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Mary Webb letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0162
Finding aid note: Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a letter by Mary Webb, an English author, to Geoffrey Dearmer. The letter, thanking Dr. Dearmer for his advice regarding publishers and some of her writings, also gives a description of her cottage in Hampstead. The letter is dated March 29, but no year is given.

Dates

  • 1914

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from the Mary Webb Letter must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

Biographical / Historical

Mary Webb (1881-1927) was an English Romanic novelist who authored novels including The Golden Arrow (1916) and Precious Bane (1924). Most of her works were set in the Shropshire countryside where she grew up, and many of her characters were based on people that she knew there. However, her novels did not achieve much literary success with the general public until after her death.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 letter)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

This collection contains a letter by Mary Webb, an English author, to Geoffrey Dearmer. The letter, thanking Dr. Dearmer for his advice regarding publishers and some of her writings, also gives a description of her cottage in Hampstead.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased in 1964.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Mary Webb letter, ca. 1914
Status
Completed
Date
2008
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
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Houston Texas 77005 USA

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