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"As a tired hired steed..." by Laurence Housman, undated

 Item — Box 4: Series 2005.002.2 [Barcode: 000021215452], Folder: 4
Identifier: 2005.002.2.4.4.006

Briggs research notes - "Swinbourne's letter about EN's poetry", undated

 Item — Box 7: Series 2005.002.3 [Barcode: 000021215421], Folder: 1
Identifier: 2005.002.3.7.1.082
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

Edith Nesbit's ex libris plate, undated

 Item — Box 9: Series 2005.002.4 [Barcode: 000023218871]
Identifier: 2005.002.4.9.123

Edith Nesbit's ex libris plate, undated [late 1800s]

 Item — Box 12: Series 2005.002.5 [Barcode: 000021215414], Folder: 1
Identifier: 2005.002.5.12.1.004

Housman, Laurence

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.266
Scope and Contents

Includes Ellmann's notes.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

Housman, Laurence to Doris Langley Moore, 1933-01-13

 Item — Box 2: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215445], Folder: 1
Identifier: 2005.002.1.2.1.049
Scope and Contents

"Dear Mrs Moore, Very many thanks for the Biography. I think you have written a very readable book, and have made a very just estimate of E B's character and ability. She was a strange mixture of altruism and egotism, of great generosity and funny vanity..."

Dates: 1933-01-13

Housman, Laurence to Doris Langley Moore, 1932-05-25

 Item — Box 2: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215445], Folder: 1
Identifier: 2005.002.1.2.1.050
Scope and Contents

Dear Mrs Moore, I can have no objection to the flattering things you say of me as I had forgotten that I ever worked so hard..."

Dates: 1932-05-25

Housman, Laurence to Doris Langley Moore, 1931-12-07

 Item — Box 2: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215445], Folder: 1
Identifier: 2005.002.1.2.1.051
Scope and Contents

"Dear Mrs Langley Moore, You may use all the material you have sent me, and which I now return..."

Dates: 1931-12-07

Housman, Laurence to Doris Langley Moore, 1931-07-16

 Item — Box 2: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215445], Folder: 1
Identifier: 2005.002.1.2.1.052
Scope and Contents

"1892 not 1902, was the first year of our meeting..."

Dates: 1931-07-16

Housman, Laurence to Doris Langley Moore, 1931-07-12

 Item — Box 2: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215445], Folder: 1
Identifier: 2005.002.1.2.1.053
Scope and Contents

"Dear Mrs Moore I gave 'E Nesbit' so many suggestions for books that I really cannot remember in detail how many I did give her. At the time I saw her most [frequently?] she was full of [?], and could write [?] and to the popular [?] if she was [?] an idea as a starting point..."

Dates: 1931-07-12

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Nesbit, E. (Edith), 1858-1924 29
Moore, Doris Langley, 1902-1989 14
Briggs, Julia, 1943-2007 2
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