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Curry, Kenneth.

File consists of thirty eight items of correspondence from Bertram R. Davis to Kenneth Curry. Items were donated separately by Curry and as such are not included in File 74. Many items feature fire damage and in some cases words are illegible.

Davis, Bertram R.

Correspondence regarding Southey portraits.

File consists of thirty two items of correspondence between Bertram R. Davis and others regarding portraits of Southey and contemporaries. Also includes a clipping on portraits of Sara Coleridge and Edith May Southey as well as photocopy of "Breun's Manuscript Catalogue of Engraved Portraits." A glass jar of shells collected by Southey's daughter Edith May (later Warter) and presented to Bertram R. Davis by Edith's granddaughter Mrs. F.F. Boult is also included. File and shells were donated separately by Dr. Warren U. Ober in 2012.
Correspondents include:

  • Baldwyn, L (Folio Fine Art Ltd.)
  • British Museum, The (Prints and Portraits)
  • Curry, Kenneth
  • Fox, Levi (The Shakespeare Birthplace and Trust)
  • Gandy, Norman (Keswick Museum)
  • Garlick, Kenneth
  • Kuhn, A.J.
  • New House Museum, Curator
  • Ormond, R.L. (National Portrait Gallery)
  • Simmons, Jack
  • Warter, Henry de Grey

Davis, Bertram R.

Raymond D. Havens, reviews of The Early Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth, ed. by Ernest de Selincourt and Wordsworth's Anticlimax, by Willard L. Sperry and "Wordsworth's Aesthetic Development, 1795-1802", by O.J. Campbell and P. Mueschke in Essays and Studies in English and Comparative Literature, Modern Languages Notes (1936): 389-93.

File consists of Raymond D. Havens' reviews of Ernest de Silencourt's "The Early Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth", William L. Sperry's "Wordsworth's Anticlimax", and O.J. Campbell and P. Mueschke's "Wordsworth's Aesthetic Development, 1795-1802" in "Essay and Studies in English and Comparative Literature." A presentation copy, the recto inscription reads "B.R. Davis and Mrs. Davis and Paul with happy memories. R.D. Havens."

Davis, Bertram R.

Raymond D. Havens, reviews of The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years, ed, by Ernest de Selincourt and "Coleridge's Dejection: an Ode", by Ernest de Selincourt in Essays and Studies by Members of the English Association, collected by Helen Darbshire, Modern Languages Notes (1938): 395-6.

File consists of Raymond D. Havens' review of both Ernest de Selincourt's "The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middles Years" and Ernest de Selincourt's "Coleridege's Dejection: an Ode" in "Essays and Studies by Members of the English Association" collected by Helen Darbshire. A presentation copy, the recto inscription reads "There's a new Southey item in Review of English Studies for April 1938 R.D.H."

Davis, Bertram R.

Raymond D. Havens, reviews of The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Poems Written in Youth, Poems Referring to the Period of Childhood, ed. by E. de Selincourt, and Wordsworth and the Seventeenth Century, by J. Crofts, and The White Doe of Rylstone, ed. by Alice P. Comparetti, and Some Letters of the Wordsworth Family, ed. by Leslie Nathan Broughton, and The Wordsworth Collection, compiled by Leslie Nathan Broughton, and The One Wordsworth, by Mary E. Burton, and Wordsworth's Pocket Notebook, ed. by George Harris Healey, Modern Languages Notes (1943): 559-63.

File consists of Raymond D. Havens', reviews of "The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Poems Written in Youth, Poems Referring to the Period of Childhood", ed. by E. de Selincourt, and "Wordsworth and the Seventeenth Century", by J. Crofts, and "The White Doe of Rylstone", ed. by Alice P. Comparetti, and "Some Letters of the Wordsworth Family", ed. by Leslie Nathan Broughton, and "The Wordsworth Collection", compiled by Leslie Nathan Broughton, and "The One Wordsworth", by Mary E. Burton, and "Wordsworth's Pocket Notebook", ed. by George Harris Healey.

Davis, Bertram R.

Curry, Kenneth.

File consists of eighty four items of correspondence between Bertram R. Davis and Kenneth Curry.

Davis, Bertram R.

Boult, Nellie A.

File consists of forty three items of correspondence between Bertram R. Davis and Nellie A. Boult.

Davis, Bertram R.

Howe, H.W.

File consists of twenty five items of correspondence between Bertram R. Davis and H.W. Howe of Keswick School and a page of recommendations of Davis' for Howe's work on Southey.

Davis, Bertram R.

Moore, R.W.

File consists of one item of correspondence from R.W. Moore of The Grammar School, Bristol.

Davis, Bertram R.

Ross, James.

File consists of three items of correspondence from James Ross of City and Council of Bristol Public Libraries.

Davis, Bertram R.

Southey, Robert : research and ephemera.

File consists of research information and ephemera created or accumulated by Bertram R. Davis on Robert Southey. Includes photocopies of articles and letters, a list of works of Robert Southey, copies of Southey poems, biographical information on Southey, notes on Southey, notes on the Quarterly Review, a catalogue of a Southey exhibit at Great Hall, an account of Southey's funeral, and programmes for memoriam sermons preached in honour of Southey by Canon Maurice Fitzgerald.

Davis, Bertram R.

Chatterton, Thomas : research and ephemera.

File consists of research information and ephemera created or accumulated by Bertram R. Davis on Thomas Chatterton. Includes articles and photocopies, two photographs of Chatterton House (which has since been torn down), a programme for the dedication of Chatterton House, a report on the Chatterton memorial and proposition for a new one, a copy of "A New Catalogue of Chatterton MS Material", Chatterton: A Monologue, notes by Davis, a chronology of Rowley, a poem attributed to Rowley, and information on a potential Chatterton portrait by Gainsborough.

Davis, Bertram R.

Flack, G. Ellis

File consists of three items of correspondence from G. Ellis Flack, librarian at The University, Notingham.

Davis, Bertram R.

Christ's Hospital.

File consists of four items of correspondence between Bertram R. Davis and the clerk of Christ's Hospital.

Davis, Bertram R.

Nowell, Charles.

File consists of one item of correspondence from Charles Nowell, Chief Librarian of Manchester Public Libraries.

Davis, Bertram R.

Cabral, Adolfo de Oliveira.

File consists of twenty eight items of correspondence between Bertram R. Davis and Adolfo de Oliveira Cabral as well as an obituary for Cabral.

Davis, Bertram R.

Lamb, Charles : research and ephemera.

File consists of research information and ephemera created or accumulated by Bertram R. Davis on Charles Lamb and the Charles Lamb Society. Includes a list of meetings etc. for the Charles Lamb Society, a chronology of Charles Lamb's life, six clippings, a photocopy of an article on Lamb, the winter programme of the Charles Lamb Society for 1948-1949, and the Charles Lamb Society Birthday Celebration programmes for 1967 and 1968.

Davis, Bertram R.

Sypher, Wylie.

File consists of forty seven items of correspondence from Wylie Sypher as well as one joke poem written by Wylie Sypher about E.H.W. Meyerstein.

Davis, Bertram R.

Waller, Robert.

File consists of two items of correspondence from Robert Waller of the British Broadcasting Company.

Davis, Bertram R.

Brief Articles and Notes. Philological Quarterly XXIX, no.4 (1950): 413-48.

File consists of the section "Brief Articles and Notes" from volume XXIX, no. 4 of Philological Quarterly. This section contains a short article by Raymond D. Havens titled "A Theft in the Annual Register" pages 416-417. A presentation copy, the inscription on the recto reads "Bertram Davis in his eager intellect in literature may find something of interest here, but hardly on pg. 416-417. R.D. Havens."

Davis, Bertram R.

Wilkinson, Norman B.

File consists of four items of correspondence between Bertram R. Davis and Norman B. Wilkinson or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Davis, Bertram R.

Haugh, W.S.

File consists of four items of correspondence between Bertram R. Davis and W.S. Hough, Librarian, Bristol Public Libraries.

Davis, Bertram R.

Gayford, J.C.

File consists of one item of correspondence from J.C. Gayford on behalf of The British Council.

Davis, Bertram R.

Times, The.

File consists of three items of correspondence from Bertram R. Davis to The Times.

Davis, Bertram R.

Davis, Bertram R. : Some Literary Associations of Bristol.

File consists of a transcription of a lecture by Bertram R. Davis titled "Some Literary Associations of Bristol" given at the British Council Centre as part of a course on English Language and Literature arranged by the British Council on August 6th, 1953. Also includes two additional copies of the portion of the talk regarding Robert Southey.

Davis, Bertram R.

Curry, Kenneth.

File consists of sixty five items of correspondence between Bertram R. Davis and Kenneth Curry.

Davis, Bertram R.

Kaufman, Paul.

File consists of sixty items of correspondence between Bertram R. Davis and Paul Kaufman.

Davis, Bertram R.

Taylor, Donald.

File consists of thirty seven items of correspondence between Bertram R. Davis and Donald Taylor.

Davis, Bertram R.

Davis, Bertram R. : Thomas Chatterton 1752-1770 A Lecture at the Opening of Chatterton House, Redcliffe.

File consists of a transcription of a lecture given by Bertram R Davis on Thomas Chatterton for the opening of Chatterton House on October 20, 1958. The transcript shows edits and changed by Davis. Also includes a portion of a revised transcript. Chatterton house has since been torn down and the commemorative plaque from the occasion has been moved to the office building now on the lot.

Davis, Bertram R.

Curry, Kenneth.

File consists of twenty nine items of correspondence from Bertram R. Davis to Kenneth Curry. Also includes pamphlets and offprints sent to Curry by Davis, and three photographs. Items were donated separately by Curry and as such are not included in File 74. Many items feature fire damage and in some cases words are illegible.

Davis, Bertram R.

Correspondence regarding Jose Maria de Eca de Queiroz.

File consists of seventy seven items of correspondence between Bertram R. Davis and others regarding Portuguese author Jose Maria de Eca de Queiroz and his time living and working in Bristol. Also includes a copy of a period letter, and a note with a tribute to Eca de Queiroz. File was separated by Davis.
Correspondents include:

  • Beddoe, Dorothy (Max Reinholdt Ltd.)
  • Boyce, R.R.
  • Bremner, Robert
  • Cabral, Adolfo de Oliveira
  • Cascas, Artur Simoes
  • Castro, Maria de Eca de Queiroz
  • do Ceu Costa, Maria
  • de Eca de Queiroz, Antonio
  • His Excellency the Portuguese Ambassador
  • Massey-Stewart, John
  • Metford, J.C.J.
  • Nunes de Silva, Henrique
  • Pinto, Abranches
  • Times, The
  • Times Literary Supplement

Davis, Bertram R.

Kaufman, Paul.

File consists of forty one items of correspondence between Bertram R. Davis and Paul Kaufman.

Davis, Bertram R.

Rich, Norman.

File consists of one item of correspondence from Norman Rich of The Western Daily Press & Bristol Mirror.

Davis, Bertram R.

A Note on Captain John Williams of the Chilean Navy.

File consists of "A Note on Captain John Williams of the Chilean Navy" by an unknown author. The information was written up for Bertram R. Davis on the bequest of H.W.F. Usher, around the time of the Chilean war ship named for John Williams coming to Bristol under command of Commander Boris Kopaitic.

Davis, Bertram R.

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