Letters and accounts of "Ghostly Sightings" by C. Anne E. Moberly and Eleanor F. Jourdain
Single Item
MS. Eng. c. 7341
Held at the Weston Library
Includes:
- (fols. 6-8) edited typescript, 'The painter and his family confirm the narrative of the two ladies'
- (fols. 9) newspaper cutting showing that the Emperor Constantine sighting was in fact Raymond Duncan, Isadora Duncan's brother, n.d. (after 1952)
- (fols. 11-20) account of the Emperor Constantine sighting at the Louvre, 2 Sept. 1912, in the hand of both Moberly and Jourdain, written at the Hotel Montana, Paris.
Dates
- Creation: 1918-25
Extent
20 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
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Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. c. 7341
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 6128
Abstract
Letters and accounts of "Ghostly Sightings" by C. Anne E. Moberly and Eleanor F. Jourdain
Biographical / Historical
Charlotte Anne Elizabeth Moberly (1846-1937) was Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford, 1886-1915, and wrote under the name Elizabeth Morison. Eleanor Frances Jourdain (d. 1924) was Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford, 1915-24. Details are given in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased by Joanna Phillips, 6 October 2006.
Topical
- Title
- Letters and accounts of "Ghostly Sightings" by C. Anne E. Moberly and Eleanor F. Jourdain
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2018
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk