Finding Aid for the Violet Hunt Manuscript Notebook, 1873-1911
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Finding Aid for the Violet Hunt Manuscript Notebook, 1873-1911
Collection number: 423
UCLA Library, Department of Special CollectionsManuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
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- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, July 2002
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Title: Violet Hunt Manuscript Notebook,
Date (inclusive): 1873-1911
Collection number: 423
Creator:
Hunt, Violet, 1862-1942
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Isabel Violet Hunt (1862-1942) published poetry in
Century magazine at age 13, and later, wrote collections of short stories and novels. She was also an active feminist, joining the
Women's Social and Political Union. The collection consists of a manuscript notebook in Violet Hunt's hand containing 100
poems, published works by Hunt and books from her library.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
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- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, purchase, 1957.
[Identification of item], Violet Hunt Manuscript Notebook (Collection 423). Department of Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
1720584
Isabel Violet Hunt was born on September 28, 1862 in Durham, England; she was the eldest daughter of landscape artist Alfred
William Hunt and novelist Margaret Peacock; attended Notting Hill and Ealing High School in London; published poetry in
Century magazine at age 13; her first short story, A Thief in the Night, was published under the pseudonym Violet Herris in
Belgravia magazine; became an active feminist, joining the Women's Social and Political Union; wrote collections of short stories and
novels, including:
The Maiden's Progress (1894),
A Hard Woman (1895),
The Human Interest (1899),
Affairs of the Heart (1900),
White Rose of Weary Leaf (1908),
Tales of the Uneasy (1911), and
More Tales of the Uneasy (1925); became contributor, reader, and subeditor for Ford Madox Ford's
English Review; died on January 16, 1942.
Collection consists of a manuscript notebook in Violet Hunt's hand containing 100 poems, with a personal note referring to
her life with Ford Madox Ford, published works by Hunt and books from her library. Includes editions of her
White Rose of Weary Leaf,
Tales of the Uneasy, and
Personalia, with annotations and corrections. Also contains a copy of George Sand's
Impressions et Souvenirs, Paris, 1873, with a holograph note on the fly-leaf.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Hunt, Violet, 1866-1942--Archives.
Women authors, English--Archival resources.
Women poets, English--Archival resources.
Note
Description derived from in-house card file.
Notebook, Published Works by Violet Hunt With Her Holograph Corrections and Books from Her Library,1873-1911
Creator/Collector: Hunt, Violet, 1866-1948
Physical Description: (1 box, 5 pieces)
Scope and Content Note
- 1: Manuscript notebook in V. Hunt's hand, containing copies of about 100 famous poems. Title page and index decorated in water-color. At end short personal note referring to her life with Ford Madox Ford.
- 2: White Rose of Weary Leaf. Heinemann, 1908. First edition with holograph annotations and corrections made in 1936 (unpublished?).
- 3: Tales of the Uneasy. London, 1911. Signed on fly-leaf Violet Hueffer. Manuscript corrections throughout.
- 4: Sigma pseudonym: Personalia. New York, 1903.
- 5: Sand, George (pseudonym) Impressions et Souvenirs, Paris, 1873. From the library of Violet Hunt with holograph note on fly-leaf.