Charles Marriott papers, 1894/1960

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16686, Charles Marriott papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Summary

Extent:
0.75 Cubic Feet one legal size document box and one half-width legal size document box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

MSS 16686, Charles Marriott papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Bound and loose typescripts, manuscripts, offprints and miscellaneous materials written or translated by Charles Marriott from 1894 to 1960. Included are untitled novels, two of his plays "Exit: A Tragedy in One Act" and "The Intruding Angel: A Play in Three Acts", 15 offprints of his articles, and a bound volume manuscript of his short stories. Also present are manuscript notebooks with records of his publications as well as manuscript notes and ideas for stories he projected.

The Bells of Saint Martin; The Past; Cornish Memories; Solomon Bluebeard; A Case-History; In Praise of Follies; Art in the Times.

Biographical / historical:

Charles Marriott (1869-1957), born in Bristol, England, was a writer and influential art critic of the early twentieth-century. He is perhaps best remembered now as the art critic for The Times (London) between 1924 and 1940. Before taking up that post, he was closely involved with some of the most important artists associated with St. Ives and Newlyn, as well as many of the period's most active writers. Besides his art criticism, he wrote many novels, stories, and some plays. He stopped publishing fiction in 1922 so the presence of an unpublished novel is interesting, whether it dates from the period of his novel writing or whether he wrote it later.

Source: From the collection.

Acquisition information:
This collection was a gift from Jerome McGann to the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 2015 December 1.
Physical facet:
manuscripts, typescripts, and printed materials
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard