mss0099_0229.xml Finding aid for E. Œ. (Edith Œnone) Somerville letters1921–1942 University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library
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Date encoded (2007 March 30) Finding aid encoded 2007 March 30 English E. Œ. (Edith Œnone) Somerville letters1921–1942 Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
 Somerville, E. Œ. (Edith Œnone), 1858-1949. E. Œ. (Edith Œnone) Somerville letters1921–1942 MSS 099, F229 4 items (5 pp. with photograph and envelope) E. Œ. (Edith Œnone) Somerville letters to various individuals. Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

Purchase, 1986.

 Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

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 Citation

MSS 099, F229, E. Œ. (Edith Œnone) Somerville letters, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

 Shelving Summary Shelved in SPEC MSS 099 Processing

Processed and encoded by Debra Johnson, March 2007.

 Biographical Note

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).

 Scope and Content Note

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.

 Selected Search Terms Personal Names Martin, Violet. Topical Terms Authors, Irish--20th century--Correspondence. Form/Genre Terms Letters (correspondence) Photographs. OccupationAuthors. Related Materials in this Repository

This item forms part of MSS 099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

 Detailed Contents List 11F229 Letter to Glen Walton Blodgett21 November 1921 Autograph letter with envelope.

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

 11F229 Letter to unidentified19 October 1932 Autograph letter. 11F229 Letter to Mr. Gore27 February 1942 Autograph letter with a photograph of a memorial to Somerville.

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