Call Number:

C0761

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Sydney A. Gimson Correspondence, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1876-1938 (inclusive)

Creator:

Gimson, Sydney A. (Sydney Ansell), 1860-1938

Form:

Correspondence.

Abstract:

Consists of 44 letters received by Sydney A. Gimson, elder brother of Ernest Gimson (1864-1919), the English furniture designer and architect. Many of the letters discuss lectures and meetings of the Fabian Society, a socialist group founded in 1884.

Sydney Ansell Gimson followed his father into the family engineering firm and became president of the Leicester Secular Society in 1883. He was the brother of Ernest Gimson (1864-1919), a noted English architect and furniture maker.

The collection consists of 44 letters received by Sydney A. Gimson, elder brother of Ernest Gimson (1864-1919), the furniture designer and architect. Included are letters by William Morris, his daughter May Morris, Eden Philpotts, Sydney Olivier, and Henry Bentinck. Many of the letters discuss lectures and meetings of the Fabian Society, a socialist group founded in 1884.

Arranged in alphabetical order.