Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Augusta G. Stanley Collection
- Dates:
- ca. latter 1940s-1960s
- Creators:
- Stanley, Augusta G.
- Abstract:
- Correspondence and manuscripts of writings (with illustrations) by Augusta Stanley, about what she termed 'The Greatest Mystery' surrounding the Imitation of Christ, the medieval Lubeck manuscripts, and Father J. van Ginneken of Nijmegen University [Netherlands].
- Extent:
- 1 box.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
-
Augusta G. Stanley Collection. Mss 120. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Augusta E.G.K. Stanley was a journalist who lived and worked in Europe during World War II. She became intrigued with the question of the authorship of the Imitation of Christ, and apparently planned to write about the controversy. The collection contains correspondence and manuscripts of writings (with illustrations) by Augusta Stanley, about what she termed 'The Greatest Mystery' surrounding the Imitation of Christ, the medieval Lubeck manuscripts, and Father J. van Ginneken of Nijmegen University [Netherlands]. Three books are mentioned in her papers, The Greatest Mystery in Literature, Censored for Six Centuries, and The Nijmegen Story, but searches for these titles were unproductive.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Jo Beth van Gelderen, apparently daughter of Stanley and wife of Wilbur Jacobs, ca. 1970.
- Physical location:
- Annex 2.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Imitatio Christi.
- Names:
- Stanley, Augusta G.
Ginneken, J. van
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2012
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid created by A. Demeter. Date of source: Mar. 19, 2012.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
-
Collection is stored off-site; advance notice required for retrieval.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
-
Augusta G. Stanley Collection. Mss 120. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062