Copies of letters used by Emma Lowndes in her biography of Bessie Rayner Parkes ('Turning Victorian Ladies into Women', 2012), 1904 - 1920
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
- From the Fonds: Belloc, Elizabeth Rayner, 1829 - 1925 (nee Parkes, campaigner for women's rights and journalist) (Person)
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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