Bligh (Eric Walter) Collection, ca. 1886-1965

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Eric Walter Bligh Collection,
Dates:
ca. 1886-1965
Creators:
Bligh, E. W.
Extent:
.4 linear feet (1 box)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

Eric Walter Bligh Collection. Mss 8. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, cards, notes, photographs, and printed ephemera of English author Eric Walter Bligh, whose works included Sir Kenelm Digby and his Venetia (1932), Tooting Corner (1940), and Faintly Smiling Mouth (1961). Acquired by the UCSB Library in 1965, with Bligh's book collection of several hundred volumes focusing primarily on latter nineteenth century British writers. Many of the items were laid in books from the collection.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1965.
Physical location:
Del Sur.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Arrangement and description by Special Collections staff; latest revision by D. Tambo
Date Prepared:
© 2001
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid in EAD v. 1.0 derived from MS Word 2000 file by David C. Gartrell. Date of source: 21 September 2001 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

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:

Eric Walter Bligh Collection. Mss 8. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062