A Guide to the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Papers 1893-1985 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Papers, 1893-1985 10835

A Guide to the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Papers 1893-1985

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The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 10835

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

10835

Title

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Papers 1893-1985

Physical Characteristics

There are 78 items in this collection.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

This collection cannot be copied or quoted without the permission of the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Papers, 1893-1985, Accession #10835, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

Copies of the correspondence were given to the Library by Mr. Cameron Hollyer, Curator of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection, Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on May 8, 1989.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of electrostatic copies of seventy-six letters from Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) to Herbert Greenhough Smith (1855-1935), literary editor of Strand Magazine , 1893-1927, and undated, from originals in the Metropolitan Toronto Library.

Included are two pamphlets, Baker Street Miscellanea , No. 44, Winter 1985, containing an article by Cameron Hollyer with an extensive description of the contents of the Doyle letters in this collection, and Sherlock Holmes is alive and well at the Metropolitan Toronto Library: The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection , a guide to the Arthur Conan Doyle holdings of the Metropolitan Toronto Library. Also present is a list of the Doyle letters with a brief summary of their contents, usually dealing with the details of making his stories ready for their appearance in Strand Magazine .