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ALS from EAA to My dear Bonney
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1865 October 17 |
| Box 1, Folder B |
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ALS from EAA to John Percival
Contents Note: Letter Edwin A. Abbott to John Percival dated Jan. 26, 1892. In the letter Abbott enclosed a "circular which my sister has recently issued, in case any of your pupils' parents may want a home for young Indian children." Abbott also alludes to a "big book" he has in the press. He writes that the book will be too big to send and requests that Percival get a copy from Mudie's.
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1892 January 26 |
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
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ALS from EAA to [Sir Israel] Gollancz
Contents Note: Sympathy letter
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1895 November 30 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
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ALS from Mary Abbott to Sir Israel [Gollancz]
Contents Note: Letter is dated "1/2/27." Letter states Mary Abbott's intention to give "a little book of notes by my Father," apparently enclosed with the letter, to Sir Israel Gollancz. This book of notes is also in this collection.
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1927 February 1 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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TLS from Edward W. Candler to Edwin Abbott
Contents Note: Edward W. Candler was the son of Howard Candler, to whom EAA dedicated his book Flatland. Edward Candler joined the law firm established by John Paterson which became Paterson, Candler and Sykes. Gift of Hillary Hammer, Esq., attorney at Vizard's law firm, successor of Paterson, Candler and Sykes.
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1927 February 21 |
| Box 1, Folder 3A |
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ALS from Thomas Banchoff to Rev. Prof. R. J. Bonney
Contents Note: Photocopy, 2 copies; regarding "My dear Bonney in 1865 letter (Folder A)
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2001 |
| Box 1, Folder 4 |
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ANS: Report of EAA on teaching of arithmetic
Contents Note: Signed with initials "E.A.A." Gift of William Hallett, Head Porter and Archivist, City of London School.
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1881 October 13 |
| Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Notebook of EAA with his notes
Contents Note: Given to Sir Israel Gollancz by Mary Abbott in her letter dated "1/2/27" [i.e. 1 February 1927?]. Includes notes on: Dante's Inferno ("19/9/67," 24 pages); Richard II (1 page); logical fallacies (9 pages, 1 diagram); Spenser's Faery Queen [sic] ("20/12/66," 32 pages); "In Memoriam" (16 pages); Chaucer's Prologue (4 pages); Macbeth ("14/1/69," 10 pages); Synopsis (3 pages).
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| Box 1, Folder 6 |
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Obituary and newsprint reproduction of photograph of EAA
Contents Note: The photograph is a reproduction of a 1914 original. The obituary appeared in The Times (London).
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1926 October 13 |
| Box 1, Folder 7 |
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Obituary tribute of Sir Basil Blackwell
Contents Note: Obituary from the Manchester Guardian. Basil Blackwell's publishing house B. Blackwell brought out various editions of EAA's book Flatland.
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1984 November 4 |
| Box 1, Folder 8 |
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Photograph (reproduction): Edwin Abbott
Contents Note: This Edwin Abbott was the father of EAA. From the album of Peter Eden, grandnephew of EAA.
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| Box 1, Folder 9 |
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Photographs (2): Oil painting of Edwin Abbott
Contents Note: One photograph is an enlargement of part of the painting. This Edwin Abbott was the father of EAA.
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| Box 1, Folder 10 |
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Photograph: Miniature oil painting of Edwin Abbott
Contents Note: This Edwin Abbott was the father of EAA.
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| Box 1, Folder 11 |
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Photographs (4 reproductions): EAA
Contents Note: From the City of London School.
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| Box 1, Folder 12 |
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Photograph: Portrait of EAA by Sir Hubert Herkomer
Contents Note: From Headmaster's office, now in new City of London School main hall.
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1891 |
| Box 1, Folder 13 |
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Photograph (reproduction): EAA (profile view)
Contents Note: From the album of Peter Eden, grandnephew of EAA.
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| Box 1, Folder 14 |
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Photograph (reproduction): William Steadman Aldis and EAA
Contents Note: From the University of Auckland, New Zealand. William Steadman Aldis was First Wrangler, Smith's Prizeman. EAA was Chancellor's Medallist, First Classics.
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| Box 1, Folder 15 |
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Photograph (reproduction): EAA (with full beard)
Contents Note: From the album of Peter Eden, grandnephew of EAA.
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| Box 1, Folder 16 |
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Photograph (reproduction): EAA
Contents Note: [EAA is standing behind an open volume, and his spectacles are not visible, in contrast to another photograph taken at this time in which his spectacles are on the paper in front of him.]
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1914 March |
| Box 1, Folder 17 |
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Photograph (reproduction): EAA
Contents Note: From the City of London School. [EAA is standing behind a piece of paper with his spectacles on it.]
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1914 March |
| Box 1, Folder 18 |
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Photograph: Mary Elizabeth Rangeley Abbott
Contents Note: Gift of Barbara Phillipson. On the back of the photograph is written "Mrs. Abbott." Mary Elizabeth Rangeley Abbott was the wife of EAA.
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| Box 1, Folder 19 |
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Photograph (reproduction): Mary Elizabeth Rangeley Abbott
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| Box 1, Folder 20 |
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Photograph (reproduction): Mary Abbott
Contents Note: Mary Abbott was the daughter of EAA. From the album of Peter Eden, grandnephew of EAA.
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| Box 1, Folder 21 |
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Photograph (reproduction): Mary Abbott
Contents Note: Mary Abbott is in the white blouse in the center. This photograph is of the Girton [College, University of Cambridge] First Year Class, 1889
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1889 |
| Box 1, Folder 22 |
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Photograph (reproduction): Edwin Abbott
Contents Note: This Edwin Abbott was the son of EAA. From the album of Peter Eden, grandnephew of EAA.
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| Box 1, Folder 23 |
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Photograph (reproduction): Judge Edward Abbott Parry
Contents Note: Edwin Abbott Parry was the nephew of EAA. From the album of Peter Eden, grandnephew of EAA.
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| Box 1, Folder 24 |
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Photographs (2): Gravestone of EAA and family, Hempstead
Contents Note: Most clearly visible is the inscription for Mary Elizabeth Abbott, [?] August 1843 -- 5th February 1919.
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| Box 1, Folder 25 |
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Photograph: Sir Basil Blackwell
Contents Note: In this photograph, Blackwell is reading the edition of EAA's Flatland published by B. Blackwell.
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| Box 1, Folder 26 |
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Photograph (reproduction): Howard Candler
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| Box 1, Folder 27 |
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Photograph (reproduction): Howard Candler
Contents Note: The information on the back of the photograph is from Barbara Phillipson. Phillipson was the granddaughter of John Paterson (see Fd. 36), EAA's friend and lawyer, whose law firm Edward Candler, Howard's son, joined.
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| Box 1, Folder 28 |
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Photograph: Howard Candler
Contents Note: Gift of Barbara Phillipson.
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| Box 1, Folder 29 |
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Photograph: Portrait of Howard Candler
Contents Note: This portrait was done by Candler's youngest daughter, Bertha. Gift of Bertha Candler's son.
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| Box 1, Folder 30 |
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Photograph: Bertha Candler
Contents Note: Bertha Candler was the youngest daughter of Howard Candler, not his youngest sister, as the note on the back of this photograph states. Gift of Barbara Phillipson.
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| Box 1, Folder 31 |
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Photograph (mounted): Sir Israel Gollancz
Contents Note: Israel Gollancz was a student of EAA, and cofounder of the British Academy. Gift of Oliver Gollancz.
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| Box 1, Folder 32 |
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Photograph: Oliver Gollancz
Contents Note: Oliver Gollancz is the son of Sir Israel Gollancz.
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| Box 1, Folder 33 |
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Photograph (reproduction): C. Howard Hinton and family in Japan
Contents Note: This photopraph was taken after the Hinton family left England, Hinton having been convicted of bigamy. Gift of Jean Rosner, granddaughter of C. Howard Hinton.
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| Box 1, Folder 34 |
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Drawing (reproduction): Frank Morley
Contents Note: This drawing was done by A. Hugh Fisher. Frank Morley was a professor at Johns Hopkins University and founder of the American Journal of Mathematics. He was the father of Frank V., Christopher (author), and Felix (editor, president of Haverford College), all Rhodes Scholars.
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1929 October |
| Box 1, Folder 35 |
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Photograph: Frank V. Morley
Contents Note: Frank V. Morley was the reviewer of the republication of EAA's Flatland in the Saturday Review of Literature, 1926. This is a publicity photograph.
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1978 |
| Box 1, Folder 36 |
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Photograph (reproduction): John Paterson
Contents Note: John Paterson was a friend of and the lawyer of EAA. Paterson served as the attorney of many of his friends. Gift of Barbara Phillipson, Paterson's granddaughter.
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| Box 1, Folder 37 |
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Photograph (reproduction): Alfred Vardy
Contents Note: Vardy was a schoolmaster and one of EAA's best friends. Gift of Barbara Phillipson.
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| Box 1, Folder 38 |
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Photograph: Thomas F. Banchoff and James Boyes
Contents Note: Banchoff (the donor of this collection) is Professor of Mathematics at Brown, and Boyes was Headmaster of the City of London School, of which EAA was formerly Headmaster. This photograph was taken in the Headmaster's office.
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1978 |
| Box 1, Folder 39 |
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Photograph: Professor Dirk Struik
Contents Note: This photograph was taken when the subject was 97 years old. Professor Struik donated a copy of the 1929 Teubner German edition of Flatland to Brown University Library.
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| Box 1, Folder 40 |
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Photographs (4): City of London School (interiors and exteriors)
Contents Note: The City of London School was built in 1882.
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| Box 1, Folder 41 |
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Photograph: Blackwell bookshop in Oxford, UK
Contents Note: This building is the site of the office of Sir Basil Blackwell.
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| Box 1, Folder 42 |
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Photographs of Edwin Abbott Abbott obituaries/miscellaneous articles and obituaries published in the Hampstead and Highgate Express, April-May 1916 and undated
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| Box 1, Folder 43 |
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Photographs of tribute to Edwin Abbott Abbott published on his 80th birthday
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