Register of the Isabella Grant Meredith Papers, 1845-1930
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitleIsabella Grant Meredith Papers, 1845-1930
Creator
Meredith, Isabella Grant, 1838-
Repository
Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
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Use Restrictions
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Isabella Grant Meredith Papers,
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Processing Information
Encoded by Alvin Pollock
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
Isabella Grant Meredith was a playwright in New York, N.Y.
[top]Collection Overview
Chiefly consists of correspondence and genealogy pertaining to the playwright Meredith including the following families: Bliss, Billings, Dow, Grant, Meredith, Miner, Palmer, and Sanford. Correspondence includes letters from A.G. Bliss, Fannie Grant Bliss, Kate Grant Bliss, Julia Grant, and others. Also includes printed material, writings and speeches, and clippings. Contains Meredith's diary (1868, October-1881, August) which mentions the Sirosis Club, a progressive club for women which held lectures on scientific topics during the late 1870s and early 1880s. The diary also includes information about Meredith's play,
"Mistress Anne: A Drama of the Seventeenth Century,"
(ca. 1873) is included. Meredith also wrote magazine articles under the pseudonym of
"Papillon."
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- Dow family--Genealogy.
- Grant family--Genealogy.
- Palmer family--Genealogy.
- Miner family--Genealogy.
- Sanford family--Genealogy.
- Meredith family--Genealogy.
- Billings family--Genealogy.
- Sirosis Club (New York, N.Y.).
- Dramatists--Papers of.
- Women dramatists, American--New York.
- Diaries--Women
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Detailed Description of Collection
Correspondence
Bliss, A.G.,
1857-1865, undated
Bliss, Fannie Grant,
1864-1931, undated
(2 folders)
Bliss, Kate Grant,
1902-1906, undated
Grant, Julia,
undated
Meredith, Isabella Grant,
1849-1906, undated
Miscellaneous,
1845-1904, undated
Genealogy
Billings,
1903, undated
Grant,
1898-1930, undated
(2 folders)
Miner,
undated
Palmer,
1882, undated
Sanford,
1871-1905, undated
Other,
1871-1903, undated
Miscellaneous
Printed Material,
1850-1930, undated
Diary,
1878-1881
Box 3
"Mistress Anne: A Drama of the Seventeenth Century,"
ca. 1873, undated
Clippings,
1864, 1891, Apr.-1920, July, undated
General,
undated
Oversize Materials
Genealogy, Grant,
undated
Miscellaneous, Clippings,
1864, 1891, Apr.-1920, July, undated
