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Jessie Conrad Letters

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Overview of the Collection

Creator: Conrad, Jessie.
Title: Jessie Conrad Letters
Inclusive Dates: 1924-1936
Quantity: 1 folder (SC)
Abstract: Three letters from the wife of English novelist Joseph Conrad. Recipients are Christopher Sandeman, Peter Somerville, and a Mr. Partridge.
Language: English
Repository: Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
222 Waverly Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13244-2010
https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center

Biographical History

Jessie Conrad (1873-1936) was the wife of Polish-born English novelist Joseph Conrad, best known for his novels Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Jessie Conrad Letters comprise three items of correspondence written by the wife of British novelist Joseph Conrad (1857-1924). In a letter to a Mr. Sandeman, written shortly after her husband's death, Jessie Conrad writes:

We are leaving this house [Oswalds, Bishopsbourne] next month but for many reasons and mostly because his resting place is in Canterbury. I wish to remain close at hand. I would like you to see the boys, also my little grandson. If you wished to come to see us here we would be very pleased to see you. I feel I would like to see all his friends.

The single letter to Peter Somerville is a response to an inquiry about Mrs. Stephen Crane. The third letter is to a Mr.Partridge.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Subject Headings

Persons

Conrad, Jessie.
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.

Subjects

English literature.

Genres and Forms

Correspondence.

Occupations

Authors.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Jessie Conrad Letters,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

The Sandeman letter was removed from a first edition of Ford Madox Ford's Joseph Conrad: A Personal Remembrance (London: Duckworth, 1924), which bears the bookplate of Timothy W. Sandeman. Transfer from Rare Books, 1970.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: KM
Date: Dec 1996
Revision history: 9 May 2010 - converted to EAD (MRC)

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Inventory

Correspondence
SC 135 Various 1924-1936 - recipients are Christopher Sandeman, Peter Somerville, and a Mr. Partridge

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