Identity Statement
| Title | Elizabeth Bowen Collection Elizabeth Bowen Letter |
| Archive Reference | IE BL/L/EB |
| Web Link to this Entry | https://iar.ie/archive/elizabeth-bowen-collection |
| Creation Dates | 1953 |
| Extent Medium | 1 item |
Context
Creator(s): Elizabeth Bowan
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Administrative History ↴
Elizabeth Bowen was an Irish novelist and short story writer. She was born Elizabeth Dorothea Cole in Dublin in 1899, and took her literary name from the family home Bowen’s Court, in County Cork. She died in London in 1973 and is buried in Cork. -
Archival History ↴
IE BL/L/EB is a letter from Elizabeth Bowen held in UCC Library. This item was acquired by Mr. Crónán O Doibhlin, Head of Special Collections, Archives and Repository Services in December 2006. -
Immediate Source Acquisition ↴
Donation
Content & Structure
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Scope & Content: Elizabeth Bowan ↴
Letter from Elizabeth Bowen, Hunts House, Hopewell, New Jersey to a Mr. Hoffma, thanking him for his letter and arranging to meet him in Philadelphia. Details arrangements for contacting her. Refers to arrangements for a dinner and agrees it is an excellent idea that [Curtis Books] and Catherine [D.B.] should be invited to come to the party “after I speak”. Refers to “Monsoon Quarter”. 2pp
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Appraisal Destruction ↴
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Arrangement ↴
Single item
Conditions of Access & Use
| Access Conditions | Available by appointment with the Archives Service to holders of UCC Readers tickets. |
| Conditions Governing Reproduction | By application to the Archivist only. |
| Creation Dates | 1953 |
| Extent Medium | 1 item |
| Material Language Script | English |
Allied Materials
There are no Allied Materials
Descriptive Control Area
| Archivist Note | Emer Twomey |
| Rules/Conventions | ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description. 2nd ed. Ottawa: International Council on Archives, 2000. |
| Date of Descriptions | 40179 |