Research material
ca. 1,400 photographs: b&w and col.
29 microfilm reels: pos. and neg.
2 negative slides
1 compact disc
Series consists of photographs, slides and photocopies of graphic material created for research and intended publication—including William Blake’s writings—on Blake’s art, engraving and writing. Series also consists of accumulated general research on Blake and related subjects, including photocopies of articles and archival research, as well as a large collection of index cards related to Bentley's work Blake Books.
Records in this series are a representative sampling of a much larger extent of material accumulated by Bentley.
Boxes 9-49 of Accession 2017.06 hold Bentley's collection of index cards related to his work Blake Books. The cards provide information on every entry included in the book and reference several other Blake works that were not included in the final publication.
The Blake Books index cards were arranged by Bentley during the course of his research. The cards are divided by chapter and are arranged either alphabetically or chronologically based on the section in which they appear in the book. This order was retained by the archivist.
BOX | FILE | TITLE | YEAR | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
2007.10 | ||||
2007.10, Box 8 | ||||
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Art and engraving | ||||
8 | 7 | Various drawings | ||
8 | 8 | Various engravings | ||
8 | 9 | Various engravings | ||
8 | 10 | Electrotype pulls | ||
8 | 11 | Blair—“The grave” | ||
2007.10, Box 9 | ||||
9 | 1 | Bible—Book of Job | ||
9 | 2 | Bunyan—“Pilgrim’s progress” | ||
9 | 3 | Dante—“Divine comedy” | ||
9 | 4 | Emlyn, Henry—“A new order in architecture” | ||
9 | 5 | Gay, John—“Fables” | ||
9 | 6 | Hayley, William—“Ballads” | ||
9 | 7 | Hayley, William—“Little Tom the sailor” | ||
9 | 8 | Josephus | ||
9 | 9 | “The ladies new and polite pocket memorandum-book” | ||
9 | 10 | Lavater, J.C.—“Aphorisms” | ||
9 | 11 | Lavater, J.C.—“Essays on physiognomy” | ||
9 | 12 | Malkin, Benjamin Heath—“A father’s memoirs of his child” | ||
9 | 13 | Milton—“L’allegro/Il penseroso” | ||
9 | 14 | Rees, Abraham—“Cyclopaedia” | ||
9 | 15 | “The seaman’s recorder” | ||
9 | 16 | Stedman, J.G.—“Narrative of a five years’ expedition against the revolted negroes of Surinam” | ||
9 | 17 | Virgil | ||
9 | 18 | “The wit’s magazine” | ||
9 | 19 | Wollstonecraft, Mary—“Original stories from real life” | ||
9 | 20 | Young—“Night thoughts” | ||
2007.10, Box 10 | ||||
Writings -- Photographs for “William Blake’s writings”, edited by Bentley | ||||
10 | 1 | “The accusers” | ||
10 | 2 | “All religions are one” | ||
10 | 3 | “The book of Ahania” | ||
10 | 4 | “The first book of Urizen” | ||
10 | 5 | “For children: the gates of Paradise” | ||
10 | 6 | “Glad day” | ||
10 | 7 | “The marriage of Heaven and Hell” | ||
10 | 8 | “The song of Los” | ||
10 | 9 | “Songs of experience” | ||
10 | 10 | “Songs of innocence” | ||
10 | 11 | “There is no natural religion” | ||
10 | 12 | “Visions of the daughters of Albion” | ||
Writings -- Various | ||||
10 | 13 | “America” | ||
10 | 14 | “America” | ||
10 | 15 | “The book of Enoch” | ||
10 | 16 | “The book of Thel” | ||
2007.10, Box 11 | ||||
11 | 1 | “Europe” | ||
11 | 2 | “The first book of Urizen” | ||
11 | 3 | “Jerusalem” | ||
11 | 4 | “Laocoon” | ||
11 | 5 | “Songs of Los” | ||
11 | 6 | “Tiriel” | ||
11 | 7 | “Visions of the daughters of Albion” | ||
General Research | ||||
11 | 8 | Books owned by Blake | ||
11 | 9 | Buttons representing Blake | ||
11 | 10 | Cumberland, George | ||
11 | 11 | Cumberland, George | ||
11 | 12 | Residences (Blake) | ||
2007.10, Box 12 | ||||
12 | 1 | Jenkins, Herbert | ||
12 | 2 | Linnell, John | ||
12 | 3 | Portraits of Blake | ||
12 | 5 | “The Stranger from paradise : a biography of William Blake” | ||
2007.10, Box 17 | ||||
17 | 1 | List of books owned by Bentley | 2000 | |
2007.10, Box 18 | ||||
Microfilm and slides | ||||
18 /OS | Blake / An Illustrated Quarterly. V. 22 (2) | Microfilm reel, unnumbered. | ||
18 /OS | Blake – Records, Past III | Microfilm reel, unnumbered. | ||
18 /OS | Huntington Library, The Holy Bible, 1800. Vol I-VII | Microfilm reel, unnumbered. | ||
18 /OS | Macklin Bible | Microfilm reel, unnumbered. Bodleian Library, Oxford. | ||
18 /OS | Reel I | Microfilm reel. | ||
18 /OS | Reel II – Songs of Innocence and Experience | Microfilm reel of reproductions of pages from William Blake’s poems from the Harvard University Library Photographic Department. | ||
18 /OS | Reel III | Microfilm reel. | ||
18 /OS | Reel IV – Autograph letters: Blake, Flaxman, Fuseli, Hayley, Humphrey | Microfilm reel of reproductions of material held in the the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City. | ||
18 /OS | Reel V | Microfilm reel. | ||
18 /OS | Reel XII – Outlines by G. Cumberland | Microfilm reel. | ||
18 /OS | Reel XIX – The Farington Diary, 1798 October 14 – 1804 April 18 | Microfilm reel. | ||
18 /OS | Reel XVI – Leigh Hunt: The Literary Pocketbook (1818-1822) | Microfilm reel. | ||
18 /OS | Reel XVIII – The Farington Diary, 1793 July 13 – 1798 October 14 | Microfilm reel. | ||
18 /OS | Reel XX – The Farington Diary, 1804 April 19 – 1807 December 13 | Microfilm reel. | ||
18 /OS | Reel XXI – The Farington Diary, 1807 December 14 – 1813 May 7 | Microfilm reel. | ||
18 /OS | Reel XXII – The Farington Diary, 1813 May 7 – 1819 April 20 | Microfilm reel. | ||
18 /OS | Reel XXIII – The Farington Diary, 1819 April 19 – 1821 December 30 | Microfilm reel. | ||
18 /OS | Reel XXIV – The Farington Diary, Travel Notes, etc. | Microfilm reel. | ||
18 /OS | Reel XXIX – Minutes of the Governors and Directors of the Poor, c. 1778-1789 | Microfilm reel of reproductions of material from the Westminster City Libraries – Archives Department. | ||
18 /OS | Reel XXV – Monthly Register II-III | Microfilm reel. | ||
18 /OS | Reel XXVI – George Cumberland Sketches (McGill) – Edwards 1790 Mainwaring Catalogue (Cambridge) | Microfilm reel. | ||
18 /OS | Reel XXVII – The Captive of the Castle of Sennaar | Microfilm reel of reproductions of George Cumberland’s novel. | ||
18 /OS | Reel XXX – Joshua Gilpin Journal and Notebook, Vols 1-16 Roll #1 | Microfilm reel. Part of MG-58: Joshua and Thomas Gilpin Collection 1771-1854, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. | ||
18 /OS | The Story of the Learned Pig (1786) | Microfilm reel, unnumbered. "Folger" was written on the box, possibly a reference to the Folger Shakespeare Library. | ||
18 /OS | 1 | Letter from Nancy Flaxman to William Hayley, 1797 | Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge. Originally part of a microfilm reel, the film has been shortened and placed inside a protective sleeve. | |
18 /OS | 2 | Ruthven Todd: Negatives of Flower Drawings | Contains two sleeves of microfilm. | |
18 /OS | 3 | Smith College / Macklin Bible | Contains microfilm slides. | |
18 /OS | 4 | Paradise Lost | Contains microfilm slides. Includes a note from the original container with additional details. | |
18 /OS | 5 | Ruthven Todd: Slides 1-66 | Contains 66 microfilm slides. Includes a sheet of bibliographic details outlining the contents of the slides. | |
18 /OS | 6 | Miscellaneous microfilm slides | Microfilm slides of drawings and prints. Includes:
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2014.08 | ||||
Elucidation of Mr. Boyer's plan |
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2014.08, Box 1 | ||||
1 | 8 | Blake's heavy metal [copperplates] | 2005 |
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1 | 9 | Blake's trial |
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1 | 10 | Broadstreet,London - Blake's birthplace |
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1 | 11 | Cromek Papers [Princeton University Library] | 2010 |
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1 | 12 | The Cabinet of the Arts in Yale | 2006 |
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1 | 13 | Thomas Butts genealogy |
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1 | 14 | Joseph Wright to William Hayley 1782-1789, Derby Museum and Art Gallery | 2011 |
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1 | 15 | Anthony Stephen Mathew's will |
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1 | 16 | Felpham photos | 3 photographs : col and b&w Textual material | |
1 | 17 | Apprenticeship of Thomas Owen to William Blake 1788 |
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1 | 22 | Mr. Boyers address to the patrons of fine art respecting his aplendid national undertaking of the history of England, flyer from Gottingen |
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1 | 24 | Robert Bowyer "To the Public", prospectus from Gottingen |
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1 | 25 | Archibald Sparse "The Bowyer Bible (1920)" |
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1 | 26 | Bowyer Lottery |
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2014.08, Box 2 | ||||
2 | 1 | Bensley in the Huntington |
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2 | 2 | Linnell, John, letter to his wife Mary 6 February 1826 | Possibly for use in Blake Records. Note BR(2) 433 | |
2 | 3 | Lowell Libson Catalogue, Strothand in his Studio c.1800 | 2013 |
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2 | 4 | Thackrey & Robertson catalogue listing Blake and Palmer 1979 September 6 - October 31 |
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2 | 5 | 1929 March 4 Christie catalogue of Blake and Palmer |
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2 | 6 | Robert Blair's "The Grave" Central Library Leeds | 2008 |
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2 | 7 | Blake in the Philadelphia Museum of Art | 2012 |
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2 | 8 | [Various scholarly articles related to Blake] |
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2 | 9 | Hartley, Observations on Man |
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2 | 10 | Henrietta Poole from Roussel Sergeant. Taken from Abstract of Deed dated 13th April 1870 |
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2017.06 | ||||
2017.06, Box 2 | ||||
2 | 3 | "Blake Books Supplements" reproductions | 1992 | Includes correspondence requesting and granting permission to use reproductions in the addenda. |
2 | 4 | "Blake's Blair" material | 2013 | Includes correspondence and copies of images. |
2 | 5 | "Thus Spake William Blake" photos | 8 photos from Thus Spake William Blake, including a portrait of Bentley. | |
2 | 6 | White Data | 2014 | Bibliography of White's references to Blake. |
2 | 7 | W.A. White Acquisitions Book |
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2 | 8 | [W.A. White collection of Blake material] | Copies of material from the W.A. White file of the Rosenbach Co. archives. | |
2 | 9 | [List of Blakes in the National Gallery of Australia] | 1997 |
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2 | 10 | [Blake letters in the Wedgwood Archive] |
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2 | 11 | [The American Blake Foundation list of Blakes] |
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2 | 12 | [William Blake and Edwards of Halifax in Wormsley Library] |
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2 | 13 | [Articles related to Blake] |
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2 | 14 | Various engravings and prints | Images of Blake's engravings and prints from Stedman, Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Cromek letter, and The Grave. Includes 2 CDs. | |
2 | 15 | "Genesis: The Seven Days of the Created World" | Autograph manuscript by Blake. | |
2 | 16 | James Blake's will |
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2 | 17 | "Edwards of Halifax" material |
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2 | 18 | "Edwards of Halifax" material |
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2017.06, Box 3 | ||||
3 | 1 | "Edwards of Halifax" images | Includes images of plates and illustrations from websites, notes on images, and correspondence granting permission to use images from other institutions. 5 photographs and 1 CD inside. | |
3 | 2 | Edwards-Bodoni letters | Letters are in French. | |
3 | 3 | James Edwards letters |
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3 | 4 | Richard Edwards title pages |
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3 | 5 | John Edwards of Northowram Hall's will | dated 1819, copied 1982 | |
3 | 6 | Edwards of Halifax Sample Book | 1985 |
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3 | 7 | Macklin Bible Proposals (1789) |
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3 | 8 | Macklin Bible, Extra-illustrated |
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3 | 9 | Macklin Bible plates |
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3 | 10 | Macklin Bible images |
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3 | 11 | "Macklin and Bowyer" | 1963 | Article by T.S.R. Boase, published in JWCI, XXVI. |
3 | 12 | Thomas Macklin letters |
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3 | 13 | Thomas Macklin's will |
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3 | 14 | Macklin: Edward Rogers | Material related to Edward Rogers, Macklin's partner. | |
3 | 15 | George Cumberland sketchbook | Includes correspondence from 2012. | |
3 | 16 | George Cumberland, "A Sermon for a General Fast" | Includes correspondence and digital images from 2013, used in William Blake and His Circle, 2012. | |
3 | 17 | Descendants of George Cumberland | 2016 |
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3 | 18 | Joseph Johnson Letter-book | Includes correspondence from 1995-96. | |
3 | 19 | Mylius, The Junior Class-Book | Includes correspondence. | |
2017.06, Box 4 | ||||
4 | 1 | Du Roveray plates |
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4 | 2 | Du Roveray photographs | 39 photographs. | |
4 | 3 | The Book of Ahania | 2014 | Printouts of images and correspondence from 2014. |
4 | 4 | Blake, "Death's Door" | Reproductions from Magasin Pittoresque. | |
4 | 5 | Sale Catalogues | 2013 |
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4 | 6 | [Various catalogues] |
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4 | 7 | [Various catalogues] |
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4 | 8 | Bryan, Michael — "A Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers" (1816) |
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4 | 9 | Wills, Jim — "Shelf List of Extra-Illustrated Books in the Huntington Library" | 1974 |
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4 | 10 | John Murray Archive |
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4 | 11 | Hassel, J. — Calcographia (1811) |
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4 | 12 | [Various scholarly articles] | Scholarly articles on various subjects. Includes: "Adventures in Bookselling: The Removal of the Spencer Library from Althorp to Manchester in 1892", Piccadilly Notes, No. 2 (1933) “Anne Lister’s Journal, 1817-1840” by Phyllis M. Ramsden published in Halifax Antiquarian Society, 1970 “A Group of Stuart Miniatures and their History.” Offprint by Rosa Edwards, published in Notes and Queries, 1984 “Parma and Edinburgh: Some letters relating to the European bookstrade at the end of the eighteenth century.” Offprint by Brian Hillyard, Bulletin du bibliophile, 2 (1992) “Regal Presence in Rare Books, or Evocations of Elizabeth I: Gleanings from Rare Books at the University of Chicago” by Janel Mueller, 2003 | |
2017.06, Box 9 | ||||
9 | Blake Books index cards | Part 1: “Writings”, The Accusers – A Descriptive Catalogue | ||
2017.06, Box 10 | ||||
10 | Blake Books index cards | Part 1: “Writings”, Europe– Island | ||
2017.06, Box 11 | ||||
11 | Blake Books index cards | Part 1: “Writings”, Jerusalem – Marriage (Pt. 1) | ||
2017.06, Box 12 | ||||
12 | Blake Books index cards | Part 1: “Writings”, Marriage (Pt. 2) – Songs of Innocence (Pt. 1) | ||
2017.06, Box 13 | ||||
13 | Blake Books index cards | Part 1: “Writings”, Songs of Innocence (Pt. 2) – Songs of Innocence and of Experience (Pt. 1) | ||
2017.06, Box 14 | ||||
14 | Blake Books index cards | Part 1: “Writings”, Songs of Innocence and of Experience (Pt. 2) – Visions of the Daughters of Albion (Pt. 1) | ||
2017.06, Box 15 | ||||
15 | Blake Books index cards | Part 1: “Writings”, Visions of the Daughters of Albion (Pt. 2) – Selections (Pt. 1) | ||
2017.06, Box 16 | ||||
16 | Blake Books index cards | Part 1: “Writings”, Selections (Pt. 2) – Part 2: “Drawings”, Bunyan, John | ||
2017.06, Box 17 | ||||
17 | Blake Books index cards | Part 2: “Drawings”, Dante, Alighieri – Part 3: “Engravings”, Blair, Grave | ||
2017.06, Box 18 | ||||
18 | Blake Books index cards | Part 3: “Engravings”, Blair, Grave – Flaxman, Hesiod | ||
2017.06, Box 19 | ||||
19 | Blake Books index cards | Part 3: “Engravings”, Flaxman, Iliad – The Lady’s Magazine | ||
2017.06, Box 20 | ||||
20 | Blake Books index cards | Part 3: “Engravings”, Lady’s Pocket Book – Seaman’s Recorder | ||
2017.06, Box 21 | ||||
21 | Blake Books index cards | Part 3: “Engravings”, Shakespeare, Boydell – Part 4: “Catalogues”, 1784 | ||
2017.06, Box 22 | ||||
22 | Blake Books index cards | Part 4: “Catalogues”, 1785 – 1826 | ||
2017.06, Box 23 | ||||
23 | Blake Books index cards | Part 4: “Catalogues”, 1827 – 1893-94 | ||
2017.06, Box 24 | ||||
24 | Blake Books index cards | Part 4: “Catalogues”, 1894 – 1934 | ||
2017.06, Box 25 | ||||
25 | Blake Books index cards | Part 4: “Catalogues”, 1935 – 1973 | ||
2017.06, Box 26 | ||||
26 | Blake Books index cards | Part 4: “Catalogues”, 1974 – Part 5: “Criticism”, Ames, Winslow | ||
2017.06, Box 27 | ||||
27 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, Amenoff, Gregory – Anon. “The Poetry of Pictor Ignotus” | ||
2017.06, Box 28 | ||||
28 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, Anon. “The Poetry of Sacred and Legendary Art” – Bellin, H.F. et al. | ||
2017.06, Box 29 | ||||
29 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, Bellis, Mrs. – Blake Quarterly XXIII | ||
2017.06, Box 30 | ||||
30 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, Blake Quarterly XXIV – Bloom, Harold, “Run the Sacred Truth” | ||
2017.06, Box 31 | ||||
31 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, Bloom, Harold, “Visionary Cinema” – Carey, Leo | ||
2017.06, Box 32 | ||||
32 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, Carey, William – Cunningham, Allan | ||
2017.06, Box 33 | ||||
33 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, Cunningham, George – Eaton, Anne Thaxter | ||
2017.06, Box 34 | ||||
34 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, Eaves, Morris – Ezard, John | ||
2017.06, Box 35 | ||||
35 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, F., Nu-shih C. – Gilchrist, Alexander | ||
2017.06, Box 36 | ||||
36 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, Gilchrist, A. – Hamilton, K. | ||
2017.06, Box 37 | ||||
37 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, Hamilton, Kenneth M. – Hron, Zdenek | ||
2017.06, Box 38 | ||||
38 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, Hsing, P’eng-chu – Kellner, Leon | ||
2017.06, Box 39 | ||||
39 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, Kellner, Leon – Lee, Samjin | ||
2017.06, Box 40 | ||||
40 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, Lee, Sherman – Matthey, Pierre-Louis | ||
2017.06, Box 41 | ||||
41 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, Maudslay, E.C. – Nance, Guinevera A. | ||
2017.06, Box 42 | ||||
42 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, Napora, Joe – Pearson, Edwin | ||
2017.06, Box 43 | ||||
43 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, Pease, Donald – Rawlinson, Nick | ||
2017.06, Box 44 | ||||
44 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, Rawlinson – Sadler, Thomas | ||
2017.06, Box 45 | ||||
45 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, Sáenz Obregoń, Javier – Southey, Robert | ||
2017.06, Box 46 | ||||
46 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, Spacks, Patricia – Thomas, Frankie E. | ||
2017.06, Box 47 | ||||
47 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, Thomas, George Powell – Wagner, Herbert H. | ||
2017.06, Box 48 | ||||
48 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, Wagner, Peter – Witcutt, W.P. | ||
2017.06, Box 49 | ||||
49 | Blake Books index cards | Part 5: “Criticism”, Witex, John C. – Zdanowicz, Irena |