Summary Information
Abstract
English author and playwright, Enid Bagnold developed a close
personal and professional relationship with fellow English writer Robin Maugham. This
collection consists of her letters to him, primarily in the year 1979.
At a Glance
Call No.: | MS#0064 |
Bib ID: | 4079854 View CLIO record |
Creator(s): | Bagnold, Enid. |
Title: | Enid
Bagnold Letters to Robin Maugham,
1963-1979.
[Bulk Date: 1979]
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Physical description: | 0.21 linear feet (0.5 document box).
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Language(s): | In English.
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Access: |
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This collection has no restrictions.
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Arrangement
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically. Undated items are placed at the end.
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Description
Scope and Content
Enid Bagnold's letters to Robin Maugham are primarily personal in nature, though it is
evident that Maugham often sent Bagnold copies of his books for which, whether solicited
or not, she would share her critique. The letters begin in 1963 with a short,
hand-written note on Bagnold's personalized stationery. The letters throughout the 1960s
and 1970s, many of which are also hand-written on this stationery, are often
congratulatory and consist primarily of discussions of the two's work and travels.
Katharine Hepburn is mentioned in one.
Some of the letters in the "undated" folder are fragments. Only one of the letters
includes a response from Maugham.
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Using the Collection
RBML
Access Restrictions
This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
Restrictions on Use
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); Enid Bagnold Letters to Robin Maugham;
Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries. Rare Book and
Manuscript Library; machine readable finding aid created by Columbia University
Libraries Digital Library Program Division
Processing Information
62 letters to Robin Maugham Cataloged 04/21/94 HR
Collection reprocessed and finding aid written by Christina N. Manzella, Pratt SILS
2011, in June 2010
Machine readable finding aid generated from MARC-AMC source via XSLT conversion
June 26, 2009
Finding aid written in English.
2010-10-06
xml document instance created by Lea Osborne.
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Subject Headings
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History / Biographical Note
Biographical Note
Enid Algerine Bagnold was born in October 1889 in Rochester, Kent, England. Both a
novelist and a playwright, Bagnold is best remembered for her 1935 book,
National Velvet,
which was made into the 1944 film of the
same title starring Elizabeth Taylor. Her writing career began much earlier, however,
when she wrote candidly about serving as a nurse and then as a driver during World War
I.
In 1920, Bagnold married Sir Roderick Jones, earning the title Lady Jones yet
maintaining her maiden name for her writing career. They resided in the Sir Edward Burne
Jones House in Rottingdean, Sussex, England. The couple had four children.
Throughout her long career, Bagnold befriended many in the literary world, some of whom
are included in her 1980 publication,
Letters to Frank Harris
& Other Friends.
Another such friend, nephew of writer William
Somerset Maugham, Robin Maugham was especially important to her in the final years of
her life. Bagnold died in March 1981 at the age of 91.
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