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David J. Holmes Autographs (Firm)

 Organization

General Context

Vendor. Operated in the book trade in Boston, Philadelphia, and Hamilton, NY as early as 1972. Principal David Holmes died in 2016.

Source: Obituary. https://www.abaa.org/blog/post/david-holmes-1945-2016 Accessed 2022 July 07.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Maurice Baring papers

 Collection
Abstract

The papers document the life and work of British diplomat, journalist, and author Maurice Baring (1874-1945). The materials consist primarily of correspondence but also include a handwritten manuscript by Baring and some ephemera.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1920-1963; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1943

Bessie Rayner Belloc - Kelsey Family Collection

 Collection
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence from Bessie Rayner Parkes Belloc and her children, Hilaire Belloc and Marie Belloc Lowndes, to Jeanette Kelsey. It also contains miscellaneous printed materials and ephemera such as newspaper clippings and watercolors by Bessie Belloc.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1895-1930, undated; Majority of material found within 1908-1919

Elizabeth Jennings papers

 Collection
Abstract

These papers concern the life and work of twentieth-century British writer Elizabeth Jennings. Materials include published and unpublished manuscripts and poetry, poetry notebooks, prose, reviews and essays, printed material, ephemera, and correspondence.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1957-1996, undated

Seán Lucy papers

 Collection
Abstract

This collection contains manuscripts by Irish poet Seán Lucy; lecture notes from his university courses; personal and professional correspondence; handwritten notes on poetry and prose; and manuscripts by other writers collected by Lucy.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1959 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1990

Boston College collection of Alice Meynell

 Collection
Abstract

The collection consists of materials related to the writer, editor, and art critic Alice Meynell. It includes correspondence of Meynell and her family; manuscripts and proofs of her writings; illustrations for her Preludes; portraits of Meynell; an illuminated manuscript of her poems; and a scrapbook of articles and reviews both by and about Meynell.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1875-1938, undated