The Wade Center's letter collections include handwritten or typed original correspondence by, to, or about the seven Wade authors, and their families and friends. Please reference the letter collection title, author, recipient, folder number (where applicable), and letter date(s) when contacting archival staff with questions about these collections.
The G.K. Chesterton Family Correspondence Collection (PDF File)
Commonly used terms and abbreviations in these files are defined below:
Terms
recto = front side of lf.
verso = back side of lf.
revisions = any corrections, alterations, additions, or deletions |
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| Abbreviations |
| p. = page |
| pp. = pages |
| lf. = leaf |
| lvs. = leaves |
| ALs. = handwritten letter, signed |
| TLs. = typed letter, signed |
| pc. = photocopy (e.g. pc. TMs. or pc. AMs.) |
| cc. = carbon copy (e.g. cc. TMs. or cc. AMs.) |
| mf. = microfilm |
| ps. = photostat (e.g. ps. TMs. or ps. AMs.) definition: a form of duplication that makes quick positive or negative copies directly on the surface of prepared paper. |
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The following abbreviations may also appear in some letter collections to designate which repository owns the original letter.
W = Original is held at The Marion E. Wade Center
B = Original is held at the Bodleian Library, Oxford
X = Original is held by another institution or a private individual
t = The Wade Center owns a transcription of the original
