folder 14
4 leaves
[n.p.] Mentions the Bolshevik revolution and the Spanish Civil War.
[1909?]
Lewis AM & TM Bestre
Box 3 Folder 15
22 leaves
[n.p.] Includes draft bersion and holograph portion of completed and published text. Published in "The English Review, 2 (June, 1909), p. 471-484. Reprinted in "The Wild Body."
[1939-40]
Lewis AM Biographical Data
Box 3 Folder 16
4 leaves
[New York] Chronological account of activities and publications, apparently written as press release material for a proposed lecture tour.
[1926]
Lewis TM Biographical details
Box 3 Folder 17
1 leaf
[London] For publicity purposes
[194-?]
Lewis AM[draft]S Biographial Information
Box 3 Folder 18
4 leaves
[New York?, Toronto?] 3 draft versionss containing basic biographical information, possibly for a press release.
[n.d.]
Lewis AN Biographical Note About His Father
Box 3 Folder 19
1 leaf
[n.p.] Regarding his father, Carles Edward Lewis.
[n.d.]
Lewis AM Biographical Note Concerning His Parentage
Box 3 Folder 20
1 leaf
[n.p.]
1938
Lewis AM Blast #2
Box 4 Folder 1
12 leaves
[London] [Notes and heavily corrected manuscript fragments.]
[n.d.]
Lewis TM[fragments] Blasting and Bombadiering
Box 4 Folder 2
3 leaves
[n.p.] [Draft of pages 286-287. Concerns T. S. Eliot and his relation to Ezra Pound.]
[n.d.]
Lewis TM[fragment, copy] Blasting and Bombadiering
Box 4 Folder 3
5 leaves
[n.p.] [See pp. 274-281 of 1967a "Blasting and Bombardiering. See Part V, ch. 5 of "Blasting and Bombardiering".]
[1934]
Lewis AM[draft], TM & TM[copy] The Bloomsburies
Box 4 Folder 4
8 leaves + 32 leaves + 43 leaves
[n.p.] [Alternate title: "Say It With Leaves". Corrected typescript of essay; holograph material essentially notations on Lytton Strachey.]
[n.d.]
Lewis TM[copy] The Bloomsburies
Box 4 Folder 5
33 leaves
[n.p.] [Photocopy done for patron which was returned.]
[n.d.]
Lewis AM The Boarding House
Box 4 Folder 6
1 leaf
[n.p.] [Poem.]
[1939?]
Lewis TM[copy] The Books of Mr. Wyndham Lewis
Box 4 Folder 7
5 leaves
[New York?] [Chronological listing with publication dates and precis of contents of books Lewis wrote.]
[1949]
Lewis AM Bread and Ballyhoo
Box 4 Folder 8
32 leaves
[London] Holograph drafts of this article appeared in "The Listener", September 8, 1949, p. 407. Lewis wrote to T.S. Eliot a year later about expanding it to book form.
[1949]
Lewis TM & TM[fragment] & TM[2 copies] & TM[fragment, copy] Bread and Ballyhoo
Box 4 Folder 9
7 leaves + 3 leaves + 6 leaves + 6 leaves + 3 leaves
[London] Holograph drafts of this article appeared in "The Listener", September 8, 1949, p. 407. Lewis wrote to T.S. Eliot a year later about expanding it to book form.
[Jan., 1926]
Lewis M[printed, copy] Britons Never Shall Be Bees
Box 4 Folder 10
2 leaves
[n.p.] Printed in "The Calendar of Modern Letters", January, 1926, p. 360-362. Xerox copy.
[1916-1917?]
Lewis AM[draft] & TM The Bull Gun
Box 4 Folder 11
3 leaves + 3 leaves + 3 leaves
[Lydd?] Reference to this is made in the chapter of "Blasting and Bombardiering" of the same name. Two copies of the typed manuscript, one containing corrections made by G. Anne (Hoskyns) Lewis' hand.
[Dec.12, 1940]
Lewis TM[copy] Can Democracy Be Defined
Box 4 Folder 12
1 leaf
[Toronto] Typescript copy of introductory and closing commentary referring to accompanying broadcast Lewis made on CBS on December 12, 1940. On CBC Continuity letterhead.
[Aug., 1946]
Lewis TM[fragment] Canadian Nature and Its Painters
Box 4 Folder 13
3 leaves
[n.p.] First published in "The Listener", Aug.29, 1946, later in "Wyndam Lewis on Art", p. 425-429.
[1917-1918]
Lewis AM[draft, fragments] & TM Cantelman
Box 4 Folder 14
6 leaves + 2 leaves + 8 leaves + 31 leaves
[n.p.] Narrative concerns Cantelman during World War I; public and private attitudes toward the war. The final leaves of the draft involve Cantelman's reading of the "Code." Portions of the manuscript are published as Chapter IV, "The War-Crowds, 1914", of Part II of "Blasting and Bombardiering".
[1917-1918]
Lewis TM[draft, fragment] & TM[copy, draft, fragment] Cantelman
Box 4 Folder 15
32 leaves + 5 leaves
[n.p.] Variant text of Cantelman. Typescript with changes and revisions in the hand of G. Anne Lewis.
1917
Lewis AMS[draft] Cantleman's Spring Mate
Box 4 Folder 16
8 leaves
[n.p.] Heavily amended draft, dated and signed by Lewis. This story first published in "The Little Review", vol. IV, no. 6 (October, 1917), p. 8-14. Issued in a privately printed edition with "The Ideal Giant" and "The Code of a Herdsnab" in 1917.
[n.d.]
Lewis TM Cantleman's Spring Mate
Box 4 Folder 17
6 leaves
[n.p.] Last paragraph states: "Cantleman's Spring-Mate and "War Baby" which fillows it were in included in the original edition of "Blasting and Bombadiering".
[Jan., 1949]
Lewis AM & TM[draft, copy] The Chantrey Collection at the Academy
Box 4 Folder 18
13 leaves + 11 leaves + 3 leaves
[London] Two draft versions and a copy of the final text, as printed in "The Listener", January 13, 1949, p. 65.
[1949]
Lewis AN[otes] & M[printed] The Chantrey Collection at the Academy
Box 4 Folder 19
1 folder
[London] Folder of notes, clippings and printed material related to the Chantrey bequest and envelope material came in, marked as such.
[1928; 1955]
Lewis AM The Childermass. Group I
Box 5 Folder 1
82 leaves
[London] Notes and portions of manuscript, heavily corrected and annotated. Material dates from the period of the first issue of the book in 1928 and from ca. 1955 when a reprint edition was prepared.
[1928; 1955]
Lewis AM The Childermass. Group II
Box 5 Folder 2
108 leaves
[London] Notes and portions of manuscript, heavily corrected and annotated. Material dates from the period of the first issue of the book in 1928 and from ca. 1955 when a reprint edition was prepared.
[1955?]
Lewis M The Childermass. Synopsis.
Box 5 Folder 3
3 leaves
[London] The text of this appears on the dust jacket of the 1955 reprint. In the hand of Anne Lewis
[Apr., 1956]
Lewis TM The Childremass. Synopsis
Box 5 Folder 4
3 leaves
[London] The text of this appears on the dust jacket of the 1955 reprint.
[195-?]
Lewis TM Children of the Great
Box 5 Folder 5
11 leaves
[London] Minor corrections in the hand of Anne Wyndham Lewis. Short story.
[Apr, 1950]
Lewis AM[draft] & TM[fragment] Contemporary Art at the Tate
Box 5 Folder 6
17 leaves
[London] Published in "The Listener", April 6, 1950.
[n.d.]
Lewis TM The Countryhouse Party, Scotland
Box 5 Folder 7
6 leaves
[n.p.] Satire of Ford Madox Ford. First published in "Unlucky for Pringle"/
[1943-1944]
Lewis AM[drafts, notes] Creative Literature
Box 5 Folder 8
[ca.110] leaves
[Windsor] Group I notes for a series of lectures delivered in Lewis' Philosophy of Literature course, taught in 1943-1944 at Assumption College, Worcester, Mass.
[1943-1944]
Lewis AM[drafts, notes] Creative Literature
Box 5 Folder 9
[ca. 110] leaves
[Windsor] Group II notes for a series of lectures delivered in Lewis' Philosophy of Literature course, taught in 1943-1944 at Assumption College, Worcester, Mass.
[1943-1944]
Lewis AM[drafts, notes] Creative Literature
Box 6 Folder 1
[ca.110] leaves
[Windsor] Group II notes for a series of lectures delivered in Lewis' Philosophy of Literature course, taught in 1943-1944 at Assumption College, Worcester, Mass.
[195-?]
Lewis TM Creativity. Short Story.
Box 6 Folder 2
[60+] leaves
[London] Typescript short story version. Has some thematic relation to "Self Condemned" and "The Red Priest".
[195-?]
Lewis AM[draft] & TM Creativity. Play.
Box 6 Folder 3
[100+] leaves
[London] Play format. Holograph and final typescript version of a dramatized version of the same entitled "The Right Way".
[195-?]
Lewis AM[drafts] Creativity. Play.
Box 6 Folder 4
[300+] leaves
[London] Play format. Holograph and final typescript version of a dramatized version of the same entitled "The Right Way"
[1947]
Lewis TMS A Crisis of Thought
Box 6 Folder 5
11 leaves
[London] Text of radio address, delivered on the BBC "Third Programme", March 16, 1947. A variant of this text forms a portion of the Foreword to "The Books -- A Pattern of Thinking", in "Rude Assignment". With annotations in Lewis's hand.
Oct.28, 1932
Lewis AM Dedication Inscribed to A. J. A.Symons
Box 7 Folder 1
1 leaves
[London] Lewis wrote this dedication in a book sent to Symons on Oct.28, 1932. [Written on the back of a "gummed luggage labels" envelope.]
[1953-1954]
Lewis AM The Demon of Progress in the Arts
Box 7 Folder 2
[125+] leaves
[London] Includes notes: portions of the manuscript are in the hand of Anne Lewis.
[1953-1954]
Lewis AM & TM The Demon of Progress in the Arts
Box 7 Folder 3
[125+] leaves
[London] Few hand written leaves.
[n.d.]
Lewis TM Description of Decorations for "The Apes of God"
Box 7 Folder 4
2 leaves
[n.p.] First leaf under heading "Specimen MARGINALIA"' secpmd jeaded "ROOM 59".
Jul., 1949
Lewis TMS[copy] Descriptive Note for Mr. Wyndham Lewis's 2 Pictures in Oxford.
Box 7 Folder 5
1 leaf
[n.p.] With holograph not by Lewis. Notes on "Arghol" and "The Cubist Museum."
[ca.1946]
Lewis AM[fragment] & Tm[fragment] DeToqueville and Democracy
Box 7 Folder 6
7 leaves + 5 leaves
[London] The complet text published in "The Sewanee Review", 54, no.4, Autumn, 1956, p. 555-575. Includes 5 leaves of article as printed.
[ca.1923]
Lewis AM Dialogue
Box 8 Folder 1
1 leaf
[London] Written on the back of an envelope addressed to Lewis at Adam & Eve Mews.
1923
Lewis AM Diary
Box 8 Folder 2
1 item
[London] Small booklet used mainly for engagements; only May 17 through July 28 used.
1940
Lewis AM Diary
Box 8 Folder 3
1 item
[New York] Only pages January 1 through April 9 in booklet; the rest have been torn out.
[194-?]
Lewis TM Do Intellectuals Exist?
Box 8 Folder 4
26 leaves
[London] In article form, the substance of this appeared as Chapter 6 "Intuition versus Intellect ..." in "Rude Assignment". Typescript with holograph corrections in Lewis' hand.
[1940?]
Lewis AMS[drafts], AM[copy], TM, TM[copy]. & TM[fragments] The Do-Nothing Mode
Box 8 Folder 5
49 leaves
[New York? Toronto?] Memoir dealing with Lewis' father, Charles Edward Lewis. Published in "Agenda", VII-VIII, nos.3-1, Autumn/Winter, p. 216-221.
[1932]
Lewis AM & TM Doom of Youth
Box 8 Folder 6
[ca. 30 leaves]
[London] Notes and instructions for lawyers; textual citations. Concerns the lawsuits intituted by Godfrey Winn and Alec Waugh and Lewis, as well as a summary by Lewis of it manuscript preparation.
[ca,1953]
Lewis AM[draft & draft] & TM The Doppelgänger
Box 8 Folder 7
103 leaves
[London] Two draft versions; one in Lewis' hand, with insertions in the hands of Anne Lewis and Agnes Bedford; the second in Anne Wyndham Lewis' hand. Published in "Encounter", 2, no.1, January, 1954, p. 23-33, and in "Unlucky for Pringle", 1973.
[195-?]
Lewis AM Dr. Henry Platenham ...
Box 8 Folder 8
13 leaves
[London] Short story, with insertions and corrections in the hand of Anne Lewis.
[1940?]
Lewis AM[fragment] Duality in Theory and Praxis
Box 8 Folder 9
1 leaf
[n.p.] Fragment from "The Do-Nothing Mode"
[Jun., 1949?]
Lewis, Wyndham TM[copy] Edward Wadsworth: 1889-1948
Box 8 Folder 9.5
3 leaves
London; Biography and memories of Wadsworth, a fellow "vorticist".
[1956?]
Lewis AM[2] & TM Elitemindedness; A Policy
Box 8 Folder 10
[ca.70 leaves]
[London] Two hand written manuscripts, one by Lewis, the second in the hand of Anne Lewis. Written for "Educational Review".
[1914?]
Lewis TM & TM[copy] Enemy of the Stars
Box 8 Folder 11
26 leaves
[London] First published in "Blast", 1, 1914.
[n.d.]
Lewis TM[carbon, fragment] Enemy of the Stars: Screenplay
Box 8 Folder 12
3 leaves
[n.p.] Appears to be a later rewriting of a piece first published in "Blast 1". There is a part ofr the blind Lewis.
[1933?]
Lewis AM Envoi
Box 8 Folder 13
2 leaves
[Loondon?] Holograph text of "Envoi" first published in 1933 in volume of verse entitled "Engine Fight-Talk ..."; reissued in 1960 with title-page of "One-Way Song".
[194-?]
Lewis TM Essay on Angle-American Relations
Box 8 Folder 14
7 leaves
[Toronto?] Unpublished?
[194-?]
Lewis AM[draft, notes, fragment] Essay on Societal Rights, Freedom, and Law
Box 8 Folder 15
12 leaves
[n.p.]
[n.d.]
Lewis TM Exhibition Catalogue. Forward
Box 8 Folder 15.5
5 leaves
[n.p.] Foreward to an art exhibition catalogue, annotations in Lewis' hand. Found with Arthur Press announcement for "Satire & Fiction," 1930.
[Dec., 1937]
Lewis TM[copy] Exhibition of Paintings by Wyndham Lewis. Foreward
Box 8 Folder 16
1 leaf
London; Foreword to his exhibition catalogue.
[1948?]
Lewis TM[fragment] Ezra Pound
Box 8 Folder 17
1 leaf
[n.p.] Appears to be a draft for Lewis' article in "An Examinationn of Ezra Pound, edited by Peter Russell.
Apr., 1948
Lewis TM Ezra Pound
Box 8 Folder 18
13 leaves
[London] With corrections in Lewis' hand. Published in "Ezra Pound: A Collection of Essays" edited by Peter Russell, London, Peter Nevill, 1950, p. 257-266.
[195-?]
Lewis AM[drafts, fragments] A Female Conversation
Box 9 Folder 1
46 leaves
[London] Varying texts 9apparently uncompleted) in two formats; dramatic and narrative. Title supplied in the hand of Anne Lewis
[1931-1932]
Lewis AM & TM Filibusters in Barbary
Box 9 Folder 2
82 leaves
[London] Lewis' first book on Morocco, which is continued with the unpublished "Kasbhs and Souks". Published in serial form in "Everyman". The notes inluded are in the hand of Cyril J. Fox, wirtten October, 1981.
[n.d.]
Lewis TM[copy] First Meeting with T. S. Eliot
Box 9 Folder 3
6 leaves
[n.p.] This appeared as Part V, Chapter VI (p. 282-289) of the 1967 revised version of "Blasting and Bombardiering".
[192-?]
Lewis AM[draft, fragment] For High-God and Political God
Box 9 Folder 4
1 leaf
[London?] Cutting and pasting of 3 leaves in the hand of Anne Lewis.
[1943?]
Lewis AM[drafts, notes] & TM The Frontiers of Art Or the Cultural Melting Pot?
Box 9 Folder 5
23 leaves
[Windsor?] Possibly part of "The Frontiers of Art ...", a lecture Lewis delivered at the Detroit Institute of Arts on November 30, 1943.
[1943]
Lewis AM[drafts, notes] & TM The Frontiers of Art Or the Cultural Melting Pot?
Box 9 Folder 6
46 leaves
[Windsor] Lecture Lewis delivered at the Detroit Institute of Arts on November 30, 1943. With an introductory biographical sketch written by Lewis.
[1956]
Lewis AM & TM[copy] Golden Sections. Foreward.
Box 9 Folder 7
11 leaves
[London] Foreward to Michael Ayrton's "Golden Section" published in 1957. Holograph manuscript in the hand of Anne Lewis.
[1893-1894?]
Lewis AMS Good Times
Box 9 Folder 8
1 item
[Bedford?] Small notebook of this juvenile novel written and illustrated by Lewis.
Jan., 1914
Lewis AM[draft, fragment] & TM[draft, fragment] The Grafton Group Exhibition. Preface.
Box 9 Folder 9
2 leaves + 1 item
[London] Preface written for the Grafton Group second exhibition, January, 1914. It is an attack on Rober Fry who Lewis had broken from. Included is the 4 page catalogue which has some of Lewis' notes.
[1909-1910?]
Lewis AM[3drafts], TM[2] & TM[copy]
Box 9 Folder 10
10 leaves
[n.p.] This poem was first published in "The Tramp: An Open Air Magazine", December 1910, p. 246. One holograph, signed by Lewis, may have been the printer's copy.
[Post 1924?]
Lewis TM Group of Book Reviews of Works Dealing with Anthropolgy
Box 9 Folder 11
2 leaves
[London] A review by Lewis' (unpublished?) of four works: E. S. Harland's "Primitive Society" and "Primitive Law", L. H. Dudley Buxton's "Primitve Labour", and E. O. James' "Primitve Ritual and Belief".
[1947?]
Lewis AM[draft] Group of Inscriptions to David Low, Major F. Heath, and Augustus John.
Box 9 Folder 12
1 leaf
[London]
[191-?-195-?]
Lewis AM, AL, & TM Group of Unidentified Material
Box 9 Folder 13
18 leaves
[Various places] Manuscripts and letters which could not be identified. Many are accompanied by notes of Lewis scholar "guesses" as to the identity.
Jul.4, 1942
Lewis AMS Groups of drawings handed [Doyles] Duncan
Box 9 Folder 14
1 leaf
[n.p.] List of paintings Lewis let Duncan have on July 4, 1942.
Jan., 1919
Lewis TM Guns. Exhibition Catalogue Foreword
Box 9 Folder 15
3 leaves + 6 leaves
London; "Guns" was Lewis' first one-man show; held at the Goupil Gallery, January 1919. Includes copy of the catalogue.
[n.d.]
Lewis AM[fragment] Hand of Bananas
Box 9 Folder 16
1 leaf
[n.p.] This is the title of a drawing or painting dated 1938.
[1943-1944]
Lewis AM[drafts, notes] Heywood Broun Lecture Series
Box 9 Folder 17
66 leaves
[Windsor] Lecture notes
Jun., 1942
Lewis AM Hill One Hundred. Synopsis
Box 9 Folder 18
leaves
[Toronto] Synopsis and notes are for a proposed novel deling with Canadian history and the larger theme of "civilization" and its effects/definition. Published in the "Wyndham Lewis in Canada" number of "Canadian Literature".
[1931?]
Lewis AM[draft, fragment] Hitler
Box 9 Folder 19
15 leaves
[London?] A heavily corrected draft of an account of Lewis' visit to Berlin. Varies greatly from the opening descriptive section "Berlin" of "Hitler".
1924-1925
Lewis AM[draft, fragment] & TM[fragment] Hoodopip
Box 9 Folder 20
[ca.200 leaves]
[London] Notes and drafts of proposed novel. Portions of the text have been published in the Wyndham Lewis Special number of "Agenda", v.7, nos.3-4, Autumn, 1969.
[195-?]
Lewis AM[2 copies] & TM The Human Age. Synopsis
Box 10 Folder .5
[100+] leaves
[London]
[195-?]
Lewis AM[2 copies] & TM The Human Age. Malign Fiesta
Box 10 Folder
[150+ leaves]
[London] Sections I-III. One holograph by Lewis; second in the hand of Anne Lewis.
[195-?]
Lewis AM[2 copies] & TM The Human Age. Malign Fiesta
Box 10 Folder 2
[150+ leaves]
[London] Sections IV-V. One holograph by Lewis; second in the hand of Anne Lewis.
[195-?]
Lewis AM[2 copies] & TM The Human Age. Malign Fiesta
Box 10 Folder 3
[150+] leaves
[London] Sections VI-XI. One holograph by Lewis; second in the hand of Anne Lewis.
[195-?]
Lewis AM[2 copies] & TM The Human Age. Malign Fiesta
Box 10 Folder 4
[150+] leaves
[London] Sections XII-XIII. One holograph by Lewis; second in the hand of Anne Lewis.
[195-?]
Lewis AM[2 copies] & TM The Human Age. Malign Fiesta
Box 11 Folder 1
[150+] leaves
[London] SectionsXIV-XIX. One holograph by Lewis; second in the hand of Anne Lewis.
[195-?]
Lewis TM The Human Age. Malign Fiesta
Box 11 Folder 2
[150+] leaves
[London] Part I. One holograph by Lewis; second in the hand of Anne Lewis.
[195-?]
Lewis TM The Human Age. Malign Fiesta
Box 11 Folder 3
[150+] leaves
[London] Part II. One holograph by Lewis; second in the hand of Anne Lewis.
[195-?]
Lewis TM The Human Age. Malign Fiesta
Box 11 Folder 4
[150+] leaves
[London] Part III. One holograph by Lewis; second in the hand of Anne Lewis.
[195-?]
Lewis TM The Human Age. Malign Fiesta
Box 11 Folder 5
[150+] leaves
[London] Part IV. One holograph by Lewis; second in the hand of Anne Lewis.
[195-?]
Lewis TM[copy] The Human Age. Malign Fiesta
Box 11 Folder 6
[100+] leaves
[London] Opening chapter copied for a patron and returned.
[195-?]
Lewis TM[fragment] The Human Age. Malign Fiesta.
Box 11 Folder 7
7 leaves
[London] Chapter 9..
[195-?]
Lewis AM[2 copies] & TM The Human Age. Monstre Gai
Box 12 Folder 1
[150+] leaves
[London] Sections I-III. One holograph by Lewis; second in the hand of Anne Lewis.
[195-?]
Lewis TM The Human Age. Monstre Gai
Box 12 Folder 2
[150+] leaves
[London] Section I
[195-?]
Lewis TM The Human Age. Monstre Gai
Box 12 Folder 3
[150+] leaves
[London] Section II
[195-?]
Lewis TM The Human Age. Monstre Gai
Box 12 Folder 4
[150+] leaves
[London] Section III
[195-?]
Lewis TM The Human Age. Monstre Gai
Box 12 Folder 5
[150+] leaves
[London] Section IV
[195-?]
Lewis AM[2 copies] & TM The Human Age. Monstre Gai
Box 13 Folder 1
[150+] leaves
[London] Sections IV-VI
[195-?]
Lewis AM[2 copies] & TM The Human Age. Monstre Gai
Box 13 Folder 2
[150+] leaves
[London] Sections VII-IX
[195-?]
Lewis AM[2 copies] & TM The Human Age. Monstre Gai
Box 13 Folder 3
[150+] leaves
[London] Sections X-XIV
[195-?]
Lewis AM[2 copies] & TM The Human Age. Monstre Gai
Box 13 Folder 4
[150+] leaves
[London] Sections XV-XXII
[195-?]
Lewis [Printed] The Human Age. Galley Proofs
Box 14 Folder 1
[100+] leaves
[London] Partial galley proofs.
[195-?]
Lewis TM[copy] The Human Age. Monstre Gai
Box 14 Folder 2
[100+] leaves
[London] Xerox copy of opening chapter for researcher which was returned.
[n.d.]
Lewis TM[fragment] The Human Age.
Box 14 Folder 3
2 leaves
[London] Dialogue
[n.d.]
Lewis TM[fragment] The Human Age.
Box 14 Folder 4
4 leaves
[London] Dialogue, as requested by Mr. Bridson.
[n.d.]
Lewis AM[fragment], TM[fragment] & TM[carbon, fragment] The Human Age.
Box 14 Folder 5
26 leaves
[London] Miscellaneous sheets
[n.d.]
Lewis AM[2 copies] &TM[fragment] The Human Age.
Box 14 Folder 6
[150+] leaves
[London] Miscellaneous text, notes and unidentified sheets. Some AM in the hand of AnneLewis.
[n.d.]
Lewis AM[2copies] & TM[fragment] The Human Age.
Box 14 Folder 7
[150+] leaves
[London] Miscellaneous text, notes and unidentified sheets.Some AM in the hand of Anne Lewis.
[n.d.]
Lewis AM[2copies] & TM[fragment] The Human Age.
Box 15 Folder 1
[150+] leaves
[London] Miscellaneous text, notes and unidentified sheets. Some AM in the hand of Anne Lewis.
[n.d.]
Lewis AM[2copies] & TM[fragment] The Human Age.
Box 15 Folder 2
[150+] leaves
[London] Miscellaneous text, notes and unidentified sheets. Some AM in the hand of AnneLewis.
[n.d.]
Lewis AM[2copies] & TM[fragment] The Human Age.
Box 15 Folder 3
[150+] leaves
[London] Miscellaneous text, notes and unidentified sheets. Some AM in the hand of Anne Lewis.
[n.d.]
Lewis AM The Human Age.
Box 15 Folder 4
[150+] leaves
[London] Miscellaneous materials labelled as notes and rejected materials.
[Feb., 1955]
Lewis AM & TM[copy] The Human Age.
Box 15 Folder 5
3 leaves
[London] Miscellaneous materials about "The Human Age"
[1941?]
Lewis AM[draft] I Can Take It
Box 16 Folder 1
9 leaves
[Toronto?] Observations for a lecture on America and England; from a transplanted Englishman's viewpoint.
[1917?]
Lewis AM[drafts, fragments], TM & TM[copy Imaginary Letters I
Box 16 Folder 2
31 leaves
[n.p.] Heavily amended holograph drafts and typescript versions of the first of the "Imaginary Letters" as published in "The Little Review", vol. IV, no.1, May 1917, p. 19-23.
[1917]
Lewis AM[draft], TM[draft, fragment] & TM[copy] Imaginary Letters II
Box 16 Folder 3
61 leaves
[n.p.] Drafts with portions of printed text, of the second "Imaginary Letter" as published in vol. IV, no.2, June, 1917 issue of "The Little Review", p. 22-26.
[1918?]
Lewis AM[draft] & TM[copy] Imaginary Letters III
Box 16 Folder 4
20 leaves
[London] Heavily amended draft as published as letter no. IV in "The Little Review, vol. IV, no.11, March 1918, p. 23-30. "The Code of a Herdsman", published in July 1917 as part of the "Imaginary Letters", is considered to form part of the "Cantleman Saga".
[1918?]
Lewis AM[drafts] & TM[copy] Imaginary Letters IV
Box 16 Folder 5
4 leaves
[London?] Heavily amended draft of the fourth "Imaginary Letter", published in "The Little Review, Vol. IV, no. 11, March 1918, p. 23-30, as letter no V.
[1918]
Lewis AM[drafts], TM[copy] & TM[copy, fragment] Imaginary Letters V & VI
Box 16 Folder 6
11 leaves
[London?] Published in "The Little Review", vol. 4, no. 12, April 1918, p. 50-54 as letters VI 7 VII. The typescript of Letter V has Manuscript revisions and additions in the hand of Anne Lewis.
[1943-44?].]
Lewis TM[fragment] Importance of the Visual Arts
Box 16 Folder 7
1 leaf
[Windsor] May be part of Assumption College lecture on art.
[Apr.-May, 1949]
Lewis TM[copy] Introduction to Exhibition Catalogue
Box 16 Folder 8
2 leaves
[London] The "Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, and Watercolours by Wyndham Lewis" was held at the Redfern Gallery, London, 1949.
1948
Lewis AM[draft, notes, fragment] Introduction to reading of Ezra Pound's "Cantos"
Box 16 Folder 9
3 leaves
London; Lewis served as chairman for the meeting of the Poetry Society at which Peter Russell read. Includes commentary on Pound's imprisonment and his early advocacy of both Joyce and Lewis.
[1942?]
Lewis AMS[draft] Is A Canadian Renaissance Likely?
Box 16 Folder 10
9 leaves
[Toronto] Lettered: "After-the-war Series".
[1922-1924?]
Lewis AM[notes] Joint
Box 16 Folder 11
1 item
[London] Contains notes and outlines of chapters for a future book, probably the unfinished "Joint".
[1922-1924?]
Lewis AM[fragments] & TM Joint
Box 16 Folder 12
30 leaves
[n.p.] From the unfinished novel "Joint".
[193-?]
Lewis AM[drafts, fragments, notes] Joint. Section I
Box 17 Folder 1
[75] leaves
[London] Notes and drafts of a proposed novel; selections from the manuscript were published in the Wyndham Lewis Special Number of "Agenda", vol. 7, nos. 3-4, Autumn 1969.
[193-?.]
Lewis TM[drafts, fragments] Joint. Section I
Box 17 Folder 2
leaves
[London] Notes and drafts of a proposed novel; selections from the manuscript were published in the Wyndham Lewis Special Number of "Agenda", vol. 7, nos. 3-4, Autumn 1969.
[193-?]
Lewis AM[drafts, fragments, notes] Joint. Section II
Box 17 Folder 3
[75] leaves
[London] Notes and drafts of a proposed novel; selections from the manuscript were published in the Wyndham Lewis Special Number of "Agenda", vol. 7, nos. 3-4, Autumn 1969.
[193-?]
Lewis TM[drafts, fragments] Joint. Section II
Box 17 Folder 4
[75] leaves
[London] Notes and drafts of a proposed novel; selections from the manuscript were published in the Wyndham Lewis Special Number of "Agenda", vol. 7, nos. 3-4, Autumn 1969.
[n.d.]
Lewis TM[fragments] Joint
Box 17 Folder 5
10 leaves
[London] Parts of "Joint" used as a teaching tool.
[n.d.]
Lewis AM Jo-Jo: The Scottie Dog
Box 18 Folder 1
1 leaf
[n.p.] Lewis writes on this piece that it is a vignette "of an event, truthfully recounted."
[195-?]
Lewis AM[drafts] & TM[copy] Junior
Box 18 Folder 2
204 leaves
[London] Manuscript and typescript versions of a novella, with corrections in the hand of Anne Lewis.
[1931-1932?]
Lewis AM & TM Kasbahs and Souks
Box 18 Folder 3
82 leaves + 2 photographs
[London?] Was to be Lewis' second book on Morocco, "Filibusters in Barbary" being the first. This was never published although part may have appeared as "What Are the Berbers?" in "The Bookman", LXXXV, p. 183-186.Some notes were added by Cyril J. Fox, October, 1981.
[1941]
Lewis AM, TM, TM[copy] & TM[fragment] Keep Culture Alive
Box 18 Folder 4
47 leaves
[Toronto] This adddress was originally delivered at a bond rally in Toronto. From a notation on the first holograph leaf, Lewis had plans to issue the talk in pamphlet form.
[n.d.]
Lewis AM[fragment, draft], TM[drafts] & 2 TM[copies] The King of the Trenches
Box 18 Folder 5
54 leaves
[n.p.] Drafts of a story, re-worked several times. Published in 1967 as a chapter in "Blasting and Bombardiering". Typescript drafts bear corrections in Lewis' hand.
[193-?-194-?]
Lewis AM[drafts, fragments] Lecture Notes - Unidentified
Box 19 Folder 1
125 leaves
[Various places] Unidentified notes and fragments for lectures given at various places
[1945]
Lewis AM[draftss, notes] Lecture on "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
Box 19 Folder 2
87 leaves
[Windsor] Text of a lecture delivered at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
[193-?]]
Lewis TM Lecture on Freedom
Box 19 Folder 3
9 leaves
[London] Apparently written for broadcast.
[194-?.]
Lewis M[copy] Lecture on Freedom II
Box 19 Folder 4
1 leaf
[n.p.] Given in 1940 or 1941.
[1943-1944?]
Lewis AM[draft, notes] Lecture on the Relation Between Philosophy and Literature
Box 19 Folder 5
18 leaves
[Windsor?] Notes for a lecture most probably delivered at Assumption College.
[1943?1944?]
Lewis AM[draft, notes] Lecture on the Visual Arts
Box 19 Folder 6
12 leaves
[Windsor?] Delivered as a lecture at Assumption College?
[1944?]
Lewis AM[drafts, fragments] Lectures on Art
Box 19 Folder 7
13 leaves
[Windsor?] Part of the Assumption College lectures on art Lewis delivered in 1944?
[1944]
Lewis AM[drafts, notes] & 2 TM[fragments, notes] Lectures on Art
Box 19 Folder 8
78 leaves
[Windsor] Notes for two lectures delivered at Assumption College in January and February 1944.
[Oct., 1936?]
Lewis AM & TM "Left Wings Over Europe" Sale
Box 19 Folder 9
2 leaves + envelope
[London] Notes concerning the sale.
Jan.30, 1943
Lewis AM Letters Sent Listing
Box 19 Folder 10
1 leaf
[Toronto] A list of four names and addresses of those Lewis sent letters.
[193-?194-?]
Lewis AM[draft] Liberty and the Individual
Box 19 Folder 11
18 leaves
[London?Toronto?] A lecture or radio address.
[n.d.]
Lewis TM[fragment] Life is the Important Thing
Box 19 Folder 12
2 leaves
[n.p.] Published in "Wyndham Lewis the Artist" and "Wyndham Lewis on Art", p. 32-34.
[1927?]
Lewis AM The Lioin and the Fox. Note
Box 19 Folder 13
2 leaves + envelope
[London] Material identified in Lewis' hand on face of envelope.
[1943,1944]
Lewis AM List of Things To Do
Box 19 Folder 14
1 leaf
[Windsor] Listing of when to do things and people with addresses and phone numbers.
[n.d.]
Lewis List of Women's First Names
Box 19 Folder 15
1 leaf
[n.p.] Three columns of women's names.
[1914-1918]
Lewis TM & TM[copy] Listing of Paintings and Drawings
Box 19 Folder 16
3 leaves + 2 leaves
[London] List is for the information of Lewis' mother with value in pounds. This was drawn up by Lewis "before going to the front". Lists owners of his works including John Quinn, Capt. Guy Baker, as well as those being held by Ezra Pound.
[1949-1950?].]
Lewis AM Listing of Painting With Dates of Their Composition
Box 19 Folder 17
1 leaf
[London?] May have been prepared for Charles Handley-Read for "The Art of Wyndham Lewis".
[194-?]
Lewis AM Listing of Projected Books
Box 19 Folder 18
1 leaf
[Toronto?] The list includes a book on aesthetics, a novel titled "The Refugee", a reprint of Charles Edward Lewis' "With the First Dragoons in Virginia" and part of Lewis' "American Autobiography", and a book on politics to contain a re-assessment of Hitler.
[1940's.]
Lewis AM Lists of Names and Addresses
Box 19 Folder 19
21 leaves
[n.p.] Three leaves with just names listed in three columns.
[1956?]
Lewis AM Literary Critiques and a Play
Box 19 Folder 20
9 leaves
[n.p.] Appears to be a transcript of Lewis' literary criticism written down by others when he was blind.On verso is an AL[draft] of Anne Lewis to Marshal McLuhan, n.d., asking McLuhan to take responsibility of Lewis' copyright in the event of her death.
[n.d.]
Lewis TM[transcripts] Letters of Wyndham Letters.
Box 20 Folder 1
1 folder
[Various Places] Transcripts typed around 1960 for the book, "Letters of Wyndham Lewis", edited by W. K. Rose (London, 1963). Among transcripts are some for which Cornell has no originals. 4 letters by T.S. Eliot, 1 letter by Charles Edward Lewis, 2 letters by G. Anne (Hoskyns) Lewis.
[n.d.]
Lewis TM[transcripts] Letters of Wyndham Letters.
Box 20 Folder 2
1 folder
[Various Places] Transcripts typed around 1960 for the book, "Letters of Wyndham Lewis", edited by W. K. Rose (London, 1963). Among transcripts are some for which Cornell has no originals.Fragments of letters by Wyndham Lewis.
[n.d.]
Lewis TM[transcripts] Letters of Wyndham Letters.
Box 20 Folder 3
1 folder
[Various Places] Transcripts typed around 1960 for the book, "Letters of Wyndham Lewis", edited by W. K. Rose (London, 1963). Among transcripts are some for which Cornell has no originals. Undated of letters by Wyndham Lewis.
[1860-1956]
Lewis TM[transcripts] Letters of Wyndham Letters.
Box 20 Folder 4-11
8 folders
[Various Places] Transcripts typed around 1960 for the book, "Letters of Wyndham Lewis", edited by W. K. Rose (London, 1963). Among transcripts are some for which Cornell has no originals. Dated letters by Wyndham Lewis.
[1962?]
Lewis TM[carbon] The Letters of Wyndham Lewis
Box 21 Folder 1
880 leaves
[London] Typescript copy, with occasional handwritten revisions, for the book edited by W. K. Rose. A few of the pages are missing.
[195-?]
Lewis 2 AM[draft] & TM The Man Who Was Unlucky With Women
Box 22 Folder 1
111 leaves
[London] 2 draft versions, one in Lewis' hand, the second in G. Anne Lewis' hand; along with a typed version of this short story.
[1944]
Lewis TM Material Relating to Portrait Commissions
Box 22 Folder 2
2 leaves
[St. Louis] Includes a listing of prominent English sitters and a commentary on the portrait of Dr. Joseph Erlanger.
[192-?,193-?]
Lewis AM[draft,fragments] Mathematics; The Number Nine
Box 22 Folder 3
1 item
[London] Notebook, title page indicating above title with "An educational pamphlet" of mathematical problems and sets involving "9, the pivot of the rcurring decimal." Crossed out is the title "Casting Out the Nines".
[192-?,193-?]
Lewis TM[fragment] & TM[copy, fragment] Mathematics; The Number Nine
Box 22 Folder 4
2 leaves
[London] Fragment entitled "Addition and Subtraction".
[1954]
Lewis AM & TM[copy] Matthew Arnold
Box 22 Folder 5
39 leaves
[London]Draft in the hand of G. Anne Lewis and typescript carbon of article published in the Special Autumn Number, August 6, 1954, of "The Times Literary Supplement."
[Feb., 1944]
Lewis AM[drafts, notes] The Meaning of Ugliness in Rousault, Picasso, and Others
Box 22 Folder 6
70 leaves
[Windsor?] Text of an address delivered before the Arts Club of Chicago, February 29, 1944.
[Wept.1, 1939]
Lewis AM Memo Tablet
Box 22 Folder 7
1 item
[n.p.] Contains addresses of persons in New York and Toronto, and other things. May have been used after 1939.
[194-?]
Lewis AM[fragment] Men Without Art Note
Box 22 Folder 8
1 leaf
[n.p.] Concerns possible re-issue of "Men Without Art", with a new introduction as the only major change.
[1954]
Lewis TM & TM[copy, fragment] Meredith As Novelist
Box 22 Folder 9
9 leaves
[London] Published in "Time and Tide", vol. 35, no.39, September 25, 1954; a review of Lionel Stevenson's "The Ordeal of George Meredith."
[1950]
Lewis AM[fragment] Michael Ayrton
Box 22 Folder 10
2 leaves
[London] Published as "A Note on Michael Ayrton" in "Nin", II, 3, August, 1950, p. 184-185.
[194-?]
Lewis AM & TM Michael Ayrton Commentary
Box 22 Folder 11
6 leaves
[London] May be another draft of folder 10.
[193-?,194-?]
Lewis AM[draft] The Mind of the Wind
Box 22 Folder 12
6 leaves
[n.p.] First person short story; heavily corrected and amended.
[1915?]
Lewis AM Miscellaneous Art Notes for Blast, no.2
Box 22 Folder 12.5
1 leaf
[London] The notes published in the second number of "Blast" are described as "The journal of a militant artist."
[1940's]
Lewis AM Miscellaneous notes and receipts
Box 22 Folder 13
7 leaves
[Various places] Some notes in another's hand.
[1943]
Lewis AM[draft, notes] & TM[copy, fragment] Modernism in Art
Box 22 Folder 14
30 leaves + 4 leaves
[Toronto] Notes and draft of a lecture delivered at Marygrove College, Detroit , on February 8, 1943. Included are 4 leaves torn for "Wyndham Lewis the Artist" for quotation.
[1949]
Lewis AM[drafts] & M[printed] ...Mr. Eliot Has Had a Vision...
Box 22 Folder 15
7 leaves
[London] Portions of this commentary were printed in "Time Magazine", May 30, 1949, in an article discussing the retrospective show of Lewis' paintings at the Redfern.
[n.d.]
Lewis TM[fragment] Mysterious Mr. Bull?
Box 22 Folder 16
2 leaves
[n.p.] Second leaf is a carbon copy of the first.
[1909-1910]
Lewis TM Mrs. Duke's Millions
Box 23 Folder 1
1 folder
[London?] Text of an unpublished novel, with some holograph corrections and additions in Lewis' and G. Anne Lewis' hand. Lewis had sumitted the "miserable potboiler" to J. B. Pinker. Pages 1-100; lacks 98-99.
[1909-1910]
Lewis TM Mrs. Duke's Millions
Box 23 Folder 2
1 folder
[London?] Text of an unpublished novel, with some holograph corrections and additions in Lewis' and G. Anne Lewis' hand. Lewis had sumitted the "miserable potboiler" to J. B. Pinker. Pages 101-200.
[1909-1910]
Lewis TM Mrs. Duke's Millions
Box 23 Folder 3
1 folder
[London?] Text of an unpublished novel, with some holograph corrections and additions in Lewis' and G. Anne Lewis' hand. Lewis had sumitted the "miserable potboiler" to J. B. Pinker. Pages 201-300.
[1909-1910]
Lewis TM Mrs. Duke's Millions
Box 23 Folder 4
1 folder
[London?] Text of an unpublished novel, with some holograph corrections and additions in Lewis' and G. Anne Lewis' hand. Lewis had sumitted the "miserable potboiler" to J. B. Pinker. Pages 301-400.
[1909-1910]
Lewis TM Mrs. Duke's Millions
Box 23 Folder 5
1 folder
[London?] Text of an unpublished novel, with some holograph corrections and additions in Lewis' and G. Anne Lewis' hand. Lewis had sumitted the "miserable potboiler" to J. B. Pinker. Pages 401-518.
[1944]
Lewis AM[draft, notes] & TM[fragment] The Nature of Criterion in Fine Arts
Box 24 Folder 1
17 + 2 leaves
[Windsor] Notes for a lecture delivered at Assumption College. 17 leaves in hand of Lewis; 2 leaves typed.
[194-?]
Lewis AM[drafts, fragments], TM, TM[copy] & TM[copy, fragments] Nature's Place in Canadian Culture
Box 24 Folder 2
44 leaves
[Toronto?] The TM and TM[copy] contain corrections in Lewis' hand. Published in the "Wyndham Lewis in Canada" number of "Canadian Literature".
[193-?.]
Lewis AM "New Verse" Questionnaire Replies
Box 24 Folder 3
1 leaf
[London] Printed questionnaire with comments by Lewis on his view of poetry, methods of composition, politics, etc.
[194-?]
Lewis AM Nine Leaves Extracted From a Pocket Notebook
Box 24 Folder 4
9 leaves
[London?] Odd notations and names; connected with art exhibitions for the most part.
[1945/46]
Lewis TM[draft] No Voice is Ever Lost. Review
Box 24 Folder 4.5
23 leaves
[London] Review written for the "Times Literary Supplement" of Harry Slochower's "No Voice is Ever Lost."
[1935.]
Lewis TM Notations Regarding Income and Expenditures
Box 24 Folder 5
2 leaves
[London] Notes are from 1933 and 1934.
Oct.1-2, 1940
Lewis ANS Note of Transaction in Russell and Volkening's Office
Box 24 Folder 6
1 leaves + envelope
[New York] Envelope is maked VERY IMPORTANT, Keep; in Lewis' hand.
[192-?]
Lewis AM Notebook Filled With Quotations From Literary and Critical Works
Box 24 Folder 7
1 item
[London?] Spiral notebook with quotations which relate to Romanticism vs. Classicism discussions in "Man Without Art". In English, French and German.
[n.d.]
Lewis AM Notebook of Transcriptons
Box 24 Folder 8
1 item
[n.p.] Bound notebook with 36 pages used; many other pages blank. Writing mostly done by G. Anne Lewis with miscellaneous notes by Lewis. An unidentified piece of his writing is pasted inside the front cover. Also contains brief passages of letters of C. R. Nevinson; and whole letters to Lewis and G. Anne from Charles Edward Lewis.
[1932]
Lewis AM Notes and Chronology Titled D. Harmsworth Affairs
Box 24 Folder 9
1 leaf
[London] Listing of conferences and occurrences concerned with the 1932 re-issue by Harmsworth of "The Enemy of the Stars".
[n.d.]
Lewis AM Notes and Proverbs
Box 24 Folder 10
3 leaves
[n.p.] Little phrases written by Lewis on scraps of paper.
[n.d.]
Lewis AM Notes on a Book on Art by Niklaus Pevsner
Box 24 Folder 11
10 leaves
[n.p.]
[195-?]
Lewis AM Notes on Dante's "Divine Comedy"
Box 24 Folder 12
6 leaves
[London] In the hand of Agnes Bedford.
[Apr.-May, 1944]
Lewis AM Notes on Engagements and Appointments in St. Louis
Box 24 Folder 13
2 leaves
[St. Louis] Concerns the sittings during Lewis' stay in St. Louis.
[194-?]
Lewis AM Notes on Household Expenses
Box 24 Folder 14
3 leaves
[n.p.]
[n.d.]
Lewis AM Notes on Q.D. Leavis' "Fiction and the Reading Public"
Box 24 Folder 15
2 leaves
[n.p.] Extracted from Lewis' personal copy of the Leavis work.
[1944]
Lewis AM Notes on Portraits of Assumption College Presidents
Box 24 Folder 16
1 leaf
[Windsor] A detailed account of the requirements and execution of this commission can be found in Walter Michel's "Wyndham Lewis Paintings and Drawings", p. 345.
[1940?]
Lewis AM Notes on the Lewis Family
Box 24 Folder 17
1 leaf
[London] Contains notes and addresses.
Aug.10, 1927
Lewis AM Notices Left with Harcourt Brace
Box 24 Folder 18
1 leaf
[n.p.]
[1905?]
Lewis AM, TM[copy] & TM[translation] O Thou Whose Home is Heaven
Box 25 Folder 1
3 leaves
[n.p.] Poem written on back of letter in German from Richard Meyer to "Fritzchen", dated 24.11.05; Hamburg.
[n.d.]
Lewis TM[fragments] On American Art
Box 25 Folder 2
2 leaves
[n.p.] Unidentified fragments in which Lewis claims that the American achievements in the visual arts do not match those in literature, with the exception of Whistler.
[194-?]
Lewis AM[draft, fragment, TM On American Art in the Museum of Modern Art
Box 25 Folder 3
6 leaves
[n.p.] Draft of "American Melting Pot"?
[192-?]
Lewis AM[draft] On Being Normal With Mary
Box 25 Folder 4
1 leaf
[London?] Uncomplete? draft of poem/song.
[n.d.]
Lewis AM[draft, fragment] On Culture
Box 25 Folder 5
7 leaves
[London?] About civilization and culture in cities.
[n.d.]
Lewis TM[carbon] On the Machine
Box 25 Folder 6
5 leaves
[n.p.] An article on men, machines and art. Similar in subject matter to TM "Shropshire Lads and Robots", 1933.
[n.d.]
Lewis TM[fragment] On the Outlook For the Fine Arts
Box 25 Folder 7
1 leaf
[n.p.]
[1944]
Lewis AM[draft, notes, fragments] Order of Nature in the Role of Art
Box 25 Folder 8
7 leaves
[Windsor?] A Lecture delivered by Lewis at the City Art Museum of St. Louis, February 18, 1944.
[1910?]
Lewis AM[drafts, fragments] & TM[draft, fragments] Our Wild Body
Box 25 Folder 9
6 leaves
[London?]Portions of a variant text of this essay was published in 1927 as "The Wild Body." This incomplete version is basically as published in the May 5, 1910 issue of "The New Age."
[n.d.]
Lewis TM Painting As a Sport
Box 25 Folder 10
21 leaves
[n.p.] Introduction as "Super-nature Versus Super-real", to "Wyndham Lewis the Artist".
[194-?]
Lewis AM[drafts, fragments] & TM[drafts, fragments] Peoples' Colleges
Box 25 Folder 11
44 leaves
[London?] Portions of an essay dealing with post-war social change in Great Britain and the extablishment of the red brick universities.
[1943]
Lewis AM[draft], TM[fragment], 2 TM[copies], TM[variant] & TM[variant, copy] Personal Statement
Box 25 Folder 12
71 leaves
[Toronto?] Variant texts of an analysis of Lewis' political and social views in the 1930's, and subsequent changes in his opinions. The first leaf of one typescript bears alternate titles in Lewis' hand.
[1956]
Lewis AM & TM[copy] Perspectives on Lawrence
Box 25 Folder 13
70 leaves
[London] Holograph draft in G. Anne Lewis' hand, and typescript copy of reviews published in "The Hudson Review", vol. 8, no. 4, December 1956.
[195-?]
Lewis AM Peter Herrold Strode Up and Down...
Box 25 Folder 14
40 leaves
[London] Portions of the manuscript are in the hand of G. Anne Lewis.
[1943]
Lewis AM[drafts, notes] The Philosophical Roots of Modern Art and Literature
Box 25 Folder 15
114 leaves
[Windsor] Notes for a group of ten lectures delivered in the summer session, 1943 of Assumption College, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
[n.d.]
Lewis AM[fragment] & TM Pioneer Spirit in Modernity Corresponds to Greed
Box 26 Folder 1
1 leaf
[n.p.] A third of the page is typed, the rest is written in the hand of G. Anne Lewis.
[1955-56]
Lewis AM[drafts] Pish-Tush
Box 26 Folder 2
123 leaves
[London] Published in "Encounter", vol. 6, no. 2, February 1956.
[1955-56]
Lewis TM Pish-Tush
Box 26 Folder 3
31 leaves
[London] Published in "Encounter", vol. 6, no. 2, February 1956.
[1900]
Lewis AM[drafts, fragments], TM, TM[copies] Poems
Box 26 Folder 4
57 leaves
[n.p.] A group of ealy, unpublished poems by Wyndham Lewis. The material is accompanied by an envelope in which the typed copies were originally enclosed. A note by Lewis, dated October 1942 on the envelope, from Toronto, states: "... It is certainly not my intention to have these not very interesting early efforts published..."
[1930's]
Lewis AM Poppa Kettle
Box 26 Folder 5
1 leaf
[London?] Also under hearding "American Poems".
[194-?]
Lewis TM[copy] Popular Art in the United States. Review
Box 26 Folder 6
2 leaves
[London] A review of the book by Erwin G. Christensen.
[1921?]
Lewis AM[draft] Preface (for Book of Few Lines)
Box 26 Folder 7
1 leaf
[n.p.] Concerns art's relation to the object it represents. See also the typescript, filed with his AM & TM "The Grafton Group", 1914. On verso is and advertisement for "The Tyro" magazine to be published April 1921.
[1960?]
Lewis TM[carbon] A Preliminary Catalogue of Drawings byWyndham Lewis in the Possession of Mrs. Lewis
Box 26 Folder 8
6 leaves
[n.p.] Found in the papers of Mrs. Lewis.
[n.d.]
Lewis AM Princess Giselle de Avarine
Box 26 Folder 9
5 leaves
[n.p.] Seems to be a character study and dialogue development.
[194-?]
Lewis AM[drafts, notes] The Problem of Beauty
Box 26 Folder 10
39 leaves
[Windsor?] Identified in Lewis' hand as "Chatham Lecture", delivered at Chatham, Ontario, Canada.
[194-?]
Lewis AM[draft] Proposal for a Book to Deal with the Paintings of Augustus and Gwen John
Box 26 Folder 11
1 leaf
[n.p.] With proposals for plates and other illustrations.
[194-?]
Lewis TM[draft] Proposal for a Book to Deal with the Paintings of Augustus and Gwen John
Box 26 Folder 12
1 leaf
[n.p.]
[n.d.]
Lewis AM[fragments] Prose Fragments
Box 26 Folder 13
13 leaves
[n.p.] Unidentified fragments, with a note in the hand of Mrs. Lewis: "Part II. Blasting & Bombardiering."
1942
Lewis AM & TM Public Spirit & Egotistic Mind
Box 26 Folder 14
1 item + 6 leaves + newspaper clippings
[Toronto] A Bound notebook with an introductory essay for a proposed book to deal with the nature of "public" spirit vs. the individual defined as "lone wolf" - includes a justification of certain pre-war attitudes.
[194-?]
Lewis AM[draft] Questionnaire Concerning the Establishment and Activities of the Arts Council of Great Britain
Box 27 Folder 1
5 leaves
[London?]
[n.d.]
Lewis AM[fragment] The Race-Class-Time Idea
Box 27 Folder 2
4 leaves
[n.p.]
[Dec., 1940]
Lewis TM[copy] Radio Address on the Use of "Democratic" Propoganda
Box 27 Folder 3
10 leaves
[Toronto] Radio address based on the general argument of Lewis' "Anglosaxony". Identified on the first leaf in Lewis' hand.
[1953]
Lewis AM The Rebellious Patient
Box 27 Folder 4
98 leaves
[London] Published in "Shenandoah", vol. 4, nos. 2-3, Summer/Autumn 1953.
[Jan.1, 1944]
Lewis AM[draft, fragments] & TM[fragments] Record of Life in America
Box 27 Folder 5
6 leaves + 2 leaves
[Windsor] Opening leaves of an account of his life during the 1930's in England 9with commentary on illness and hospitalization ) and the economic pressures which forced him to come to the United States.
[1945?]
Lewis AM Reenter Utopia
Box 27 Folder 6
envelope
[Ottawa?] Written on the back of an evelope addressed to Lewis in Ottawa.
[1943?]
Lewis AM[draft, fragment] Religious Expression in Contemporary Art
Box 27 Folder 7
1 leaf
[Windsor?] This lecture was given 2 January 1943 and reprinted in "Wyndham Lewis on Art", 366-80.
[1943?]
Lewis AM, TM, & TM[copy, fragment] Religious Expression in Contemporary Art (Rouault and Original Sin)
Box 27 Folder 8
47 + 18 + 8 leaves
[Windsor?] Notes and outline for a lecture given January 2, 1943, at Assumption College, Windsor, Canada. Published in "Wyndham Lewis on Art" p. 366.
[May 7, 1949?]
Lewis AM[fragment] Response to Mr. Robert Melville
Box 27 Folder 9
4 leaves
[London] Response to Melville's unfavourable survey of Lewis' career, "Portrait of the Artist, no.7: Wyndham Lewis", which appeared in "Art, News & Review", I, 7 (7 May 1949), 1, 3.
[n.d.]
Lewis AM[frgment] Review of an Exhibition at the Royal Academy
Box 27 Folder 10
1 leaf
[n.p.] Exhibition review.
[n.d.]
Lewis TM[fragment] Review of Art Exhibition
Box 27 Folder 11
1 leaf
[n.p.] Unidentified fragment not found in "Wyndham Lewis the Artist" or "Wyndham Lewis on Art", about expressionism, cubism, and futurism.
[1951]
Lewis TM[copy, fragment] The Rock Drill
Box 27 Folder 12
3 leaves
[n.p.] A review for the "New Statesman", April 7, 1951, of "The Letters of Exra Pound", ed. by D. D. Paige (London, Faber & Faber, 1951)
[1941?]
Lewis TM[fragment] & TM[copy, fragment] The Role of Line in Art
Box 27 Folder 12
9 + 9 leaves
[n.p.] For a book of the smae name which was to be published Autumn 1941 by George Viscount Carlow's Corvinus Press.
[194-?]
Lewis AM Romantic Contemporary Fiction in England and America
Box 27 Folder 13
34 leaves
[n.p.] Notes and draft of a lecture delivered at the Foxcroft School, Middleburg, Virginia.
[1948]
Lewis AM[draft, fragment] Romantic Impressionists and Scientific Impressionists
Box 27 Folder 14
3 leaves
[London] Published as "The Courtland Memorial Exhibition". In "Wyndham Lewis on Art", p. 431-432. Originally appeared in "The Listener", XXXIX, June 10, 1948, p. 944.
[n.d.]
Lewis TM The Romanticism of Robin
Box 27 Folder 15
5 leaves
[London?] Typescript made in the 1950's, of an unpublished short story.
[n.d.]
Lewis TM Room III: The Cubist Room
Box 27 Folder 16
2 leaves
[n.p.] Apparently a late TM, with annotations in Mrs. Lewis' hand. A shortened version of this is published in "Wyndham Lewis on Art", p. 56-57.
[n.d.]
Lewis AM[draft] Rough Draft for Spring
Box 27 Folder 17
3 leaves
[n.p.] A lecture on T. S. Eliot's "cultured person".
Jan.19, 1950
Lewis M[proof] Round the Galleries
Box 27 Folder 18
1 leaf
[n.p.] Galley proof with corrections in Lewis' hand. Published in "The Listener', January, 19, 1950.
[194-?]
Lewis AM[draft] Round the London Art Galleries
Box 27 Folder 19
6 leaves
[London] Contains a review of Augustus John's work.
[194-?]
Lewis TM[fragment] Round the London Art Galleries
Box 27 Folder 20
5 leaves
[London] Contains a review of Koofi Antubam's and Denis Williams's work.
Feb.13, 1947
Lewis AM[draft] & TM[copy] Round the London Art Galleries
Box 27 Folder 21
9 leaves
[London] A review of Jacob Epstein's work.
[Oct.23, 1947]
Lewis AM[drafts] & TM Round the London Art Galleries
Box 27 Folder 22
11 leaves
[London] Exhibition by Robert Colquhoun is the main topic of this group of reviews.
[Oct.14, 1948]
Lewis AM[draft,fragment] & TM[copy, fragment] Round the London Art Galleries
Box 27 Folder 23
21 leaves
[London] Discusses many artists including Julian Trevelyan, William Scott, Ceri Richars and Henry Moore.
Mar.10, 1949
Lewis TM[copy, fragment] Round the London Art Galleries
Box 27 Folder 24
2 leaves
London; Discusses many artists including Merlyn Evans, Richard Eurich and David Bomberg.
May 12, 1949
Lewis TM[copy] Round the London Art Galleries
Box 27 Folder 25
4 leaves
London; Discusses many artists including Francis Bacon, Giorgio de Chirico, and Andre Bicat.
Jun.9, 1949
Lewis AM[drafts,fragments] & TM[fragments] Round the London Art Galleries
Box 27 Folder 26
2 leaves
London; Discusses many artists including David Bomberg, Michael Ayrton and others.
Jul.14, 1949
Lewis TM[copy, fragment] Round the London Art Galleries
Box 27 Folder 27
1 leaf
London; Discusses many artists including M. Reynold Arnould, John Craxton and Mark Gertler.
[Oct.20, 1949]
Lewis TM[copy, fragment] Round the London Art Galleries
Box 27 Folder 28
2 leaves
London; Discusses many artists including J. Leslie Wright and Adrian Ryan.
[Nov.17, 1949]
Lewis TM[copy] Round the London Art Galleries
Box 27 Folder 29
5 leaves
London; Discusses many artists including Ethel Walker, Francis Bacon, and Augustus John.
[Feb.16, 1950]
Lewis TM[copy] Round the London Art Galleries
Box 27 Folder 30
4 leaves
London; Discusses many artists including Eric Peskett, Desmond Morris, and Henry Fuseli.
[May 18, 1950]
Lewis AM[draft] & TM[copy] Round the London Art Galleries
Box 27 Folder 31
24 leaves
London; Discusses many artists including Will Rothenstein, Arthur Tooth and Stanley Spencer
[1950]
Lewis TM The Royal Academy
Box 27 Folder 32
10 leaves
[London] With holograph corrections. A caustic attack on the R. A. Published in "Contancet", May/June 1950, pp. 22-25.
[1956?]
Lewis AM[drafts] & TM The Red Priest. Synopsis
Box 28 Folder 1
150 leaves
[London] Synopsis, partial drafts and transcriptions
[1956]
Lewis TM The Red Priest. Section I
Box 28 Folder 2
150 leaves
[London] Printers copy of section I
[1956]
Lewis TM The Red Priest. Section II
Box 28 Folder 3
150 leaves
[London] Printers copy of section II.
[1956]
Lewis AM & M[aman.] The Red Priest. Section I.
Box 29 Folder 1
200 leaves
London; Manuscript in Lewis' hand and G. Anne Lewis' hand.
[1956]
Lewis AM & M[aman.] The Red Priest. Section II
Box 29 Folder 2
200 leaves
London; Manuscript in Lewis' hand and G. Anne Lewis' hand.
[1956]
Lewis AM & M[aman.] The Red Priest. Section III
Box 29 Folder 3
200 leaves
London; Manuscript in Lewis' hand and G. Anne Lewis' hand.
[1956]
Lewis AM & M[aman.] The Red Priest. Section IV
Box 29 Folder 4
200 leaves
London; Manuscript in Lewis' hand and G. Anne Lewis' hand.
[1956]
Lewis AM & M[aman.] The Red Priest. Section V
Box 29 Folder 5
200 leaves
London; Manuscript in Lewis' hand and G. Anne Lewis' hand.
[1956]
Lewis AM, AM[aman.] The Red Priest. Section I
Box 30 Folder 1
150 leaves
London; Manuscript in Lewis' and G. Anne Lewis" hand. Notes and rejected material.
[1956.]
Lewis AM, AM[aman.] The Red Priest. Section II
Box 30 Folder 2
150 leaves
London; Manuscript in Lewis' and G. Anne Lewis" hand. Notes and rejected material.
[195-?]
Lewis TM Rotting Hill. Foreward
Box 31 Folder 1
1 leaf
[n.p.] An expanded version of this TM appears as "A Cancelled Forward" to the Black Sparrow edition of "Rotting Hill", 1986, pp. 343-349.
[1951?]
Lewis TM Rotting Hill. Section I
Box 31 Folder 2
[100] leaves
[London] Drafts with corrections, notes and introductory material. Published by Methuen in 1951; in 1952 by Regnery.
[1951?]
Lewis TM Rotting Hill. Section II
Box 31 Folder 3
[100] leaves
[London] Drafts with corrections, notes and introductory material. Published by Methuen in 1951; in 1952 by Regnery.
[1951?]
Lewis TM Rotting Hill. Section III
Box 31 Folder 4
[100] leaves
[London] Drafts with corrections, notes and introductory material. Published by Methuen in 1951; in 1952 by Regnery.
[1951?]
Lewis TM Rotting Hill. Section IV
Box 31 Folder 5
100 leaves
[London] Drafts with corrections, notes and introductory material. Published by Methuen in 1951; in 1952 by Regnery.
[1951?]
Lewis TM Rotting Hill. Section V
Box 31 Folder 6
100 leaves
[London] Drafts with corrections, notes and introductory material. Published by Methuen in 1951; in 1952 by Regnery.
[1940's]
Lewis AM Rotting Hill. Envelope
Box 31 Folder 7
1 item
[London] Empty envelope on which Lewis has written, "Stuff to be kept for "Rot Book". Presumably used for notes to "Rotting Hill."
[1951?]
Lewis AM Rotting Hill. Section I
Box 32 Folder 1
[100] leaves
[London] Drafts with corrections, notes and introductory material. Published by Methuen in 1951; in 1952 by Regnery.
[1951?]
Lewis AM Rotting Hill. Section II
Box 32 Folder 2
[100] leaves
[London] Drafts with corrections, notes and introductory material. Published by Methuen in 1951; in 1952 by Regnery.
[1951?]
Lewis AM Rotting Hill. Section III
Box 32 Folder 3
[100] leaves
[London] Drafts with corrections, notes and introductory material. Published by Methuen in 1951; in 1952 by Regnery.
[1951?]
Lewis AM Rotting Hill. Section IV
Box 32 Folder 4
[100] leaves
[London] Drafts with corrections, notes and introductory material. Published by Methuen in 1951; in 1952 by Regnery.
[1940?]
Lewis AM, & TM[drafts, fragments, clippings, proofs] Rude Assignment
Box 33 Folder 1
[150] leaves
[London] Drafts, fragments, clippings and proofs.
[Jan., 1948]
Lewis TM[printed] Rude Assignment
Box 33 Folder 2
77 leaves
[London] Galley proofs A
[Jan., 1948]
Lewis TM[printed] Rude Assignment
Box 33 Folder 3
78 leaves
[London] Galley proofs B
[Jun., 1948]
Lewis TM[printed] Rude Assignment
Box 33 Folder 4
78 leaves
[London] Galley proofs C
[Feb., 1948]
Lewis TM[printed] Rude Assignment
Box 33 Folder 5
3 leaves
[London] Galley proofs D
[194-?]
Lewis AM & TM Rude Assignment
Box 34 Folder 1
300 leaves
[London] With hand written corrections. Introduction and Chapters [I] - IX
[194-?]
Lewis AM & TM Rude Assignment
Box 34 Folder 2
300 leaves
[London] With hand written corrections. Chapters X - XIX
[194-?]
Lewis AM & TM Rude Assignment
Box 35 Folder 1
300 leaves
[London] With hand written corrections. Chapters XX - XXIX
[194-?]
Lewis AM & TM Rude Assignment
Box 35 Folder 2
300 leaves
[London] With hand written corrections. Chapters XXX - XXXVII & Envoi
[194-?]
Lewis AM[fragment] Rude Assignment
Box 35 Folder 3
5 leaves
[London] Fragment from "Rude Assignment"
[1930?]
Lewis AM & TM[drafts] Satire & Fiction. Foreword.
Box 36 Folder 1
10 leaves
[London] Versions of the foreword to "Satire and Fiction"
[1930?]
Lewis AM & TM[drafts, fragments] Satire & Fiction
Box 36 Folder 2
23 leaves
[London] Portions of the published text, with holograph and typescript amendments and changes. Possibly revised by Lewis for a later re-issue?
[1940?]
Lewis AM[drafts notes] Satiric Verse
Box 36 Folder 3
27 leaves
[London] Notes and versions of a lecture delivered at Harvard University.
[193-?, 194-?]
Lewis AM[fragments, clippings] Scrapbook
Box 36 Folder 4
1 item
[London] Bound scrapbook with 15 pages used. Many of the notations and clippings deal with "exotic" locale, slang expressions, etc.
[n.d.]
Lewis [printed] Scrapbook of Clippings
Box 36 Folder 5
1 item
[n.p.] Bound scrapbook with 6 leaves used and a number of loose clippings. Clippings are mostly portraits and photographs of notable political figures and writers. The pictures appear to date from the 1930's and 1940's; a number were clipped for "Time" magazine.
[1934-1935]
Lewis AM Scrapbook of Subjects for Short Stories
Box 36 Folder 6
1 item
[London] Bound scrapbook with clippings and notations in the hand of G. Anne Lewis. Some clippings pasted in and others are loose.
[193-?]
Lewis AM Scrapbook
Box 37 Folder .5
1 item
[London] Bound scrapbook with notations and newspaper clippings; chiefly concerned with books and literary matters; using only 7 leaves.
[n.d.]
Lewis AM Scraps of Paper With Addresses
Box 37 Folder 1
9 leaves
[n.p.] Addresses both in Canada and Europe. Many of Lewis' relatives.
[1951]
Lewis TM & TM[copy] The Sea-Mists of Winter
Box 37 Folder 2
6 + 7 leaves
[London] Text of article, published in "The Listener, vol. 45, no. 1158, May 10, 1951, announcing his blindness and the discontinuation of his articles on contemporary art.
[Apr., 1922]
Lewis TM The short or the Long
Box 37 Folder 3
3 leaves
[London] Article published in the "Evening Standard" of 28 April 1922 as "The Long and the Short of It" concering fashions in skirt lengths. With holograph corrections.
[1940]
Lewis AM[drafts, notes] & TM[fragment] Should American Art Differ From European Art?
Box 37 Folder 4
38 leaves + 1 leaf
[New York] Drafts and notes of a lecture delivered on February 14, 1940 at Columbia University. Included is a printed flyer advertising the lecture.
[1933]
Lewis TM[copy] Shropshire Lads and Robots
Box 37 Folder 5
16 leaves
[London] First leaf bears title "The Machine Poets"; a note in Lewis' hand states that this text was written for "Everyman." Text actually published in two installments in "New Britain", nos. 33 & 34 of 3 & 10 January 1934.
[n.d.]
Lewis AMS & TM Silver Paper Hills
Box 37 Folder 6
18 leaves
[n.p.] Notes, synopsis and opening chapter of this proposed novel with deals with a successful British painter who leaves London, his wife, his establishment-approved painting style for Rome. A "beautiful post-debutante", he "begins painting the most peculiar picture."
[Nov., 1934?]
Lewis TM[copy] Sitwell Circus
Box 37 Folder 7
5 leaves
[London] Carbon of the article printed in "Time and Tide", 15, no.46, Nov.17, 1934. A study, primarily of Edith Sitwell, emphasizing the role of the three Sitwells as publicists and poseurs.
[1932]
Lewis TM Snooty Baronet. New York and Val, Chapters I & II
Box 37 Folder 8
67 leaves
[London] Typescript of "Snooty Baronet" submitted by Lewis to Coburn Gilman, who attempted unsuccessfully to find an American publisher for the novel. Heavily annotated by Lewis.
[1932]
Lewis TM Snooty Baronet. Humph, Chapter III
Box 37 Folder 9
38 leaves
[London] Typescript of "Snooty Baronet" submitted by Lewis to Coburn Gilman, who attempted unsuccessfully to find an American publisher for the novel. Heavily annotated by Lewis.
[1932]
Lewis TM Snooty Baronet. Mithras, Chapter IV
Box 37 Folder 10
31 leaves
[London] Typescript of "Snooty Baronet" submitted by Lewis to Coburn Gilman, who attempted unsuccessfully to find an American publisher for the novel. Heavily annotated by Lewis.
[1932]
Lewis TM Snooty Baronet. Lily, ChapterV
Box 37 Folder 11
28 leaves
[London] Typescript of "Snooty Baronet" submitted by Lewis to Coburn Gilman, who attempted unsuccessfully to find an American publisher for the novel. Heavily annotated by Lewis.
[1932]
Lewis TM Snooty Baronet. The Hatter's Automaton, Chapter VI
Box 37 Folder 12
39 leaves
[London] Typescript of "Snooty Baronet" submitted by Lewis to Coburn Gilman, who attempted unsuccessfully to find an American publisher for the novel. Heavily annotated by Lewis.
[1932]
Lewis TM Snooty Baronet. A Lord of Language & Bull-fight, Chapters VII & VIII
Box 37 Folder 13
78 leaves
[London] Typescript of "Snooty Baronet" submitted by Lewis to Coburn Gilman, who attempted unsuccessfully to find an American publisher for the novel. Heavily annotated by Lewis.
[1932]
Lewis TM Snooty Baronet. The Universe of Absence, Chapter IX
Box 37 Folder 14
4 leaves
[London] Typescript of "Snooty Baronet" submitted by Lewis to Coburn Gilman, who attempted unsuccessfully to find an American publisher for the novel. Heavily annotated by Lewis.
[1932]
Lewis TM Snooty Baronet. The Universe of Absence & Persia, Chapters IX & X
Box 37 Folder 15
81 leaves
[London] Typescript of "Snooty Baronet" submitted by Lewis to Coburn Gilman, who attempted unsuccessfully to find an American publisher for the novel. Heavily annotated by Lewis.
[1932]
Lewis TM Snooty Baronet. Persia, Chapter X
Box 37 Folder 16
77 leaves
[London] Typescript of "Snooty Baronet" submitted by Lewis to Coburn Gilman, who attempted unsuccessfully to find an American publisher for the novel. Heavily annotated by Lewis.
[1932]
Lewis TM Snooty Baronet. Bandit-Host & Snooty's SOS, Chapters XI & XII
Box 37 Folder 17
11 leaves
[London] Typescript of "Snooty Baronet" submitted by Lewis to Coburn Gilman, who attempted unsuccessfully to find an American publisher for the novel. Heavily annotated by Lewis.
[195-?]
Lewis AM [drafts] Self Condemned. Chapters I-V
Box 38 Folder 1
200 leaves
[Toronto,London] Manuscript material in the hands of Wyndham and G. Anne Lewis. It appears portions of the novel were begun in Canada; the bulk of the work was completed in London in the 1950's. Both AM & TM are heavily amended.Accompanying material includes extensive groups of material dealing with individual characterizations in the text, newspaper clippings and lists of American/Canadian slang and idioms.
[195-?]
Lewis AM [drafts] Self Condemned. Chapters VI-X
Box 38 Folder 2
200 leaves
[Toronto,London] Manuscript material in the hands of Wyndham and G.
Anne Lewis. It appears portions of the novel were begun in Canada; the bulk of the work was completed in London in the 1950's. Both AM & TM are heavily amended.Accompanying material includes extensive groups of material dealing with individual characterizations in the text, newspaper clippings and lists of American/Canadian slang and idioms.
[195-?]
Lewis TM Self Condemned. I
Box 38 Folder 3
250 leaves
[Toronto,London] Originally titled "You Are Not By Any Chance a Fool My Son? Manuscript material in the hands of Wyndham and G. Anne Lewis. It appears portions of the novel were begun in Canada; the bulk of the work was completed in London in the 1950's. Both AM & TM are heavily amended.Accompanying material includes extensive groups of material dealing with individual characterizations in the text, newspaper clippings and lists of American/Canadian slang and idioms.
[195-?]
Lewis AM[drafts] Self Condemned. Chapters XII-XXIII
Box 39 Folder 1
250 leaves
[Toronto,London] Originally titled "You Are Not By Any Chance a Fool My Son? Manuscript material in the hands of Wyndham and G. Anne Lewis. It appears portions of the novel were begun in Canada; the bulk of the work was completed in London in the 1950's. Both AM & TM are heavily amended.Accompanying material includes extensive groups of material dealing with individual characterizations in the text, newspaper clippings and lists of American/Canadian slang and idioms.
[195-?]
Lewis AM[drafts] Self Condemned. Chapters XXIV-XXIX
Box 39 Folder 2
250 leaves
[Toronto,London] Originally titled "You Are Not By Any Chance a Fool My Son? Manuscript material in the hands of Wyndham and G. Anne Lewis. It appears portions of the novel were begun in Canada; the bulk of the work was completed in London in the 1950's. Both AM & TM are heavily amended.Accompanying material includes extensive groups of material dealing with individual characterizations in the text, newspaper clippings and lists of American/Canadian slang and idioms.
[195-?]
Lewis AM[drafts] Self Condemned. Chapters XXX-Conclusion
Box 39 Folder 3
250 leaves
[Toronto,London] Originally titled "You Are Not By Any Chance a Fool My Son? Manuscript material in the hands of Wyndham and G. Anne Lewis. It appears portions of the novel were begun in Canada; the bulk of the work was completed in London in the 1950's. Both AM & TM are heavily amended.Accompanying material includes extensive groups of material dealing with individual characterizations in the text, newspaper clippings and lists of American/Canadian slang and idioms.
[195-?]
Lewis AM& TM Self Condemned. Conclusion
Box 39 Folder 4
50 leaves
[Toronto,London] Variant conclusion; unpublished. Originally titled "You Are Not By Any Chance a Fool My Son? Manuscript material in the hands of Wyndham and G. Anne Lewis. It appears portions of the novel were begun in Canada; the bulk of the work was completed in London in the 1950's. Both AM & TM are heavily amended.Accompanying material includes extensive groups of material dealing with individual characterizations in the text, newspaper clippings and lists of American/Canadian slang and idioms.
[195-?]
Lewis TM Self Condemned. II
Box 40 Folder 1
250 leaves
[Toronto,London] Originally titled "You Are Not By Any Chance a Fool My Son? Manuscript material in the hands of Wyndham and G. Anne Lewis. It appears portions of the novel were begun in Canada; the bulk of the work was completed in London in the 1950's. Both AM & TM are heavily amended.Accompanying material includes extensive groups of material dealing with individual characterizations in the text, newspaper clippings and lists of American/Canadian slang and idioms.
[195-?]
Lewis TM Self Condemned. III
Box 40 Folder 2
250 leaves
[Toronto,London] Originally titled "You Are Not By Any Chance a Fool My Son? Manuscript material in the hands of Wyndham and G. Anne Lewis. It appears portions of the novel were begun in Canada; the bulk of the work was completed in London in the 1950's. Both AM & TM are heavily amended.Accompanying material includes extensive groups of material dealing with individual characterizations in the text, newspaper clippings and lists of American/Canadian slang and idioms.
[195-?]
Lewis AM & M[printed] Self Condemned. Notes, clippings, fragments
Box 41 Folder 1
150 leaves
[Toronto,London] Originally titled "You Are Not By Any Chance a Fool My Son? Manuscript material in the hands of Wyndham and G. Anne Lewis. It appears portions of the novel were begun in Canada; the bulk of the work was completed in London in the 1950's. Both AM & TM are heavily amended.Accompanying material includes extensive groups of material dealing with individual characterizations in the text, newspaper clippings and lists of American/Canadian slang and idioms.
[195-?]
Lewis AM[fragments, drafts] & TM[fragments, drafts. Self Condemned.
Box 41 Folder 2
250 leaves
[Toronto,London] Originally titled "You Are Not By Any Chance a Fool My Son? Manuscript material in the hands of Wyndham and G. Anne Lewis. It appears portions of the novel were begun in Canada; the bulk of the work was completed in London in the 1950's. Both AM & TM are heavily amended.Accompanying material includes extensive groups of material dealing with individual characterizations in the text, newspaper clippings and lists of American/Canadian slang and idioms.
[195-?]
Lewis AM & TM[copies, fragments, drafts] Self Condemned.
Box 41 Folder 3
250 leaves
[Toronto,London] Originally titled "You Are Not By Any Chance a Fool My Son? Manuscript material in the hands of Wyndham and G. Anne Lewis. It appears portions of the novel were begun in Canada; the bulk of the work was completed in London in the 1950's. Both AM & TM are heavily amended.Accompanying material includes extensive groups of material dealing with individual characterizations in the text, newspaper clippings and lists of American/Canadian slang and idioms.
[n.d.]
Lewis AM & TM Some in the Van of Enterprise have Placed ...
Box 42 Folder 1
2 leaves
[n.p.] Sonnet published in "Rude Assignment".
[n.d.]
Lewis TM[fragment] Spanish Characteristics
Box 42 Folder 2
2 leaves
[n.p.] Different from "A Spanish Household".
[1910?]
Lewis AM[fragment] & TM & TM[copy] A Spanish Household
Box 42 Folder 3
21 leaves
[n.p.] Manuscript includes two holograph leaves and text (with corrections in Lewis' hand) transcribed in typescript, with cargon copy. First published in "The Tramp: An Open Air Magazine", June/July 1910.
[1941?]
Lewis AM Speech made at the Unveiling of Lewis' Portrait of J. S. McLean
Box 42 Folder 4
3 leaves
[Toronto] Lewis had been commissioned by McLean, a Canadian industrialist, to paint his portrait.
[1950's]
Lewis AM Statement of Who Really Were the "Vorticists"
Box 42 Folder 5
2 + 2 leaves
[Toronto] Includes 2 newspaper clippings.
[1938?]
Lewis AM & TM Super-Nature Versus Super-Real
Box 42 Folder 6
38 leaves
[London] Parts I-IV on the introductions to "Wyndham Lewis the Artist". For conclusions (Pts. V &VI) see TM "Painting as a Sport".
[n.d.]]
Lewis AM[copy] Synopsis
Box 42 Folder 7
[100] leaves
[n.p.] Xerox copy "Synopsis" of "Trial of Man"[?]
[1946]
Lewis TM Synopsis of a Novel, 1946
Box 42 Folder 8
2 leaves
[London] A synopsis of a novel to be called "Chateau Box" 9or "Hotel Chateau Rex"); "the war as seen from a colony. Relatedd to "Self Condemned", Lewis states that "the hero of the book is the "Hotel" and the themes described are general.There are no references to any pivotal characters or to a protagonist, as Rene Harding. With minor corrections in Lewis' hand.
[195-?]
Lewis AM[draft,] Synopsis of a novel
Box 42 Folder 9
5 leaves
[n.p.] Synopsis of a short story or novel set in an imaginary city-state in Renaissance Italy. In the hand of Agnes Bedford.
[194-?]
Lewis TM Synopsis No. 1
Box 42 Folder 10
2 leaves
[London?, Toronto?, Windsor?] An outline of a novel set in the Italian Renaissance, centering on the development of warfare technology, though otherwise a fairly conventional "historical novel."
[195-?]
Lewis TM Table of Contents - Short Stories
Box 42 Folder 11
1 leaf
[London] Five of the eight stories listed appeared in "Unlucky for Pringle."
[1946?]
Lewis TM[draft], TM & TM[copy] Talk on the Visual Arts as a Language
Box 42 Folder 12
10 + 6 + 6 leaves
[n.p.] Probably a talk given by Lewis on B.B.C. radio. The draft has corrections in Lewis' hand.
[n.d.]
Lewis AM Tarr - Scene Outline
Box 42 Folder 13
1 leaf
[n.p.] Appears to be an outline from the book to aid in the adaption of the storyline to another format.
[1956]
Lewis AM[draft] & TM[copy] Tarr
Box 42 Folder 14
28 leaves
[London] Additional dialogue composed for the B.B.C. adaptation of "Tarr" made in 1956. The draft manuscript is in the hand of Agnes Bedford.
[n.d.]
Lewis TM[carbon, fragment] Tarr
Box 42 Folder 15
3 leaves
[n.p.] Possibly a radio play, characters speaking have been identifies as Bertha and Kreisler.
[Dec., 1949?]
Lewis TM Die Tat Contribution
Box 42 Folder 16
4 leaves
[London] Lewis was asked to contribute to the newspaper, "Die Tat", published at Zurich, on the political and social future for post-war Europe. Lewis predicts, barring an atomic disaster, the creation of an international state. Text in German and English.
[192-?]
Lewis AM & TM A Theory of Divine Imperfection
Box 42 Folder 17
7 + 7 leaves
[London?]Typescript has corrections in Mrs. Lewis' hand.
[1957?]
Lewis AM & TM Time and Western Man: Author's Foreword
Box 42 Folder 18
4 leaves
[n.p.] Apparently a new introduction, never completed, for the 1957 Beacon Press paperback edition. The AM is in the hand of Agnes Bedford, and was found with letters of John Reid to G. Anne Lewis.
[1945-1946]
Lewis TM[fragment] Towards an Earth Culture, or the Eclectic Curlture of Transition
Box 42 Folder 19
4 leaves
[London] Published in "Wyndham Lewis on Art", p. 381-392.
[192-?]
Lewis AM[copy] Transcription of a Notebook Kept by Wyndham Lewis
Box 42 Folder 20
4 leaves
[London] Copy in the hand of G. Anne Lewis. Notes refer to "The Apes of God", "Joint", and "The Childermass".
[1927/1928]
Lewis AM Time and Western Man. Review Extracts
Box 43 Folder 1
6 leaves
[London] Not in Lewis' hand. Some extracts from English and American Reviews for "Time and Western Man"
[192-?-1927]
Lewis AM & TM Time and Western Man
Box 43 Folder 2
150 leaves
[London]Pages 1-150. Compsed of holograph, partial typescript and portions of printed proof. Typescript and proofs heavily corrected and amended in Lewis' hand.
[192-?-1927]
Lewis AM & TM Time and Western Man
Box 43 Folder 3
150 leaves
[London]Pages 151-300. Compsed of holograph, partial typescript and portions of printed proof. Typescript and proofs heavily corrected and amended in Lewis' hand.
[192-?-1927]
Lewis AM & TM Time and Western Man
Box 43 Folder 4
150 leaves
[London]Pages 301-457. Compsed of holograph, partial typescript and portions of printed proof. Typescript and proofs heavily corrected and amended in Lewis' hand.
[n.d.]
Lewis AM[fragment] & TM[fragment] Trial of Man
Box 43 Folder 5
18 leaves
[n.p.] Holograph manuscript has a few paragraphs in Lewis' hand, others are in the hand of G. Anne Lewis.
[1956?]
Lewis AM & TM Twentieth Century Palette. Synopses
Box 44 Folder 1
200 leaves
[London] Includes synopses, charts, notes and fragments. Manuscript material for an unpublished novel dealing with the life of an English artist/aesthetician.
[1956?]
Lewis AM & TM Twentieth Century Palette. Part I
Box 44 Folder 2
200 leaves
[London] Manuscript material for an unpublished novel dealing with the life of an English artist/aesthetician.
[1956?]
Lewis AM & TM Twentieth Century Palette. Part II
Box 44 Folder 3
200 leaves
[London] Manuscript material for an unpublished novel dealing with the life of an English artist/aesthetician.
[1956?]
Lewis AM & TM Twentieth Century Palette. Part III
Box 45 Folder 1
250 leaves
[London] Includes synopses, charts, notes and fragments. Manuscript material for an unpublished novel dealing with the life of an English artist/aesthetician.
[1956?]
Lewis TM[copy] Twentieth Century Palette. Chapters IX and XVI
Box 45 Folder 2
19 leaves
[London] Includes synopses, charts, notes and fragments. Manuscript material for an unpublished novel dealing with the life of an English artist/aesthetician.
[1956?]
Lewis TM[fragment] Twentieth Century Palette. Chapter IX
Box 45 Folder 3
10 leaves
[London] Includes synopses, charts, notes and fragments. Manuscript material for an unpublished novel dealing with the life of an English artist/aesthetician.
[1956?]
Lewis AM[drafts, fragments] Twentieth Century Palette. Miscellaneous.
Box 45 Folder 4
200 leaves
[London] Includes synopses, charts, notes and fragments. Manuscript material for an unpublished novel dealing with the life of an English artist/aesthetician.
[1956?]
Lewis TM[copy] Twentieth Century Palette
Box 46 Folder 1
[150?] leaves
[London] Xerox of copyflo done for Dr. W. Michel, publisher, and returned to RMC.
[195-?]
Lewis AM & TM The Two Captains
Box 47 Folder 1
[153] leaves
[London] Draft in Lewis' hand with transcription in G. Anne Lewis' hand plus typescript version.
[192-?]
Lewis AM[fragments, drafts] Two Fragments
Box 47 Folder 2
3 leaves
[London] Two fragments, both dealing with themes of sadism/homosexuality. One fragment concerns a public school headmaster who submits to a flogging; the other "the usual little Yankee pederast-pot."
[Apr. 1921]
Lewis TM[copy?] Tyros & Portraits
Box 47 Folder 3
3 leaves
[London] Foreword to the catalogue of the "Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Wyndham Lewis" held at the Leicester Galleries, April 1921.
[1973?]
Lewis TM[printed] Unlucky for Pringle and Other Stories. Galley Proofs
Box 47 Folder 4
74 leaves
[London] Galley proofs of a collection of short stories
[n.d.]
Lewis AM Various Unrelated Notes and Fragments
Box 47 Folder 4.5
5 leaves
[n.p.] Fragments and notes not identified.
[1949?]
Lewis AM[draft] & TM[fragment] The Vita of Wyndham Lewis
Box 47 Folder 5
23 + 6 leaves
[London] Identified on first page as written for Doubleday & Co., New York. Includes account of contemporary habits as well as retrospective study of career.
[Sept., 1956]
Lewis TM[fragment] & TM[copy, fragment] The Vorticists
Box 47 Folder 6
2 leaves
[London] Page 6 with carbon copy.
[1948]
Lewis AM[draft] Vuillard, the Intimiste
Box 47 Folder 7
7 leaves
[London] Appears in substanially altered form in "Round the Galleries" in "Wyndham Lewis on Art", p. 418-421.
[Oct. 1941?]
Lewis AM[note] Vulgar Streak
Box 47 Folder 8
1 leaf
[Toronto] Commentary by Lewis on "The Vulgar Streak", relating it among other things to Stendhal's "Le Rouge et le Noir". May be a draft to accompany the British edition while Lewis was seeking an American publisher for the novel.
[1943]
Lewis AM[note] The Vulgar Streak
Box 47 Folder 9
5 leaves
Toronto; Includes a listing and partial transcription of reviews of "The Vulgar Streak" which appeared in English periodicals.
[1918?]
Lewis TM The War Baby
Box 47 Folder 10
26 leaves
[n.p.] With holograph corrections. Published in "Arts and Letters", n.s. 2, no.1.
[n.d.]
Lewis TM The Weeping Man
Box 47 Folder 11
10 leaves
[n.p.] Short story, with minor corrections in the hand of G. Anne Lewis.
[1949]
Lewis AM[draft, fragment] What is a Contemporary?
Box 47 Folder 12
3 leaves
[London] Reviews of exhibtion of Gerard David and others at the Lecister Galleries. A portion of this draft appears in "Round the Galleries in "Whydham Lewis the Artist".
[1938]
Lewis TM When John Bull Laughs
Box 47 Folder 13
9 leaves
[London] Identifies on first leaf in Lewis' hand as a radio address delivered in June 1938. Concerned with contemporary British distaste for satire.
[1940?]
Lewis TM Who's Who of Mr. Wyndham Lewis
Box 47 Folder 14
5 leaves
[New York?] Title supplied in Lewis' hand. A press release, written by Lewis himself, describing his career ... "one of the most remarkable as also one of the most controversial figures in the world of art and letters..."
[1921]
Lewis TM[copy] Will Eccles
Box 47 Folder 15
2 leaves
[London] Appeared as a serial story in no. 1 of "The Tyro", 1921.
[195-?]
Lewis AM & TM The Woman Watcher
Box 48 Folder 1
79 leaves
[London] Shorty story, partially in the hand of G. Anne Lewis. Material also includes a variant opening chapter entitled "Minor Lions" and a four-leaf "Book Ending."
[1952]
Lewis AM[drafts, notes] & TM The Writer and the Absolute. Group I
Box 48 Folder 2
100 leaves
[London] Draft, partially in holograph and partially in typescript, and annotated typescript copy. With notes fragments, and clippings.
[1952]
Lewis TM The Writer and the Absolute. Section I
Box 48 Folder 3
100 leaves
[London] Draft, partially in holograph and partially in typescript, and annotated typescript copy. With notes fragments, and clippings.
[1952]
Lewis TM The Writer and the Absolute. Section II
Box 48 Folder 4
100 leaves
[London] Draft, partially in holograph and partially in typescript, and annotated typescript copy. With notes fragments, and clippings.
[1952]
Lewis AM[drafts, notes, clippings] The Writer and the Absolute. Group II
Box 49 Folder 1
100 leaves
[London] Draft, partially in holograph and partially in typescript, and annotated typescript copy. With notes fragments, and clippings.
[1952]
Lewis AM[drafts, notes, clippings] The Writer and the Absolute. Group III
Box 49 Folder 2
100 leaves
[London] Draft, partially in holograph and partially in typescript, and annotated typescript copy. With notes fragments, and clippings.
[1952]
Lewis TM The Writer and the Absolute. Section III
Box 49 Folder 3
100 leaves
[London] Draft, partially in holograph and partially in typescript, and annotated typescript copy. With notes fragments, and clippings.
[1917?]
Lewis TM & TM[copy] Writings and Possible Books
Box 50 Folder 1
4 leaves
[London?] A listing, made by Lewis, of published and unpublished writings. Dates from the same period in which he compiled the listing of Paintings and drawings before going to the front in World War I.
[1970's]]
Lewis TM[copy] Wyndham Lewis : Catalogue Sections
Box 50 Folder 2
26 leaves
[London] Listing made by G. Anne Lewis probably for an exhibition on Lewis by the National Book League.
[1956]
Lewis AM Wyndham Lewis and Vorticism. Intoduction
Box 50 Folder 3
1956 leaves
[London] Written to accompany the exhibition of paintings by Lewis and other vorticist artists held at the Tate Gallery in 1956.
[1935]
Lewis TM[fragment] Wyndham Lewis Asks What is Industrial Art?
Box 50 Folder 4
7 leaves
[London] Review of exhibition "Art in Industry" at Burlington House. Appeared in "Commercial Art & Industry," XVIII, 105, 6 March 1935, p. 83-86.
[1944]
Lewis TM[copy] Wyndham Lewis, Painter and Writer
Box 50 Folder 5
4 leaves
[St. Louis] Possibly drawn up by Felix Giovanelli and Marshall McLuhan as a press release to aid Lewis in obtaining portrait commissions and lecturing positions.
[May, 1938]
Lewis TM[printed] Wyndham Lewis the Artist From "Blast" to Burlington House
Box 50 Folder 6
2 items
[London] Newspaper clippings of two letters by Lewis about the rejected portrait of T. S. Eliot. They were reprinted in "Wyndham Lewis the Artist From "Blast" to Burlington House."
[1939?]
Lewis AM[fragments, draft] Wyndham Lewis the Artist From "Blast" to Burlington House
Box 50 Folder 7
36 leaves
[London] Includes printed texts from no. 2 of "The Tyro," with changes and additions in Lewis' hand, which sserved as the basis for portions of it.
[n.d.]
Lewis TM The Yachting Cap
Box 50 Folder 8
7 leaves
[n.p.] Typescript version with minor corrections in the hand of G. Anne Lewis.
[195-?]
Lewis AM[draft] The Year Book Contribution
Box 50 Folder 9
9 leaves
[London] Draft partially transcribed in the hand of G. Anne Lewis. With commentary on contemporary art and music.
[191-?-195-?]
Lewis AM & TM[drafts, fragments, notes] Unidentified Materials
Box 50 Folder 10
[100] leaves
[Various places] This material includes fragments of publlished and unpublished material, notes made on reading, material related to the preparation of works for publication, word lists, and many other notes.
[n.d.]
Agee, James TM[copy] Sunday: Outskirts of Knoxville, Tenn.
Box 51 Folder 1
1 leaf
[n.p.] Poem, with autograph correction.
[1955]
Ayrton, Michael TM[copy] Tarr and Flying Feathers
Box 51 Folder 2
9 leaves
[London] Published in "Shenandoah", 7, no.1, autumn 1955.
Dec.15, 1974
Beevers, John TMS The Bell
Box 51 Folder 3
2 leaves
[n.p.] A poem.
May 31, 1975
Beevers, John AMS Dark Emperor
Box 51 Folder 4
2 leaves
[n.p.] Autobiographical essay explaining the background of the writing of "Dark Emperor".
Nov.12, 1971
Beevers, John TMS The God
Box 51 Folder 5
5 leaves
[n.p.] A poem; begins with a quote and its translation.
May 1971
Beevers, John TMS A Little Boy
Box 51 Folder 6
2 leaves
[n.p.] A poem; begins with a quote and its translation.
Dec.21, 1974
Beevers, John
Box 51 Folder 7
4 leaves
[n.p.] A poem.
Apr.29, 1975
Beevers, John AM[notes]S Reminiscences of Lewis
Box 51 Folder 8
5 + 1 leaves
[Norfolk] "My parents were poor, but I was a bright boy..." Included is an ALS from Beevers to Donald Eddy, Cornell University Library, dated April 29, 1975, stating the contents were "notes" on Lewis.
[1927]
Berdan, John TM[printed] The Lion and the Fox
Box 51 Folder 9
2 leaves
[New Haven?] Annotated galley proofs of review published in the "Saturday Review of Literature."
[n.d.]
Bognor Regis Library TM & TM[copy] Catalogue
Box 51 Folder 10
12 leaves
[West Sussex, England] List of Wyndham Lewis paintings and bibliography.
Mar., 1975
Bognor Regis Library TM The Controversial "Giant" of Vorticism
Box 51 Folder 11
16 leaves
[West Sussex, England] A manuscript for an exhibition catalogue.
Mar., 1975
Bognor Regis Library TM[copy] The Controversial "Giant" of Vorticism
Box 51 Folder 12
2 leaves
[West Sussex, England] A manuscript for an exhibition catalogue.
Sept., 1957
Bradshaw, Brian TM[copy] The Condition of Art Education in Art Schools
Box 51 Folder 13
3 leaves
Bolton; Found in papers of G. Anne Lewis.
[1971?]
Bridson, D. Geoffrey TM[copy] The Filibuster: A Study of the Political Ideas of Wyndham Lewis
Box 51 Folder 14-15
332 leaves
[n.p.] With numerous handwritten revisions. Contains 11 preliminary leaves, & 322 numbered pages, except p. 155 is missing. Published by Cassell, London, in 1972.
[n.d.]
Bridson, D. Geoffrey TM[copy] Wyndham Lewis B.B.C. Broadcasts and Recordings: A Checklist
Box 51 Folder 16
11 leaves
[n.p.] Copied from the original lent by Edward H. Rogers.
Sept., 1960
Cassidy, Victor M.TM[copy, fragment] List of Questions No. 1
Box 51 Folder 17
1 leaf
[n.p.] Questions concerning biographical data during Lewis' residence in the Unitedd States and Canada. Marginal notes in G. Anne Lewis' hand.
[n.d.]
Cassidy, Victor M. TM[copy] Plan of Research
Box 51 Folder 18
2 leaves + wrapper
[n.p.] Sent to G. Anne Lewis to advise her of Cassidy's plan regarding Lewis research.
[1972?]
Cassidy, Victor M. TM[copy] Plan of Research
Box 51 Folder 19
2 leaves
[n.p.] Cassidy's plan for writing Lewis biography.
[n.d.]
Cassidy, Victor M. TM[copy] Wyndham Lewis: Letters to Thomas Sturge Moore
Box 51 Folder 20
25 leaves
[n.p.] Cassidy's essay on the correspondence with two page introduction and footnotes to explain the details in the letters.
[1927?]
Chatto & Windus TM[copy] Wyndham Lewis: Biographical Details for Publicity Purposes
Box 51 Folder 21
2 leaves
[n.p.]
Oct.3, 1946
Coldstream, William TM[copy] The Visual Arts: Portrait Painting and Reality
Box 51 Folder 22
6 leaves
London; Script for radio broadcast.
May 19, 1949
Eliot, Thomas Stearns TMS Mr. Wyndham Lewis was the First Artist I Ever Met ...
Box 51 Folder 23
2 leaves + clipping
[London] Commentary by Eliot on sitting as a portrait subject for Lewis. Partially printed in "Time Magazine", May 30, 1949. Included the article as printed.
1955
Eliot, Thomas Stearns TM & TM[copy] A Note on "Monstre Gai"
Box 51 Folder 22.5
8 + 7 leaves
[London] Article on Lewis' "Monstre Gai" with a few holograph corrections.
[1926?]
Eliot, Thomas Stearns TM[printed] The Return of Foxy Grandpa
Box 51 Folder 24
2 leaves
[London?]Galley proofs of the article which is a review of two books by Alfred N. Whiteheard. Unpublished? Not in Gallup.
[1918?]
Eliot, Thomas Stearns TMS Sweeney Among the Nightingales
Box 51 Folder 25
1 leaf
[London?] Published in the September 1918 issue of the "Little Review", v.5; and in the 1919 Hogarth Press 1st edition of the "Poems". With minor notations in Eliot's hand.
[1953?]
Feast, Willis M. TMS Premier Voyage
Box 51 Folder 26
1 leaf
[Norwich?] Poem, orignally enclosed in a letter addressed to Lewis. On a single leaf with the TMS "Paris, 1953".
[n.d.]
Firminger, Marjorie TM[copy] Laughing with Wyndham Lewis
Box 51 Folder 27
9 leaves
[n.p.] Abridged version of folder 28, "No Quarter". Gift of Bernard Lafourcade. The manuscript contains the story of Mrs. Marjorie Hemming and her acquaintance with Wyndham Lewis.
[n.d.]
Firminger, Marjorie TM No Quarter
Box 51 Folder 28
116 leaves
[n.p.] Accompanied by letter explaining that the manuscript was willed to Cornell by Mrs. Marjorie Hemming. The manuscript contains the story of her acquaintance with Wyndham Lewis.
[[post 1929]]
Garnett, David TMS[copy] & TM[copy] Wyndham Lewis
Box 52 Folder 1
16 leaves
[London?] With reminiscences and critism.
Nov.13, 1913
The Grafton Group TM Alpine Club Gallery Rental Solicitation
Box 52 Folder 2
1 leaf
London; Asking each group member to contribute to the rental fee.
[1949-1950?]
Handley-Read, Charles TM "The Art of Wyndham Lewis" Material
Box 52 Folder 3
14 leaves
[London?] Includes biographical and bibliographical material dating to 1935, as well as a listing of paintings and drawings by Lewis.
[n.d.]
Hendy, Philip TM[carbon, fragment] Spanish Painting
Box 52 Folder 4
6 leaves
[n.p.] Appears to be a radio broadcast script.
[1956]
Hutchins, Patricia Gracean TM[copy] Ezra Pound in Kensington
Box 52 Folder 5
18 leaves
[London] With autograph corrections.
[1942?]
John, Augustus AM The Cerements of Gold
Box 52 Folder 6
1 leaf
[Fordingbridge] Subtitled: "Or the Autobiography". Originally enclosed in a letter to Lewis, 5 October 1942.
[n.d.]
Joyce, James TM[copy, fragment] Finnegan's Wake
Box 52 Folder 7
11 leaves
[Paris?] Fragment of text; carbon has been "signed" not in Joyce's hand.
Aug.16, 1942
Kahma, David TMS Introductory Analysis of the Basic Strategy of a Work of Fiction
Box 52 Folder 8
16 leaves
Vancouver, B.C.; A disquistion on literature originally sent to Wyndham Lewis.
Dec.23, 1956
Kahma, David TM The Welcome Toronto: 1946
Box 52 Folder 9
2 leaves + 1
Montreal; A poem; also includes TM "The Arian Heresy", March 7, 1957, Montreal. Author is questionable.
1954
Kenner, Hugh TM Wyndham Lewis. Review.
Box 52 Folder 10
6 leaves
[n.p.] Copies of reviews from "The Library Journal", "The Houston Post", the "Pasadena Star News" and the "Vermont Sunday News", among others.
Mar.13, 1957
Kenyon, J.H. Ltd. TM Percy Wyndham Lewis Floral Tributes
Box 52 Folder 11