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William F. Gekle Collection of Arthur Machen

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
C0649
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 1 box
  • 0.4 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William F. Gekle Collection of Arthur Machen, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1936-1965 (inclusive)
Creator:
Gekle, William F. (William Francis)
Form:
Photoprints., Bibliographies., and Correspondence.
Abstract:
Consists of correspondence and miscellaneous material relating to the Welsh translator, novelist, and storywriter Arthur Machen (1863-1947) that was collected by the American businessman and author William Francis Gekle.

Gekle, William F. (William Francis)

William F. Gekle was an American businessman and author.

The collection consists primarily of correspondence of Gekle concerning his collection of Arthur Machen books and manuscripts. Included are letters by James Branch Cabell, August Derleth, Arthur Machen (four letters), Charles Parsons, Paul Seybolt, Vincent Starrett, Edwin Steffe, and Joseph Kelly Vodrey, as well as a separate section of Vodrey's correspondence. Also present are a few images of Machen (one photograph), bibliographies of his works, material on the Arthur Machen Society, reviews and publicity matter for Gekle's work Arthur Machen: Weaver of Fantasy (1949), a pamphlet entitled "A Machen Miscellany" (1957) by Gekle, and other miscellanea.

The following standard abbreviations, or their variations, are used to identify materials in this collection: ALS = autograph letter signed, TLS = typed letter signed, and ANS = autograph note signed.

Gift of William F. Gekle.

This collection was processed by Ran Tao in 2004. Finding aid written by Ran Tao in 2004.

No appraisal information is available.

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Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Author
Ran Tao
Finding Aid Date
2004
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Consists of the correspondence of William F. Gekle, including Arthur Machen and Edwin Steffe, as well as others.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

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1 box

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1 box

Argus Book Shop (Ben Abramson), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Atlantic Monthly (Donald Snyder), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

British Information Services, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Burbank, David T., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Bynner, Witter, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Cabell, James Branch, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Davis, Bertram H., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Derleth, August, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Duschnes, Philip C., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

E. P. Dutton & Co., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Evans, Montgomery, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

G. P. Putnam's Sons, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Goldsmith, Alfred F., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Goldstone, Adrian, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

H. W. Wilson Company, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Harper's Bazaar, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Haycraft, Howard, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hillyer, Robert, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hollings, Frank, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Horan, Thomas, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Iglauer, Jay, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Kitchen, Paul H., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Knopf, Alfred A., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Laing, Alexander, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Lamont, William N. F., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

MacLeish, Archibald, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Michael, D. P. M., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Morrison, Clark, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Myers, William Garo, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Machen, Arthur, 4 ALsS, 1938-1947. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

New York Public Library, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

New York Times (Douglas Cleveland), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

New York Times Book Review (Herbert Lyons), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

O'Malley, Charles Donald, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Orton, Vrest, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Oxford University Press, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Parsons, Charles, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Powys, John C., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Publisher's Weekly (Frederic G. Melcher and Mildred Catherine Smith), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Queen, Ellery, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

R. R. Bowker Company, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Reynolds, Aidan, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Rota, Bertram, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Round Table Press (H. G. Doud), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

St. Lawrence University Library, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

[Salle?], D. R., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Saturday Review (Raymond Walters, Jr.), dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Sewell, Brocard, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Seybolt, Paul S., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Shaw, John B., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Smith, Paul Jordan, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Starrett, Vincent, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Stewart, J. H., Jr., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Swanson, Carl, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Sweetser, Wesley D., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Steffe, Edwin, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

Van Patten, Dolores, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Van Patten, Nathan, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Van Vechten, Carl7Vodrey, Joseph Kelly, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

Wreden, William P., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Yale University Library, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Unidentified, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of a galley proof (fragment) of work by Gekle about Machen.

Arrangement

Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.

Physical Description

1 box

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1 box

ANS by Gekle to Machen, 1947 July 13. 1 folder.
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1 folder

ANs by Machen to Gekle, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Scope and Contents

These letters consist of copies in the form of TLs (carbons), with several typed consecutively on the same page.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Physical Description

1 box

Grainger, Boive, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Liveright, Horace B., dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Mosely, [?], dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Redway", dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Rubin, [?], dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Sherris, [?], dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Wilson, [?], dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of miscellaneous correspondence with persons other than Gekle or Machen.

Arrangement

Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.

Physical Description

1 box

Miscellaneous correspondence with persons other than Gekle or Machen, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of correspondence of persons other than Gekle or Machen.

Arrangement

Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.

Physical Description

1 box

Correspondence of persons other than Gekle or Machen, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of photographs (primarily of Machen) and printed material (Machen bibliographies, the Arthur Machen Society, and materials regarding works by Gekle on Machen).

Arrangement

Arranged by genre of material.

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1 box

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1 box

Photograph of Machen with Montgomery Evans, Mrs. Machen, and Mr. Rota [bookseller], London, 1937, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Printed copy of above, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Photograph of black and white crayon drawing of Machen in profile, by Nicolas Day, signed and by Machen, 16 November 1935 [Original drawing (15 x 11 in.) now in the collection of Joseph Kelly Vodrey, Canton, Ohio (1958).], dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Photograph of brown chalk drawing of Machen in profile, signed by Ivan Opfer, signed and initialed F. A. [Fytton Armstrong] by Machen, Amersham, 1930 [Original drawing (18 ¼ x 13 in.) now in the collection of Joseph Kelley Vodrey, Canton Ohio (1958).], dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

3 copies of portrait of Machen, by "Howard," one titled "Arthur Machen, After the Hoppe Photograph," undated, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

Machen bibliographies, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Arthur Machen Society, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miscellaneous regarding Machen, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miscellaneous regarding works by Gekle on Machen, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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