Derrick Leon Typescript
Scope and Content
The Derrick Lewis Leon Typescript contains the first draft of his work Ruskin: The Great Victorian. The draft was unaltered other than for quotation checks and corrections of obvious grammatical errors. They typescript is 595 pages long and is composed of six books.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1949
Language of Materials
The records are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Ohio University Libraries.
Conditions Governing Use
Ohio University retains all property rights to the collection.
Ohio University retains all copyrights unless retained by the donor, other correspondents, or other artists.
Biography of Derrick Lewis Leon
Derrick Lewis Leon was born in London, England in 1908 and was only 36 years old when he died in November 1944. Leon made his living as an interior decorator. By the time of his death, however, he had a reputation as a fine biographer with works on Tolstoy (Tolstoy: his life and Work) and Proust (Proust: His Life, His Circle, and His Work. Leon had also published three novels before his death. The first one, Livingstones: A Novel of Contemporary Life was published in 1933. Wilderness was published in 1935 and Green for a Season was published in 1938. Derrick Leon's last work was Ruskin: The Great Victorian, published in 1949. This biography throws new light onto John Ruskin's personal tragedies as well as his public life and his work. Leon died before he could revise his first draft of this work. In order to respect the labor that Leon put into the biography, it was published subject only to a quotation check and grammatical corrections performed by his brother George Leon.
Extent
0.3 cubic feet
Abstract
First draft of Ruskin: The great Victorian
Statement of Arrangement
This collection is a single item.
Acquisition Information
The Ohio University Archives received the collection prior to 1977.
Existence and Location of Copies
Ohio University will entertain requests to photocopy reasonable amounts of material from the collection for the convenience of individual researchers.
Description Note
Original, legacy collection inventories may contain inaccuracies or be incomplete. Collection descriptions may change or be updated as they are verified. Please contact Mahn Center staff if you note any errors or discrepancies.
Subject
- Leon, Derrick, 1908-1944 (Person)
- Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Derrick Leon Typescript
- Author
- John A. Ralston prepared the inventory in the Spring of 1997
- Date
- 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- The finding aid was converted into EAD with funding support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Revision Statements
- 5 January 2024: Subjects and other notes added from ALICE MARC records and Mahn Center Microsoft Office finding aids by Ohio University Libraries Metadata Services Department Python scripts.
Repository Details
Part of the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections Repository
