Sir Arthur Conan Doyle manuscripts

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and trained to practice medicine. He began writing while in school. The Sherlock Holmes stories, for which Doyle is most well-known, began appearing in 1887, and continue to be popular with readers.

"The Second Stain" was part of the third series of Sherlock Holmes stories, first published in 1904. The manuscript is in two hands, identified as that of Doyle and his second wife, Jean. The manuscript contains minor changes, additions, and deletions.

"The Iconoclast" is a story about an early Christian which appeared in the collection The Last Galley. Written in Doyle's hand, it contains changes and corrections throughout. The first page of "The Giant Maxim" was previously bound with the manuscript, but was removed and given to the Newberry Library, which holds the rest of the manuscript, in 1998.

Both mansucripts are bound in vellum. Supplementary materials about each manuscript are also included.

Each manuscript bound in a single voume.

Gift of Christopher Morley, 1943; gift of George Matthew Adams via Christopher Morley, 1944.

Processed by Sandra Glascock, completed July 2013

Use

Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17)

Preferred Citation

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle manuscripts (HC.MC 801.07.003) Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Publisher

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Finding aids author

Sandra Glascock

Date

July, 2013

Creator

Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930

Subject

Detective and mystery stories

Language

English