Fonds GB 0096 AL341 - Easdale, Gladys Ellen: correspondence

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0096 AL341

Title

Easdale, Gladys Ellen: correspondence

Date(s)

  • 1934-1961 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

25 items

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Gladys Ellen Easdale spent her adult life on the margins of the London literary and musical scene. She wrote about her life in an autobiography, Middle Age , 1885-1932, published in 1935, first anonymously and then under the surname of Killin.

Archival history

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GB 0096 AL341 1934-1961 fonds 25 items Easdale , Gladys Ellen , 1875-1970 , author x Killin , Gladys Ellen

Gladys Ellen Easdale spent her adult life on the margins of the London literary and musical scene. She wrote about her life in an autobiography, Middle Age , 1885-1932, published in 1935, first anonymously and then under the surname of Killin.

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Gift from Mrs G E Easdale, 1965.

(1) 7 letters from Vita Nicolson [the marrried name of Vita Sackville-West] to Gladys Easdale, 1949-1961.

(2) 18 letters and postcards from Virginia Woolf to Gladys Easdale, 1934-1940.

Some items are autograph and most bear signatures.

See hard copy catalogue.

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to individual items in Senate House Library archives collections may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

English

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.

Compiled by Anya Turner.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

July 2008 West , Victoria Mary , Sackville- , 1892-1962 , afterwards Nicholson , writer and gardener x West , Vita , Sackville- x Sackville-West , Vita x Nicholson , Lady , Vita Social participation English literature Easdale , Gladys Ellen , 1875-1970 , author x Killin , Gladys Ellen Woolf , Adeline Virginia , 1882-1941 , née Stephen , novelist and critic x Stephen , Adeline Virginia x Woolf , Virginia Social behaviour European literature National literatures

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Gift from Mrs G E Easdale, 1965.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

(1) 7 letters from Vita Nicolson [the marrried name of Vita Sackville-West] to Gladys Easdale, 1949-1961.

(2) 18 letters and postcards from Virginia Woolf to Gladys Easdale, 1934-1940.

Some items are autograph and most bear signatures.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

See hard copy catalogue.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to individual items in Senate House Library archives collections may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

Senate House Library, University of London

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

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