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Pearl Mary Teresa Richards Craigie collection of papers

Title
  1. Pearl Mary Teresa Richards Craigie collection of papers, 1877-1933 bulk (1890-1911)
Format
  1. Archival mix
Author
  1. Hobbes, John Oliver, 1867-1906

Collection information

Finding aid

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Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320. See the finding aid for details.

AccessPermit neededCall numberBerg Coll MSS CraigieItem locationSchwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

Details

Additional authors
  1. Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928
  2. Higgs, Henry, 1864-1940
  3. Laurie, Thomas Werner
  4. Marbury, Elisabeth, 1856-1933
  5. Richards, John Morgan, 1841-1918
  6. Richards, Laura Hortense
  7. Seaman, Owen, Sir, 1861-1936
  8. Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926
  9. Watts-Dunton, Theodore, 1832-1914
  10. Whibley, Charles, 1859-1930
  11. T. Fisher Unwin (Firm)
  12. American Play Company. fmo
  13. T. Fisher Unwin (Firm) fmo
Description
  1. 1,607 items.
Summary
  1. This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, notebooks for 1891 and 1892, and legal documents. The manuscripts and typescripts consist of plays, novels, and portions thereof, as well as a financial receipt for money paid to Pearl Mary Teresa Richards Craigie's father, John Morgan Richards, by the actor's agent Elisabeth Marbury. The correspondence consists of letters from the author, dating from 1877 to 1906, to her son John Craigie, Edmund William Gosse, Henry Higgs, Thomas Werner Laurie, her parents Laura Hortense and John Morgan Richards, Theodore Watts-Dunton, the literary agency T. Fisher Unwin, and others, as well as letters relating to the author, dating from 1897 to 1933, between various correspondents, including Sir Edmund Gosse, John Morgan Richards, Sir Owen Seaman, Clement King Shorter, Charles Whibley, T. Fisher Unwin, and others.
Subject
  1. Hobbes, John Oliver, 1867-1906.
Genre/Form
  1. Correspondence.
  2. Notebooks.
Call number
  1. Berg Coll MSS Craigie
Language
  1. English
Biography (note)
  1. Pearl Mary Teresa Richards Craigie was an Anglo-American novelist, dramatist and lecturer. She wrote under the pseudonym John Oliver Hobbes.
Indexes/finding aids (note)
  1. Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.
Provenance (note)
  1. This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. Previous owners include the American Play Company and T. Fisher Unwin.
Processing action (note)
  1. Cataloged
Local note
  1. Creation of collection-level record funded with the generous support of the Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.
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