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Maria Hornor Lansdale Correspondence

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Lansdale, Maria Hornor, 1860-

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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Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Author
Ran Tao, Princeton Class of 2006
Finding Aid Date
2004
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Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Consists of a hospital report, miscellaneous notes, and 4 photographs of Walter Biggar Blaikie.

Arrangement

Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.

Physical Description

1 box

Hospital report and miscellaneous notes, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

4 Photographs of Walter Biggar Blaikie, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of the correspondence between Walter Biggar Blaikie, Cecilia Beaux, Ellen Douglas Deland, Henry Holt, and James E. Wood.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Physical Description

4 boxes

Physical Description

4 boxes

Miscellaneous and, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1900 June 9-June 30, 1900 June 9-June 30. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1900 July 1-August 11, 1900 July 1-August 11. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1900 August 22-December 27, 1900 August 22-December 27. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1901 January 1-February 28, 1901 January 1-February 28. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1901 February 24-April 22, 1901 February 24-April 22. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1901 July 2-August 30, 1901 July 2-August 30. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1901 April 23-June 28, 1901 April 23-June 28. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1901 September 2-November 11, 1901 September 2-November 11. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1901 November 15-December 31, 1901 November 15-December 31. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1902 January 4-June 4, 1902 January 4-June 4. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1902 June 13-December 26, 1902 June 13-December 26. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1903 January 1-July 15, 1903 January 1-July 15. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1903 July 22-December 18, 1903 July 22-December 18. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1904, 1904. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1905 January 14-June 20, 1905 January 14-June 20. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1905 July 16-December 29, 1905 July 16-December 29. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1906 January 2-April 12, 1906 January 2-April 12. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1906 May 22-December 28, 1906 May 22-December 28. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1907 January 28-July 17, 1907 January 28-July 17. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1907 August 14-December 28, 1907 August 14-December 28. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1908, 1908. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1909, 1909. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1910 February 2-September 25, 1910 February 2-September 25. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1910 September 29-December 30, 1910 September 29-December 30. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1911, 1911. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1912, 1912. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1913, 1913. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1914 June 17-September 9, 1914 June 17-September 9. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1914 October 3-December 16, 1914 October 3-December 16. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1915, 1915. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1916-1917, 1920-1922, 1916-1917. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1923-1926, 1928, 1923-1926. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Beaux, Cecilia to and from Lansdale, 1904-1931. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Deland, Ellen Douglas to Lansdale, 1901-1912. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Holt, Henry to and from Lansdale, 1903 - 1914. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Wood, James E. to Lansdale, 1883-1894. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of clippings on English history and antiquities as well as unidentified letters and incomplete manuscripts.

Arrangement

Arranged by genre of material.

Physical Description

1 box

Clippings: English history and antiquities, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Unidentified letters and incomplete manuscripts, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous correspondence to Maria Lansdale, 1883-1894. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence from Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Robert Taber, John Devine, and Julia Marlowe.

Physical Description

1 folder

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