Stevenson, Louise Ellen Destler, 1908-1963 (Wife of Charles Leslie Stevenson)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1908 - 1963
Places
- Ohio (state) (Place of Birth)
- United States of America (Place of Birth)
- Michigan (Place of Death)
- United States of America (Place of Death)
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Series
Correspondence of Anne Stevenson, 1951 - 2020
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/18
Scope and Contents
Letters, printouts of emails, cards, and postcards sent to Anne Stevenson from friends, family, business associates, literary peers, companies, charities, educational institutions, and people who admired her work. Some letters are accompanied by copies of poems written by the correspondents. Also present are contracts, financial statements, sales invoices and other items that Stevenson received through the post.This series is composed of 37 boxes and 783 identified correspondents,...
Dates:
1951 - 2020
Conditions Governing Access:
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While some files have been restricted due to containing personal sensitive information, the majority of restrictions revolve around the existence of modern contact information (e.g. email addresses and mobile phone humbers) that may still be active. In those instances, files/items have been closed for 20 years from the date of their creation.
File
Correspondence Received by Charles and Louise Stevenson, 1927 - 1944
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/20/1/4
Scope and Contents
A file holding several letters received by Charles and Louise Stevenson, parents of poet, Anne Stevenson. The following are present: a typescript letter from 'Ruth,' dated 19 January 1936, congratulating the couple on the birth of their new daughter, Diana, along with providing information on her current activities to find work; and two letters from Lionel Elvin [future father-in-law of Anne], including one dating from the beginning of his time as Principal of Ruskin College, in Oxford. Also...
Dates:
1927 - 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
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Destler Family File, 1927 - 1933
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/20/1/3
Scope and Contents
A file holding material relating to the mother and maternal grandparents of poet, Anne Stevenson. The following are present: a set of eight letters to Louise Destler [later Stevenson, mother of Anne] from her father, Lewis, along with one letter from her mother, [Minnie], dating between October and December 1927; a set of five letters from Louise to Lewis, four undated and the other from February 1928; two invoices from 1927, one from the Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati and the other...
Dates:
1927 - 1933
Conditions Governing Access:
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Notes by Louise Destler Stevenson on Anne Stevenson, c 1960s-c 1970s
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/20/1/5
Scope and Contents
A file holding photocopies of a set of diary notes written by Louise Destler Stevenson, mother of poet, Anne Stevenson. The original entries date between 1937 and 1945, and they document Louise's observations about Anne and her sister, Diana, during their early childhoods. Also present in this file are photocopies of two postcards received by Louise from her husband, Charles, both dated December 1933, which provide information on his activities while away from home. There is also a photocopy...
Dates:
c 1960s-c 1970s
Conditions Governing Access:
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