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E. Œ. (Edith Œnone) Somerville letters

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Call Number:
F0229
Repository:
University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Extent:
4 item (5 pages with photograph and envelope)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
MSS 0099, F0229, E. Œ. (Edith Œnone) Somerville letters, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Date:
1921-1942 (inclusive)
Creator:
Somerville, E. Œ. (Edith Œnone), 1858-1949
Form:
Letters (correspondence) and Photographs
Abstract:
E. Œ. (Edith Œnone) Somerville letters to various individuals.

Anglo-Irish author Edith Anna Œnone Somerville (1858-1949) partnered with her cousin Violet Martin to write novels under the name “Somerville and Ross."

"Somerville, E. OE (Edith Œnone), 1858-1949. Literature Online."http://lion.chadwyck.com (accessed March 28, 2007).

This collection consists of three autograph letters signed by E. Œ. (Edith Œnone) Somerville along with one photograph. One letter (along with an envelope) dated November 21, 1921, is addressed to Glen Walton Blodgett. The letter includes a tipped-on signature of Somerville's recently-deceased cousin and collaborator Violet Martin. Somerville mentions that their "... names have ever appeared together ...." Another letter to an unidentified individual is dated October 19, 1932. A third letter dated February 27, 1942 is addressed to Mr. Gore. She mentions "... repairing the damage that Hitler had inflicted on me ...." This letter includes a photograph of a memorial to Somerville.

Box 11, F0229: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes.

Purchase, 1986.

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

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

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Publisher
University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Finding Aid Date
2007 March 30
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, http://library.udel.edu/spec/askspec/

Collection Inventory

Letter to Glen Walton Blodgett, 21 November 1921.
Box 11 Folder F0229
Scope and Contents

Includes a tipped-on signature of Somerville's recently-deceased cousin and collaborator Violet Martin. Somerville mentions that their "... names have ever appeared together ... ."

Physical Description

Autograph letter with envelope.

Letter to unidentified, 19 October 1932.
Box 11 Folder F0229
Physical Description

Autograph letter.

Letter to Mr. Gore, 27 February 1942.
Box 11 Folder F0229
Scope and Contents

She mentions "... repairing the damage that Hitler had inflicted on me ... ."

Physical Description

Autograph letter with a photograph of a memorial to Somerville.

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