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Copies of letters used by Emma Lowndes in her biography of Bessie Rayner Parkes ('Turning Victorian Ladies into Women', 2012), 1904 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Parkes 9/147

Scope and Contents

Photocopies of letters held by the Harry Ransom Center, Austin, USA, including:
Letters from Bessie Belloc (née Parkes) to Dr Richard Garnett, 1904-05, chiefly concerning a portrait of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and a portrait of Bessie’s husband Louis [? Richard Garnett, 1835-1906, scholar, librarian, biographer and poet];
Eight letters from Marie Belloc Lowndes to her mother BRP, 1912-20 (not all dated);
Six letters to a Mrs Green-Armytage in Bristol 1906 and 1914-16, concerning Bessie’s memories of various women, particularly Adelaide Procter, in whom Mrs Green-Armytage was interested for her book ‘Maids of Honour’.


Dates

  • Creation: 1904 - 1920

Creator

Extent

1 file(s) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Ana Vicente in 2013.

Date information

DateText: Copies presumed to have been made early 21stC.

Originator(s)

Belloc, Bessie

Finding aid date

2014-06-16 16:28:12+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Girton College Archive Repository

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