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Lyttleton, Edith Joan, 1873-1945 : Papers
- Date
- 1873-1986
- By
- Lyttleton, Edith Joan, 1873-1945
- Reference
- MS-Group-1542
- Description
Papers include: correspondence with family members, publishers, literary agents and some literary and general correspondence; publishers contracts for publication of novels; drafts and copies of short stories poems, articles and scripts of talks and radio broadcasts; reviews provided by authors' cutting service of some of her novels. Also papers relating to members of her family, including her brother Ray's account of his service with the Divisional Concert Party during World War One.
New Zealand novelist and short story writer who published under the name G B Lancaster
Quantity: 113 folder(s). 13 volume(s). 1.25 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter
Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, 2006
Transfers: Collection taken as a whole into Manuscripts. Transfers made from here. - To Photographic Archive - One box of photographs and albums (PA-Group-00110).
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 113 folder(s), 13 volume(s), 1.25 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Address books, Speeches, Notebooks, Greeting cards, Notes (Documents), Certificates, Manuscripts, Mss, typescripts and printed matter
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Bohemian girl libretto
Date: [19-]
From: Lyttleton, Edith Joan, 1873-1945 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8649-081
Description: Libretto for opera presented by Royal Italian and English Opera Company, Melbourne Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Reviews of Pageant
Date: 1933
From: Lyttleton, Edith Joan, 1873-1945 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8649-044
Description: Mainly American press cuttings of reviews of the United States edition of `Pageant' (1933). Includes several reviews from Australia and Britain. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter
Magazine covers
Date: [ca 1901-1930]
From: Lyttleton, Edith Joan, 1873-1945 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8649-030
Description: Seveteen covers of magazines in which short stories by Edith Lyttleton appeared in. Publications included are: `The premier', `London magazine', `The grand magazine',`The popular magazine', `New Zealand illustrated magazine', `Royal', `Lloyd's story magazine' and `Schribner's magazine' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter
Emily Bing - Notebook
Date: [199-]
From: Lyttleton, Edith Joan, 1873-1945 : Papers
Reference: 2006-196-05
Description: Notebook containing cartoons drawn by Edith's sister, Emily Bing Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss
Family correspondence
Date: 1934-1938
From: Lyttleton, Edith Joan, 1873-1945 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8649-002
Description: Mainly letters to Nell Lyttleton. Also letters to niece, Margaret Garrett (nee Lyttleton), letters to New Zealand Insurance Company re her affairs, 20 May and 21 Jul 1938 and letter from Jessie Mackay, 13 June 1938 and New Zealand Writers and Artists Society, Wellington, 1 Aug 1938 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Film reviews of The eternal struggle and Altar stairs
Date: 1922-1923
From: Lyttleton, Edith Joan, 1873-1945 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8649-047
Description: Reviews and publicity material for films based on novels by Lyttleton Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter
Family correspondence
Date: 1940
From: Lyttleton, Edith Joan, 1873-1945 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8649-004
Description: Correspondence between Edith Lyttleton and her sister-in-law, Ellen (Nell) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Miscellaneous correspondence
Date: 1926-1939
From: Lyttleton, Edith Joan, 1873-1945 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8649-080
Description: Includes letter from Guernsey containing description of Roman coins, 1 Mar 1926 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
The little white girl
Date: Dec 1910
From: Lyttleton, Edith Joan, 1873-1945 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8649-059
Description: `The little white girl', a short story extracted from Scribner's magazine (New York), Dec 1910 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter
Lady or the tiger / Frank R Stockton
Date: Mar 1905
From: Lyttleton, Edith Joan, 1873-1945 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8649-052
Description: Short story, `The lady or the tiger' by Frank R Stockton cut from The Grand magazine vol 1 no 2 March 1905 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter