Guide to the Garnett Collection

Collection Summary

Collection Title: Garnett Collection, Span Dates: 1882-1966, Bulk Dates: 1891-1928
Call number/identifier: Manuscript Series III
Origination: Garnett, David, 1892-
Physical description: 3 boxes
Languages: English
Repository: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections , Evanston, IL 60208-2300

Abstract: The Garnett collection of correspondence spans three generations of the Garnett family, consisting of more than 700 pages of correspondence written to Richard (1835–1906), his son Edward (1868–1937), and Edward's son David (1892–1981). Authors of these letters include H.E. Bates, E.M. Forster, Leslie Stephen, Richard Curle, Liam O'Flaherty, Henry Williamson and H.G. Wells. Although the collection of correspondence spans nearly eight decades, from 1882 to 1966, the bulk of the letters were written between 1891 and 1928.