Guide to the Isobel Field Papers M0041

Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by C.Del Anderson

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

1998

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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

Conditions Governing Access

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.

Biographical / Historical

Isobel Field wrote several memoirs was the step-daughter of Robert Louis Stevenson and briefly served as his literary assistant.

Paging

Page from Catalog Record: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4082848

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item] Isobel Field Papers, M0041, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Scope and Contents

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.

Conditions Governing Use

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