Harrison, Jane Ellen, 1850-1928 (Classical scholar, linguist and archaeologist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1850-09-09 - 1928-04-15
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Series
Jane Ellen Harrison, 1870 - 1944
Series
Reference Code: GBR/2911/MIR/1
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, lectures, photographs, verse, etc
Dates:
1870 - 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
This collection is available to researchers at Newnham College Archive
Found in:
Newnham College Archives
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Hope Mirrlees Papers
Collection
Jane Harrison Collection
Collection
Reference Code: GBR/2911/HAR
Scope and Contents
The Harrison Collection comprises the papers of and about Jane Harrison collected after her death principally by Hope Mirrlees and Jessie Stewart, former students of Harrison, for the writing of a biography. Most important is the collection of letters to Gilbert Murray and Lady Mary Murray that form the basis of Jessie Stewart's "Jane Ellen Harrison: A Portrait from Letters" (1959). There are also Mirrlees's and Stewart's own letters from Harrison, their manuscripts and drafts for potential...
Dates:
1870-2000
Conditions Governing Access:
This collection is available to researchers at Newnham College Archive
Found in:
Newnham College Archives
File
Postcards from Jane Harrison, 1911-1912
File
Reference Code: GBR/3437/FMCD/2/1
Scope and Contents
The first post card, with a Newnham College printed header, was written by Jane Harrison in October 1911 to FMC in Cambridge, regarding text from the Orphic Hymns.
The other four post cards were written between 29 December 1911 and 5 January 1912 to FMC whilst he was on holiday in Switzerland,. Their main focus pertains to Harrison's reading of a draft of FMC's From Religion to Philosophy and her response to FMC's comments on a draft...
Dates:
Other: 1911-1912
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 2
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Classics 2
- Archaeology 1