Correspondence and drafts relating to Alford's biography of "George Egerton" (Mrs. Mary Chavelita Bright); copy of Alford's Ph.D. dissertation on the Rhymers' Club and material relating to his book based on this dissertation; drafts of monograph on Stephen Hudson (Sydney Schiff); drafts of essays on George Eliot, Aldous Huxley, A. Bronson Alcott.
Correspondence from Alford at his home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, to Howard Gerwing, U. Vic. Special Collections. Includes memo from Colin Partridge, U. Vic. Dept. of English, and carbon of letter from Chris Petter, U. Vic. Archives. 1984-1990.
George Egerton - A Biography (Mrs. Mary Chavelita Bright, formerly Clairmonte, formerly Melville, nee Dunne): 1859-1945. Correspondence with book shops, universities and Egerton friends, 1968-1981; Canada Council application, 1967; copies of essay on Egerton; notebook and holograph loose-leaf notes.
Essays by Alford - on Middlemarch; Aldous Huxley's "The Gioconda Smile"; A. Bronson Alcott's Concord Days and Journals. U. Vic., 1964. Tss. with holograph markings and instructor's comments, 40 leaves total.