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Gossip Society manuscript volume

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0218
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

The volume contains the productions of the Sisterhood of the Gossip Society of Gloucester, England. The author is unknown, but goes by the nom de plume “Penelope Placid.” The entire work is purportedly a product of these women’s meetings; more likely, it is the work of one woman satirizing the situation of elderly spinsters whom society considered to be gossips in nineteenth century England.

Among the daily entries are moral lessons, small observations, anecdotes, and tales all told by members of the society.

Dates

  • 1803 - 1804

Creator

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from the Gossip Society manuscript volume must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center.

Historical Sketch

Gloucester, England is a town of approximately 123,000 people in the southwestern part of England. The town lies in the county of Gloucestershire, close to the Welsh border.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet ( (1 folder))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

The volume contains the productions of the Sisterhood of the Gossip Society of Gloucester, England. The author is unknown, but goes by the nom de plume “Penelope Placid.” The entire work is purportedly a product of these women’s meetings; more likely, it is the work of one woman satirizing the situation of elderly spinsters whom society considered to be gossips in nineteenth century England.

Acquisition Information

This volume was purchased in 1953 through the Friends’ Fund (gift of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Olcott). See Scherling Catalogue no. 49 (1953) item no. 80 MOF W 25396.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Gossip Society manuscript volume, 1803-1804
Status
Completed
Author
Susan Meadows
Date
2008
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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