Havelock Ellis Correspondence, 1931-1932

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Ellis, Havelock (1859-1939)

Title:

Havelock Ellis Correspondence

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/8g84mm32r

Dates:

1931-1932

Size:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Storage Note:

ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1

Language:

English

Abstract: Consists of 12 letters by Havelock Ellis, the British pioneering sexologist, to author Mrs. William B. D. Field, and three drafts of Mrs. Field's letters to Ellis.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 12 letters by Ellis, the pioneering sexologist and prolific author, to Mrs. William B. D. Field, and three drafts of Mrs. Field's letters to Ellis. The letters discuss Mrs. Field's trip to Russia and her proposed book on its social, sexual, and political conditions and birth control, and offer advice on writing.

Also included is a photograph of Ellis in his Sussex garden, and a carbon typescript of Mrs. Field's article "The New Father," written by her in response to a chapter entitled "The New Mother" in Ellis' book More Essays of Love and Virtue.

Collection Creator Biography:

Ellis

Havelock Ellis was a British medical doctor, pioneering sexologist, and prolific author.

Collection History

Acquisition:: This collection was purchased from David J. Holmes, Autographs, in 1999.
Appraisal: No appraisal information is available.
Processing Information: Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.

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