GB 0505 PP4 - PURDIE, Professor Edna (1894-1968)

5 boxes or 0.05m3

The papers were transferred from the Bedford College Archives when the College merged with Royal Holloway in 1985.
GB 0505 PP4 [1890]-1968 Collection (fonds) 5 boxes or 0.05m3 Purdie , Edna , 1894-1968 , Professor of German

Born 1894; educated privately and at Trinity College of Music and King's College London; research work on the literary ballad in English, Somerville College, Oxford University, 1916-1917; Lecturer in German, University of Liverpool, 1917-1921; Independent Lecturer in German and Teutonic Philology, University College of North Wales, Bangor, 1921-1933; served on the Court of the University of Wales, 1926-1929; Member of the Council, University College of North Wales, 1928; Professor of German Language and Literature, Bedford College, University of London, 1933-1962; Member of Senate of University of London, 1950-1962; President of the Music Society, Bedford College; Fellow of Trinity College of Music, 1951; Chairman of Committee of Management, Warburg Institute, University of London, 1945-1965; Chairman, 1950-1953, and Director, 1953-1956, Institute of Germanic Languages and Literature; Emeritus Professor, 1962; retired 1962; died 1968.

Publications: editor of Von deutscher art und kunst (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1924); editor of Herodes und Mariamne (Oxford, 1943); Poems. Selected and edited by Edna Purdie (Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1953); Friedrich Hebbel, etc (Oxford University Press, London, 1932); Studies in German literature of the eighteenth century: some aspects of literary affiliation (Athlone Press, London, 1965); The story of Judith in German and English literature (Honoré Champion, Paris, 1927); editor of Henry Handel Richardson: some personal impressions (Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1957); A history of German literature (Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1959); editor of Essays and addresses in literature (Routledge and Sons, London, 1935); editor of Lessing's dramatic theory. Being an introduction to and commentary on his 'Hamburgische Dramaturgie' (Cambridge University Press, 1939).

The papers were transferred from the Bedford College Archives when the College merged with Royal Holloway in 1985.

Files of correspondence, 1907-1968, notably from Elsie Butler; Henry Handel Richardson; Professor Lizzie Susan Stebbing, Professor of Philosophy, Bedford College; Mary Bosquanet; Mona MacDonald; Margaret E Atkinson; Professor James Gibson, Emeritus Professor of Logic and Philosophy, University College of North Wales; Dame Lillian Margery Penson, Professor of Modern History, Bedford College; Elizabeth Mary Middleton; Margaret Deanesly, Professor of History at (successively) Royal Holloway College and Bedford College; Phyllis Hartnoll; George Bing [rel to Prof Gertrud, Director of Warburg Institute?]; Professor Herbert Norman Howells, Emeritus Professor of Music, University of London; Dr Thomas Cecil Hunt, Consulting Physician at St Mary's Hospital Paddington; Hannah Margaret Mary Closs; JE Dobson; and Elizabeth Kydd. This section also contains correspondence relating to the Reichel Concert Trust, 1949-1966, Purdie's retirement, 1962, the decision to admit men to Bedford College, 1963-1964, and the death of Professor Dame Lillian Margery Penson, 1963-1967. Diaries, 1930-1953 and address book, 1962; testimonials, 1907-1933; newspaper cutting, 1914-1967; photographs of Purdie, her family and friends, [1890-1968]; papers relating to Purdie's memorial service, 1968; miscellaneous publications, 1939-1964, including a copy of German life and letters, vol XVI, 1963, a special edition presented to Purdie.

Purdie's arrangement of the files by correspondent has been retained, though items within the files have been sorted into chronological order.

Open to all registered users of the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives.

Copies may be supplied, subject to the condition of the original. Requests to publish original material should be directed to the College Archivist.
English with some German

Handlist available in the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives reading room.

The Royal Holloway, University of London Archives hold papers relating to the Purdie Music Bequest Fund (BC AR321/2/9). The papers of Dorothy Reich (PP23) contain material relating to Purdie's revision of A history of German literature (Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1959), correspondence with Olga Roncoroni and publishers relating to the editing and publication of Henry Handel Richardson: some personal impressions (Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1957), and a photograph of her as a child in fancy dress, 1905.

Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the AIM25 project. 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. Mar 2000 Atkinson , Margaret E , fl 1907-1968 , correspondent of Professor Edna Purdie Bing , George , fl 1907-1968 , correspondent of Professor Edna Purdie Bosquanet , Mary , fl 1907-1968 , correspondent of Professor Edna Purdie Butler , Elsie , fl 1907-1968 , correspondent of Professor Edna Purdie Closs , Hannah Margaret Mary , d 1953 , art critic and novelist Deanesly , Margaret , 1885-1977 , historian Diaries Documents Educational personnel German Germanic languages Gibson , James , 1864-1943 , philosopher Hartnoll , Phyllis , fl 1907-1968 , correspondent of Professor Edna Purdie Howells , Herbert Norman , 1892-1983 , composer Hunt , Thomas Cecil , 1901-1980 , physician Indo-european languages Information sources Kydd , Elizabeth , fl 1907-1968 , correspondent of Professor Edna Purdie Literary forms and genres Literature MacDonald , Mona , fl 1907-1968 , correspondent of Professor Edna Purdie Memoirs Middleton , Elizabeth Mary , fl 1907-1968 , correspondent of Professor Edna Purdie Nonfiction Penson , Dame , Lilian Margery , 1896-1963 , historian Photographs Primary documents Prose Purdie , Edna , 1894-1968 , Professor of German Reichel Concert Trust Richardson , Henry Handel , d 1946 , author Stebbing , Lizzie Susan , 1885-1943 , philosopher Students Teachers University students Visual materials Women teachers Personnel People by occupation People

Files of correspondence, 1907-1968, notably from Elsie Butler; Henry Handel Richardson; Professor Lizzie Susan Stebbing, Professor of Philosophy, Bedford College; Mary Bosquanet; Mona MacDonald; Margaret E Atkinson; Professor James Gibson, Emeritus Professor of Logic and Philosophy, University College of North Wales; Dame Lillian Margery Penson, Professor of Modern History, Bedford College; Elizabeth Mary Middleton; Margaret Deanesly, Professor of History at (successively) Royal Holloway College and Bedford College; Phyllis Hartnoll; George Bing [rel to Prof Gertrud, Director of Warburg Institute?]; Professor Herbert Norman Howells, Emeritus Professor of Music, University of London; Dr Thomas Cecil Hunt, Consulting Physician at St Mary's Hospital Paddington; Hannah Margaret Mary Closs; JE Dobson; and Elizabeth Kydd. This section also contains correspondence relating to the Reichel Concert Trust, 1949-1966, Purdie's retirement, 1962, the decision to admit men to Bedford College, 1963-1964, and the death of Professor Dame Lillian Margery Penson, 1963-1967. Diaries, 1930-1953 and address book, 1962; testimonials, 1907-1933; newspaper cutting, 1914-1967; photographs of Purdie, her family and friends, [1890-1968]; papers relating to Purdie's memorial service, 1968; miscellaneous publications, 1939-1964, including a copy of German life and letters, vol XVI, 1963, a special edition presented to Purdie.

Purdie's arrangement of the files by correspondent has been retained, though items within the files have been sorted into chronological order.

Open to all registered users of the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives.

Copies may be supplied, subject to the condition of the original. Requests to publish original material should be directed to the College Archivist.

• English

• Latin

English with some German

The Royal Holloway, University of London Archives hold papers relating to the Purdie Music Bequest Fund (BC AR321/2/9). The papers of Dorothy Reich (PP23) contain material relating to Purdie's revision of A history of German literature (Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1959), correspondence with Olga Roncoroni and publishers relating to the editing and publication of Henry Handel Richardson: some personal impressions (Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1957), and a photograph of her as a child in fancy dress, 1905.

Handlist available in the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives reading room.

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.

• English