Stephen Haweis (1878-1969), youngest son of the Reverend Hugh Reginald and Mary Eliza Haweis a socially prominent couple in late Victorian London who entertained at their house in Cheyne Walk previously owned by Dante Gabrielle Rossetti Stephen studied art in Paris with Alphonse Mucha and Eugene Carri ere. After becoming interested in photography Stephen met Rodin and subsequently photographed many of the sculptor's pieces. In 1903 he married the poet Mina Loy they were divorced in 1917 After losing much of his inheritance in the stock market crash of 1929 Stephen moved to the West Indian island of Dominica where he studied and painted tropical fish wrote for local newspapers and worked on a variety of writing projects till his death.
Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, artwork, objects, and printed material. Included among the list of 37 cataloged correspondents are: Vera Brittain, Edward Gordon Craig, Clarence Darrow, Havelock Ellis, Augustus John, Emmeline Pankhurst, Edward Steichen, Gertrude Stein, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Sybil Thorndike, Alec Waugh, and H. G. Wells. The cataloged manuscripts include a poem by Witter Bynner entitled "Hay Wagon." There is a large selection of Stephen's writings (poetry, novels, plays, articles, biographies, memoirs) including drafts of a proposed biography of his father, a bound volume of his own memoirs, numerous notebooks, and "Mount Joy," a description of life on Dominica. His photographs and paintings are well represented, with 6 albums of photographs and 2 boxes & 1 folder of approximately 200 paintings and sketches. The printed material includes works by Stephen, his father and his mother.
Cataloged Series | |||
--Correspondence | |||
| 1 | Barnes, Sir Kenneth Ralph, 1878- | ||
| 1 | Beebe, William | ||
| 1 | Brittain, Vera, 1893-1970 | ||
| 1 | Carlton, John Dudley, 1908- | ||
| 1 | Caroe, William Douglas, 1857-1938 | ||
| 1 | Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872 | ||
| 1 | Darrow, Clarence, 1875-1938 | ||
| 1 | Ellis, Alexander John | ||
| 1 | Ellis, Havelock | ||
| 1 | Galton, Francis, 1822-1911 | ||
| 1 | Geddes, Sir Patrick | ||
| 1 | Gogh-Bonger, Johanna van, 1862-1925 | ||
| 1 | Haweis, Hugh Reginald, 1838-1901 | ||
| 1 | Hawkins, Edwards Comerford | ||
| 1 | Hind, Charles Lewis, 1862-1927 | ||
| 1 | Hitchens, Ivon | ||
| 1 | Hodge, W. H. (Walter Henricks), 1912- | ||
| 1 | Huxley, Elspeth Joscelin, 1907 | ||
| 1 | John, Augustus Edwin | ||
| 1 | Johnston, Sir Reginald Fleming, 1874-1938 | ||
| 1 | Kelly, Sir Gerald Festus, 1879-1972 | ||
| 1 | Konody, P. G. | ||
| 1 | Lavery, John, 1856-1941 | ||
| 1 | Le Braz, Anatole | ||
| 1 | Mann, William M. | ||
| 1 | Pankhurst, Emmeline, 1858-1928 | ||
| 1 | Sandwich, George Charles Montagu, 9th Earl of, 1874- | ||
| 1 | Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966 | ||
| 1 | Seifriz, William 1888- | ||
| 1 | Somerset, Lady Isabella Caroline, 1851-1921 | ||
| 1 | Steichen, Edward | ||
| 1 | Stein, Gertrude | ||
| 1 | Swinburne, Algernon Charles | ||
| 1 | Taylor, Fred, 1875-1963 | ||
| 1 | Thorndike, Sybil | ||
| 1 | Waugh, Alec, 1898- | ||
| 1 | Wells, Herbert George, 1866-1946 | ||
--Manuscripts | |||
| 1 | Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968 | ||
| 1 | Warner, Charles, 1846-1909 | ||
--Photographs and Art | |||
| 1 | Craig, Edwrad Gordon, 1872- | ||
| 1 | Joy, Thomas Musgrave, 1812-1866 | ||
Arranged Series | |||
--Correspondence | |||
| 2 | Chipman, Renee | ||
| 2 | Haweis, Lionel | ||
| 2 | Haweis, Mary Eliza | ||
| 2 | Haweis, Stephen | ||
| 2 | Paynter, Thomas | ||
| 2 | Roosevelt, John E. | ||
| 2 | Torrey, Margaret E. | ||
| 2 | A-Z 21 folders | ||
--Manuscripts | |||
| 3 | Haweis, Hugh Reginald. Ink presses | ||
| 3 | Haweis, Hugh Reginald Notes | ||
| 3 | Haweis, Lionel Story of Deed of Gift | ||
| 3 | Haweis, Mary Eliza Chaucer Calendar | ||
| 3 | Haweis, Mary Eliza Diary | ||
| 3 | Haweis, Mary Eliza Fragments | ||
| 3 | Haweis, Stephen Address book | ||
| 3 | Haweis, Stephen Memoir 1 volume 3 folders. | ||
| 3 | Haweis, Stephen Notes for his Will | ||
| 10 | Mss Fragments 2 folders | ||
| 10 | Howe, Bea List of people painted by Thomas Musgrave Joy Note: With article. | ||
| 10 | Paynter, Thomas [Paynter] family pedigree | ||
| 10 | Roosevelt, Mrs. John Story of the Stephen Haweis materials | ||
--Fiction | |||
| 4 | Short stories 4 folders | ||
| 4 | Albut and the Old Man 2 folders | ||
| 4 | The Archer of Living Eden | ||
| 4 | From Kalymnos He Came Note: Box 5 | ||
| 5 | A Great Lady 2 folders | ||
| 5 | Love Letters to Dead Ladies | ||
| 5 | Roseau in Dominica | ||
| 5 | The Satyr 2 folders | ||
| 5 | The Scented East 2 folders | ||
| 5 | The Secret Island Note: Box 6 | ||
| 6 | That Foolish Game | ||
| 6 | Treasure Trove 3 folders | ||
--Non-fiction | |||
| 6 | Bimonadism | ||
| 6 | The Daphne Affair | ||
| 6 | David Without Devotion | ||
| 6 | Death and All That 3 volumes | ||
| 6 | Ezra Did It | ||
| 6 | Freedom on Quick Sand 2 volumes | ||
| 6 | The Future and Imagination Note: Box 7 | ||
| 7 | Men and Women and Mortality and Morality | ||
| 7 | Mount Joy 5 folders | ||
| 7 | The Natural Way to Draw Note: Box 8 | ||
| 8 | Spoilt Child: the Story of Hugh Reginald Haweis 2 folders | ||
| 8 | The Thirteenth Disciple | ||
--Notebooks | |||
| 8 | Notebooks 1946-48 | ||
| 8 | Notebooks ca. l948 | ||
| 8 | Notebooks ca. 1949 | ||
| 8 | Notebooks ca. 1950-67 Note: Box 9 | ||
| 9 | Notebooks ca. 1952-65 | ||
| 9 | Notebooks ca. 1963 | ||
| 9 | Notebooks ca. 1964 | ||
| 9 | Notebooks ca. 1967 | ||
| 9 | Notebooks ca. 1967-69 | ||
| 9 | Notebooks ca. 1968 3 folders | ||
--Plays | |||
| 9 | Because I love You | ||
| 9 | Clockwise | ||
| 9 | A House Set in Disorder | ||
| 9 | Pegs | ||
| 9 | They Hated Their Parents | ||
| 9 | The Three Hairs | ||
| 9 | [Untitled] | ||
--Poems | |||
| 10 | Miscellaneous poems by Stephen Haweis 6 folders | ||
| 10 | Poetry notebooks 13 volumes | ||
--Documents | |||
| 11 | Haweis, Stephen Patent for a musical instrument | ||
| 11 | Mrs. Stephens Statement by re Hugh Reginald Haweis | ||
--Photographs | |||
| 11 | Photograph albums 6 volumes | ||
| 11 | Photographs (loose) | ||
--Objects | |||
| 11 | Joy ,Thomas William Musgrave. Shell and hair | ||
--Printed Materials | |||
| 12 & 13 | Books by Stephen, his father, and his mother; exhibition; exhibition catalogs; clippings; and The Arbiter of Elegance by Bea Howe, the biography of his mother | ||
--Artwork | |||
| Flat Box 301 | Haweis,
Stephen Various pieces of original art (With an 11 page inventory by Margaret E Torrey) ca. 200 items | ||