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Title	Finding aid for Papers of Elizabeth Mary Russell, Countess Russell, 1890-1962.
Creator	Von Arnim, Elizabeth, 1866-1941.
Extent	1,787 pieces. 40 boxes.
Biographical Note	Countess Russell (1866-1941), English author, was known under the name "Elizabeth" after publishing her novel titled, Elizabeth and her german garden. She was the daughter of Henry Herron Beauchamp and a cousin of Katherine Mansfield. She married Count Henning August von Arnim (d. 1910) and later married John Francis Stanley Russell, 2nd Earl Russell, in 1916 (they separated in 1919).
Scope and Content	The collection consists of manuscripts, journals (scattered years between 1896-1941), journal typescripts, ephemera, and correspondence by Countess Russell. There is also correspondence addressed to Countess Russell in the collection, and manuscripts by Mathilde Blind (Love's completeness : a poem), E.M. Forster (Nassenheide), Geoffrey Kerr (A scenario), and Katherine Mansfield (Poems). Correspondents in the collection whose letters are addressed mostly to Countess Russell include: Augustine Birrell (23 letters), Alexander Stewart Frere (48 letters), E.M. Forster (4), Katherine Mansfield (copies of 27 letters), Rudyard Kipling (1), George Moore (22), Bertrand Russell (9), George Santayana (5), John S. Skidmore (16), and H.G. Wells (2). Of the letters by Countess Russell in the collection, the majority are addressed to the following persons: Kathleen Arnold (28 letters), Marie Luise Backe (61 letters), Elizabeth von Arnim Butterworth (687), Alexander Stewart Frere (237), Olive Guthrie (copies of 16 letters), Katherine Mansfield and John Middleton Murry (42 copies of letters and autograph letters), Margery Waterlow Norton (copies of 14 letters), Maud Ritchie (copies of 87 letters), and Sir Hugh Walpole (112).
Notes	For any inquiries regarding the collection, please contact the Curator, Literary Manuscripts.
Date	1890-1962.
Provenance	Gift of Elizabeth von Arnim Butterworth, May 8, 1967.
Subject	Arnold, Kathleen, correspondent. Beauchamp, Sydney, Sir, 1861-1921. Bigelow, Poultney, b. 1855 -- Correspondence. Butterworth, Elizabeth von Arnim, correspondent. Frere, Alexander Stewart, correspondent. Guthrie, Olive, correspondent. Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945. Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923, correspondent. Murry, John Middleton, 1889-1957, correspondent. Ritchie, Maud, correspondent. Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970, correspondent. Von Arnim, Elizabeth, 1866-1941 -- Archives. Walpole, Hugh, Sir, 1884-1941, correspondent. Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Authors, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence. Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Sources. Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Sources. Nazis -- Germany -- Attitudes -- Great Britain. Women authors, English -- 20th century -- Archives. World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion -- Great Britain -- Sources. World War, 1939-1945 -- Public opinion -- Great Britain -- Sources. Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Sources.
Form/Genre	Diaries Great Britain. (aat) Ephemera Great Britain. (aat) Letters (correspondence) Great Britain. (aat) Manuscripts Great Britain. (aat) Notebooks Great Britain. (aat) Personal papers Great Britain. (aat) Photographs. (aat) Poems Great Britain. (aat)
Contributors	Arnold, Kathleen, correspondent. Bigelow, Poultney, b. 1855. Birrell, Augustine, 1850-1933. Blind, Mathilde, 1841-1896. Butterworth, Elizabeth von Arnim, correspondent. Frere, Alexander Stewart. Frere, Alexander Stewart, correspondent. Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970. Guthrie, Olive, correspondent. Kerr, Geoffrey, 1895-1971. Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936. Lee, Vernon, 1856-1935, correspondent. Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923. Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923, correspondent. Moore, George, 1852-1933. Murry, John Middleton, 1889-1957, correspondent. Ritchie, Maud, correspondent. Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970, correspondent. Russell, John Francis Stanley Russell, Earl, 1865-1931. Santayana, George, 1863-1952. Skidmore, John S. Walpole, Hugh, Sir, 1884-1941, correspondent. Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.
Department	Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Manuscripts Department.
Call Number	mssER 1-1787
Physical Collection	Elizabeth Mary Russell, Countess Russell Papers.
Digital Collection	Finding Aids, Huntington Digital Library
Physical Description	45 p.
Digitization Specifications	Original finding aid converted into PDF document by B. Black, 2011-10-20.
Date Digital	2011-10-20.
DCMI Type	text
Digital Format	pdf
Original Finding Aid	Finding aid prepared by Gayle M. Richardson, April 30, 2003 and revised October 20, 2011.
Citation Information	Finding aid for Elizabeth Mary Russell, Countess Russell, Huntington Digital Library, San Marino, California.
Restrictions	Images in this collection are for scholarly research; please review the Huntington Library's copyright information: http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/about. For purchasing images for publication please review our permission to publish policy: http://www.huntington.org/huntingtonlibrary.aspx?id=590.
Cataloging Notes	The literary rights of E.M. Forster are owned by King's College, Cambridge, England.

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