| LC control no. | n 50072237 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895-1979 |
| Variant(s) | Lewis, Wilmarth Sheldon, 1895- Lewis, Wilmarth Sheldon, 1895-1979 Lefty, 1895-1979 |
| Located | Farmington (Conn.) New Haven (Conn.) |
| Birth date | 1895 |
| Death date | 1979-10-07 |
| Place of birth | Alameda (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Collectors and collecting Rare books Manuscripts Authorship |
| Affiliation | Yale University |
| Profession or occupation | Book collectors Authors |
| Found in | His Tutors' lane ... 1922. The Service used at the funeral of Annie Burr Auchincloss Lewis, 1959: pref. (Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis) WW in Amer., 1980/81 (Lewis, Wilmarth Sheldon, d. 10/7/1979) Collector's progress, 1951 DLC copy (Author's ("Lefty") autograph presentation copy to Mr. Rosenwald.) Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, 1937: Title page (edited by W.S. Lewis) Yale University, Lewis Walpole Library webpage, Mar. 29th, 2024: Lewis, Walpole and the Library (Wilmarth Sheldon (“Lefty”) Lewis, was born in Alameda, California in 1895, attended the Thacher School in Ojai, California, and graduated from Yale University in1918, began collecting books; acquired books, manuscripts, and prints as well as graphic and decorative arts, all in an extraordinary effort to gather information about Horace Walpole and his times; moved to Farmington after his graduation from Yale; lived there till his death) <https://walpole.library.yale.edu/about/history-library#LWL> |
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