Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie Papers, 1885-1916

Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie Papers, 1885-1916

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0300
Bib ID:
4078661 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Hobbes, John Oliver, 1867-1906
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
0.5 linear feet (25 files in 1 box)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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Description

Summary

The collection includes incoming and outgoing correspondence and the holograph manuscript for the novel, The Serious Wooing, published in 1901.

Arrangement

Cataloged.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Curator of Manuscripts/University Archivist, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML). The RBML approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Purchase. Accession number--M-59.

Purchase.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/89.

Revised November 1981 by BRC, February 1988 by PL, February 2001 by MS. Finding Aid Prepared by Michael Stone, February 2001

Revision Description

2010-01-21 Legacy finding aid created from Pro Cite.

2019-04-24 Collection title changed from John Oliver Hobbes papers to Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie Papers.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

Anglo-American novelist and dramatist. Pearl Craigie wrote under the pseudonym John Oliver Hobbes.

Pearl Richards was born on November 3, 1867 in Boston Massachusetts but was raised in England. In February 1887 she married Mr. Reginald Walpole Craigie a well-connected Englishman. Mrs. Craigie divorced her husband soon after the birth of their only son. In 1892 she converted to Roman Catholicism and added Mary Teresa to her name. Her first literary work had been published in 1891 under the pseudonym John Oliver Hobbes. Her best-known works were The School for Saints and its sequel Robert Orange Mrs. Craigie loved the theater and wrote plays as well as novels. She died on August 13 1906 at the height of her fame.

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Genre/Form
Manuscripts (documents)
Subject
American literature -- 20th century
British Americans
Women authors, American
Women dramatists, American

Series I: Cataloged Correspondence, 1885-1916

The series contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie. It is arranged chronologically, with undated material at the end of the series.


Box 1 Folder 1

Craigie, Pearl Mary Theresa To: Annie [Richards] , London, 28 June 1885, 31p. a.l.s.


Box 1

Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa To: Nell [Ellen Ternan], n.p., November 1896, 1p. a.n.s.


Box 1

Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa To: Dorothy Richards, December 1896, 3 p. a.l.s.


Box 1

Craigie, Pearl May Teresa To: Miss Curtis, 20 March 1897, 2 p. a.l.s. (in the hand of Zoe proctor, her secretary)


Box 1

Craigie, Pearl mary Teresa To: Miss Curtis, 25 February 1898, 1 p. a.l.s.


Box 1

Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa To: "Dear Madam", 17 March 1898, 1 p. a.l.s.


Box 1

Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa To: Mrs. Halsey, 26 November 1898, 1 p. a.l.s.


Box 1

Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa To: Miss Curtis, 3 March 1899, 1 p. a.l.s.


Box 1

Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa To: Miss Curtis, 10 April 1899, 1 p. a.l.s.


Box 1

Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold (Mrs. Humphry) To: Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie, Stocks Tring England, 10 March 1902, 4 p. a.l.s.


Box 1

Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa To Arthur Christopher Benson, 26 March 1904, 3p. a.l.s.


Box 1

[Richards, Dorothy] To: John Morgan Richards, London, 30 November 1916, 2p. a.l. (by a Lady in Waiting for the Queen of England)


Box 1

Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa To Miss Curtis, 7 March [n.y.], 1 p. a.l.s.


Box 1

Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa To: Miss Curtis, London, n.d., 2 p. a.l.s.


Box 1

Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold (Mrs. Humphry) To: Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie, n.d., 5 p. a.l.s.


Box 1

Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold (Mrs. Humphry) To: Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie a.l.s., 2 p., The Priory [Reigate, Yorkshire], [n.d.], 2 p. a.l.s.


Box 1

Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold (Mrs. Humphry) To: Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie, [n.d.], 3 p. a.l.s.


Box 1

Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold (Mrs. Humphry) To: Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie, Carlton Gardens, 18 March, [n.y.], 3 p. a.l.s.


Box 1

Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold (Mrs. Humphry) To: Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie, 18 May, n.y., 3 p. a.l.s.


Box 1

Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold (Mrs. Humphry) To: Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie, The Priory, Reigate [Yorkshire], 3 June [n.y.], 4 p. a.l.s.


Box 1

Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold (Mrs. Humphry) To: Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie, 4 September [n.y.], 4 p. a.l.s.


Box 1

Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold (Mrs. Humphry) To: Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie, 18 September [n.y.], 4 p. a.l.s.

Series II: Works

The series consists of the annotated manuscript of Craigie's book The Serious Wooing, written under the pen name of John Oliver Hobbes, and a bookplate autographed by Craigie.


Box 1 Folder 2

Bookplate


Box 1

The Serious Wooing , n.d. (Published by Methuen in 1901)., 97 p. a.ms. novel