Pearl Mary Teresa Richards Craigie Papers

Pearl Mary Teresa Richards Craigie papers

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Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester Rush Rhees Library Second Floor, Room 225 Rochester, NY 14627-0055 [email protected] URL: https://www.library.rochester.edu/spaces/rbscp Pearl Mary Teresa Richards Craigie papers

Table of Contents

Summary Information ...... 3 Biographical/Historical note ...... 3 Scope and Contents note ...... 4 Administrative Information ...... 6 Related Materials ...... 7 Controlled Access Headings ...... 7 Collection Inventory ...... 8

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Summary Information

Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester Creator: Hobbes, John Oliver, 1867-1906 Creator: Welldon, J. E. C. (James Edward Cowell), 1854-1937 Creator: Alexander, George, Sir, 1858-1918 Title: Pearl Mary Teresa Richards Craigie papers ID: D.12 Date [inclusive]: 1888-1911 Physical Description: .75 Cubic feet (2 containers) Language of the English Material:

Preferred Citation

[Item title, item date], Pearl Mary Teresa Richards Craigie Papers, D.12, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

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Biographical/Historical note

Pearl Craigie (1867-1906) was the daughter of a New York merchant who settled in London soon after she was born. She was educated in England, and was married for a brief time to an Englishman, Reginald Walpole Craigie, with whom she had a son. In 1891, she published her first book, a short epigrammatic novel, under the pseudonym of John Oliver Hobbes, a name she continued to use to the end of her career. Her novels of society life were very popular, but by 1897 the tone had begun to change. She then produced novels which contained Roman Catholic themes, reflecting her deep commitment to the Catholic Church, which she joined in 1892, shortly after she left her husband. She also wrote critical essays and plays. The most successful of the plays was the comedy The Ambassador, produced by Sir George Alexander in 1898.

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Scope and Contents note

The Pearl Mary Teresa Richards Craigie Papers are comprised of two boxes consisting of letters written to Mrs. Craigie by various members of London society, and of the London theatrical and literary worlds concerning her novels and plays. The largest groups are those from James E. C. Welldon, headmaster of Harrow and Bishop of Calcutta, and those from Sir George Alexander, who produced her plays. There are also letters addressed to Mrs. Craigie's father, John Morgan Richards, concerning the "Life" of Mrs. Craigie which he edited after her untimely death at age 38.

Notable correspondents include Edith Wharton, Thomas Hardy, the mother of Winston Churchill, Lady Randolph Churchill, and Victoria Mary, Consort of George V.

Names represented in collection:

The Ambassador. St. James's Theatre, June 2, 1898.

A Repentance and The Ambassador. St. James's Theatre, Feb. 28, 1899.

The Wisdom of the Wise, St. James's Theatre, Nov. 22, 1900.

Alexander, Sir George

Benson, Arthur Christopher

Bigelow, Poulteney

Boucicault, Dion (1859-1929)

Bourchier, Arthur

Brackenbury, Sir Henry

Brown, Curtis

Cambon, Paul

Chamberlain, Sir Austen

Choate, Joseph Hodges

Churchill, Jennie (Jerome), Lady Randolph Churchill

Clifford, Lucy (Lane)

Cook, Sir Theodore Andrea

Craigie, Mrs. Pearl Mary Teresa (Richards)

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Craigie, Reginald Walpole

Field, Henry Martyn

Forbes-Robertson, Sir Johnston

Godson, Dr.

Gosse, Sir Edmund William

Harcourt, Lady Elizabeth Cabot (Motley) Ives Vernon

Hardy, Thomas

Harland, Henry

Irving, Sir Henry

Ker, William Paton

Lovat-Fraser, James Alexander

Mary, Queen Consort of King George V of England

Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth Duchess of Teck

Moore, George

Moore, Mary

Nevill, Lady Dorothy Fanny (Walpole)

Parker, Joseph

Paterson, William Romaine

Reid, Whitelaw

Richards, John Morgan

Seaman, Sir Owen

Shorter, Clement King

Smalley, George Washburn

Spencer-Churchill, Charles Richard John, 9th Duke of Marlborough

Strachey, John St. Loe

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Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander Louis

Terry, Dame Ellen

Terry, Marian

Welldon, James Edward Conwell

Wharton, Edith Newbold (Jones)

Wood, Evelyn

Wyndham, George.

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Administrative Information

Publication Statement Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Rush Rhees Library Second Floor, Room 225 Rochester, NY 14627-0055 [email protected] URL: https://www.library.rochester.edu/spaces/rbscp

Restrictions on Access The Pearl Mary Teresa Richards Craigie Papers is open for research use. Researchers are advised to contact the Rare Books Special Collections & Preservation Department prior to visiting. Upon arrival, researchers will also be asked to fill out a registration form and provide photo identification.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note The collection was the purchased on the Fletcher and Myers Funds, 1961 and 1969. Further accruals are not expected.

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Restrictions on Use In consultation with a curator, reproductions may be made upon request. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from a curator. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions.

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Related Materials

Related Archival Materials note Other collections in the Department of Rare Books & Special Collections relating to the Pearl Mary Teresa Richards Craigie Papers are:

George Alexander Papers

Sir Edmund William Gosse Papers

Iriving-Disher Collection

Sir Owen Seaman Papers

Other collections outside the Department of Rare Books & Special Collections relating to the Pearl Mary Teresa Richards Craigie Papers are:

Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie Papers, 1894-1909, New York Public Library

Dictionary of National Biography

Richards--The Life of John Oliver Hobbes.

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Controlled Access Headings

• Authors, English • Actors • Theater • England • Correspondence - Page 7- Pearl Mary Teresa Richards Craigie papers • Theater programs • Hobbes, John Oliver, 1867-1906 • Welldon, J. E. C. (James Edward Cowell), 1854-1937 • Alexander, George, Sir, 1858-1918

Collection Inventory

Title/Description Instances

Correspondence, 1888-1901 Title/Description Instances Correspondence, 1888-1894 Box 1 Folder 1

Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth, Duchess of Teek to Pearl Craigie, February 18, 1888

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, June 2, 1892

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, September 10, 1893

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, May 3, [1894]

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, November 24, 1894

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, December 12, 1894

Correspondence, 1895 Box 1 Folder 2

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, March 4, 1895

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, March 11, 1895

Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson to Pearl Craigie, March 12, 1895

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, June 19, 1895

Alexander Louis Teixeira de Mattos to Reginald Walpole Craigie, July 8, 1895

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, July 12, 1895

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, July 20, 1895

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, July 23, 1895

George Washburn Smalley to Pearl Craigie, August 30, 1895

Henry Martyn Field to Pearl Craigie, September 4, 1895

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, October 19, 1895 - Page 8- Pearl Mary Teresa Richards Craigie papers

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, November 8, 1895

Correspondence, 1897 Box 1 Folder 3

William Paton Ker to Pearl Craigie, March 13, 1897

Lady Elizabeth Cabot (Motley) Ives Vernon Harcourt to Pearl Craigie, April 2, 1897

Sir Henry Irving to Pearl Craigie, April 28, 1897

Sir Henry Irving to Pearl Craigie, May 5, 1897

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, May 29, 1897

Correspondence, February-July, 1898 Box 1 Folder 4

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, February 28, 1898

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [April 1898]

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, June 7, 1898

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, June 17, 1898

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, June 18, 1898

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, June 23, 1898

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, June 27, 1898

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [June 1898]

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, July 9, [1898]

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, July 20, 1898

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, July 28, 1898

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [July 1898]

Correspondence, August-November 1898 Box 1 Folder 5

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, August 23, 1898

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, August 28, 1898

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, September 10, 1898

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, September 23, [1898]

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [September 1898]

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [September 1898?]

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [September 1898]

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [September 1898?]

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Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, November 8, 1898

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, November 15, 1898

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, November 30, 1898

Correspondence, December 1898 Box 1 Folder 6

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, to Pearl Craigie, December 1, 1898

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, December 9, 1898

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, December 22, 1898

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Cragie, December 25, 1898 Scope and Contents

Enclosed photograph of Florence Alexander.

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, December 26, 1898

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, December 27, 1898

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, December 29, 1898

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [December 1898]?

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [1898]

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [1898]?

Correspondence, January-February, 1899 Box 1 Folder 7

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, January 3, 1899

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, January 19, 1899

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, January 28, 1899

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [January or Febrary 1899]

Paul Cambon to Pearl Craigie, February 6, 1899

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, February 9, 1899

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, February 17, 1899

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, February 29, 1899

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [February 1899]?

Paul Cambon to Pearl Craigie, [February 1899?] - Page 10- Pearl Mary Teresa Richards Craigie papers

Correspondence, March 1899 Box 1 Folder 8

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, March 1 [1899]?

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, March 7, 1899

Edward Fordham Spence to Pearl Craigie, March 7, 1899

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, March 8, 1899

Sir Owen Seaman to Pearl Craigie, March 8, 1899

Curtis Brown to Pearl Craigie, March 9, [1899]

Sir Edmund William Gosse to Pearl Craigie, March 11, 1899

Sir Henry Brackenbury to Pearl Craigie, March 14, 1899

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, March 18, 1899

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, March 19, 1899

George Wyndham, March 22, 1899

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, March 23, 1899

Paul Cambon to Pearl Craigie, March 28, 1899

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [March? 1899]

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [March 1899]?

Correspondence, April-May, 1899 Box 1 Folder 9

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, April 4, 1899

"Benjamin Smith" (William Romaine Paterson) to Pearl Craigie, April 6, [1899?]

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, April 10, 1899

Paul Cambon to Pearl Craigie, April 13, 1899

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, April 19, 1899

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, April 25, 1899

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [April 1899]?

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [April 1899]

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, May 11, 1899

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, May 17, 1899

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, May 29, 1899

Correspondence, June-December, 1899 Box 1 Folder 10

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, June 17, 1899

Dion Boucicault to Pearl Craigie, June 23, 1899

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, June 19, [1899] - Page 11- Pearl Mary Teresa Richards Craigie papers

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, June 19, 1899

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, July 3, 1899

Paul Cambon to Pearl Craigie, July 3, [1899]

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [July 1899]?

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [1899?]

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [1899]

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [1899?]

Sir Theodore Andrea Cook to Pearl Craigie, [1899?]

Sir Edmund William Gosse to Pearl Craigie, [1899?]

Correspondence, January-March, 1900 Box 1 Folder 11

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [January 1900]?

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, February 2, 1900

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [February or March 1900]?

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, March 10, 1900

Arthur Bourchier to Pearl Craigie, March 14, 1900

Arthur Bourchier to Pearl Craigie, March 17, 1900

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, March 29, [1900]

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [March 1900]?

Correspondence, July-December, 1900 Box 1 Folder 12

Joseph Parker to Pearl Craigie, July 6, 1900

William Romaine Paterson to Pearl Craigie, August 21, [1900?]

Victoria Mary to Pearl Cragie, November 22, 1900 Scope and Contents

Includes poem from Princess May of Teek to Reginald Craigie.

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, [November 1900?]

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, December 20, 1900

Correspondence, 1901 Box 1 Folder 13

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, January 1, 1901

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James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, January 13, 1901

Marion Terry to Pearl Craigie, January 16, 1901

Sir George Alexander to Pearl Craigie, January 27, [1901?]

James Alexander Lovat-Fraser to Pearl Craigie, April 30, 1901

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, June 14, 1901

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, July 10, 1901

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, July 13, 1901

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, July 24, 1901

Correspondence and St. James's Theatre programs, 1898-1911 Title/Description Instances Correspondence, 1902-1903 Box 2 Folder 1

Sir Edmund William Gosse to Pearl Craigie, June 25, 1901

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, July 21, 1902

George Moore to Pearl Craigie, May 1, 1902

Arthur Christopher Benson to Pearl Craigie, July 15, 1903

Arthur Christopher Benson to Pearl Craigie, July 17, 1903

Arthur Christopher Benson to Pearl Craigie, July 18, 1903

George Moore to Pearl Craigie, July 23, 1903

Arthur Christopher Benson to Pearl Craigie, July 29, 1903

Sir Austen Chamberlain to Pearl Craigie, December 16, 1903

Sir Austen Chamberlain to Pearl Craigie, December 17, 1903

George Moore to Pearl Craigie, [1903?]

Correspondence, 1904-1905 Box 2 Folder 2

Evelyn Wood to Pearl Craigie, April 11, 1904

Sir Austen Chamberlain to Pearl Craigie, May 1, 1904

Mary Moore to Pearl Craigie, November 3, 1904

Joseph Hodges Choate to Pearl Craigie, November 25, 1904

Dame Ellen Terry to Pearl Craigie, February 28, [1905?]

Dame Ellen Terry to Pearl Craigie, March [1905?]

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Whitelaw Reid to Pearl Craigie, July 4, 1905

Correspondence, 1906 Box 2 Folder 3

John St. Loe Strachey to Pearl Craigie, January 4, 1906

George Washburn Smalley to Pearl Craigie, January 17, 1906

Edith Newbold (Jones) Wharton to Pearl Craigie, January 17, [1906?]

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, August 8, 1906

James Edward Cowell Welldon to Pearl Craigie, August 11, 1906

Jennie (Jerome) Churchill, Lady Randolph Churchill to John Morgan Richards, September 4, 1906

Thomas Hardy to John Morgan Richards, December 6, 1906

Edith Newbold (Jones) Wharton to Pearl Craigie, [1906?]

Correspondence, 1908-1911 Box 2 Folder 4

Jennie (Jerome) Churchill, Lady Randolph Churchill to John Morgan Richards, December 18, 1908

Sir Edmund William Gosse to John Morgan Richards, December 23, 1908

George Moore to John Morgan Richards, February 24, 1909

Clement King Shorter to John Morgan Richards, August 6, 1909

George Moore to John Morgan Richards, [1909?]

Sir Edmund William Gosse to John Morgan Richards, [November 29, 1910?]

Lucy (Lane) Clifford to John Morgan Richards, March 18, 1911

Whitelaw Reid to John Morgan Richards, April 8, 1911

Undated correspondence from Sir George Alexander Box 2 Folder 5

Undated correspondence Box 2 Folder 6

Poulteney Bigelow to Pearl Craigie

George Moore to John Morgan Richards

Pearl Craigie to Dr. Godson

Henry Hartland to Pearl Craigie

Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill to Pearl Craigie

Lady Dorothy Fanny (Walpole) Nevill to Pearl Craigie

St. James's Theatre programs, 1898-1900 Box 2 Folder 7

St. James's Theatre Box Return, March 1899 Box 2 Folder 8

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