Dorothea Conyers Papers
Scope and Content
This collection consists of typescripts and manuscripts of many of Dorothea Conyers' works. Some of the identified works include Come On (Box 1),Blind (Box 1 and 8),The Cheat (Box 1),Strange Adventures of a Great Detective (Box 1),The Fortunes of Evadne (Box 6),Rooted Out (Box 9),A Legacy (Box 8),Substitutes (Box 9) andThe Beach Shadow (Box 9). There is also an abundant amount of unknown fragments of various works. A small amount of correspondence exists, but the bulk of the materials are in the form of Conyers' manuscripts.
Dates
- Creation: about 1900-1950
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
The Clark Library owns the property rights to its collections but does not hold the copyright to these materials and therefore cannot grant or deny permission to use them. Researchers are responsible for determining the copyright status of any materials they may wish to use, investigating the owner of the copyright, and obtaining permission for their intended publication or other use. In all cases, you must cite the Clark Library as the source with the following credit line: The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Biography
Dorothea Conyers was born in Fedamore, Co. Limerick as Dorothea Spaight Blood-Smyth (1873-1949). She married her first husband, Charles Conyers, an army officer who was killed in action, in 1892. In 1917, John Joseph White became her second husband. Dorothea Conyers is known for her humorous and lively stories of Irish sport. Some of her well-known works consist of her first book, The Thorn Bit (1900), Lady Elverton's Emeralds (1909), a crime story with hunting passages; For Henri and Navarre (1911) a historical tale, The Boy, Some Horses and A Girl: A Tale of An Irish Trip (1903), a comedic story of Irish servants and a competition among three men to win an heiress with a desirable house and stableyard in the west of Ireland, and Sporting Reminiscences (1920), which can be considered the best source of information on her career.
(source: "Conyers, Dorothea" The Oxford Companion to Edwardian Fiction. Sandra Kemp, Charlotte Mitchell and David Trotter. Oxford University Press 2002. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. UC - Los Angeles. 26 May 2011)
[Note: There have been numerous dates found for Conyers' birth but the one listed here was taken from her Library of Congress Name Authority Record.]
Extent
3.55 Linear Feet (9 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of typescripts and manuscripts of many of the works of 20th century Irish author Dorothea Conyers.
Arrangement
This collection has been arranged by title of work where possible and chapters have been organized in numerical order. The majority of the contents have not been identified and there did not appear to be any particular original order when the collection arrived at the Clark.
Physical location
This collection is stored at the Southern Regional Library Facility. Please contact Clark Library staff at least 2 weeks in advance if you would like to view the materials in this collection.
Acquisition Information
The contents of this collection were a 2002 purchase by the Clark Library (MS.2002.004).
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Dorothea Conyers Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid by Jacque Giebel
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository