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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Isobel Field papers
Creator:
Field, Isobel
Identifier/Call Number: M0041
Identifier/Call Number: 201
Physical Description:
(1 half manuscript box with 60 items) Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1949-1952
Abstract: This collection consists primarily of penpal letters from Isobel Field to Hector Bolitho about her step-father Robert Louis
Stevenson. Isobel Field
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual materials
are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Hector Bolitho, 1962.
Isobel Field wrote several memoirs was the step-daughter of Robert Louis Stevenson and briefly served as his literary assistant.
Page from Catalog Record: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4082848
[Identification of item] Isobel Field Papers, M0041, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Summary: Pen pal letters (May 1949-November 1955) from Mrs. Field to Hector Bolitho with comments by Mrs. Field about her
step-father Robert Louis Stevenson. Also includes letters from Mrs. Field's nurse, pictures of Mrs. Field and Robert Louis
Stevenson, clippings, Christmas cards, photocopy of a poem by Stevenson, and a manuscript, "A Pen-friendship, with Robert
Louis Stevenson's Step-daughter" by Hector Bolitho.
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bolitho, Hector
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Strong, Austin