Letters by nineteenth century women authors
Scope and content
76 letters by 19th century women authors to their publishers and editors regarding the writing and publication of their works. Correspondents include: R. Bentley, George Bentley, Mrs. Alexander, Matilda Betham-Edwards, Courteney Grant, Fredrika Bremer, Rhoda Broughton, B. H. Buxton, Rosa Nouchette Carey, Mary Cholmondeley, Marie Corelli, Henrietta Duff, Georgiana Fullerton, Theo Gift, Anna Maria Hall, Mrs. Humphries ("Rita"), Harriet Jay, Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury, Julia Kavanagh, Fanny Aikin-Kortright, Katherine S. Macquoid, Helen Mathers, Mary P. Merrifield, Florence Montgomery, Sophia Florence Montgomery, Dinah Mulock, C aroline Norton, Adelaide O'Keeffe, Frances Mary Peard, Emily Ponsonby, Mrs. J. H. Riddell, Anna Sebastian, Lucy Toulmin Smith, Camilla Toulmin.
Dates
- 1851-1917.
Creator
- no primary creator (Person)
- Aikin-Kortright, Fanny, 1821-1900. (Person)
- Alexander, Mrs., 1825-1902. (Person)
- Betham-Edwards, Matilda, 1836-1919. (Person)
- Bremer, Fredrika, 1801-1865. (Person)
- Broughton, Rhoda, 1840-1920. (Person)
- Buxton, B. H. (Bertha H.), 1844-1881. (Person)
- Carey, Rosa Nouchette, 1840-1909. (Person)
- Cholmondeley, Mary, 1859-1925. (Person)
- Corelli, Marie, 1855-1924. (Person)
- Duff, Henrietta A. (Henrietta Anne), 1842-1879. (Person)
- Fullerton, Georgiana, 1812-1885. (Person)
- Gift, Theo, -1889. (Person)
- Grant, Courteney. (Person)
- Hall, Anna Maria, 1800-1881. (Person)
- Rita, 1860-1938. (Person)
- Jay, Harriett, 1857-1932. (Person)
- Jewsbury, Geraldine Endsor, 1812-1880. (Person)
- Kavanagh, Julia, 1824-1877. (Person)
- Macquoid, Katharine S. (Katharine Sarah), 1824-1917. (Person)
- Mathers, Helen, 1853-1920. (Person)
- Merrifield, Mary P. (Mary Philadelphia), 1804 or 1805-1889. (Person)
- Montgomery, Florence, 1843-1923. (Person)
- Montgomery, Sophia Florence. (Person)
- Mulock, Dinah, 1826-1887. (Person)
- Norton, Caroline Sheridan, 1808-1877. (Person)
- O'Keeffe, Adelaide, 1776-1855? (Person)
- Peard, Frances Mary, 1835-1923. (Person)
- Ponsonby, Emily, Lady, 1817-1877. (Person)
- Riddell, J. H., Mrs., 1832-1906. (Person)
- Sebastian, Anna. (Person)
- Smith, Lucy Toulmin, 1838-1911. (Person)
- Crosland, Newton, Mrs., 1812-1895. (Person)
Extent
.3 cubic feet. (.3 cubic feet.)
Language of Materials
English
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
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