Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Elizabeth Robins
Papers
1851-1942
Cage
8
Table of Contents
- Summary Information
- Biography/History
- Scope and Content
- Administrative Information
- Names and Subjects
- Detailed Description of Collection
- Reveille, devoted to the disabled sailor and soldier, no. 1. London. John Galsworthy, editor.
- Undated Papers
- Dated Papers
- Letters found in Elizabeth Robins' books:
- Article found in Reveille:
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
- Creator
- Robins, Elizabeth
- Title
- Elizabeth Robins Papers
- ID
- Cage 8
- Date [inclusive]
- 1851-1942
- Extent
- 1 containers., .25 linear feet of shelf space.
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- 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.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]. Cage 8, Guide to the Elizabeth Robins Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
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]
Scope and Content
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.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2012
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Names and Subjects
Occupation(s)
- Actors--England--Correspondence
- Authors--England--Correspondence
- Translators--England--Correspondence
Personal Name(s)
Creator(s) :
- Robins, Elizabeth, 1862-1952--Archives
Subject(s) :
- Smith, Isabelle
- Archer, William, 1856-1924
- Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933
- Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965
- Trevelyan, Charles Philips, Sir, 1870-1958
- Trevelyan, George Macaulay, 1876-1962
Subject(s)
- Literature
Detailed Description of Collection
Reveille, devoted to the disabled sailor and soldier, no. 1. London. John Galsworthy, editor. August, 1918 1 item. |
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Enclosed: John Galsworthy, letter, Devon, to Elizabeth Robins, asking her to write a contribution. August 19, 1918 1 l. holograph signed. |
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Enclosed: Photograph of Elizabeth Robins. undated 1 item. |
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Sybil and B., letter, Sunday, Tithe Farm, Stoke Poges, Bucks, no addressee. undated 1 l. holograph signed. |
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Note: 'Gertrude Bell,' vol. 11, p. 512, 615. undated 1 l. ms. |
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Maugham, W.S., letter, New York, to Miss Robins. undated 2 l. holograph signed. |
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[Olhim?], Dorothy, letter, Brighton, to Dr. Wilberforce. undated 1 l. holograph signed. |
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Gordon, Laura, letter, [Hempstead?], to Octavia December 5, n.y. 2 l. holograph signed. |
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Carter, Alice, letter, Nassau, to Miss Robins January 27, n.y. 2 l. holograph signed. |
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Archer, William, letter, Monday, London, to Miss Robins [1893] 2 l. holograph signed. |
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Bowen, M., letter, Zanesville, [Ohio], to Sallie E. Robins, n.p. April 2, [18]51 2 l. holograph signed, with envelope. |
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[Bull, Sara C.], letter, Cambridge, Mass., to Elizabeth Robins, Milwaukee, Wis. September 25, [1818] 1 l. holograph signed. |
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Dupont, Aime. Photograph of Francis Wilson, holograph inscription, to Elizabeth Robins. 1900 1 item. |
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[Milner, Edith?], letter, York, to Elizabeth Robins September 9, 1905 2 l. holograph signed. |
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Trevelyan, Charles, letter, Westminster, to Lisa, [Bath] March 24, 1921 1 l. holograph signed. |
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Note: part of a letter. December, 1926 1 l. typescript & ms. |
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Note and telegraph envelope. September 10, 1927 2 items. |
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Wood, Fred F., letter, Sussex, to Dr. Wilberforce April 28, 1933 1 l. folded, holograph signed. |
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Moore, Tom Sturge, letter, The Shiffolds, to Dear Ladies March 12, 1940 1 l. holograph signed. |
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Note, on letterhead: Valour House, Fernand's Point, Southwest Harbor, Maine; enclosing clipping: 'The Yates-Thompson Sale,' Times Literary Supplement, April 10, 1941. 3 l. |
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Smith, Isabelle, letter, Ching, to Octavia. July 15, [1941]? 1 l. holograph signed. |
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Chancellor, Elsie, letter, Henley-on-Thames, to Elizabeth Robins, Valour House, Southwest Harbor, Maine July 22, [1941] 2 l.holograph signed, with envelope. |
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Smith, Isabelle, letter, [London], to Miss Robins, n.p. July 27, 1941 1 l. holograph signed. |
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Letter, [date on envelope], London, to Miss Robins, New York. [Signature illegible] May 5, 1941 2 l. holograph signed, with envelope. |
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Smith, Isabelle, letter, London, to Octavia. August 12, 1941 1 l. holograph signed. |
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Trevelyan, G(eorge] M[acaulay], letter, Trinity College, Cambridge, to Miss Robins, n.p. August 15, 1941 1 l. holograph signed. |
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Jones, Thomas, letter, Harlech, to Miss Robins, Somesville, Maine. August 20, 1941 1 l. holograph signed. |
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Letter, Surrey, to "My Dear", initialed, in envelope addressed to Elizabeth Robins, Mount Desert, Maine, post-marked September 11,1941. April 27, 1941 2 l. holograph |
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Draper, Martha, letter, New York, to Miss Robins, n.p., signed, with pencilled draft of reply. October 8, 1941 1 l. typescript |
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Envelope, torn, postmarked. April 2, 1942. 1 item. |
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Translating vocabulary for Ibsen plays, Norwegian-English. August, 1892 1 volume |
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Loose notes and papers re: translation 1895-1896 34 l. |
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Letters found in Elizabeth Robins' books: |
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L.A. Maidstone, letter, Herstmonceux Place, Hailsham, to Miss Robins. June 30, n.y. 2 l. holograph signed. |
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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. July 5, n.y. 4 l. holograph signed. |
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[Lucy Lane Clifford], letter, [London], to Lisa, signed: L. In: Mrs. W.K. [Lucy Lane] Clifford, Sir George's objection. London, Thomas Nelson, 1901. November 11, n.y. 1 l. holograph. |
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Mary A. Ward, letter, [London], to Miss Robins. In: Mary A. Ward, Eleanor: a play in four acts. London, Smith Elder, 1901. October 10, 1902 1 l. holograph signed. |
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[Florence Bell], letter, Redcar, to [Elizabeth Robins?] In: William Shakespeare, The Tempest. London, J.M. Dent, 1903. [Inscribed: To Elizabeth Robins from F.B.] September 28, 1904 2 l. typescript. |
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Bond, telegram, Hempstead C[ourt], to Miss Robins, Kensington. In: Elizabeth Robins [C.E. Raimond], A dark Lantern. London and New York, Macmillan, 1905. June 5, 1905 1 l. with envelope. |
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Robert W. Chambers, letter, [New York], to Miss Robbins. In: Elizabeth Robins [C.E. Raimond], Come and find me. London, William Heinemann. 1908. March 18, 1908 1 l. holograph signed. |
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Maggie Ponsonby, letter, [London], to Miss Robins, In: Magdalen Ponsonby, Idle women - a study in futility. London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1914. [1914?] 1 l. holograph signed. |
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Emily M. Ritchie, letter, Sussex, to Miss Robins. In: Emily Marion Ritchie, Edith Sichel: Letters, verses, and other writings. Printed for private circulation, 1918. August 22, [1918?] 1 l. holograph signed. |
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[Frank von Kitlitz?], letter, Wehrkirch Land, Germany, to Octavia. In: Thomas de Quincy, Confessions of an English opium eater. London, George Routledge, 1886. November 20, 1937 2 l. holograph signed. |
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Article found in Reveille: |
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Mortimer, Raymond, "Published at Last: An Adventure of 1900." A critique of Elizabeth Robins book Raymond and I. undated 1 item. |
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