'Michael Field' was the joint pseudonym of Katharine Harris Bradley (1846-1914) and her niece Edith Emma Cooper (1862-1913). Details under the name of 'Michael Field' are given in Who Was Who.
Papers of 'Michael Field', arranged into five groups:
The bulk of the working papers was given to the Bodleian in 1942, the rest being bought from D.C. and Riette Sturge Moore in 1974. Papers of Thomas Sturge Moore and Ursula Bridge relating to 'Michael Field' were given to the Library in 1974.
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M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 46116-316.
Related Units of DescriptionDiaries and some correspondence of Katharine Harris Bradley and Edith Emma Cooper are in the British Library (Add. MSS. 45851-6, 46776-804, 46866-7).
Authors
Drama | 19th century
Drama | 20th century
Poetry | 19th century
Poetry | 20th century
Bradley | Katherine Harris | 1846-1914 | Poet and Dramatist called Arran Leigh also shared pseudonym with Edith Emma Cooper, Michael Field
Cooper | Edith Emma | 1862-1913 | poet and dramatist called Isa Leigh and shared pseudonym with Katherine Bradley as Michael Field
Field | Michael | fl 1871-1911 | see Bradley Katherine Harris
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