"Important letters", 1886 May 31-1921 July 23
Scope and Contents
According to the bookseller's description, folder contains "letters from people of import; letters from well-known artists, writers, actors, and political radicals of the day," including single letters from E. Maria Albanesi ("British novelist better known by her pen name of Effie Adelaide Rowlands"), Maud Beerbohm Tree (actress and wife of well-known actor Herbert Beerbohm Tree), Robert Brough (Scottish painter, d. 1905), Henry Redvers Buller ("Army officer who was awarded the Victoria Cross"), Anges Egerton Castle (the wife of swordsman and author Egerton Castle, with whom she co-authored several books), Anstey Guthrie ("humorous writer")(2 letters), G.P. Jacomb-Hood ("artist and inhabitant of Tite Street"), Constance S. Maud ("probably the suffragette"and author of No Surrender); Mary Millais (wife of Everett Millais, son of Pre-Raphaelite painter John Edward Millais and Effie Millais)(3 letters), [Mary] Louisa Molesworth ("author, known predominantly for her children's stories"), Richard Pryce ("playwright and author"), Anne Ritchie (daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray and Isabella Gethin Shawe)(2 letters), and Henry Scott Tuke (English artist)
Dates
- Creation: 1886 May 31-1921 July 23
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the File: 175 Linear Feet (213 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the File: English
Repository Details
Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository