William Morris. Literary manuscripts
Reference code
MOR/001
Title
William Morris. Literary manuscripts
Date
1870-94
Level of description
Sub-fonds
Scope and content
Autograph literary manuscripts of William Morris, FSA (1834-96), 1870-94. For further details see B.Rosenbaum and R.Pearson, The Index of English Literary Manuscripts, IV, part 3 (1993), 473-747 (MoW references in catalogue). See also P.Needham (ed.), William Morris and the Art of the Book (1976).
Creator
Morris, William (1834-1896), poet, artist and socialist
Archival history
Bequeathed to SAL, with Kelmscott Manor, by May Morris (d. 1938), daughter of William Morris. A.J., 43 (1963), 97-115.
Contents
- MOR/001/001 - William Morris. ‘Lancelot du Lake’
- MOR/001/002 - William Morris. ‘The Preface of Snorri Sturluson’ and ‘The Story of the Ynglings’
- MOR/001/003 - William Morris. ‘The Story of Egil Son of Scaldgrim’
- MOR/001/004 - William Morris. ‘The King's Son and Carle's Son’
- MOR/001/005 - William Morris. 'The Earthly Paradise’