Skip to main content

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 of Themis.

Dates

  • Other: 1911-1912

Creator

Extent

5 item(s) : card

Language of Materials

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Bibliography

Ábel, and Ábel, Jenő (1885) Orphic hymns. sumptus fecit G. Freytag.
Cornford, F. M. and Relton, H. M. (1912). From religion to philosophy : a study in the origins of western speculation.
Harrison, Jane E., Murray, Gilbert, and Cornford, Francis Macdonald. (1912). Themis : a study of the social origins of Greek religion.

Physical Description

5 correspondence postcards, handwritten in ink, franked.

General

With thanks to Professor Tim Rood, St Hugh's College, Oxford, for reading these postcards and summarising content for the Archivist, March 2024.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Cambridge: Faculty of Classics Archives Repository

Contact:
Faculty of Classics
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge CB3 9DA United Kingdom
+441223 335193