Rebecca West collection 1913-[ongoing]

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Rebecca West collection 1913-[ongoing]

The collection contains letters to and from West, including extensive correspondences with Emanie Sachs Arling and Doris Stevens, as well as letters from Norman Mackenzie, Sara Tugander Melville, Jonathan Mitchell, Harold F. Rubinstein, and Reginald Turner; miscellaneous writings by West; and correspondence and memorabilia of West assembled by Gordon S. Haight.

Total Boxes: 9; Other Storage Formats: 2 cases; Linear Feet: 4.75

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Melville, Sara Tugander.

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Mitchell, Jonathan

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Rubinstein, Harold.

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Stevens, Doris, 1888-1963

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Doris Stevens was born Dora Caroline Stevens on October 26, 1888, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Henry Henderbourck Stevens (1859-1930) and Caroline D. Koopman Stevens (1863-1932). Doris had an older sister, Alice Stevens Burns (1885-1954), and two younger brothers, Harry E. Stevens (ca.1892-1943) and Ralph G. Stevens (1895-1968). In December 1921, she married lawyer Dudley Field Malone (1882-1950), keeping her name. She filed for divorce in 1927; it was granted in 1929. In 1935, Stevens married journal...

Mitchell, Jonathan, 1975-

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Turner, Reggie, 1869?-1938

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Turner was a British author. Beerbohm was a British author and caricaturist. From the description of Letters to Max Beerbohm, 1896-1938. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612375349 From the guide to the Reggie Turner letters to Max Beerbohm, 1896-1938., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) British novelist. From the description of Manuscript, 1912. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at A...

Haight, Gordon Sherman

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Gordon S. Haight was an American educator and author, known for his groundbreaking works on George Eliot. Born in 1901 in Michigan and educated at Yale University and Kent School, he joined the Yale faculty in 1933 and retired in 1968. His serendipitous discovery of some unpublished George Eliot letters at Yale led to his lifelong study of the author, including a universally praised 1968 biography and an acclaimed edition of Eliot's letters. When Eliot was memorialized in Westminster Abbey, Haig...

Sachs, Emanie N.

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Melville, Sara Tugander.

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Mackenzie, Norman Ian

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Professor, political and social science; Author. Norman Ian MacKenzie born London, 1921; social scientist and professor, U.of Sussex, England, circa 1963-83. Married (1) Jeanne Sampson (?-1986), writer and manuscripts editor; they had two daughters. With Jeanne MacKenzie wrote and edited several biographies including H.G. Wells, Charles Dickens, and Beatrice Webb. Norman was commissioned by Social Science Research Council of Australia in 1959 to conduct 2 year pioneering...

West, Rebecca, 1892-1983

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Rebecca West was a British author and journalist. Born Cicily Fairfield, of Scots-Irish heritage, she adopted the name of the strong-willed heroine of Ibsen's play, Rosmershmolm. She trained as an actress, but concentrated on writing and contributed to various liberal journals. In addition to social commentary and literary criticism, she wrote novels; her writing was distinguished by passion, intelligence, and style. Her personal life included a decade-long affair with H.G. Wells, affairs with C...

Rubinstein, Harold.

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