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Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, 1878-1957

 Person

Biography

Fantasy author who wrote under the name "Lord Dunsany."

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Bifur archive, 1929-1931

 Collection
Identifier: 1979-011
Scope and Contents

Archive of a Paris literary periodical published from 1929-1931 consists of correspondence from various individuals (including Aldington, Sherwood Anderson, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Eugene O'Neill, Jean Toomer, William Carlos Williams and Thornton Wilder) to Bifur's editor, Nino Frank. The correspondence is addressed to Frank unless otherwise noted and is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Dates: 1929 - 1931

Briggs research notes - "Dunsany used to go shooting at 2 places in Yorkshire...", undated

 Item — Box 7: Series 2005.002.3 [Barcode: 000021215421], Folder: 1
Identifier: 2005.002.3.7.1.074
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Consists of a mixture of materials that belonged to Edith Nesbit, her biographers (Doris Langley Moore and Julia Briggs), her daughter-in-law Gertrude Bland, and others. Includes correspondence, work product, original manuscripts, artifacts, photographs, clipping albums, oversized artwork, and a wooden writing case.

Dates: undated

Briggs research notes - "Reorder Dunsany autobiography", undated

 Item — Box 7: Series 2005.002.3 [Barcode: 000021215421], Folder: 1
Identifier: 2005.002.3.7.1.072
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Consists of a mixture of materials that belonged to Edith Nesbit, her biographers (Doris Langley Moore and Julia Briggs), her daughter-in-law Gertrude Bland, and others. Includes correspondence, work product, original manuscripts, artifacts, photographs, clipping albums, oversized artwork, and a wooden writing case.

Dates: undated

Dunsany, Lord to Mrs. Bland [Edith Nesbit], May 15th, possibly 1908

 Item — Box 1: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215469], Folder: 7
Identifier: 2005.002.1.1.7.021
Scope and Contents

Transcribed copy of the original letter.



Dates: May 15th, possibly 1908

Moore, Doris Langley to Lord Dunsany, 1931-05-06

 Item — Box 2: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215445], Folder: 10
Identifier: 2005.002.1.2.10.060

Nesbit, Edith to Lord Dunsany, undated

 Item — Box 3: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215353], Folder: 3
Identifier: 2005.002.1.3.3.011

Nesbit, Edith to Lord Dunsany, 1913-06-09

 Item — Box 3: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215353], Folder: 1
Identifier: 2005.002.1.3.1.050

Nesbit, Edith to Lord Dunsany, 1911-01-31

 Item — Box 3: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215353], Folder: 1
Identifier: 2005.002.1.3.1.056

Nesbit, Edith to Lord Dunsany, 1910

 Item — Box 3: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215353], Folder: 1
Identifier: 2005.002.1.3.1.063
Scope and Contents

Transcribed copy of the original letter.

Researcher's notes in the margin speculate that this was written in 1910.



Dates: 1910

Nesbit, Edith to Lord Dunsany, 1907-11-10

 Item — Box 3: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215353], Folder: 1
Identifier: 2005.002.1.3.1.069