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Elizabeth L. Banks correspondence Collection 1991-002 Dates: 1893-1903. Extent: (1 box). Level of Description: Item level. Name of creator(s): Unknown. Date of creation: Undetermined. Scope and Content: Consists of 46 handwritten and typed letters from the Elizabeth Banks to William Morris Colles of the Author’s Syndicate. The content of the correspondence is primarily concerned with the writing and publication of her work, Autobiography of a Newspaper Girl (London: Metheun, 1902) and a series of articles entitled, “In Cap and Apron.” Administrative/Biographical History: Access and Copyright: Language and Scripts: English. Finding aid/Inventory: Finding aid is available online. Provenance/Source of Acquisition: Purchased from William Reese Company, March 1991. Date(s) of description: Milissa Burkart, date unknown. Access Points:
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| 1893 | ||
| 1:1 | Nov 15, 1893. "Mr. Berant, with whom I had some conversation yesterday in regard to my series of articles 'In Cap and Apron' now running in the Weekly Sun...." | |
| Nov 23, 1893. "I will call on you tomorrow, bringing scrapbook with complete story and press notices of my 'Cap and Apron' series." | ||
| Dec 4, 1893. I have just received your letter. There was really nothing to put straight...." | ||
| Dec 5, 1893. "If you find that Mr. Arrowsmith or other publishers object to bringing out my book as a 'shilling shocker'...." | ||
| Dec 28, 1893. "I herewith hand you manuscript for book 'In Cap and Apron'..." | ||
| 1894 | ||
| Jan 1, 1894. "I do not think I would care to have you submit the manuscript to any other publisher...." | ||
| 1901 | ||
| 1:2 | Dec 5, 1901. "You will get this letter before receiving the typescript of my Autobiography of a Newspaper Girl...." | |
| Dec 6, 1901. "I send you by this post a copy of the Chicago Post for which I am the London correspondent...." | ||
| Dec 7, 1901. "I have just written you re the book The Autobiography of a Newspaper Girl, but I am reminded of something else I intended to say to you in regard to other American work." | ||
| Dec 7, 1901. "I have your letter of the 6th and your post-card of to-day." | ||
| Dec 9, 1901. "Herewith one copy of The Autobiography of a Newspaper Girl." | ||
| Dec 10, 1901. "Ever since I left your office, I have had a sort of 'bad conscience' on me...." | ||
| Dec 11, 1901. "Just a line to say something that I consider most important...." | ||
| 1902 | ||
| 1:3 | Jan 1, 1902. "Please note in your 'little book' my change of address from 7 Harley Gardens to the above." | |
| Jan 20, 1902. "In regard to your telegram re Holt, I thought, as I wired you, that you would be the better judge of what we ought to try." | ||
| Mar 13, 1902. "Not having heard from you, I have taken it for granted that Holt changed his mind about the Autobiography." | ||
| Mar 15, 1902. "I got your note of the 16th, and stopped in this morning to see you a few minutes, and saw your young man instead." | ||
| Mar 31, 1902. "I saw Mr. Joseph B. Gilder Thursday...." | ||
| Apr 23, 1902. "I have just got your letter with the Ms. [sic] and the copy of Mr. Gilder's letter." | ||
| Apr 24, 1902. "Your letter of to-day received. Of course, if you would rather not, don't mention to Mr. Gilder the matter of the interview...." | ||
| Apr 25, 1902. "I herewith send you the manuscript of The Autobiography of a Newspaper Girl, from which I have now taken the two chapters...." | ||
| Apr 26, 1902. "I have just received your letter of to-day. I posted you a letter and by the same post sent manuscript by parcel-post...." | ||
| Apr 30, 1902. "In regard to your letter of yesterday, I went at once to Messrs. Methuen's to see Mr. Webster...." | ||
| May 1, 1902. "Many thanks for your note. I take it as a hint that I might do well to take a novel in hand...." | ||
| Jul 15, 1902. "This is to say that unless I hear from you by tomorrow morning's post that you have arranged for my proofs to be positively delivered to me...." | ||
| Jul 16, 1902. "As I have not yet received any proofs from Messrs. Dodd, Mead & Company of my book...." | ||
| Jul 25, 1902. "In accordance with your telegram I herewith hand you revised proofs of the English edition of The Autobiography of a Newspaper Girl...." | ||
| Jul 30, 1902. "Will you please send me by return of post in enclosed stamped envelope all correspondence which has passed between the Author's Syndicate and Messrs. Dodd, Mead & Company...." | ||
| Jul 31, 1902. "I cannot understand your not complying with my very reasonable request of yesterday...." | ||
| 1:4 | Aug 2, 1902. "I am so sorry to have to bother you about the enclosed letter, but it is absolutely impossible for me to read it." | |
| Aug 6, 1902. "I have received the proofs of Galleys 17--33...." | ||
| Aug 11, 1902. "Replying to your letter of the 8th, I have no wish to enter into any discussion concerning the previous history of my manuscript in America...." | ||
| Sept 3, 1902. "Mr. Gilder has probably written to tell you that the Agreement for my book has arrived...." | ||
| Sept 4, 1902. "Many thanks for your letter. In regard to what you say about my having approved of the Agreement...." | ||
| Sept 4, 1902. "Will you please return me the two letters from Mr. Paul Reynolds which I sent you on December 5th." | ||
| Sept 5, 1902. "I herewith sent you a copy of the letter I have just written to Mr. Gilder...." | ||
| Sept 10, 1902. "I presume you have already a copy of the Agreement with its additional Clauses made by Mr. Gilder...." | ||
| Sept 11, 1902. "I thank you for your letter of to-day, but I am at a loss to understand some parts of it." | ||
| Sept 13, 1902. "I received your letter of yesterday. I do not see how I can fix up the Clause 16 to be alike in both copies of Agreement." | ||
| Sept 18, 1902. "I had hoped to call tomorrow in regard to the Agreement but have so much American work to do...." | ||
| Sept 25, 1902. "I have tried to get in to see you, but have been unable to do so." | ||
| Sept 29, 1902. "Referring to our conversation of an hour or so ago, I write to say that if, without taking any further trouble with the Agreement...." | ||
| Sept 30, 1902. "I have your letter of to-day, in answer to mine written this morning." | ||
| Oct 2, 1902. "In regard to the Agreement which you sent for my signature, I find there are changes which would have to be made in it before I could sign it." | ||
| 1903 | ||
| Mar 11, 1903. "In the matter of the American sales of the American edition of my book, The Autobiography of a Newspaper Girl, I beg to herewith send you copy of letter and report...." | ||
| Mar 13, 1903. "In reply to yours of yesterday's date regarding the sending of press cuttings to the American publishers...." |
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