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Grace Hall papers

Grace Hall papers

Descriptive Summary

Title: Grace Hall papers
Creator: Hall, Grace, -1947
Creator: Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936
Inclusive Dates: circa 1912-1944
Language(s): English
Extent: 0.6 Linear Feet (1 document box, 1 half box)
Collection Number: ms209
Repository: Hargrett Library
Abstract: The collection consists of papers of Grace Hall from ca. 1912-1944. The collection contains primarily manuscripts of Hall's novel, LETTERS FROM GIGI, essays, and some poems. Also includes some material relating to Edwin Howland Blashfield and family photographs.

Collection Description

Historical Note

Grace Hall (187?-1947), American poet and novelist, born in Boston, Massachusetts. Married Edwin Howland Blashfield (1848-1936) in 1928.

Ms. Hall was a poet and novelist who was born in Boston to Edna Amile Brown, a concert singer, and David Culver Hall, a concert tour conductor. Ms. Hall lived in London, Florence and New York City with her parents and sisters, Gertrude-also a writer-and Marguerite, an opera singer.

Ms. Hall married the portrait and mural artist Edwin Howland Blashfield in 1928. She published her only novel Letters from Gigi in 1909 and also published several poems and essays in magazines. After the death of her husband, Ms. Hall lived with her sister Gertrude in New York City. She died in 1947.

Scope and Content

This collection contains the writings, photos and biographical material of Grace Marie Hall Blashfield.

This collection contains primarily the manuscripts of Ms. Hall's essays and novel. Also included are several photos of Ms. Hall, her sisters and Edwin Blashfield. Letters of Mr. Blashfield and some of his early sketches are also part of the collection.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged by record type.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Grace Hall papers, ms209, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 May 7.

General Notes

Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

American literature.
Manuscripts (documents)
Women authors, American.

Related Collections in this Repository

Related collections in this repository: Gertrude Hall papers, ms210.

See also MS 210.


Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
boxfolder
11Biographical note/baptismal certificate
 
12Unsent letter/letter accompanying Spring Flowers
 
13"By Way of Conversation"
 
14"By Way of Conversation"
 
15"By Way of Conversation"
 
16"Christmas Shopping"
 
17Essays "Harmony," "The Will," "Work," "The inner life," and "Sincerely"
 
18"Full House"
 
19"Journey's End"
 
110"Letters from Gigi"
 
111Martin, George Madden; "The Old Dispensation"
 
112"The Miscalculations of Phoebe"
 
113"Paces"
 
114"Poems, List of Names in Form of Ms. Notebook"
 
115Some Letters to Tome
 
116The True Story of Pat
 
117"Ugly Ducklings"
 
118"Une Nuit de Cleapatre"
 
boxfolder
21Pictures
 
22Pictures
 
23Edwin Howland Blashfield