Doyle, Jean to Mr. And Mrs. C.F. Kittle: Happy Kittles have bought The White Company, Dec. 12, 1996
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous letters, some written by Doyle family members: grandfather John Doyle, Uncle Richard (“Dickie”) Doyle, father-in-law James Leckie, daughters Mary and Jean, and wife Jean (Leckie). Other letters are associated with Doyle, such as seven letters of the Sherlock Holmes actor, William Gillette, an 1836 note from painter Horace Vernet, (claimed to be an ancestor by Sherlock Holmes), and an 1836 letter written by Eugene Vidocq, once head of the Paris Surete. Other correspondence includes: a note signed by George Bernard Shaw and a note signed by George Cruikshank, two Oscar Slater letters, and three dunning letters from Raphael Tuck & Sons, a company where Doyle was on the board of directors. The rest of the material is more recent correspondence addressed to Dr. Kittle, mostly relating to his collecting of Doyle materials.
Dates
- Creation: Dec. 12, 1996
Creator
- From the Collection: Kittle, C. Frederick (Person)
Access
The C. Frederick Kittle collection of Doyleana are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 5 folders at a time maximum, and items in each folder will be counted before and after delivery to the patron (Priority I).
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
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Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
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