This document summarizes the journey of Alice in Wonderland from its origins with Charles Dodgson and his friendship with the Liddell sisters to its publication and widespread popularity. It traces some of the earliest editions held in the de Grummond Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi and describes Dodgson's connections to Christ Church at Oxford, the setting for much of the story. The document concludes with photographs of Christ Church cathedral and grounds that were inspirations for the fictional world visited by Alice.

1. Searching for Alice
From de Grummond Collection to Oxford, England
Teresa S. Welsh, Ph.D., MLIS
teresa.welsh@usm.edu
Illustration by John Tenniel (1820-1914)

2. Background
 The Reverend Charles L. Dodgson (1832-1898), an Oxford
mathematician whose pen name was Lewis Carroll, was
fond of children and became friends with the three young
daughters of the Dean of his college, Christ Church.
 One summer's day in 1862 he entertained them on a boat
trip with a story of Alice's adventures in a magical world entered
through a rabbit-hole. Ten-year-old Alice was so entranced that
she begged him to write it down for her. It took him some time
to hand-write the tale and complete the 37 illustrations.
 Alice finally received the 90-page book, dedicated to 'a dear child, in memory
of a
summer day', in November 1864. The original manuscript is owned by the
British
Library and is available online in digital format:
ww.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/alice/accessible/page1.html#content
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3. “A Boat, Beneath a Sunny Sky” by Lewis Carroll
A boat, beneath a sunny sky
Lingering onward dreamily
In an evening of July –
Children three that nestle near,
Eager eye and willing ear,
Pleased a simple tale to hear –
Long has paled that sunny sky:
Echoes fade and memories die:
Autumn frosts have slain July.
Still she haunts me, phantomwise,
Alice moving under skies
Never seen by waking eyes
Children yet, the tale to hear,
Eager eye and willing ear,
Lovingly shall nestle near.
In a Wonderland they lie,
Dreaming as the days go by,
Dreaming as the summers die:
Ever drifting down the stream –
Lingering in a golden dream –
Life, what is it but a dream?
(Through the Looking Glass, 1871)
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4. Photos of Alice Liddell by Charles Dodgson
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5. The original copy of
Alice’s Adventures
Under Ground, hand-
written and illustrated
by Charles Dodgson
(1864).
Image courtesy of
the British Library
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6. First Edition
 After financing the printing and publishing of 2,000 copies of the story
out of his own pocket, Dodgson and illustrator John Tenniel felt the
inking of the text and the artwork did not measure up to their
standards.
 Dodgson had presented 48 copies to friends and family; the
remaining unbound sheets were sold to American publisher Appleton;
2,000 improved copies were published by Macmillan.
 Only 23 copies of the first 1865 edition of Alice are known to have
survived.
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7. de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection
 The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
is one of North America's leading research centers
for children's literature. The main focus of the
Collection is on American and British children's
literature.
 The Collection was founded in 1966 by Dr. Lena Y.
de Grummond, who taught children‟s literature in
the School of Library Science.
 The Collection holds the original manuscripts and
illustrations of more than 1300 authors and
illustrators, as well as 160,000+ published books
dating from 1530 to the present
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10. Earliest Alice in Wonderland in de Grummond (1869)
 Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
with illustrations by John
Tenniel, Lee &
Shepard, Boston, 1869.
http://digital.library.yale.edu/cdm/ref/
collection/rebooks/id/25137
 Aventures d'Alice: Au Pays
des Merveilles par Lewis
Carroll; traduit de L„Anglais
par Henri
Bué, Macmillan, London (1st
French edition), 1869
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5cZDUvOTKM
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11. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; Through the Looking Glass
 Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland by Lewis
Carroll with illustrations by
John
Tenniel, McMillan, London,
1887.
 Through the Looking Glass
and What Alice Found
There by Lewis Carroll with
illustrations by John
Tenniel, Macmillan, Londo
n, 1887
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12. Alice in Wonderland: A Play
 Alice in Wonderland: A
Play Compiled from
Lewis Carroll's stories
Alice in Wonderland and
Through the Looking-
Glass and What Alice
Found There by Emily
Prime Delafield
 Published by
Dodd, Mead & Co., New
York, 1898.
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13. The Story of Lewis Carroll
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/35990/35990-h/35990-h.htm
 The Story of Lewis Carroll: Told for
Young People by the Real Alice in
Wonderland by Isa Bowman
 With a diary and numerous
facsimile letters written to Miss Isa
Bowman and others; many
sketches and photos by Lewis
Carroll and other illustrations
 Published by E.P. Dutton, New
York, c. 1899
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14. The Nursery Alice
• A shortened version of Alice's Adventures
in Wonderland was adapted by the author
for younger children "from nought to five“
• Includes 20 of John Tenniel's illustrations
from the original book, colored and
enlarged
• First published in 1890 by Macmillan, it
featured a new cover illustrated by E.
Gertrude Thomson, a good friend of
Dodgson
• Reprinted in 1966
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15. Alice in Wonderland
• Alice in Wonderland: Junior Library
Edition by Lewis Carroll illustrated
by John Tenniell
• The World‟s Popular Classics: Art-
Type Edition published by J.G.
Ferguson & Assoc., Chicago, 1939
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16. Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass
• Alice in Wonderland &
Through the Looking
Glass in One
Volume by Lewis
Carroll illustrated with
the World-Famous
Drawings of Sir John
Tenniell
• The Heritage
Illustrated
Bookshelf, New
York, 1941
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17. The Annotated Alice (1960)
• The Annotated Alice:
Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland & Through
the Looking Glass in
One Volume by Lewis
Carroll illustrated by
John Tenniell with
notes by Martin
Gardner
• Published by Bramhall
House, New
York, 1960
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18. The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition (2000)
• The Annotated Alice: The Definitive
Edition by Lewis Carroll illustrated by John
Tenniell and peter Newell with notes by
Martin Gardner
• Combined and updated The Annotated
Alice (1960) and More Annotated Alice
(1990)
• Published by W.W. Norton & Co., New
York, 2000.
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19. Walter Anderson’s Alice
 Anderson’s Alice: Walter
Anderson Illustrates Alice’s
Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
 Published in 1983 by
University Press of
Mississippi
 Walter Anderson
Museum, Ocean
Springs, MS
walterandersonmuseum.org
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20. Alice in Wonderland: A Norton Critical Edition
 Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, edited
by Donald J. Gray
 A Norton Critical Edition published by W.W.
Norton & Co., New York, 2013.
 Reprint of the 1897 editions of Alice’s
Adventures and Through the Looking Glass
and 1876 edition of The Hunting of the
Snark. Contains annotations, contextual
materials, letters and diary entries.
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21. The Complete Alice in Wonderland
 The Complete Alice in Wonderland by
Lewis Carroll, edited by Kent David Kelly
 Kindle Edition published by Wonderland
Imprints, 3rd edition, 2013.
 Complete texts of Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland, Through the Looking-
Glass, Alice’s Adventures Under
Ground, The Nursery Alice, The Hunting of
the Snark, and all of Carroll‟s poems.
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OXFORD, ENGLAND (City of “Dreaming Spires”)

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24. Steps of Bodleian Library, University of Oxford24

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26. Radcliff Camera Reading Room, Bodleian Library26

27. I hereby undertake not to remove from
the Library, nor to mark, deface, or
injure in any way, any volume,
document or other object belonging to
it or in its custody; not to bring into the
Library, or kindle therein, any fire or
flame, and not to smoke in the Library;
and I promise to obey all rules of the
Library.
--Bodleian Library Oath
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29. Christ Church, University of Oxford29

30. Christ Church, University of Oxford30

31. Rear of Christ Church, University of Oxford31

32. Christ Church Inner Gardens, University of Oxford32

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34. Christ Church Cathedral Cemetery, University of Oxford34

35. Rear Walk, Christ Church Cathedral, University of Oxford35

36. Side Garden, Christ Church Cathedral, University of Oxford36

37. Side Garden, Christ Church Cathedral, University of Oxford37

38. 38 Side Garden, Christ Church Cathedral, University of Oxford

39. Christ Church Academic Library, University of Oxford (2011)39

40. Christ Church Academic Library, University of Oxford40

41. 41 Christ Church Academic Library, University of Oxford

42. Staircase to Great Dining Hall, Christ Church, University of Oxford42

43. 43 Fireplace, Great Dining Hall, Christ ChurchStaircase to Great Dining Hall, Christ Church

44. 44 Fireplace Andiron, Great Dining Hall, Christ ChurchAlice illustration by John Tenniel

45. Great Dining Hall, Christ Church, University of Oxford
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46. Great Dining Hall Dais, Christ Church, University of Oxford46

47. Alice Window, Great Dining Hall, Christ Church47

48. Christ Church Cathedral, University of Oxford48

49. 49 Christ Church Quad, University of Oxford

50. Image courtesy of Christ Church: http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/visiting50

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52. Selected Bibliography
 Lewis Carroll and Alice, Christ Church, Oxford
http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/visiting/alice
 Alice’s Adventures Under Ground
https://archive.org/details/AlicesAdventuresUnderGround
 Alice‟s Shop, Oxford http://www.aliceinwonderlandshop.co.uk/tours.html
 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,150th Anniversary Animated Edition for
Tablets http://alicewinks.com/
 The Tenniel Illustrations for Alice in Wonderland
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/114/114-h/114-h.htm
 Virtual Tour of Christ Church http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/visiting/panoramas
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53. Thank you for your attention…
Questions?
Teresa S. Welsh, Ph.D., MLIS
teresa.welsh@usm.edu
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