An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Carter, John, 1905-1975
Title:
John Carter Collection
Dates:
1885-1974, undated
Extent:
3 boxes (1.26 linear feet), 1 galley folder (gf)
Abstract:
Includes manuscripts and letters
written by the English bibliographer, book-collector, and antiquarian bookseller
John Carter, as well as a file of incoming correspondence. Correspondents include
Nicolas Barker, Percy Muir, A. N. L. Munby, Michael Sadleir, G. Thomas Tanselle,
and
numerous others. Also included are materials concerning Carter's personal collection
of Catullus.
Call Number:
Manuscript Collection MS-0706
Language:
English, Hungarian, and Latin
Access:
Open for research
Administrative Information
Processed by:
Joan Sibley and Jamie Hawkins-Kirkham, 2011
Note: This finding aid replicates and replaces information
previously available only in a card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at
the
end of this finding aid for information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts
as well as the abbreviations commonly used in descriptions.
