| Girton/GCPP Power, E contains: |
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| 1 |
Personal and Biographical |
| 2 |
Correspondence |
| 3 |
Writings |
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Personal Papers of Eileen Power
| Title |
Writings |
| Reference |
GCPP Power, E 3 |
| Creator |
Power, Eileen |
| Covering Dates |
1903–1934 |
| Extent and Medium |
14 items; Paper |
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| Content and context |
This section includes published and unpublished writings and is arranged broadly chronologically. |
| Girton/GCPP Power, E 3 contains: |
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1
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Poems, Translations and Stories. 5 volumes, as follows:. Book of poems, written and illustrated (in colour) by Eileen Power aged 14-16, 1903-1905 (includes 2 loose poems / illustrations - 'My Lady at the Play' & 'My Lady's Hair');. 'Some Roumanian Ballads' copied and illustrated by EEP for Dorothy Robinson September 1904;. Poems by EEP (marked Vol. 2), 1905-1907;. Translations by EEP of poems from French and German 1905-1910;. 'The Intractable Princess', a fairy story about the royal family who ruled over the red city of Girton. Written by EEP and dedicated to her Director of Studies, 1918.
Creator: Power, Eileen.
1 bundle containing 5 volumes; Paper. |
1903–1918 |
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2
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Commonplace book. Exercise book labelled 'Paradise Book Vol V Sic itur ad astra', January 1909. Containing poetry and numerous loose pages including 'Mottoes for a Calendar', Paris, January 1911.
Creator: Power, Eileen.
1 bundle; Paper. |
1909–1911 |
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3
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The New World History Series, First Book (from the beginning to 1485). Published London. Flyleaf signed R. Power.
Creator: Power, Eileen.
1 volume; Paper. |
1920 |
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4
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A Bibliography for Teachers of History. Ed. E Power, London.
Creator: Power, Eileen.
1 item; Paper. |
1919 |
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5
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Women of Cambridge. 1p article by Eileen Power photocopied from 'The Old Cambridge', 14 February 1920 [a short-lived University magazine, Cambridge University Library ref.Cam.b.31.21. EEP was 'invited by the Editor to write a 'provocative' weekly article on this page, which will display to the world the views of the women of Cambridge'].
Creator: Power, Eileen.
1 item; Paper. |
1920 |
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6
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Medieval English Nunneries (illustrations). Album of illustrative material collected by Eileen Power while she was working on 'Medieval English Nunneries' (pub. 1922).
Creator: Power, Eileen.
1 volume; Paper. |
circa 1920 |
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7
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Albert Kahn Travelling Fellowships. Report to the Trustees, Sept 1920 - Sept 1921. Printed report on Eileen Power's travels in India, Burma, Java and China. Flyleaf reads 'To Ernest & Sylvia, with best love from Eileen'. 2 copies.
Creator: Power, Eileen.
2 items in file; Paper. |
1921 |
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8
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The Trouble in India. Photocopy of an article by Eileen Power in the 'Foreign Affairs' section of an unknown publication.
Creator: Power, Eileen.
1 item; Paper. |
March 1922 |
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9
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Alien immigrants and English arts and crafts. Parts I-VIII, from the Home Reading Magazine, nos 1-8.
Creator: Power, Eileen.
1 file; Paper. |
October 1922-March 1923 |
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10
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The Haunted Valley. Photocopy of pp 5-7 of The Raven [a magazine produced by past and present Girtonians and published on May 1st 1922 in aid of the Russian Famine Relief Fund, 3 copies of original at GCCP 5/1]. The Haunted Valley is an essay by Eileen Power based on her account of a visit to the retreat of Sir Reginald Johnston [tutor to the young Manchu emperor, Pu Yi] in the Western Hills, Cherry Glen, in China in 1921.
Creator: Power, Eileen.
1 file; Paper. |
1922 |
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11
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The Little God: A True Tale by Eileen Power. Copy of an item published in The Graphic, 19 August 1922, 'Telling how a little god that lived in a temple on the road leading from Pekin to the western hills, having failed to provide rain was put out under the scorching rays of the sun, and how rain thereafter mysteriously fell in torrents'.
Creator: Power, Eileen.
1 item; Paper. |
1922 |
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12
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Pekin. Poem by Eileen Power, beginning 'I wish I were a mandarin, And lived in yellow roofed Pekin', as published in Time and Tide, 2 January 1925 and republished in Time and Tide, 17 August 1940.
Creator: Power, Eileen.
2 items; Paper. |
1925–1940 |
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13
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Wool-gathering in the Cotswolds. An essay on Cotswold history in The Highway, vol XXVI, pp 7-10.
Creator: Power, Eileen.
1 item; Paper. |
October 1933 |
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14
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On Medieval History as a Social Study. Article in Economica.
Creator: Power, Eileen.
1 item; Paper. |
1934 |
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