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Casey, Elizabeth ("E. Owens Blackburne"), 1876 May 29

1 folder
Creator:
Casey, Elizabeth
Collection Creator:
Tinsley, William, 1831-1902
Dates:
1876 May 29
Located In:
Box 1, Folder 32
Extent:
1 folder
Physical Description:
Docketed in an unidentified contemporary hand; folds; lightly soiled; else good.
Languages:
English
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed, 31 Gloucester Crescent, Regents Park, 29 May 1876. To the publisher William Tinsley, informing him: "I am willing to undertake the writing of a book of Memoirs of famous Irishwomen upon the following terms -- the book to be in 2 vols -- uniform with 'English Female Artists' -: that you pay me £75 . . . and that the copyright becomes my property at the end of three years. . . ."

Biography:

Casey, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Casey (1848-1894); Irish author who wrote under the pseudonym of "E. Owens Blackburne". She became a London journalist in 1873. Her A Woman Scorned (1876) concerns the predicament of women in a male-dominated society. There followed Molly Carew (1879), The Glen of the Silver Birches (1880), and The Hearts of Erin (1883). A Bunch of Shamrocks (1879) contains tales of Irish rural life including 'Biddy Brady's Banshee'. Blackburne's Illustrious Irishwomen, Being Memoirs of Some of the Most Noted Irishwomen from the Earliest Ages to the Present Century was published by Tinsley Brothers in 1877.

Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research use.
Acquisition:

AM 2013-37

Credit this material:

Casey, Elizabeth ("E. Owens Blackburne"); William Tinsley Publishing Correspondence, C0808, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Storage Note:
Firestone Library (mss): Box 1
System Identifier:
/repositories/5/archival_objects/863198

Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Description:

The collection consists of 90 letters, 1866-1889, received by the Tinsley Brothers publishing firm of London, England. Included in this collection are letters by such writers, journalists, and novelists as Charles Dickens, Jr., Percy Fitzgerald, B. L. Farjeon, G. A. Henty, Florence Marryat, Mrs. Oliphant, Mrs. J. H. Riddell, James Rice, George Augustus Sala, Annie Thomas (Mrs. Pender Cudlip), W. H. Wills, and Edmund Yates.

Collection History

Acquisition:

AM 2013-37

Archival Appraisal Information:

No appraisal action was taken in 2013.

Access & Use

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research use.

Conditions for Reproduction and Use:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Credit this material:

Casey, Elizabeth ("E. Owens Blackburne"); William Tinsley Publishing Correspondence, C0808, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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Storage Note:
Firestone Library (mss): Box 1

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