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The original manuscripts of Oscar Wilde today reside in many collections, including the British Library. But by far the largest and most comprehensive is to be found at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA. This collection includes typescripts and copies of many letters and associated documents from Wilde's circle. Scholarly accounts of the manuscripts and Wilde's methods of working can be found among the many graduate and post graduate works. The library's collection of materials features early purchases from Wilde's son Vyvyan Holland, the bibliographer Christopher Millard, and literary executor Robert Ross. This remarkable group of autograph letters and drafts by Wilde, supported by a nearly complete collection of printed editions of his works make indispensable research material for modern biographers. The original Photographs, caricatures, theatre programs, and news cuttings provide an unparalleled resource. (more...)