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Princeton University Collection of George Egerton Correspondence

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Egerton

Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright, better known by her pen name George Egerton, was born in 1859 in Australia, though she spent most of her childhood in Ireland. In 1887, Bright eloped to Norway with Henry Higginson; she went to London in 1890 and began her literary career by translating Knut Hamsun's book, Hunger, from Norwegian into English. In 1893 and 1894, she published two books under the name George Egerton, exploring themes of gender, sexuality, equality, and power.

In 1901, Bright divorced George Clairmonte and married Reginald Golding Bright, a drama critic, at the same time as she shifted her literary career to translating and writing plays with feminist themes. Her last published play was "Camilla States Her Case" in 1925.

Consists primarily of correspondence between George Egerton and various friends, family members, and literary and theatrical colleagues, in particular, John Malcolm Bullock, John Lane, Richard LeGallienne, Seamus O'Sullivan, and Louis Napolean Parker. The collection also contains a small number of manuscripts which include prose, poetry, and biographical notes.

The collection correspondence is organized by incoming correspondence, which is alphabetized by correspondent surname, and outgoing correspondence, which is organized chronologically.

The collection was formed as a result of a departmental practice of combining into one collection manuscript material of various accessions relating to a particular author.

The collection consists of a purchase made by the Princeton University Library in 1958, and of a gift from Eaton Cromwell, Class of '16, in memory of J. Harlin O'Connell, Class of '14. The accession numbers associated with these acquisitions are AM 16289 and AM 17781.

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Processing decisions for this collection prior to 2023 are unknown. In 2023, metadata enhancement was completed by Emma Paradies and Amy C. Vo to prepare materials for digitization. The finding aid was revised by Amy C. Vo in July 2023.

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Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2002
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Collection Inventory

Manuscripts, 1894-1903. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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Biographical Notes, 1887-1936. 1 folder.
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Newspaper Clipping, 1958. 1 folder.
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Aherne, Brian, undated. 1 folder.
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Alexander, George, 1905. 1 folder.
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Allgood, Sara, 1927. 1 folder.
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Ashwell, Lena, undated. 1 folder.
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Aynesworth, Allen, circa 1939. 1 folder.
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Barrie, James Matthew, 1918. 1 folder.
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Black, William, undated. 1 folder.
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Bright, (Arthur) Addison, 1907. 1 folder.
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Bright, Reginald Golding, 1900-1923. 1 folder.
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Includes one letter to Bright from Ellis Jeffries.

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Brough, Fanny, undated. 1 folder.
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Bullock, John Malcolm, 1913-1937. 1 folder.
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Butt, Isaac, 1877-1878. 1 folder.
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Five of the letters are to Captain John Dunne.

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Butt, Rosa, 1883. 1 folder.
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Letter from Rosa Butt to Captain John Dunne.

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Caine, Hall, 1892. 1 folder.
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Campbell, Patrick, Mrs. (Tanner, Beatrice Stella), 1921. 1 folder.
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Carswell, Catherine, 1932. 1 folder.
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Chapman, Fredrick, 1850-1855. 1 folder.
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Clairmonte, George Egerton, 1892-1895. 1 folder.
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Clarke, Austin, undated. 1 folder.
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Davidson, John, 1894-1898. 1 folder.
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D'Arcy, Ella, undated. 1 folder.
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de Blacam, Hugh, 1923-1924. 1 folder.
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Draper, Ruth, 1936-1939. 1 folder.
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Fitzgerald, D., 1920. 1 folder.
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Gill, Thomas P., 1893. 1 folder.
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Howlett, W. F., 1895. 1 folder.
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Humbrol, C., 1921. 1 folder.
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Irving, Ethel, 1905. 1 folder.
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Jeffries, Ellis, undated. 1 folder.
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Two of the letters are to Golding Bright.

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Knoblock, Edward, 1918. 1 folder.
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Lane, John, 1895-1923. 1 folder.
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Lang, Matheson, 1921. 1 folder.
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Langtry, Lillie (de Bathe), undated. 1 folder.
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Le Bargy, Simone, undated. 1 folder.
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Le Faun, Brinsley, undated. 1 folder.
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LeGallienne, Richard, 1895-1901. 1 folder.
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Lockes-Lawson, F., 1895. 1 folder.
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Loraine, Robert, undated. 1 folder.
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Loti, Pierre, undated. 1 folder.
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Low, Frances H., 1886. 1 folder.
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Mathews, Elkin, 1893. 1 folder.
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Signed "For John Lane".

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Maugham, William Somerset, 1908-1946. 1 folder.
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One letter to Terence de Vere White.

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May, James Lewis, 1925-1939. 1 folder.
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Merrall, Mary, 1930. 1 folder.
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Moore, Augustus M., 1896. 1 folder.
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O'Regan, Kathleen, 1930. 1 folder.
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Orwin, Mildred, undated. 1 folder.
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O'Shea, Henry, 1885-1886. 1 folder.
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O'Sullivan, Seamus, 1936-1938. 1 folder.
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Parker, Louis Napoleon, 1922-1943. 1 folder.
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Parnell, Charles Stewart, 1878. 1 folder.
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Raleigh, Desmond M., undated. 1 folder.
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Rhys, Grace, 1896. 1 folder.
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Richards, Grant, 1899-1922. 1 folder.
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Roberts, W. H., 1920. 1 folder.
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Shaw, George Bernard, 1904-1907. 1 folder.
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Includes two letters to Terence de Vere White; one xerox.

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Shorter, Clement (King), 1921. 1 folder.
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Sutro, Alfred, 1925. 1 folder.
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Symons, A. J. A., 1925. 1 folder.
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Terry, Ellen Alicia, 1902. 1 folder.
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Travers, Ben, 1933. 1 folder.
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Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm, 1910. 1 folder.
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Vanbrugh, Violet, 1907-1908. 1 folder.
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Ward, Genevive, 1897. 1 folder.
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Watson, Horace, undated. 1 folder.
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White, Terence de Vere, undated. 1 folder.
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Wilde, Oscar, undated. 1 folder.
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Williams, G. Valentine, 1915-1948. 1 folder.
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Wilson, Patten, 1897-1900. 1 folder.
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Yeats, W. B., undated. 1 folder.
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Zangwill, Israel, 1897-1901. 1 folder.
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Letters received, unidentified, 1902-1927. 1 folder.
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Outgoing letters, 1876-1893, 1876-1893. 1 folder.
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Contains correspondence from: George Egerton Clairmonte, Captain John Dunne, John Lane, and Elkin Mathews.

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Outgoing letters, 1894-1900, 1894-1900. 1 folder.
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Contains correspondence from Henry & Co, Grant Richards, John Lane, George Clairmonte, George Egerton, Captain John Dunne, Leonard Smithers, and Reginald Golding Bright.

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Outgoing letters, 1901 Jan-March, 1901. 1 folder.
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Contains correspondence from Reginald Golding Bright.

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Outgoing letters, 1901 April-December, 1901. 1 folder.
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Contains correspondence from Reginald Golding Bright and Captain John Dunne.

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Outgoing letters, 1902-1908, 1902-1908. 1 folder.
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Contains correspondence from Reginald Golding Bright, Arnold Daly, and Captain John Dunne.

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Outgoing letters, 1909-1920, 1909-1920. 1 folder.
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Contains correspondence from Reginald Golding Bright, Captain John Dunne, and Ethel White.

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Outgoing letters, 1921-1927, 1921-1927. 1 folder.
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Contains correspondence from Reginald Golding Bright, John Lane, Ethel White, and Terence de Vere White.

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Outgoing letters, 1928-1929, 1928-1929. 1 folder.
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Contains correspondence from Terence de Vere White.

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Outgoing letters, 1930, 1930. 1 folder.
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Contains correspondence from Terence de Vere White.

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Outgoing letters, 1931, 1931. 1 folder.
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Contains correspondence from Terence de Vere White.

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Outgoing letters, 1932, 1932. 1 folder.
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Contains correspondence from Ethel White and Terence de Vere White.

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Outgoing letters, 1933, 1933. 1 folder.
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Contains correspondence from Terence de Vere White.

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Outgoing letters, 1934, 1934. 1 folder.
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Contains correspondence from Terence de Vere White.

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Outgoing letters, 1935, 1935. 1 folder.
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Contains correspondence from Terence de Vere White.

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Outgoing letters, 1936, 1936. 1 folder.
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Contains correspondence from Terence de Vere White.

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Outgoing letters, 1937, 1937. 1 folder.
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Contains correspondence from Terence de Vere White.

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Outgoing letters, 1938, 1938. 1 folder.
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Contains correspondence from Terence de Vere White.

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Outgoing letters, 1939-1940, 1939-1940. 1 folder.
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Contains correspondence from Nancy Dunne and Terence de Vere White.

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Outgoing letters, 1941-1945, 1941-1945. 1 folder.
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Contains correspondence from Terence de Vere White.

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Outgoing letters, undated, undated. 1 folder.
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Outgoing letters, fragments, undated. 1 folder.
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