Table of Contents
- Collection Summary
- Biographical Note
- Scope and Content Note
- Subject Headings
- Related Material
- Administrative Information
- Access and Use
- Encoding Information
- Container List
Collection Summary
| Repository: | Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries |
|---|---|
| Creator: | Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson, 1847-1922 |
| Title: | Alice Meynell Papers |
| Dates: | approximately 1875, 1893 |
| Quantity: | 0.1 cubic feet (1 box containing 9 items) |
| Abstract: | Papers consist of her manuscripts of two poems as well as letters to John Lane and James Carlton Young. |
Biographical Note
Alice Thompson Meynell (1847-1922), noted English poet, essayist, and journalist, was born near London but spent most of her youth in Italy and France, where she and her sister were educated by their father. She became a Roman Catholic at the age of 20 and remained profoundly religious throughout her life. An admirer of 17th-century poetry, she published volumes of verse and essays, and she edited various anthologies. Her first book of poems, Preludes, was published in 1875 and began the remarkable career that won Alice Meynell the admiring attention of the great writers of her time.
In 1877 she married the journalist Wilfred Meynell, and their modest London home became a popular gathering spot for the journalists, suffragists, Christian socialists and literati they befriended. The couple had eight children, several of whom became significant figures in the literary world as well.
TopScope and Content Note
Papers consist of her manuscripts of two poems as well as letters to John Lane and James Carlton Young.
TopAccess and Use
Access
This collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library without any additional restrictions.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to quote (publish) from unpublished or previously published material must be obtained as described in the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library.
Related Material
- Two of Meynell's publications are available in the Rare Book Collection: Essays (Helen Wright Collection, W/M577) and the privately printed Other Poems (PR5021.M3 A6 1896). Both are signed. The poem inscribed "for Mr. Hutchinson" was removed from Other Poems along with a photograph of Thomas Mosher and original wrappers.
- There are also materials in the Mary Thaw Thompson Papers: two letters from Meynell to Thompson, dated 12 March and 30 December 1920.
Subject Headings
Names:
- Lane, John, 1854-1925
- Thompson, Mary Thaw, 1856-1944
- Young, James Carlton
Subjects:
- Women authors, English
- Women poets
Document Types:
- Poems
VCL Categories
- Literature and Writing
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Alice Meynell Papers, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.
Processing Information
Original processing date unknown. Last updated by Laura Streett, May 2007.
Acquisition Information
Some items were purchased; others were gifts of Mitchell Kennerley (May 1931) and Elizabeth Thompson Reed, VC 1903
Container List
| Folder 1 | Letter to John Lane, 17 May n.y. [includes typed transcript] |
| Solander box | 3 letters to James Carlton Young, 21 Jan n.y, 16 Apr n.y., and 23 Sep n.y. |
| Solander box | Poem: "Renunciation," ca. 1875 |
| Folder 2 | Poem: excerpt from "Singers to Come" inscribed "for Mr. Hutchinson," 27 Sep 1893 [removed from Other Poems] |
| Folder 2 | Photograph of Thomas Mosher [removed from Other Poems] |
| Folder 2 | Original wrappers? [removed from Other Poems] |
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Details
Papers consist of her manuscripts of two poems as well as letters to John Lane and James Carlton Young.
