Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
GENERAL AND LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS
#11033
MICHAEL SADLEIR PAPERS
Inventory
Abstract: Professional correspondence, writings,
photographs, and research material documenting
Sadleir's career as author, publisher, and
bibliographer; and personal and family material,
including genealogical material, family correspondence
from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries,
photographs, and financial material. Included are
letters from authors, publishers, librarians,
illustrators, book collectors, and others writing to
Sadleir in his capacity as publisher at Constable and
Company, as editor of the magazine Rhythm, as author,
and as bibliographer. Notable correspondents include
D. H. Lawrence, members of the Trollope family, Walter
De la Mare, Dorothy Sayers, and Vita Sackville-West.
Sadleir family correspondence includes letters of
Michael Thomas Sadleir (1780-1835), a member of
Parliament and leader in social reform; letters from
Michael Sadleir's sons, Richard and Michael Thomas
Carey Sadleir (1916-1942), during their World War II
service; and other family letters. Other materials
include writings by Sadleir; subject files kept by him
on Bentley Publishing House, London, Edward Bulwer
Lytton, Anthony Trollope, and other subjects; family
pictures; and photographs used to illustrate various
books and articles by Sadleir.
Online Catalog Terms:
Authors, English.
Bentley Publishing House.
Bibliographers--England.
Book collecting--England.
Constable (Firm)--History.
De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956.
Genealogy.
Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930.
London (England)--History.
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873.
Publishers and publishing--England--History--20th century.
Rhythm.
Sackville-West, V. (Victoria), 1892-1957.
Sadleir, Michael, 1888-1957.
Sadleir, Michael Thomas, 1780-1835.
Sadleir, Michael Thomas Carey, 1916-1942.
Sadleir, Richard.
Sayers, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh), 1893-1957.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.
Size: About 3,600 items (6.5 linear feet).
Related Collections: Smith, Elder & Company (#11038);
Materials in the Rare Books Collection,
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
Provenance: Received from Bertram Rota, Ltd. of London, England,
in September 1982 and January 1988 and transferred
from the Rare Book Collection in February 1983 and
fall 1984.
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
their descendants, as stipulated by United States
copyright law.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Series Descriptions
Series 1. Correspondence
Series 2. Family and Personal Material
Series 3. Writings
Series 4. Subject Files
Series 5. Pictures
Shelf List
INTRODUCTION
Biographical Note
Michael Sadleir, author, publisher, and bibliographer, was
born on Christmas Day 1888 in Oxford, England, to Sir Michael
Ernest Sadler and Mary Ann Harvey Sadler. His father was an
educator, author, and art collector, and his mother was a wealthy
Yorkshire heiress. An only child, Sadleir was deeply devoted to
his parents. Early in life, he adopted the name "Sadleir," an
older spelling of Sadler, to avoid confusion with his similarly
named father.
Sadleir was educated at Rugby and at Balliol College, Oxford.
In 1912, while he was still at Oxford, Sadleir completed his
first major work, The Political Career of Richard Brinsley
Sheridan, which won the Stanhope essay prize. In the same year,
he secured a position with the publishing firm of Constable and
Company, Ltd. By 1920, Sadleir was chairman of the company.
In 1913, Constable sent Sadleir to the United States for
training with Houghton Mifflin, a publishing company in Boston.
He married Edith Tupper Carey, when he returned to England in
1914. They had three children--Michael Thomas Carey, Richard,
and Ann. Both sons fought in World War II; Michael Thomas Carey
was killed in action in 1942.
Sadleir's first novel, Hyssop, was published in 1915. His
other novels include The Anchor (1918), Privilege (1921), These
Foolish Things (1937), and Forlorn Sunset (1947). The most
successful of Sadleir's novels was Fanny By Gaslight (1940).
During World War I, Sadleir worked for the War Intelligence
Department, and, at the conclusion of the war, was sent to the
peace conference as a member of the British delegation. After
the war, he served on the Secretariat of the League of Nations
and helped to organize the League's Department of Publishing and
Printing. After the war, Sadleir returned to Constable and
Company, and continued to work there throughout his life.
Sadleir was a prolific writer. In addition to novels, he
wrote numerous articles, reviews, introductions, and pamphlets.
He was also active in biography and bibliography. His work in
these fields includes Excursions in Victorian Bibliography
(1922); Daumier (1924); Trollope--A Retrospect (1927);
Trollope--A Bibliography (1928); Evolution of Publishers' Binding
Styles, 1700-1900 (1930); Bulwer and His Wife, 1803-1836 (1931);
and Blessington-D'Orsay: A Masquerade (1933).
Sadleir is probably best known for his contributions to
bibliography. In 1937, he was the Sandars Reader in Bibliography
at Cambridge University and president of the Bibliographical
Society (Great Britain) from 1944 to 1945. He was particularly
interested in bibliographic studies of lesser-known
nineteenth-century authors, and amassed a huge collection of the
works of these authors. Nineteenth Century Fiction, a massive,
two-volume catalog published in 1951, is considered to be
Sadleir's bibliographic masterwork. His exacting standards for
bibliography, which are reflected in this work, have had a
lasting impact on modern bibliography and book collecting.
Michael Sadleir died 15 December 1957 in England.
James Sadler m. Elizabeth Barnes (Sudbury, Derbyshire, 1738)
James Sadler (d. 1800) of Snalston m. Frances Ferrebee
Joseph m. Elizabeth Bowman
Michael Thomas (surgeon of Barnsley) m. Susanna Mawer
Michael Thomas (M.D. of Barnsley) m. Annie Eliza
Adams
Michael Ernest m. Mary Ann Harvey
Michael (Sadleir) m. Edith Tupper Carey
Michael Thomas Carey
Richard m. Patricia Sanderson
Anne m. Miles Hornsby
Michael Thomas (Leeds M.P) m. Ann Fenton
Michael Ferrebee m. Maria Tidd-Pratt
Emily (Bay)
Collection Overview
After Michael Sadleir's death in 1957, the material in this
collection was in the possession of Dudley Massey of Pickering
and Chatto, booksellers. Massey died in 1981. In 1982, the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill purchased the
collection from Bertram Rota, Ltd., London. The collection was
received in three installments. The largest arrived in September
1982 and was followed by a second installment in November 1982
and a third in February 1983. The Michael Sadleir Papers, the
current manuscripts collection, was formed from materials other
than published items (publishers' catalogs, the works of W. E.
Henley, and the Edmund Evans ledger), which were incorporated
into the Rare Books Collection.
The bulk of the Michael Sadleir Papers consists of Sadleir's
professional correspondence, writings, photographs, and research
material. It documents Sadleir's career as author, publisher,
and bibliographer. Also included is personal and family
material. The family papers consist of genealogical material
collected by Sadleir's father, family correspondence from the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, photographs, and financial
material.
The papers have been arranged in five series:
Series 1. Correspondence
Series 2. Family and Personal Material
Series 3. Writings
Series 4. Subject Files
Series 5. Photographs
This arrangement reflects the original order of the papers as
received. It is not clear whether or not this order was
Sadleir's own or was imposed by later owners of the papers. Some
folders, however, still bore Sadleir's handwritten labels when
received at UNC. These folder titles have been preserved and the
pertinent folders form the bulk of Series 4.
Since the arrangement upon receipt may reflect Sadleir's
original order, every attempt has been made to retain it. This
means that the series may overlap and are at times inconsistent,
particularly where correspondence is concerned. Series 1
includes Sadleir's personal and professional correspondence, but
correspondence to and from the people in Series 1, as well as
other correspondence, may be found in Series 2, 3, and 4. In
Series 2, correspondence relates to family matters and finances;
in Series 3, it relates to writings; and, in Series 4, it relates
to specific subjects that Sadleir studied. See the series
descriptions that follow for particulars on the arrangement of
each series.
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
Series 1. Correspondence
1863-1958. About 600 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical by correspondent
Professional and personal correspondence of Michael Sadleir
and correspondence of the publishing house of Constable and
Company, of which Sadleir was chairman. Sadleir's professional
correspondence includes letters from authors, publishers,
librarians, illustrators, book collectors, and others writing to
Sadleir in his capacity as publisher at Constable and Company, as
editor of the magazine Rhythm, as author, and as bibliographer.
Of particular interest are letters from D. H. Lawrence, which
include holographs of Lawrence's poems "Labour Battalion" and "No
News" (folders 114-115); letters from Emile Verhaeren to Sadleir
and others, which include four holograph poems, notes for poems,
and two typescript essays (folders 214-221); and letters from the
Trollope family (folders 207-211), Walter De La Mare (folder 47),
Dorothy Sayers (folder 187), and Vita Sackville-West (folder
184). Also included is a letter from Sheridan Le Fanu dated 1863
to Mrs. Monck (folder 118). Personal correspondence includes
letters from members of the Beef Club in Boston, Massachusetts, a
club to which Sadleir belonged, when he worked for Houghton
Mifflin in 1913-1914 (folder 11); and 116 letters from Edgar
Lobel, a librarian at the Bodley and intimate friend of Sadleir
(folders 121-123). The Lobel letters provide many details about
Sadleir. Also included are a brief note from Winston Churchill
(folder 32) and many other letters from Sadleir's friends.
Personal and professional correspondence have been mingled
because the distinction between Sadleir's personal and
professional life is difficult to discuss. For family and
financial correspondence see Series 2.
The Constable and Company material includes routine
correspondence to and from various members of the company
including Sadleir, primarily from authors whose work the company
published.
The material in this series is arranged alphabetically by
correspondent. This was the arrangement as received at UNC and
is not necessarily Sadleir's. Important correspondents are
foldered separately, while less significant correspondents are
filed together by the initial letter in their surnames, and
unidentified correspondents are filed at the end of the series.
Some correspondence was transferred to the Manuscripts Department
from the Rare Book Collection; those items either have an
accession number or a transfer date in the upper left-hand
corner, and some have a note attached explaining where the
letters were found among published material.
For additional information about the correspondents or content
of the letters, consult the Bertram Rota Catalogue, which is
available from the reference staff.
See Series 4. Subject Files for correspondence on specific
subjects.
Folder 1. A
2. Abercrombie, Lascelles
3. Avebury, John
4. B
5. Balston, Thomas
6. Barrett, Wilson
7. Bates, H. E.
8. Batiscombe, Georgina
9. Beatty, David
10. Beef Club
11. Beerbohm, Max
12. Belloc Lowndes, Marie
13. Berners, Lord
14. Besant, Walter
15. Birrell, Augustine
16. Black, Robert
17. Blackwell, Basil
18. Botha, Lewis
19. Bottomley, Gorden
20. Bowen, Elizabeth
21. Bradley, W. A., Mrs.
22. Bridie, James
23. Brooke, Stepford A.
24. Bulwer, Edward A.
25. Butler, A. S. G.
26. C
27. Carco, Francis
28. Carter, Will
29. Cecil, David
30. Chapman, Guy
31. Childe, Wilfred Rowland
32. Churchill, Winston
33. Cleverdon, Douglas
34. Clifford, W. K., Mrs.
35. Cockerell, Sydney
36. Coke, Desmond
37. Colvin, Sidney
38. Correlli, Marie
39. Craig, Edward Gorden
40. Crow, Gerald H.
41. Curle, Richard
42. Curzon, Nathaniel, 1st Marquis of
43. D
44. Davey, Norman
45. Davis, H. W. C.
46. Delafield, E. M.
47. De La Mare, Walter
48. Dodgeson, Campbell
49. Doyle, Arthur Conan
50. Drummond, Eric
51. Ellis, Vivian
52. Elton, Godfrey
53. Elton, Oliver
54. Elwin, Malcolm
55. Esher, Oliver
56. F
57. Faber, Geoffrey
58. Flint, F. S.
59. Forman, M. Buxton
60. Forster, E. M.
61. Foster, Gerald J.
62. Fraser, Claude Lovat
63. Freeman, R. Austin
64. French, John
65. Fry, Roger
66. G
67. Gaugin, Mette
68A. Gaugin, Pola
68B. George, W. L.
69. Gibbings, Robert
70. Gibson, William Wilfred
71. Gissing, A. C.
72. Gosse, Edmund
73. Gosse, Philip
74. Gough, Hubert
75. Greene, Graham
76. Grey, Edward
77. Griffen, H. G.
78. Guedalla, Phillp
79. H
80. Haig, Douglas
81. Hamilton, Patrick
82. Hammond, Aubrey
83-84. Hanson, Lawrence and Elizabeth
85. Harvey, John
86. Hawkins, Anthony (Hope, Anthony)
87. Hayward, John
88. Heineman, Jack
89. Hobbes, John Oliver
90. Holland, Vyyan
91. Hopkins, Gerard
92. Hutchinson, A. S. M.
93. Irving, Henry
94. J
95-96. Jameson, Margaret Storm
97-100. Jennings, Richard
101. John, Augustus
102. Jones, Thomas
103. K
104. Keable, Robert
105. Keun, Odette
106. Keynes, Geoffrey
107. Keynes, John Maynard
108. King, William
109. Koestler, Arthur
110. Kraut, Alexander
111. Kyllmann, O.
112. L
113. Lang, Cosmo
114-115. Lawrence, D. H.
116. Lee, Sidney
117. Leeper, A. W. A.
118. Le Fanu, Sheridan
119. Lewis, W.
120. Lewis, Wilmouth ("Lefty")
121-123. Lobel, Edgar
124. Looker, S. J.
125. Lowe, Edward C.
126. Lowell, Amy
127. M
128. Maden, Frances
129. MaCaulay, Rose
130. Maclaren-Ross, J.
131. MacKenzie, Compton
132. MacManus, M. J.
133. Macmillan, Harold
134. Mais, S. P. B.
135. Mallock, W. H.
136. Mansfield, Katherine
137-138. Marshall, Bruce
139. Massey, Dudley
140. Maxwell, Henry
141. Maxwell, W. B.
142. Mayfield, John S.
143. Meitner-Graf, Lotte
144. Meynell, Francis
145. Milford, Humphrey
146. Milner, Arthur
147. Morice, Charles
148. Morley, John
149. Mosher, Thomas
150. Muir, Percy
151. Muirhead, Arnold
152. Murry, John Middleton
153. Murry-Hill, Peter
154. N-O
155. Nash, Paul
156-159. Nicholson, Harold
160. Noel-Baker, Philip
161. Nowell-Smith, Simon
162. P
163. Parker, Gilbert
164. Parrish, M. L.
165. Partridge, Eric
166. Perceval, Robert W.
167. Piper, John
168. Plomer, William
169. Pritchard, Peter E.
170. Quennell, Peter
171. Quiller-Couch, Arthur
172. R
173. Rackham, Arthur
174. Randall, David
175. Reeves, James
176. Rice, Anne Estelle
177. Roberts, Morley
178. Roberts of Kandahar, Lord
179. Robinson, G. Gidley
180. Rogers, Arthur
181. Rutherston [Rothenstein], Albert
182. Rothenstein, William
183. S
184. Sackville-West, Vita
185-186. Saintsbury, George
187. Sayers, Dorothy L.
188. Secker, Martin
189. Shaw, George Bernard
190. Sichel, Walter
191. Simon, Andre
192. Sparrow, John
193. Squire, Jack Collings
194. Starrett, Vincent
195. Stead, William T.
196. Stockley, Cynthia
197. Stockton, Frank R.
198. Summers, Montague
199. T
200. Taylor, Robert
201. Thirkell, Angela
202. Tilley, Arthur
203. Tilley, John
204. Tilley, May
205. Trevelyan, G. M.
206. Trevelyan, Janet
207. Trollope, Ada
208. Trollope, Henry M.
209-210. Trollope, Muriel
211. Trollope, Tom
212. Urquehart, F. F.
213. Usborne, Richard
214-220. Verhaeren, Emile
221. Verhaeren, Marthe
222. W
223-224. Waddell, Helen
225. Wadsworth, Edward
226. Waley, Arthur
227. Walpole, Hugh
228. Warner, Oliver
229. Waugh, Alec
230. Wavell, Archibald
231. West, Rebecca
232. Wheeler, Hugh
233. Wilson, Carroll A.
234. Wise, Thomas J.
235. Wrangham, C. E.
236. Y
237. Unidentified
Series 2. Family and Personal Material
Subseries 2.1. Family Correspondence
1797-1949. 535 items.
Arrangement: chronological
Holograph and typed correspondence of the Sadler family from
1797 to 1949. Letters from 1797 to 1900 include the
correspondence of Michael Thomas Sadler (1780-1835), a member of
Parliament and leader in social reform; letters from Michael
Thomas Sadler's brother Joseph (the great-great-grandfather of
Michael Sadleir) to brothers Michael and Benjamin, discussing
business, and family matters; the love letters of Michael Sadler,
M.D. (the great-grandfather of Sadleir) and his fiancee Susanna
Mawer; and the correspondence of other family members.
The correspondence from the later period (1900-1954) includes
the letters of Sir Michael Ernest Sadler to his son Michael
Sadleir ("Tony"), relating to Sadler's picture collection and art
matters; letters of Sadleir's son Richard, written while he was
serving in the Royal Artillery in Gibralter during World War II;
correspondence relating to the death of Sadleir's son Michael
Thomas Carey Sadleir ("Tommy") (1916-1942), who was killed while
serving in the Royal Navy in World War II; and miscellaneous
letters of other family members.
Folder 238. 1797-1809
239. 1810
240. 1811
241. 1812-1813
242. 1814-1817
243-244. 1820s
245. 1830-1831
246. 1832-1833
247. 1834
248. 1835-1838
249. 1830s
250. 1840-1897
251. 1898-1915
252. 1916-1929
253. 1931-1939
254. 1940-1941
255. Jan.-Sept. 1942
256. 1-7 Oct. 1942
257. 8 Oct. 1942
258. 9-10 Oct. 1942
259. 11-14 Oct. 1942
260. 15-30 Oct. 1942
261. Nov.-Dec. 1942
262. Jan.-7 Mar. 1943
263. 8-31 Mar. 1943
264. Apr.-Dec. 1943
265. 1944-1945
266. 1946-1949, 1940s
Subseries 2.2. Financial Material
1923-1944. 100 items
Arrangement: chronological
Correspondence, legal documents, bills, and printed material
relating to the management of Michael Sadleir's household and
property. This material provides documentation of the domestic
difficulties of country life in England during World War II.
Also included are materials relating to taxes and insurance and a
record of the books in Sadleir's library (folder 271).
Folder 267. 1923-1944
268. 1945-1946
269. 1947
270. 1948, undated
271. Undated
Subseries 2.3. Family History
1825-1952. About 100 items.
Arrangement: by type of material
Correspondence, transcriptions of correspondence, notes,
drawings, biographical material, and scrapbooks collected by
Michael Ernest Sadler pertaining to Sadler family history. Most
of the correspondence deals with genealogy and pedigree. Also
included is the correspondence of Emily (Bay) Sadler concerning
the presentation of Michael Thomas Sadler (M.P.) material--a
bust, a portrait, and papers--to various institutions.
Folder 272-276. Correspondence
277-278. Scrapbook
279-280. Miscellaneous
Subseries 2.4. Other Material
1835-1942. About 50 items.
Arrangement: by type of material
Includes clippings and miscellaneous items such as
programs, the contents of Michael Thomas Carey Sadleir's
pocketbook when he was killed in World War II, a birth
certificate, a marriage license, a marriage settlement, wedding
invitations, a dance card, and other items that document the
activities of the Sadleir family.
Folder 281-282. Clippings
283-284. Miscellaneous
Series 3. Writings
1921-1955. About 100 items.
Arrangement: chronological
Holographs, typescripts, galley proofs, page proofs, and
clippings of articles, books, and scripts written by Michael
Sadleir. Occasionally, notes and correspondence that relate to
Sadleir's works are also included with the writings. See Series
4 for research material relating to Sadleir's other writings.
The writings are arranged in chronological order with undated
material filed at the end. Also filed at the end are newspaper
clippings of articles written by Sadleir and a scrapbook compiled
by Sadleir of clippings of his articles.
Folder 285. Privilege, 1921 (publisher's dummy with
handwritten notes)
286. Edward Bell review, 1924 (3 pages, holograph)
287. "Buckingham Palace in the Fifties," 1927 (10
pages, typescript)
288. "Bosh about Camaraderies," 1927 (4 pages,
typescript)
289. Letter to S. M. Ellis, 1928 (3 pages,
typescript with 2 letters)
290. "The Bookcollecting Game," 1930 (6 pages,
typescript with handwritten corrections)
291-293. "New Novels" Series, 1930-1931 (19 typescript
reviews for Sadleir's BBC show, with
corrections)
295. "Bestsellers: A Massacre," 1932 (7 pages,
typescript)
296. "Collecting Old Novels," 1932 (9 pages,
typescript with corrections)
297. "The Chateau of Ermononville," 1933 (5 pages,
typescript)
298. Undelivered speech, 1935(?) (3 pages, galley
proof with corrections)
299. "Bookpublishing During the Century," 1937 (20
pages, typescript with corrections)
300. "A Century of Popular Fiction," 1937 (21
pages, typescript)
301-308. These Foolish Things, 1937 (228 pages,
holograph and 23 pages, typescript with
corrections)
309-310. "Bibliographical Aspects of the Victorian
Novel," 1937 (108 pages, typescript with
corrections, a letter, and a program)
311-312. Westward to Freedom, ca. 1938 (19 pages of
handwritten notes; 77 pages, holograph, 38
pages, typescript; and 3 letters)
313. "A Funeral in a Victorian Household," 1939 (7
pages, typescript)
314. "Room and Book," 1939 (8 pages, typescript)
315. "Reading Back," 1939 (3 pages, galley proof
with corrections)
316-317. Fanny By Gaslight/Forlorn Sunset, 1940-1947
(80 pages, holograph, letters, and notes)
(see also Subseries 4.2)
318. Review of the Cambridge Bibliography of
English Literature, 1941 (20 pages, typescript
with corrections and a letter)
319. "The Development During the Last Fifty Years
of Bibliographical Study of Books of the
Nineteenth Century," 1942 (6 pages, galley
proof)
320. "Some Nineteenth Century Scarcities and Their
Causes," 1942 (15 pages, typescript with
corrections)
321. Review of Purdy's Thomas Hardy, 1955 (1 page,
galley proof and notes)
322. "Comparative Scarcities," undated (26 pages,
typescript)
323. "Thoughts on a Woman-Ridden England," undated
(10 pages, typescript)
324. "How Variants Happen," undated (20 pages,
typescript with corrections)
325. Review of Henry Kingsley by S. M. Ellis,
undated (1 page, galley proof)
326. Review of McKerrow's Introduction to
Bibliography, undated (2 pages, galley proof
with pages from McKerrow's book)
327. "A Tale of Two Titties," undated (1 page,
holograph)
328-329. Miscellaneous Clippings
Series 4. Subject Files
Subseries 4.1. Bentley Publishing House
1834-1939. About 750 items.
Arrangement: by type of material
Typed and handwritten transcriptions of correspondence, notes,
biographical material, part of a transaction ledger, and
clippings pertaining to Michael Sadleir's study of the Bentley
publishing house and its authors. Letters include the
correspondence of George Bentley and his son Richard with various
authors; correspondence pertaining to the ill-fated merger of the
Bentley publishing house with Henry Colburn; correspondence
between Michael Sadleir and Richard Bentley; and letters from
Mrs. Riddell to her Bentley editor, Mr. Tinsley. There are some
original letters, especially in the correspondence between Henry
Colburn and Bentley, but the bulk of the correspondence is
Sadleir's typed transcriptions.
Miscellaneous materials include 13 pages of a Bentley
transaction ledger from 1865; a transcription of a statement of
E. H. Morgan detailing services rendered by him to Bentley and
Colburn; other transcriptions of documents providing biographical
data about the Bentleys; Sadleir's notes; a galley proof of
letters from "Father Prout" to George Bentley; and newspaper
clippings.
The arrangement of this subseries reflects Sadleir's original
order. His catagories for correspondence have been retained, but
non-correspondence has been separated from the correspondence and
put at the end of the subseries.
Correspondence
Folder 330-343. Bentley
344-347. Bentley-Broughton
348-352. Bentley-Colburn
353-354. Bentley-Sadleir
355. Riddle-Tinsley
356-357. Miscellaneous
358. Clippings
359. Ledger
360. Notes
Subseries 4.2. London
1929-1944. About 360 items.
Arrangement: alphabetically by subject
Clippings, notes, correspondence (holograph and typescript),
relating to Sadleir's study of London for books and articles on
the city. The catagories in this subseries are Sadleir's own and
include "Fragments-incidents etc. for Fanny"--background material
and some typescript material for Sadleir's book Fanny By
Gaslight; an autograph notebook of notes on London for Fanny By
Gaslight; "Mighty London"--notes and correspondence concerning
Sadleir's study of Mighty London, a work on London published in
parts in the 1840s and 1850s; "Nocturnal Revels"--notes,
correspondence, and a typescript relating to Sadleir's study of
"Nocturnal Revels," an 18th century guide to brothels in London;
"Queer Houses"--cuttings and letters about unusual dwelling
places in London; and "Tallis London Street Views"--corres-
pondence, part of Tallis text, engravings, typescript holograph
material relating to Tallis London Street Views. The
miscellaneous category includes clippings about London that were
found in an untitled folder.
Folder 361. Fragments-incidents, etc. for Fanny
362-364. Mighty London
365-366. Miscellaneous
367-369. Nocturnal Revels
370. Queer Houses
371-372. Tallis
Subseries 4.3. Edward Bulwer Lytton
1930s. About 500 items.
Arrangement: by catagory
Clippings, notes, correspondence, typed and holograph
transcriptions of correspondence relating to Sadleir's study of
Edward Bulwer Lytton and his book on Lytton. Most of this
material is handwritten and typed transcriptions of Lytton's
correspondence with various authors. Also included are letters
from Henry Bulwer to Lady Blessington (folder 382). The material
in this subseries is organized in Sadleir's original categories
with his original folder titles.
Folder 372B. Books - opinions of Bulwer on his own books
373. Book - opinions of contemporaries
374-375. Character/General Personality
376. Children - Bulwer and his
377. Contemporaries - charity and encouragement of
378-379. Contemporaries A-G - Bulwer vis-a-vis
380-381. Contemporaries H-Z - Bulwer vis-a-vis
382-285. Correspondence
386. Forster
387. General
388. Material used in I
389. Period gossip, current happenings, State of
France, etc.
390. Periodical contributions
391-392. Politics
393. Press Attacks
394. Publishing
395. Rosina
396. Theatrical - References to Plays
Subseries 4.4. Anthony Trollope
1867-1955. About 200 items.
Arrangement: by catagory
Correspondence, carbon copies of correspondence, typed
transcriptions of correspondence, notes, two galley proofs,
several typescript essays, and clippings relating to Sadleir's
various studies of Anthony Trollope. Correspondence includes
letters to Sadleir from John Carter, Geoffrey Cumberledge, George
Watson, and various other publishers, editors, and authors. Also
included are carbon copies of Sadleir's out-going correspondence
and Sadleir's typed transcriptions of Trollope's correspondence
with various authors and publishers.
Also see Series 1 for letters from members of Anthony
Trollope's family--Henry M. Trollope, son (folder 208); Tom
Trollope, grandson (folder 211); Muriel Trollope, granddaughter
(folders 209-210); and Ada Trollope, wife of Henry Trollope
(folder 207). The internal arrangement of this subseries does
not reflect Sadleir's arrangement, although the subseries itself
is one of his categories.
Folder 397-400. Clippings
401-407. Correspondence
408. Correspondence, typescript copies of
Trollope's
409. Notes
410. Proofs
411. Typescript essays
Subseries 4.5. Other Subjects
1891-1955. About 750 items.
Arrangement: by topic
Correspondence, typed transcriptions of correspondence, notes,
clippings, cuttings, tracings of book bindings, pamphlets,
bibliographic citations, typescripts of essays by other authors,
and index cards with cuttings from booksellers' catalogues
relating to Sadleir's research and bibliographic work, primarily
dealing with 19th century authors. The material is arranged by
topic in Sadleir's original categories, except for the
miscellaneous items (folders 443-455), which did not fit into the
existing arrangement. The miscellaneous material includes index
cards with cuttings from booksellers'catalogues (apparently from
the early 1920s) connected with authors Sadleir was collecting at
the time, notes, bibliographic citations from booksellers'
handbooks, and clippings.
Of particular interest are clippings and correspondence
dealing with the BBC's censorship of Sadleir's radio show, "New
Novels" (folder 456). See Series 3 for the scripts for the "New
Novels" program (folders 291-293).
Folder 412-415. Bage, Robert
416. Ballantyne, John
417. Benson, E. F.
418-422. Blessington, Lady Marquerite
423-424. Broughton, Rhoda
425. Chapman, John
426. Cleland, John
427. Collins, Wilkie
428. Corelli, Marie
429. Dell, Ethel M.
430. Dickens, Charles
431. Dumas, Alexander
432. Eliot, George
433. Evans, Edmund
434. Evolution of Publishers Binding Styles
435. Harraden, Beatrice
436. Henley, William
437. Ingoldsby Legends
438. Irving, Washington
439-441. Marryat, Frederick
442. Milhouse Press
443-445. Miscellaneous
446. Miscellaneous Bibliographic Citations
447-452. Miscellaneous Clippings
453-455. Miscellaneous Notes
456. "New Novels"
457. Radcliffe, Ann
458. Ros, Amanda
459-460. Thackeray, William
461. Tom Brown's School Days
462. Wrangham, Francis
Series 5. Pictures
1929-1930s. About 530 items.
Subseries 5.1. Family Pictures
1929-1951. 83 items.
Black and white photographs of members of the Sadleir family,
family animals, gravesites, houses, and some unidentified images.
The bulk of the family pictures are of Michael Thomas Carey
Sadleir, Sadleir's son, who was killed in action while serving in
the Royal Navy during Warld War II.
P-11033/1-4. Ann Sadler Hornby (Sadleir's daughter),
June-July 1936
/5. David Hornby (Ann Hornby's son)
/6. Frances Hornby (Ann Hornby's daughter), at 6
months
/7. Frances Hornby (Ann Hornby's daughter), at 9
months
/8-11. Frances Hornby (Ann Hornby's daughter), with
others
/12. Sheba (Ann Hornby's mare), 1951
/13-15. Mary Ann Sadler's grave (Sadleir's mother),
after 1931
/16. Michael Ernest Sadler (Sadleir's father),
being presented with the Freedom of the City
of Oxford Award, 16 May 1931
/17. Michael Thomas Carey Sadler (Sadleir's son),
and Highfield School Cricket team, 1929
/18. Michael Thomas Carey Sadler, a school group
picture, ca. 1930
/19-31. Michael Thomas Carey Sadler, navy pictures,
ca. 1940
/32. Michael Thomas Carey Sadler, and others in a
wedding party, undated.
/33-38. Michael Thomas Carey Sadler, undated.
/39. Michael Thomas Carey Sadler, contact sheet,
undated.
/40-45. Michael Thomas Carey Sadler's gravestone
/46. Patricia Sanderson (Sadleir's son Richard's
wife)
/47-78. Unidentified family pictures from Michael
Thomas Carey Sadler's pocket book
/79. Allen Leeper, 1932
/80-81. Unidentified people, undated.
/82-83. Unidentified scene, undated.
Subseries 5.2. Illustrations
1930s-1950s. 450 items.
Arrangement: by subject.
Black and white photographs of books, bindings,
engravings, and other subjects, most of which were used to
illustrate various books and articles by Sadleir, including
Nineteenth Century Fiction, Victorian Lady Novelists, and
Evolution of Publishers Bindings. Some of the pictures may have
only been used for research purposes. The images in this
subseries have been arranged alphabetically by subject and do not
have individual picture numbers.
Folder 4-6. Evolution of Publisher's Binding Styles
7-8. Hughes and Kingsley
9-15. London: Tallis
16. Marryat, Frederick
17. Miscellaneous
18-24. Nineteenth Century Fiction
25. "Odd Printed Things"
26. Peter Simple
27. Trollope, Henry M., and Trollope Family
28. Victorian Lady Novelists
SHELF LIST
Box 1 Series 1 (folders 1-122)
Box 2 Series 1 (folders 123-237)
Series 2 (folders 238-249)
Box 3 Series 2 (folders 250-284)
Box 4 Series 3 (folders 285-329)
Series 4 (folders 330-332)
Box 5 Series 4 (folders 333-378)
Box 6 Series 4 (folders 379-420)
Box 7 Series 4 (folders 421-462)
Items separated:
P-11033/1-83
V-11033/S-1