Katherine Mansfield collection

Collection

Identifier: 1963-003

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection is organized into two series: Series 1: Katherine Mansfield correspondence and Series 2: Jeffrey Meyers papers (writings and research material relating to his book, Katherine Mansfield: A Biography (1978).

Dates

1907 - 1978

Creator

Shaw, John Bennett, 1913-1994 (Person)

Access

This material is open for research use by any registered reader.

Use and Copyright

This material is owned by the University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections. Unpublished manuscripts are under copyright. Therefore, permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from both the repository and the copyright holder.

Biographical / Historical

Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp Murry was born on October 14, 1888 in New Zealand. She was a modernist writer of short fiction. She attended Queens College in London with her sisters in 1903. She traveled through out Europe from 1903-1906. She is best know for: "The Garden Party," "The Daughters of the late Colonel," and "The Fly." She died on January 9, 1923 of tuberculosis.