Jessie Conrad Letters
An inventory of the collection at Syracuse University
Finding aid created by: KM
Date: Dec 1996
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Finding aid created by: KM
Date: Dec 1996
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| 9 May 2010 | converted to EAD (MRC) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Conrad, Jessie. |
| Title: | Jessie Conrad Letters |
| 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 |
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.
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.
Chronological.
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See also the Joseph Conrad Collection.
Persons
Conrad, Jessie.
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.
Subjects
English literature.
Genres and Forms
Correspondence.
Occupations
Authors.
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.
Correspondence
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| SC 135 | Various 1924-1936 - recipients are Christopher Sandeman, Peter Somerville, and a Mr. Partridge | ||||||||||