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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1854 - 1900

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Monroe family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Monroe-Family
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia from the Monroe family of Chicago. Correspondence is primarily from Henry Stanton Monroe (Chicago attorney), his daughters Harriet Monroe, Dora Monroe Root (and her architect husband John Wellborn Root), and Lucy Monroe Calhoun, and their children. Topics include the births of children, travel, Poetry Magazine, and life in Chicago including Oscar Wilde's 1882 Chicago visit. Also contains World War II and post-war correspondence between William...
Dates: 1868-1949

Oscar Wilde letter

 Item
Identifier: Modern-MS-43
Abstract

Signed, undated later from Oscar Wilde to Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, a Dutch journalist and literary critic. Teixeira married Lily Wilde, the widow of Oscar Wilde's older brother. The letter is written on stationery from Hotel Avondale, London.

Dates: between 1890 and 1900?

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Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
Correspondence 1
Correspondence -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 1
Families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 1