J. Randolph Sasnett Papers

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J. Randolph Sasnett Papers

1844-1953, bulk 1934-1937

These papers document the literary friendships of twentieth-century Methodist minister and author J. Randolph Sasnett. The papers consist of letters from Wilfrid and Viola Meynell and Lady Marie Dickens; manuscripts by Viola Meynell, Alice Meynell, and Francis Thompson; photographs; and a drawing of Wilfrid Meynell.

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Sasnett, J. Randolph (Joseph Randolph), 1890-1978

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J. Randolph Sasnett was born on June 30, 1890. In 1912, he married M. Leonora Harris. Between 1929 and 1939, Sasnett served as a Methodist minister at the University of Washington Seattle campus. Due to his enthusiasm for Alice Meynell’s poetry, Sasnett corresponded with Wilfrid Meynell for many years, and visited the Meynell family at their Greatham, Sussex estate in 1936. While in England, Sasnett also met with Lady Marie Dickens, the wife of the late Sir Henry Dickens (1849-1933), son of nove...

Meynell, Wilfrid, 1852-1948

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Wilfrid Meynell was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Yorkshire on November 17, 1852. Birth registry and census records indicate that he was probably born Wilfrid Isaac Mennell, to George and Hannah (Tuke) Mennell, but documentation of his name change to "Meynell" is lacking. His family was Quaker, but at the age of eighteen Wilfrid converted to Catholicism and moved to London to pursue a career in journalism. He also wrote poetry, contributing verses to Emily Priestman's Simple Tales (1873), and he ...

Meynell, Viola Mary Gertrude, 1885-1956

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Viola Mary Gertrude Meynell, often called Prue or Prudie by her family, was born on October 15, 1885 in London, Enlgland, to Wilfrid and Alice (Thompson) Meynell. Viola grew up with six brothers and a sister, in the literary environment of the Meynell household whose family friends included authors George Meredith, Coventry Patmore, and Francis Thompson. Viola was given a Catholic education at the Convent of Our Lady of Sion in London. More than the rest of her siblings, Viola aspired to becom...

Thompson, Francis Joseph, 1859-1907

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Francis Joseph Thompson was born on December 18, 1859 in Lancashire, England, to Charles and Mary Turner Morton Thompson. Thompson's sisters Mary (later Sister Mary Austin) and Margaret were born in 1861 and 1863, respectively. After Mary Turner’s death, Charles Thompson married Anne Richardson and had one more son, Norbert. Both of Francis Thompson's parents were converts to Roman Catholicism, joining the faith in support of Cardinal Newman as a result of the Oxford Movement. Beginning in 18...

Dickens, Marie K.

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Marie Dickens was the wife of Henry Fielding Dickens, the son of Charles Dickens. From the description of Papers, 1897. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 50675852 ...