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Ann Bridge: A Preliminary Inventory of Her Papers at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research CenterContainer List
Ann Bridge: A Preliminary Inventory of Her Papers at the Harry Ransom
Humanities Research Center
University of Texas at Austin
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
21st and Guadalupe
P.O. Box 7219
Austin, Texas 78713-7219
Telephone: 512.471.8944
URL: http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/
Descriptive Summary
| Creator: | Bridge, Ann, 1889-1974. |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ann Bridge [pseudonym of Mary Dolling Sanders O'Malley] papers, 1815-1973 (bulk 1905-1973) |
| Extent: | 30 boxes (12.6 linear feet), 1 oversize folder |
| Abstract: | This collection contains Bridge's manuscripts of books, other writings, and unpublished works as well as correspondence, scrapbooks of clippings and letters, and photographs. |
| Language: | Most material in English. |
Administrative Information
Access
Open for research
Acquisition
Gift, 1975
Collection Description
Scope and Content Note
The papers of British author Lady Mary Dolling Sanders O'Malley, who wrote under the pseudonym Ann Bridge, consist largely of her holograph manuscripts for books published from 1932 through 1973. Also included are manuscripts of poems, short stories, articles, reviews, and lectures, as well as manuscripts of unpublished works. Correspondence, scrapbooks of clippings and letters, and a few photographs are also present. Lady O'Malley compiled an extensive inventory of her papers which identifies and describes this collection in great detail. Her original list contains much description, identification, and commentary not available in the collection itself, and forms a valuable manuscript in and of itself. The list often includes synopses or transcriptions of correspondence in the collection. The papers have been unpacked and rehoused in archival folders and boxes, and arranged to respect her original order and to facilitate use of the many internal cross references within her inventory. Her original order divides manuscripts for published book-length works (arranged chronologically, 1932-1969) from the rest of the papers, which are subdivided into Appendices A-R. These appendices contain other genres of manuscripts, research material, correspondence, etc., which are also usually arranged chronologically. The following folder list, which identifies the particular boxes and folders in which the collection is now housed, should be used in conjunction with the O'Malley inventory attached. Additional materials not described in Lady O'Malley's original inventory were found and are noted at the end of this list. Though the papers chiefly concern Lady O'Malley's works and their publication, there is correspondence relating to her experiences as the wife of a diplomat, some of which were incorporated into her writings. These include her impressions while traveling in China (1925-27), Dalmatia (1930), Albania (1936), and Portugal (1946-47). Also of interest are a small group of letters written by others to Lady O'Malley which describe wartime England, 1940-41. Her relief work in Hungary (1940-41), Poland (1944-45), and France (post World War II) is also documented. Four very large files of correspondence, chiefly 1953-1954, represent her research for Portrait of My Mother , and contain extensive genealogical information concerning the Brooking, Day, and Sanders families. Among this research material are originals and transcripts of early family letters, 1815-1898, by William Day, Hannah Hinman, Marie Louise Day Sanders, John Baldwin, James Ingersoll Day, and Mrs. James I. Day. Correspondence with David Robertson, George Mallory's son-in-law, concerns O'Malley's unpublished manuscript and research materials on Mallory. In addition to O'Malley's outgoing correspondence (present in both originals and carbons) are numerous letters from family, friends, fans, agents, publishers, and others. Among some of the notable correspondents are Lord Edgar Douglas Adrian, Sir Leopold Amery, Maurice Baring, Lord Ronald Gorell Barnes, Lord Max Beaverbrook, John Betjeman, Laurence Binyon, Sir Nevile Bland, Gordon Bottomley, Sir Angus Cunninghame Graham, Lord George Derwent, Morris L. Ernst, E. M. Forster, Sir Ralph Furse, Sir Stephen Gaselee, Oliver St. John Gogarty, Cosmo Gordon Lang (Archbishop of Canterbury), Loelia Mary Grosvenor Lindsay (Duchess of Windsor), Alfred R. McIntyre, Margaret Haig Thomas Mackworth (Viscountess Rhondda), Sir Edward Marsh, Charles J. B. Masefield, John Masefield, Sir Charles Mendl, Naomi Mitchison, Sir Owen St. Clair O'Malley, A. D. Peters, Raymond Queneau, I. A. Richards, Denys Kilham Roberts, V. Sackville-West, Elisabeth Schumann, Lord William Strang, Edward Weeks, Dame Rebecca West, and Steuart Wilson. An index of all correspondents appears at the end of this inventory.Index Terms
People
Adrian, Edgar Douglas Adrian, Baron, 1889-1977.
Amery, L. S. (Leopold Stennett), 1873-1955.
Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945.
Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964.
Betjeman, John, 1906-1984.
Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943.
Bland, Nevile, Sir, b. 1886.
Bottomley, Gordon, 1874-1948.
Cunninghame Graham, Angus, Sir, 1893-1981.
Derwent, George Harcourt Johnston, Baron, 1899-1949.
Ernst, Morris L. (Morris Leopold), 1888-
Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970.
Furse, Ralph, 1887-1973.
Gaselee, S. (Stephen), 1882-1943.
Gogarty, Oliver St. John, 1878-1957.
Gorell, Ronald Gorell Barnes, Baron, 1884-1963.
Lang, Cosmo Gordon, 1864-1945.
Lindsay, Loelia, 1902-
Mackworth, Margaret Haig Thomas, Viscountess Rhondda, b. 1883.
Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953.
Masefield, Charles J. B. (Charles John Beech), 1882-1917.
Masefield, John, 1878-1967.
McIntyre, Alfred R.
Mendl, Charles, Sir, 1871-1958.
Mitchison, Naomi, 1897-
O'Malley, Owen St. Clair, Sir, 1887-
Peters, A. D.
Queneau, Raymond, 1903-1976.
Richards, I. A. (Ivor Armstrong), 1893-1979.
Roberts, Denys Kilham, 1903-1976.
Robertson, David.
Sackville-West, V. (Victoria), 1892-1962.
Schumann, Elisabeth.
Strang, William Strang, Baron, 1893-
Weeks, Edward, 1898-
West, Rebecca, 1892-1983.
Wilson, Steuart.
Subjects
Albania--Description and travel--1936.
Authors, English.
China--Description and travel--1925-1927.
Dalmatia (Croatia)--Description and travel--1930.
Day family.
Portugal--Description and travel--1946-1947.
Saunders family.
Women authors, English.
Brooking family.
Document Types
First drafts.
Juvenilia.
Photograph albums.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Sheet music.
Tintypes.
Container List
| Manuscripts of Books, 1932-1969 (Contents Page Item (1); Author's Inventory p. 1-19) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | Content |
| 1 | 1-6 | Peking Picnic (1932) |
| 2 | 1-7 | The Ginger Griffin (1934) |
| 3 | 1-2 | The Ginger Griffin (continued) |
| 3 | 3-7 | Illyrian Spring (1935) |
| 4 | 1-4 | Illyrian Spring (continued) |
| 4 | 5-6 | Enchanter's Nightshade (1937) |
| 5 | 1-6 | Enchanter's Nightshade (continued) |
| 6 | 1-3 | Enchanter's Nightshade (continued) |
| 6 | 4-7 | Four-Part Setting (1939) |
| 7 | 1-6 | Four-Part Setting (continued) |
| 8 | 1-4 | Singing Waters (1946) |
| 8 | 5-6 | The House at Kilmartin (1951) |
| 9 | 1 | The House at Kilmartin (continued) |
| 9 | 2-6 | The Dark Moment (1952) |
| 10 | 1 | The Dark Moment (continued) |
| 10 | 2-5 | A Place to Stand (1953) |
| 10 | 6 | Portrait of My Mother (1955) |
| 11 | 1-3 | Portrait of My Mother (continued) |
| 11 | 4-6 | The Light-Hearted Quest (1956) |
| 12 | 1 | The Light-Hearted Quest (continued) |
| 12 | 2-5 | The Portuguese Escape (1958) |
| 13 | 1 | The Portuguese Escape (continued) |
| 13 | 2-5 | The Numbered Account (1960) |
| 14 | 1-4 | The Tightening String (1962) |
| 14 | 5-6 | The Dangerous Islands (1964) |
| 15 | 1-2 | The Dangerous Islands (continued) |
| 15 | 3-6 | Emergency in the Pyrenees (1965) |
| 16 | 1 | Emergency in the Pyrenees (continued) |
| 16 | 2-5 | The Episode at Toledo (1966) |
| 16 | 6 | Facts and Fictions (1968) |
| 17 | 1-4 | Facts and Fictions (continued) |
| 17 | 5-6 | The Malady in Madeira (1969) |
| 18 | 1-3 | The Malady in Madeira (continued) |
| Appendices, A-R (Contents Page Item (1) (continued); Author's Inventory, p. 20-99) | ||
| 18 | 4 | Appendix A (transcripts of Masefield letters, 1911- 12, p. 20; see also folders 29.5-29.6) |
| 18 | 5 | Appendix B (Verses, 1905-62, p. 21) |
| 18 | 6 | Appendix C (Short stories, 1911-60, p. 23) |
| 19 | 1 | Appendix D (Unpublished, p. 25): Illusion (1922) |
| 19 | 2 | Appendix D (Unpublished, p. 25): George Mallory (1924) |
| 19 | 3 | Appendix D (Unpublished, p. 25): The Frolic in Western Waters (1925) |
| 19 | 4 | Appendix D (Unpublished, p. 25): The Bright Idea (1928) |
| 19 | 5-7 | Appendix D (Unpublished, p. 25): Level Now With Men (1939) |
| 19 | 8 | Appendix E (File "G M," 1963, p. 26) |
| 19 | 9 | Appendix F (China letters, 1925-27, p. 27; see also folder 28.7) |
| 20 | 1-2 | Appendix F (continued) |
| 20 | 3 | Appendix G (Articles and descriptive pieces, 1927- 63, p. 32) |
| 20 | 4 | Appendix H (File "Z" various letters, 1923-50, p. 35) |
| 21 | 1 | Appendix I (7 letters about trip to Dalmatia, 1930, p. 44) |
| 21 | 2 | Appendix J (Lectures, 1932-44, p. 46) |
| 21 | 3 | Appendix K (3 letters about trip to Albania, 1935-36, p. 47) |
| 21 | 4 | Appendix L (9 letters from Portugal, 1946-47, p. 48) |
| 21 | 5 | Appendix M (Enquiries about Portrait of My Mother, ca. 1815-1954, p. 50; see also folder 28.8): File A (ca. 1953-54, p. 50) |
| 21 | 6 | Appendix M (Enquiries about Portrait of My Mother, ca. 1815-1954, p. 50; see also folder 28.8): File B (ca. 1953-54, p. 52) |
| 21 | 7 | Appendix M (Enquiries about Portrait of My Mother, ca. 1815-1954, p. 50; see also folder 28.8): File C (ca. 1815-1954, p. 53) |
| 22 | 1 | Appendix M (Enquiries about Portrait of My Mother, ca. 1815-1954, p. 50; see also folder 28.8): File D (ca. 1953, p. 57) |
| 22 | 2 | Appendix N (File "Y" general letters, 1924-56, p. 59) |
| 22 | 3 | Appendix O (War-time letters, 1937-44, p. 79) |
| 22 | 4 | Appendix P (Reviews by AB, 1944-53, p. 81) |
| 22 | 5 | Appendix Q (File "W" letters, complications for a novelist who is also the wife of a diplomat, 1932-47, p. 82; see also folder 29.7) |
| 22 | 6 | Appendix R (File "X" diplomatic episodes, 1926-48, p. 91; see also folders 29.2, 29.7) |
| Contents Page Item (1) (continued); Author's Inventory, p. 100 | ||
| 22 | 7 | Children's verses, nd |
| 23 | 1 | Letters from AB to Eva O'Malley, 1926-57 |
| 23 | 2 | Photograph album (Dalmatia), ca. 1960 |
| 23 | 3 | Climbers' Club Journal , 1914 |
| Contents Page Items (2) - (14) | ||
| 24 | 1 | (2) Albums containing newspaper clippings and/or letters: Vol. I ( Peking Picnic, 1932-33, including correspondence 1931-45) |
| 24 | 2 | (2) Albums containing newspaper clippings and/or letters: Vol. II ( The Ginger Griffin, Illyrian Spring, The Song in the House, Enchanter's Nightshade, 1934-37, including correspondence 1937-56) |
| 25 | 1 | (2) Albums containing newspaper clippings and/or letters: Vol. III ( Enchanter's Nightshade, Four-Part Setting, Frontier Passage, Singing Waters, 1937-46, including correspondence 1937-38) |
| 25 | 2 | (2) Albums containing newspaper clippings and/or letters: Vol. IV ( And Then You Came, The Dark Moment, A Place to Stand, 1948-53, including correspondence 1948-54) |
| 26 | 1 | (2) Albums containing newspaper clippings and/or letters: Vol. V ( Portrait of My Mother, The Light- Hearted Quest, The Selective Traveller in Portugal, 1949-57, including correspondence 1949-56) |
| 26 | 2 | (2) Albums containing newspaper clippings and/or letters: Vol. Va ( The Selective Traveller in Portugal, 1946-47) |
| 26 | 3 | (3) Contents of box file labelled "George Mallory" (1963, nd) |
| 27 | 1 | (3) Contents of box file labelled "George Mallory" (continued) |
| 27 | 2 | (4) Manuscript of Permission to Resign (1971) |
| 27 | 3 | (5) Manuscript of Julia in Ireland (1973) |
| 28 | 1-2 | (5) Manuscript of Julia in Ireland (continued) |
| 28 | 3 | (6) U.S. reviews of The Numbered Account, 1960 |
| 28 | 4 | (7) Letters from the U.S.A., 1941-42 |
| 28 | 5 | (8) Folders of material relating to: Dangerous Islands, 1961-62 |
| 28 | 6 | (8) Folders of material relating to: Singing Waters, 1944-46 |
| 28 | 7 | (8) Folders of material relating to: Peking Picnic and other novels set in China [duplicate transcripts of items in Appendix F, see also folders 19.9- 20.2] |
| 28 | 8 | (8) Folders of material relating to: Portrait of My Mother [duplicate transcripts of items in Appendix M, see also folders 21.5-22.1] |
| 29 | 1 | (8) Folders of material relating to: The Tightening String, 1960-61 |
| 29 | 2 | (9) Material relating to the International Refugee Organisation, Rome, 1947-1948 [some duplicates of File X; see also folder 22.6] |
| 29 | 3 | (10) Lectures and lecture notes, 1937, nd |
| 29 | 4 | (11) Verses and folk-songs collected by AB, nd |
| 29 | 5 | (12) Originals of letters, 1911-12, 1939 [originals of Appendix A; see also folder 18.4] |
| 29 | 6 | (13) Copies of some letters, 1911-12 [transcripts of Appendix A; see also folder 18.4] |
| 29 | 7 | (14) Diplomatic episodes, 1941-45 [transcripts of Files W & X; see also folders 22.5-22.6] |
| Materials found, but not described on Contents Page or in Author's Inventory | ||
| 29 | 8-9 | Manuscript of Moments of Knowing (1970) |
| 29 | 10-11 | Manuscripts of miscellaneous short pieces, ca. 1933-65, nd |
| 30 | 1-2 | Manuscripts of miscellaneous short pieces (continued) |
| 30 | 3-4 | Photographs, ca. 1907-1940s, nd |