TABLE OF CONTENTS
Scope and Contents
Restrictions
Administrative Information
Description of Series
I. Documentary Material
II. Administrative
III. OS Biographers
IV. OS Biographies
V. South Africa
VI. Chronology and Card Files
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Yaffa Claire Draznin:
A Preliminary Inventory of Her Collection of Olive Schreiner and Havelock Ellis Papers at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
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| Creator: | Draznin, Yaffa
Claire, 1922- |
| Title: | Yaffa Claire Draznin
Collection of Olive Schreiner and Havelock Ellis Papers
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| Dates: | 1875-1990, (bulk 1983-1990) |
| RLIN Record ID: | None |
| Extent: | 15 boxes (7.39 linear feet) |
| Repository: | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The
University of Texas at Austin |
Yaffa Draznin's interest in the life of
South African feminist author, Olive Schreiner, led her to the HRHRC in 1979 to
begin work on Schreiner's biography. However, during the course of Draznin's
research, the need for a different approach to Schreiner's life emerged,
culminating in the 1992 publication of
My Other Self: The Letters of Olive Schreiner and
Havelock Ellis, 1884-1920. This compilation of transcribed and
annotated holograph letters from the HRHRC archive provides the only volume of
its kind published to date.
The collection described here represents
Draznin's extensive research materials gathered and used in the preparation of
her book. The arrangement corresponds to Draznin's original order and folder
descriptions. Her file folders are retained to preserve her descriptions and
emendations.
The collection is divided into six series. The first,
"Documentary Material," comprises letter annotations; a typescript draft of the
text portion of the book; handwriting specimens; editing and progress notes;
and a roster of all the OS/HE letters in the HRHRC collection, numbered and
listed in chronological order. The subseries "Transcriptions and Support
Documentation" contains all the edited typescripts of the holograph letter
transcriptions which Draznin calls "typescriptions." Supporting documentation
in the form of corresponding letters from other published sources are also
attached to these transcriptions.
The second subseries, which Draznin
called "semi-documentation," includes related OS/HE correspondence with others,
bibliographies, transcription of Ellis's
Journal, and information about OS from
works by Schreiner's husband, Samuel Cron Cronwright-Schreiner; Ellis's
literary executor, François Lafitte; and Schreiner's friend, Karl
Pearson.
The second half of the collection contains Draznin's
administrative correspondence with booksellers and libraries, surveys of
library holdings, OS biographers, biographical sources, copies of Schreiner's
works, information on South Africa, OS chronologies, and card file
transcriptions of OS/HE letters.
This collection also contains two reels
of microfilm containing Havelock Ellis Papers (1875-1890) from the State
Library of New South Wales. The papers cover Ellis's Australian period,
including his diary, poems, Common Place Books I-VI (1875-1885), and letters to
his parents (1867, 1875-l877). The State Library granted permission for these
reels to be retained in the HRHRC microfilm collection. Permission has also
been given for reference copies of specific pages to be supplied to
researchers. Inquiries concerning reproduction of the complete reels should be
referred to the State Library of New South Wales.
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Access:
Open for research
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Gift No. 10306
Liz Murray, 1995
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I. Documentary Material
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| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 1 | | Selected annotations, OS/HE correspondence |
| 2 | | Draft typescript of ms., text portion plus letters 1-10,
1/24/90 |
| 3 | | Handwriting specimens |
| 4 | | Editing, indexing questions |
| 5 | | Progress checks (superseded),
1983-1989 |
| 6 | | Letters and scraps not included in book |
| 7 | | Roster and register of OS/HE letters |
| | | A. Transcriptions and Support Documentation |
| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 8 | | | #1-25,
20 Feb 84 - 30 May
84 |
| 9 | | | #26-50,
5 Jun 84 - 8 Jul
84 |
| 10 | | | #51-75,
8 Jul 84 - 30 Jul
84 |
| 11 | | | #76-100,
31 Jul 84 - 4 Sept
84 |
| Box | Folder |
| 2 | 1 | | | #101-125,
4 Sept 84 - 14 Oct
84 |
| 2 | | | #126-150,
15 Oct 84 - 25 Oct
84 |
| 3 | | | #151-175,
25 Oct 84 - 3 Nov
84 |
| 4 | | | #176-200,
4 Nov 84 - 21 Nov
84 |
| 5 | | | #201-225,
22 Nov 84 - 5 Dec
84 |
| 6 | | | #226-250,
5 Dec 84 - 15 Dec
84 |
| 7 | | | #251-275,
15 Dec 84 - 5 Jan
85 |
| Box | Folder |
| 3 | 1 | | | #276-300,
5 Jan 85 - 1 Feb
85 |
| 2 | | | #301-325,
5 Feb 85 - 13 Mar
85 |
| 3 | | | #326-350,
15 Mar 85 - 13 Apr
85 |
| 4 | | | #351-375,
14 Apr 85 - 12 May
85 |
| 5 | | | #376-400,
12 May 85 - 14 Jul
85 |
| 6 | | | #401-425,
16 Jul 85 - 17 Sept
85 |
| 7 | | | #426-450,
17 Sept 85 - 7 Jan
86 |
| 8 | | | #451-475,
7 Jan 86 - 10 May
86 |
| Box | Folder |
| 4 | 1 | | | #476-500,
13 May 86 - 13 Feb
87 |
| 2 | | | #501-525,
16 Feb 87 - 17 Mar
89 |
| 3 | | | #526-540,
18 Mar 89 - 13 May
90 |
| 4 | | | #541-550,
14 May 90 - 29 Nov
90 |
| 5 | | | #551-569,
11 Jan 91 - 23 Jun
14 |
| 6 | | | #570-589,
13 Dec 14 - 21 Mar
16 |
| Box | Folder |
| 5 | 1 | | | #590-607,
26 Mar 16 - 1 Dec
20 |
| * | | | Photocopies of draft ms. of letters 51-533 |
| | | | | [*boxed, not foldered] |
| 2 | | | Photocopies of draft ms. of letters 11-95 |
| | | B. Semi-documentation |
| Box | Folder |
| 6 | 1 | | | Original and printed letters, from others to others,
about O.S. |
| 2 | | | Selected correspondence between HE and Margaret
Sanger |
| 3 | | | Microfiche from South Africa; also copies of
calendar |
| 4 | | | Photocopies of OS holograph letters,
pre-Oct. 1889 |
| 5 | | | Photocopies of holograph letters,
from OS to others, from South
Africa post-1889, |
| 6 | | | Published letters, OS to others than Ellis (from
Letters) |
| 7 | | | OS-Cronwright-Schreiner correspondence |
| 8 | | | Duplicates of some LL letters |
| 9 | | | Selection of Pearson Papers, relating to OS (no
correspondence) |
| Box | Folder |
| 7 | 1 | | | HE's notes of OS's
Reminiscences |
| 2 | | | OS
Journals from
Life |
| 3 | | | OS Post-1889 letters |
| 4 | | | Betty Tetlow, OS bibliography |
| 5 | | | Itemized bibliographical listings
(printed) |
| 6 | | | Chronologies,
post-1889 |
| 7 | | | Artifacts: OS memorabilia--historical |
| 8 | | | YD holograph ms. of post-1889 OS/HE
letters |
| 9 | | | Original and printed letters from OS or to OS (not in
Cronwright-Schreiner
Letters) |
| 10 | | | Cronwright-Schreiner-Ellis correspondence |
| 11 | | | Abstracts from the Pearson Papers |
| 12 | | | Transcription, HE
Journal (from microfilm, also
from Grosskurth) |
| 13 | | | Lafitte letters--written to others |
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II. Administrative
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| Box | Folder |
| 8 | 1 | | Correspondence with booksellers and
libraries |
| 2 | | Correspondence to other libraries re: OS/HE
correspondence |
| 3 | | Library holdings: calendars and holdings |
| 4 | | HRC Library, statistical data on letters
(superseded) |
| 5 | | Index |
| 6 | | Miscellaneous references |
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III. OS Biographers
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| Box | Folder |
| 8 | 7 | | Articles by Ridley Beeton |
| 8 | | Article by Joyce Berkman |
| 9 | | Draznin's Masters Thesis on OS,
"Formative Influences in the Life of
Olive Schreiner, Victorian Feminist and Freethinker," 1982 |
| 10 | | | Copy 2 |
| 11 | | Draznin graduate research paper on OS |
| 12 | | Victoria Duckworth dissertation on OS |
| 13 | | Three articles on OS by Betty Fradkin |
| 14 | | Articles on OS by Richard Rive (also newspaper clips on
Rive) |
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IV. OS Biographies
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| Box | Folder |
| 9 | 1 | | Biographical references to OS in short articles and
others' works |
| 2 | | OS's family as seen by contemporaries and
biographers |
| 3 | | Biographical mention of OS by those who knew
her |
| 4 | | YD commentary on books by and about OS |
| 5 | | Published book reviews of
Life,
Letters |
| 6 | | Notes on major biographies of OS, other than
C-S's |
| 7 | | Copy of biography of OS,
Not Without Honor, by Vera
Buchanan-Gould |
| Box | Folder |
| 10 | 1 | | Biographical aspects of OS profile: character, health,
etc. |
| 2 | | Biographical treatment: literary |
| 3 | | Notes, reviews of OS books: literary stature |
| 4 | | OS friends as seen by others and biographers |
| 5 | | OS works: short stories, public letters, excerpts from
books |
| 6 | | Copy of OS's book
Undine |
| 7 | | Material by and about Havelock Ellis |
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V. South Africa
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| Box | Folder |
| 11 | 1 | | S.A. background,
missionaries early 19th century, |
| 2 | | S.A. background,
late 19th century to present |
| 3 | | S.A. background relating to OS |
| 4 | | S.A. background: items from the
Encyclopedia of South
Africa |
| 5 | | S.A. related material (not directly apropos) |
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VI. Chronology and Card Files
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| Box | Folder |
| 12 | 1 | | Chronology from
Olive Schreiner by J.
Meintjes |
| 2 | | Three-ring notebook containing chronology of OS's life,
1832-1920. |
| Box | Box |
| 13 | Card Box | | Two packages of cards containing excerpts from letters
OS wrote to others, mostly from Cron's
Life of OS |
| Card Box | | Transcription from material taken from microfilm in the
Sheffield Public Library (England) by Betty Fradkin Tetlow |
| Card Box | | Transcriptions of holograph letters OS wrote to others,
(originals in
HRHRC) 1914-1920 |
| Box | Box |
| 14 | Card Box | | Copies of Betty Fradkin Tetlow's transcriptions of
OS-relevant papers (i.e. selected letters to Karl Pearson, minutes and notes of
the Men & Women's Club, taken from the original Pearson Papers) |
| Card Box | | Typed cards of names of people associated with
OS |
| Box | Box |
| 15 | Card Box | | Transcriptions of OS and HE holograph letters in HRHRC
collection |
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