Willow Wray Collection (Addendum)

Collection 005
The Addendum to the Willow Wray Collection of the Writings of Lord Dunsany

The Addendum to the Willow Wray Collection of the Writings of Lord Dunsany is part of the holdings of the Department of Archives and Special Collections in the Charles Von der Ahe Library at Loyola Marymount University. The collection is open to all researchers who are willing to comply with the rules of the Department of Archives and Special Collections.

The University acquired this collection from Fay Wray in 1965. Three years earlier, Fay Wray's sister, Willow Wray, donated a collection of her Dunsany material. The Willow Wray Collection of the Writings of Lord Dunsany is held by the Department of Archives and Special Collections as collection number 004. This addendum to the collection consists of .8 linear feet of material in 2 boxes.

The collection is divided into the following series: 1. Short Stories, Plays, Essays; 2. Poems; 3. Letters; 4. Tape Recordings of Dunsany Reading

BOX and FOLDER LIST

SERIES 1: SHORT STORIES, PLAYS, ESSAYS

Box/ Folder/ Contents

1 1 Across the colour bar (annotated ts)
1 2 At midnight (ts)
1 3 The Awakening (ts, signed)
1 4 A channel rescue (ts, signed)
1 5 A channel rescue--2 copies (ts)
1 6 The deal (annotated ts, signed)
1 7 The deal--2 copies (annotated ts)
1 8 A deal with a witch (ts, signed)
1 9 The escape from the valley (annotated ts)
1 10 The ghost of the valley (ts, signed)
1 11 A goat in trousers (ts, signed)
1 12 Greek meets Greek (annotated ts)
1 13 The homecoming (annotated ts)
1 14 In an English wood (ts, signed)
1 15 Jorkens' regret (ts, signed)
1 16 Last words (ts, signed)
1 17 The little light (ts, signed)
1 18 Love and duty (ts, signed)
1 19 Mrs. Jorkens--2 copies (ts)
1 20 Murder in a flat--A play (annotated ts., signed)
1 21 Murder in a flat--A play (annotated ts)
1 22 One night in El Dorado (annotated ts, signed)
1 23 Our distant cousins (ts, signed)
1 24 Power--a play (ts)
1 25 A prophet without honour (annotated ts, signed)
1 26 The quiet laugh (ts, signed)
1 27 The quiet laugh (ts)
1 28 The romance of his life--2 copies (ts)
1 29 A snake story (ts, signed)
1 30 A Spanish castle (annotated ts, signed)
1 31 The study in umber (holograph)
1 32 A tale of Naini Tal (ts, signed)
1 33 A tale of Roscommon (ts, signed)
1 34 A tale of Roscommon--3 copies (ts)
1 35 A talk with a spirit (ts, signed)
1 36 Too long ago (ts, signed)
1 37 Too long ago--2 copies (ts)
1 38 A trip to California (ts)
1 39 The two scientists (holograph, signed)
1 40 The ultimate goal (ts, signed)
1 41 The visitor (ts, signed)
1 42 The wild voice (ts, signed)

SERIES 2: POEMS

Box/ Folder/ Contents

1 43 Birds beyond bedlam (holograph)
1 44 A Canterbury Tale (holograph, May 29, 1952)
1 45 Coronation (ts)
1 46 A Dialogue (holograph, signed)
1 47 A Dialogue (ts)
1 48 Evening at Bel Air (holograph, signed, on cover of Queen Mary luncheon menu, March 15, 1954)
1 49 A farewell to California (ts)
1 50 In a big liner (ts)
1 51 On palm-trees seen in a city (holograph, signed)
1 52 Slow cobbler (ts, signed)
1 53 To Sibelius (holograph, signed)
1 54 The wandering seer (holograph)
1 55 The watchers (ts)

SERIES 3: LETTERS

Box/ Folder/ Contents

1 56 Holograph, signed letters from Lord Dunsany to Willow Wray: 30 August, 1954; 1 February 1955; 10 March 1956; 21 May 1956; 9 March 1957.

SERIES 4: TAPE RECORDINGS OF DUNSANY READING

Box/ Reel/ Contents

2 1 Epic poem and others. Recorded May 21, 1953
2 2 Bureau de change (play). Recorded April 11, 1953
2 3 The Use of man; Lilith; and three short poems. Recorded April 11, 1953