Pease mss., 1891-1908
Summary Information
Repository:
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Indiana University
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Creator
Bullen, Frank Thomas
TitlePease mss., 1891-1908
Collection No.
LMC 2538
Extent
27 items
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
The Pease mss., 1891–1908, consists
primarily of letters from author Frank Thomas Bullen, 1857–1915, to the editor of
The Morning Mercury, New Bedford, Massachusetts,
Zephaniah Walter Pease, 1861– . It also includes letters from Percy Sutherland
Bullen and A.P. Watt.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Zephaniah Walter Pease, 1861–, was the editor of
The Morning
Mercury
in New Bedford, Massachusetts and corresponded with author Frank
Thomas Bullen, 1857–1915; Frank Bullen's cousin and U.S. foreign correspondent with
the
London Daily Telegraph, Percy Sutherland Bullen;
and English literary agent A.P. Watt.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into the following series: I. Correspondence; II.
Writings; III. Photographs.
Scope and Content Note
The Pease mss., 1891–1908, consists primarily of letters from author Frank Thomas
Bullen, 1857–1915, to the editor of
The Morning
Mercury
, New Bedford, Massachusetts, Zephaniah Walter Pease, 1861–. Many
of the letters discuss works of Bullen's that are about to be published or the
reception that his works are receiving both in terms of critiques and sales. He also
writes about his family, his ill health, and his unfavorable views regarding the
rudeness of Americans, especially of the upper classes.
Other correspondents in the collection are Percy Sutherland Bullen (Frank Bullen's
cousin and U.S. foreign correspondent with the
London Daily
Telegraph
), and English literary agent A.P. Watt. The first letter in
the file, however, is written to Pease by an apparent hometown friend living and
working in London in 1891. Bullen’s first letter to Pease is in 1899.
The collection also contains an untitled manuscript signed by Frank T. Bullen
regarding "…the approaching centenary of the New Bedford
Mercury…," a newspaper clipping titled "Cape
Pigeons and Whalebirds: Superstitions Connected With Them By Sailors…"
written by Bullen; a magazine article about Bullen by Charles Middleton; a pamphlet
"Fifty Years on The Morning Mercury: New Bedford,
Mass: 1880–1930: A Reminiscence"
by Pease; and three photographs.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries'
online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by
searching the catalog using these terms.
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Names
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Morning Mercury (New Bedford,
Mass.)
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Pease, Zeph. W. (Zephaniah
Walter), b. 1861 --Correspondence.
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Bullen, Frank Thomas,
1857-1915 --Correspondence.
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Bullen, Frank Thomas,
1857-1915.
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Bullen, Percy
Sutherland.
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Watt, A. P. (Alexander
Pollock), 1834-1914.
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Topics
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Authors, English
--Correspondence.
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Newspaper editors
--Massachusetts --Correspondence.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Acquired. 2006
Usage Restrictions
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Pease mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Series:
Box 1
Correspondence, 1891–1908
(3 folders)
Includes Percy Sutherland Bullen letter to Pease, May 27, 1908 and A.P. Watt
letter to Bullen, June 18, 1908, which is enclosed in Bullen to Pease, June
19, 1908.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Series:
Writings
(4 folders)
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by author.
Box 1
Bullen, Frank T. "It is with no
ordinary interest and pleasure that I hear of the approaching
centenary of the New Bedford Mercury…" [opening lines]
A.D.S.
(4 pp.)
Bullen, Frank T. "Cape Pigeons and
Whalebirds: Superstitions Connected With Them By Sailors." –
clipping from the New York
Evening Post.
June 11, 1904.
Middleton, Charles. "Mr. Frank T.
Bullen. The Author of 'With Christ at Sea'" tear sheets from
Sunday Magazine, pp.
738–746.
Pease, Zephaniah W.
Fifty Years on The
Morning Mercury New Bedford Mass. 1880–1930: A Reminiscence
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Reprint from
The Morning Mercury,
September 15, 1930 . New
Bedford Mass: Reynolds Publishing, [1930?]
(24 pp.)
Series:
Photographs
Box 1
Bullen family photograph, inscribed "To
Mr. and Mrs. Z.W. Pease with the kindest regards and affection of
the F.T. Bullen family."
Undated
Bullen seated with book in hand. Inscribed: "To Z.W. Pease. with F.T. Bullen’s love."
1887
Unidentified portrait of a young woman: "Sunshine" Copyright Charles Taber
& Co. New Bedford, Mass. 1883. Accompanied by a photographic clipping of Bullen
with inscription "Yours very truly F.T.
Bullen" that was removed at some point from the verso of
photograph