Mary Webb letter
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
- Creation: 1914
Creator
- Webb, Mary (Author, Person)
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
Abstract
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.
- 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
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu