Edith J. Lyttleton letters to Paul A.W. Wallace, 1918- 1943.

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Edith J. Lyttleton letters to Paul A.W. Wallace, 1918- 1943.

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The collection contains letters from Edith Lyttleton to her close literary friend, Dr. Paul A. W. Wallace (a Canadian-born and educated authority on Pennsylvania history), 1918-1941, and his wife, Dorothy, 1923- 1944; carbons of Wallace's replies, 1941; two letters on her illness and death from her brother Ray with carbons of Wallace's replies, 1945; letters from Helen Coleman to Wallace, 1933, and 1946-1947 with carbons of his replies; and a letter from Lyttleton to Miss Clarke, 1919. The letters from Lyttleton to Wallace cover a wide range of subjects but are largely literary, with comments on other writers (Hergesheimer, Byrne, Forster, and Kipling), on what the critics wrote of her work, on differences between the people in the various British commonwealths, and on her attitude toward and method of writing. Includes a Lyttleton family genealogy for the novel, Pageant. Also, includes a draft of Pageant, and photocopies of abstracts of her letters in the Colin Roderick papers in the Australian National Library, Canberra.

.90 cubic ft.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Wallace, Dorothy (Dorothy I.)

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Wallace, Paul A.W.

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Paul A. W. Wallace was a professor of English, with interests in Pennsylvania history. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1920]-1967. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122347523 Anthropologist, historian, and folklorist Paul A.W. Wallace (1894-1967) drew national recognition in the 1940s and 1950s for his pioneering work on eighteenth century Indian-white relations. A contemporary and colleague of Alfred Irving Hallowell, Wallace br...

Lyttleton, Ray,

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Lancaster, G. B., 1874-1945

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Edith Joan Lyttleton of Campbell Town, Tasmania, wrote under the pen name G. B. Lancaster. Her work is variously set in New Zealand (where she spent her childhood), England, Canada, and Australia. Among her works are a collection of short stories, Sons of man (1904), and the novels Jim of the range (1910), Pageant (1933), Promenade (1938), and Grand parade (1943). From the description of Edith J. Lyttleton letters to Paul A.W. Wallace, 1918- 1943. (Pennsylvania State University Libra...

Coleman, Helena, 1860-1953

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