Manuscripts

Final draft: typewritten

Description: With autograph corrections and insertions.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1900
Call number: mssCrawford
Creator: Crawford, F. Marion (1854-1909)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased by the Library Collectors' Council from Christie's, January 19, 2019. The material in this collection was left by F. Marion Crawford to his daughter Mother Clare Marion Crawford at the Italian convent where she was a nun. The convent retained the material for decades before giving them to Crawford biographer Patricia S. Hageman, with the request the material would be placed at an institution where scholars could access them.

Later draft: typewritten

Manuscripts

With autograph corrections and insertions; stained and damaged.

mssCrawford

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The collection is comprised of the work of American novelist F. Marion Crawford; included are novels, plays, a poem, historical works, a lecture, and articles. The majority of the works are autograph, with Crawford's corrections and insertions. The collection covers the years 1883-1908, and includes such topics as the Gilded Age in New York City and the history of Rome.

mssCrawford

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Acts I-IV: typewritten

Manuscripts

mssCrawford

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Francis Marion Crawford papers

Manuscripts

The collection is comprised of the work of the writer Francis Marion Crawford; it includes novels, plays, a poem, historical works, articles and a lecture. The majority of the works are autograph, with Crawford's corrections and insertions. The collection covers the years 1883-1908, and includes such topics as the Gilded Age in New York City and the history of Rome.Many of the manuscripts contain some amount of corrections and additions. Upper left corners of each page contain a system of dots marking the number of words on that page (each dot equaling 100 words), and with word counts penciled on the verso of pages. All materials are autograph unless otherwise noted. The location of where the works were written is noted in the file description, when known.

mssCrawford

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Notes on characters for an unidentified work

Manuscripts

mssCrawford

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Mr. Isaacs: lecture

Manuscripts

mssCrawford

Final draft: typewritten

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