This finding aid describes correspondence to and from George Egerton, as well as photocopies and microfilms of manuscripts of her literary works. Materials described here include both original correspondence in the Clark Library's collections, as well as reproductions of materials held by other institutions. The largest portion of this collection consists of original correspondence to John Lane dating 1890-1900, but the collection also includes original and copied correspondence with other English literary figures, as well as photocopies of correspondence with Norwegian writers.

The photocopies and microfilms in this collection come from the research files of Carol Sommer, a librarian at the Clark Library from 1981 to 2012, who was working on a planned monograph of Egerton throughout her career. As a part of Sommer's research process, she requested and secured microfilms and photocopies of original Egerton material housed at other institutions, as well as translated copies of Egerton's Norwegian correspondence from scholar Margaret Stetz.