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Emily Lawless letter to Smith

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Call Number:
F0131
Repository:
University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Extent:
1 item (4 pages)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
MSS 0099, F0131, Emily Lawless letter to Smith, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Date:
1911 february 10 (inclusive)
Creator:
Lawless, Emily, 1845-1913
Form:
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
Letter from Irish author Emily Lawless to "Mr. Smith" originally laid in a copy of Lawless' book Atlantic Rhymes and Rhythm (1898).

Irish writer Emily Lawless (1845-1913), whose father was the wealthy Anglo-Irish nobleman Baron Cloncurry, became a popular author of historical and romantic novels focusing on Irish politics and history. She was also a poet whose work was known to Katharine Tynan and William Butler Yeats.

"Emily Lawless, 1845-1913."Irish Women Authors: An Exhibition. University of Delaware Library. Newark, Delaware. 1994, p. 8.

This collection consists of an autograph letter, signed, from Emily Lawless to "Mr. Smith." Writing from a nursing home, Lawless responds to a request for a book of her poems and discusses appearances of her work. She identifies

With the Wild Geese as her best collection. This letter was originally laid in Lawless' book Atlantic Rhymes and Rhythms (Special Collections call number: SPEC S18 PR4878.L6 A84 1898).

Box 7, F0131: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes.

Unknown.

Processed and encoded by Debra Johnson, April 2007. Further encoded by George Apodaca, September 2015.

This item forms part of MSS 0099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

Items originally laid in Emily Lawless,

Atlantic Rhymes and Rhythms ([London?] : Printed by S. S. for herself and four others, 1898). (Special Collections call number: SPEC S18 PR4878.L6 A84 1898).

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University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Finding Aid Date
2007 April 11
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The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

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Collection Inventory

Emily Lawless letter to Smith, 1911 February 10.
Box 7 Folder F0131
Physical Description

Autograph letter signed, 4 pp.

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