D.3 William Moy Thomas Papers, 1856-1903. He published novels and tales as well as re-editing the Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , 1861. He was also private secretary to Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, the radical politician and proprietor of the Atheneum and Notes and Queries . The collection consists of letters written to Moy Thomas concerning drama, the copyright laws, and frequently contain requests for favors from him in his position as theatre critic. The greatest concentration of letters falls in the years between 1880-1893.
All correspondence is indexed.
Correspondence, undated A-I. Folder 11. Correspondence, undated J-R. Folder 12. Correspondence, undated S-Z. Folder 13. For more information about this collection, contact the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections , University of Rochester Library.