Includes literary and other manuscripts of the British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, as well as letters he wrote and received.
Much of the material concerns spiritualism, spirit communications, mediums, séances,
psychics, and spirit photography, often with transcripts describing events. Also present
are some personal and financial records for Doyle as well as papers of various Doyle
and Leckie family members, chiefly his wife Lady Jean Leckie Doyle and his son Denis
Percy Stewart Conan Doyle. Correspondence from and about Harry Houdini is also included.
Call Number:
Manuscript Collection MS-1207
Language:
English, French
Access:
Open for research
Administrative Information
Processed by:
Joan Sibley and Daniela Lozano, 2013
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.
