An Inventory of Her Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Orczy, Emmuska, Baroness,
1865-1947
Title:
Baroness Emmuska Orczy Collection
Dates:
1903-1947, undated
Extent:
3 boxes (1.26 linear feet)
Abstract:
Includes manuscripts and letters
written by the Hungarian-born English playwright, novelist, and artist Baroness
Emmuska Orczy. The works range from brief untitled articles to book-length
typescripts, although none represent The Scarlet
Pimpernel. Some manuscripts for The Old Man in the
Corner series of mystery stories featuring Bill Owen, Orczy's armchair
detective, are present. A small number of incoming letters are present, along
with
some research notes, financial accounts, and legal documents.
Call Number:
Manuscript Collection MS-3113
Language:
English, French, and Hungarian
Access:
Open for research
Administrative Information
Processed by:
Joan Sibley and Jamie Hawkins-Kirkham, 2011
Note: This finding aid replicates and replaces information
previously available only in a card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at
the
end of this finding aid for information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts
as well as the abbreviations commonly used in descriptions.
