Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Angela Thirkell collection
- Dates:
- 1890-1949
- Creators:
- Angela Thirkell Society
- Abstract:
- Diaries and photographs related to English and Australian novelist Angela Thirkell.
- Extent:
- 0.42 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Angela Thirkell collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Two diaries, one authored by Angela Thirkell and another by her mother Margaret Mackail; a photograph album compiled by Margaret Mackail; and loose photographs. Both diaries consist of brief, datebook-type entries, though Margaret Mackail's is more detailed. Photographs are primarily of Angela Thirkell throughout her life.
- Biographical / historical:
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Angela Margaret Mackail was born on January 30, 1890 in London. She was the eldest daughter of Margaret Burne-Jones and John Mackail, a Scottish classical scholar and Oxford Professor of Poetry. Her maternal grandparents were Georgiana Macdonald and Sir Edward Burne-Jones, a pre-Raphaelite painter and partner in the design firm of Morris and Company. Angela attended school in London and Paris, then met and married professional singer James Campbell McInnes in 1911. The couple had three children before divorcing in 1917. In 1918 Angela met and married engineer George Thirkell, traveling with him to Melbourne, Australia in 1920. The couple's son Lancelot George Thirkell was born in 1921, and Angela left with him in 1929 to return permanently to London. She had begun writing in Melbourne, publishing a few articles, and in London published her first books in 1931. She continued her writing career with a series of novels based on Anthony Trollope's fictional English county of Barsetshire, which portray English life and society in the years before, during, and after World War II. Angela Thirkell died in Bramley, Surrey, in January 1961.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Angela Thirkell Society, October 2023.
- Processing information:
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Processed at the time of accessioning by Kelly Kress in November 2023.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged by type of material.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-11-29 08:59:19 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Terms of access:
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Angela Thirkell collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191