Deland (Margaret) Correspondence, 1890-1928

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Summary

Title:
Margaret Deland correspondence
Dates:
1890-1928
Creators:
Deland, Margaret, 1857-1945
Abstract:
Correspondence belonging to American author Margaret Wade Campbell Deland.
Extent:
2.4 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Margaret Deland correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection is comprised solely of correspondence, the vast majority of which was written by Margaret Deland to her first cousin, Madeleine Romaine Wade Poindexter. The only other author represented in the collection is American writer Alice Wellington Rollins (1847-1897) who also wrote letters to Poindexter. Issues discussed within the correspondence include nineteenth century authors and their works, the status of women in religious life, female suffrage and women's rights, United States politics and government, and Deland's personal life.

Biographical / historical:

Margaret Wade Campbell Deland (1857-1945) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet. A member of Boston's intellectual circles, Deland was also interested in issues of the period such as spiritualism and the rights of women. During the first World War, Deland participated in the relief effort in France for which she was awarded the Legion of Honor Cross. She was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1926. Deland's last major work was her autobiography, Golden Yesterdays, which she published in 1941 at the age of eighty-four.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Romaine L. Poindexter, August 1974.
Processing information:

Processed by William Ingoldsby in March 1975. In August 2025, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Brooke M. Black
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-15 12:14:08 -0700 .

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Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Margaret Deland correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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