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Maria Hornor Lansdale Correspondence
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Maria Hornor Lansdale was an American author.
The collecton consists primarily of letters to Lansdale written by her physician-friend Walter Biggar Blaikie of Edinburgh, with several containing comments on her book Scotland, Historic and Romantic (1905). This correspondence spans over a quarter of a century, from 1900 to 1928. Also included are letters from Lansdale's publisher Henry Holt regarding her translation of Grazia Deledda's Doppo il divorzio [After the Divorce] (1904), as well as letters from the artist Cecilia Beaux, the novelist Ellen Douglas Deland, and James E. Wood. There are also four photographs of Blaikie and a small selection of miscellanouse correspodence.
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This collection was processed by Ran Tao, Princeton Class of 2006 in 2004. Finding aid written by Ran Tao, Princeton Class of 2006 in 2004.
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- Artists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Novelists, American. -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Publishers and publishing -- New York (N.Y.). -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Translators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Women authors, American. -- Correspondence
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- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Author
- Ran Tao, Princeton Class of 2006
- Finding Aid Date
- 2004
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Collection Inventory
Consists of a hospital report, miscellaneous notes, and 4 photographs of Walter Biggar Blaikie.
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Consists of the correspondence between Walter Biggar Blaikie, Cecilia Beaux, Ellen Douglas Deland, Henry Holt, and James E. Wood.
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Consists of clippings on English history and antiquities as well as unidentified letters and incomplete manuscripts.
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Includes correspondence from Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Robert Taber, John Devine, and Julia Marlowe.
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