| Repository | Special Collections Archives (GB 0029) |
| Ref No | EUL MS 207/2/2/1 |
| Alt Ref No | 207/2/12 |
| Date | 1816-1908 |
| Level | File |
| Extent | 1 box |
| Title | File of letters from family, friends and fans and also family papers |
| Description | Contents of fan-type file of original letters (many annotated in pencil by Daphne du Maurier) including the following correspondents: George du Maurier, Louise Wallace [née Busson], Eugène du Maurier, Ellen du Maurier, B [Busson or Louis] du Maurier, Tom [Thomas] Armstrong, Emma Wightwick [later du Maurier] and 'Trixy' [Beatrix] du Maurier, and the children of Emma du Maurier [19th c].
Also includes fanmail written to George du Maurier, together with letters to George du Maurier relating to his work as a cartoonist and illustrator. Also includes letters from Rev S Brooks and Alfred Ainger to George du Maurier [mid-late 19th c].
Also contains the following family papers: grant of annuity [Ministère de la maison du roi: pensions] of 200 francs from the King of France to Louise Busson, 10 May 1816; birth register extract for Alexandre Eugène Busson du Maurier, Lacken Commune, Brussels, Belgium 1836; bundle of papers relating to Mary Ann [Clarke], friend of Tereza Duchess of Palmella (presumed to be copied out by Louise Wallace, 1844); admission card for George du Maurier to University College London for study of analytical chemistry 1852-1853; receipts of burial for Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, for Ellen Cecily Jocelyne Busson du Maurier (d 1870) and her husband Louis Deumaurier [du Maurier] (d 1856); entry card for BM [Busson or Louis du Maurier] 1862; certificate for Empire Français Médaille Commémorative de l'éxpedition du Mexique, 1866, for Eugène du Maurier; exhibition programme for London Society exhibition of 100 drawings of George du Maurier, Broadway, New York, Dec 1895, with loose newscuttings enclosed; cast list/programme for the Theatre Royal, New Grove House: production of Princess Bluestocking or The Rival Brothers, featuring Beatrix ['Trixy'] du Maurier and Guy du Maurier, undated [late 19th c]; and baptismal extract for Robert Busson, son of Robert Francis Bruière, 1908. |
| Language | English and French |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access Status | Open |
| Copyright | Usual EUL copying restrictions apply. |
| Creator_Name | Maurier; George Louis Palmella Busson du (1834-1896); illustrator and novelist |
| Maurier; Louis Busson du (1797-1856); father of George du Maurier |
| Maurier; Eugene Busson du (b 1836); brother of George du Maurier |
| Maurier; Ellen Busson du (1797-1870); nee Clarke and mother of George du Maurier |
| Maurier; Emma du (1843-1914); nee Wightwick and wife of George du Maurier |
| Maurier; Beatrix du (1863-1913); later Millar and daughter of George du Maurier |
| Armstrong; Thomas (1832-1911); museum director, artist and friend of George du Maurier |
| Ainger; Alfred (1837-1904); author and friend of George du Maurier |
| Brooks; S (fl mid-late 19th century); clergyman and acquaintance of George du Maurier |