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Elizabeth Robins Papers, 1851-1942
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Robins, Elizabeth
- Title
- Elizabeth Robins Papers
- Dates
- 1851-1942 (inclusive)18511942
- Quantity
- 1 containers., (.25 linear feet of shelf space.)
- Collection Number
- Cage 8
- Summary
- Letters received from John Galsworthy, Somerset Maugham, William Archer, Charles Trevelyan, Isabelle Smith, George M. Trevelyan, and others. Notes and notebook of Norwegian-English translating vocabulary.
- Repository
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Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu - Access Restrictions
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This collection is open for research use.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Robins, Elizabeth. (married name: Mrs. George Richmond Parks; pseud. C.E. Raimond) ca. 1865-1952. American actress and author. Played principally in Ibsen.
Wrote: Below the salt (1896) The open question (1898) The magnetic north (1904) A dark lantern (1905) Come and find me (1908) The mills of the Gods (1908) and others. Also suffragist works. [New Century Cyclopedia of Names]
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Correspondence with John Galsworthy, Somerset Maugham, William Archer, Charles P. Trevelyan, Isabelle Smith, George Macaulay Trevelyan, and others. Principally regarding Portrait of a lady, after 1940.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]. Cage 8, Guide to the Elizabeth Robins Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Reveille, devoted to the disabled sailor and soldier, no. 1. London. John Galsworthy, editor., August, 1918Return to Top
Container(s): Folder 1
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
1 | Enclosed: John Galsworthy,
letter, Devon, to Elizabeth Robins, asking her to write a contribution.
1 l. holograph
signed.
|
August 19, 1918 |
1 | Enclosed: Photograph of Elizabeth
Robins. 1
item.
|
undated |
Undated PapersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
2 | Sybil and B., letter, Sunday,
Tithe Farm, Stoke Poges, Bucks, no addressee. 1 l. holograph
signed.
|
undated |
2 | Note: 'Gertrude Bell,' vol. 11,
p. 512, 615. 1 l.
ms.
|
undated |
2 | Maugham, W.S., letter, New York,
to Miss Robins. 2 l. holograph
signed.
|
undated |
2 | [Olhim?], Dorothy, letter,
Brighton, to Dr. Wilberforce. 1 l. holograph
signed.
|
undated |
2 | Gordon, Laura, letter,
[Hempstead?], to Octavia 2 l. holograph
signed.
|
December 5, n.y. |
2 | Carter, Alice, letter, Nassau, to
Miss Robins 2 l. holograph
signed.
|
January 27, n.y. |
2 | Archer, William, letter, Monday,
London, to Miss Robins 2 l. holograph
signed.
|
[1893] |
Dated PapersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
3 | Bowen, M., letter, Zanesville,
[Ohio], to Sallie E. Robins, n.p. 2 l. holograph signed,
with envelope.
|
April 2, [18]51 |
3 | [Bull, Sara C.], letter,
Cambridge, Mass., to Elizabeth Robins, Milwaukee, Wis. 1 l. holograph
signed.
|
September 25, [1818] |
3 | Dupont, Aime. Photograph of
Francis Wilson, holograph inscription, to Elizabeth Robins. 1
item.
|
1900 |
3 | [Milner, Edith?], letter, York,
to Elizabeth Robins 2 l. holograph
signed.
|
September 9, 1905 |
3 | Trevelyan, Charles, letter,
Westminster, to Lisa, [Bath] 1 l. holograph
signed.
|
March 24, 1921 |
3 | Note: part of a
letter. 1 l. typescript &
ms.
|
December, 1926 |
3 | Note and telegraph
envelope. 2
items.
|
September 10, 1927 |
4 | Wood, Fred F., letter, Sussex, to
Dr. Wilberforce 1 l. folded, holograph
signed.
|
April 28, 1933 |
4 | Moore, Tom Sturge, letter, The
Shiffolds, to Dear Ladies 1 l. holograph
signed.
|
March 12, 1940 |
4 | Note, on letterhead: Valour
House, Fernand's Point, Southwest Harbor, Maine; enclosing clipping: 'The
Yates-Thompson Sale,' Times Literary Supplement, 3 l.
|
April 10, 1941. |
4 | Smith, Isabelle, letter, Ching,
to Octavia. 1 l. holograph
signed.
|
July 15, [1941]? |
4 | Chancellor, Elsie, letter,
Henley-on-Thames, to Elizabeth Robins, Valour House, Southwest Harbor,
Maine 2 l.holograph signed, with
envelope.
|
July 22, [1941] |
5 | Smith, Isabelle, letter,
[London], to Miss Robins, n.p. 1 l. holograph
signed.
|
July 27, 1941 |
5 | Letter, [date on envelope],
London, to Miss Robins, New York. [Signature illegible] 2 l. holograph signed,
with envelope.
|
May 5, 1941 |
5 | Smith, Isabelle, letter, London,
to Octavia. 1 l. holograph
signed.
|
August 12, 1941 |
5 | Trevelyan, G(eorge] M[acaulay],
letter, Trinity College, Cambridge, to Miss Robins, n.p. 1 l. holograph
signed.
|
August 15, 1941 |
5 | Jones, Thomas, letter, Harlech,
to Miss Robins, Somesville, Maine. 1 l. holograph
signed.
|
August 20, 1941 |
5 | Letter, Surrey, to "My Dear",
initialed, in envelope addressed to Elizabeth Robins, Mount Desert, Maine,
post-marked September 11,1941. 2 l.
holograph
|
April 27, 1941 |
5 | Draper, Martha, letter, New York,
to Miss Robins, n.p., signed, with pencilled draft of reply. 1 l.
typescript
|
October 8, 1941 |
5 | Envelope, torn,
postmarked. 1
item.
|
April 2, 1942. |
6 | Translating vocabulary for Ibsen
plays, Norwegian-English. 1
volume
|
August, 1892 |
6 | Loose notes and papers re:
translation 34 l.
|
1895-1896 |
Letters found in Elizabeth Robins' books:Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
7 | L.A. Maidstone, letter,
Herstmonceux Place, Hailsham, to Miss Robins. 2 l. holograph
signed.
|
June 30, n.y. |
7 | L.A. Maidstone, letter,
Herstmonceux Place, Hailsham, to Miss Robins. In: Aeschylus,
The house of Atreus. Trans. by E.D.A. Morshead.
London, Simpkin & Marshall; Winchester, Warren & Son, n.d. 4 l. holograph
signed.
|
July 5, n.y. |
7 | [Lucy Lane Clifford], letter,
[London], to Lisa, signed: L. In: Mrs. W.K. [Lucy Lane] Clifford,
Sir George's objection. London, Thomas Nelson,
1901. 1 l.
holograph.
|
November 11, n.y. |
7 | Mary A. Ward, letter, [London],
to Miss Robins. In: Mary A. Ward,
Eleanor: a play in four acts. London, Smith Elder,
1901. 1 l. holograph signed.
|
October 10, 1902 |
7 | [Florence Bell], letter, Redcar,
to [Elizabeth Robins?] In: William Shakespeare,
The Tempest. London, J.M. Dent, 1903. [Inscribed:
To Elizabeth Robins from F.B.] 2 l.
typescript.
|
September 28, 1904 |
7 | Bond, telegram, Hempstead
C[ourt], to Miss Robins, Kensington. In: Elizabeth Robins [C.E. Raimond],
A dark Lantern. London and New York, Macmillan,
1905. 1 l. with
envelope.
|
June 5, 1905 |
7 | Robert W. Chambers, letter, [New
York], to Miss Robbins. In: Elizabeth Robins [C.E. Raimond],
Come and find me. London, William Heinemann.
1908. 1 l. holograph signed.
|
March 18, 1908 |
7 | Maggie Ponsonby, letter,
[London], to Miss Robins, In: Magdalen Ponsonby,
Idle women - a study in futility. London, Arthur
L. Humphreys, 1914. 1 l. holograph signed.
|
[1914?] |
7 | Emily M. Ritchie, letter, Sussex,
to Miss Robins. In: Emily Marion Ritchie,
Edith Sichel: Letters, verses, and other writings.
Printed for private circulation, 1918. 1 l. holograph
signed.
|
August 22, [1918?] |
7 | [Frank von Kitlitz?], letter,
Wehrkirch Land, Germany, to Octavia. In: Thomas de Quincy,
Confessions of an English opium eater. London,
George Routledge, 1886. 2 l. holograph
signed.
|
November 20, 1937 |
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Folder | ||
8 | Mortimer, Raymond, "Published at
Last: An Adventure of 1900." A critique of Elizabeth Robins book
Raymond and I. 1
item.
|
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Archer, William, 1856-1924
- Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933
- Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965
- Robins, Elizabeth, 1862-1952--Archives (creator)
- Smith, Isabelle
- Trevelyan, Charles Philips, Sir, 1870-1958
- Trevelyan, George Macaulay, 1876-1962
Occupations
- Actors--England--Correspondence
- Authors--England--Correspondence
- Translators--England--Correspondence