Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- The Asquith mss., 1910-1956, consists of letters written to English novelist Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn (Charteris) Asquith, 1887-1969.
- Extent:
- 1 folio
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Asquith mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Lady Cynthia Mary Evelynn (Charteris) Asquith, 1887-1960, was a novelist. She was the daughter of the 11th Earl of Wemyss and was married to Herbert Asquith. She contributed significantly to her family's income through her creative writing; she wrote autobiographies and biographies, novels, children's stories, and a World War II diary. Many of her works were published posthumously. She published The Ghost Book, a significant early example of a modern ghost story anthology, in 1926. Thoughout the 1950s, Asquith published two more Ghost Books as well as other horror anthologies, including Shudders (1929) and When Churchyards Yawn (1931). She also acted as a private secretary to Sir James Matthew Barrie, author of Peter Pan. Asquith died in 1960.
- Scope and Content:
The Asquith mss., 1910-1956, consists of letters written to Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn (Charteris) Asquith, 1887-1960, novelist, in response to Lady Asquith's request for stories to include in her anthologies.
The correspondents are Sir James Matthew Barrie, Edward Frederic Benson, Bernard Berenson, Elizabeth Bowen, Robert Seymour Bridges, William Henry Davies, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, baron Dunsany, William Alexander Gerhardie, Maurice Henry Hewlett, Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, John Masefield, Viola Meynell, George Moore, Sir Henry John Newbolt, Sir Harold George Nicolson, George Oliver, John Boynton Priestly, Victor Sawdon Pritchett, Mary Annett (Beauchamp) Russell, countess Russell, Rafael Sabatini, Hon. Victoria Mary Sackville-West, George Bernard Shaw, Robert Cedric Sherriff, Charles Percy Snow, baron Snow, Edith Oenone Somerville, Stephen Spender, Mrs. Mary Gladys (Meredith) Webb, Dorothy Violet (Ashton) Wellesley, duchess Wellington.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase: 1974
- Arrangement:
This collection is arranged following original order.
- Physical location:
- Lilly - Folio
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Asquith mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu