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Norreys Jephson O'Conor's letters to Grace Hazard Conkling, 1918-1932Finding AidFinding aid prepared by Melvin Carlson, Jr..2009
Administrative InformationThe Norreys Jephson O'Conor letters to Grace Hazard Conkling, 1918-1932, were given to the Mortimer Rare Book Room by the George C. Gordon Library, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass., in November 1980. The Head Librarian at that time, A. G. Anderson, Jr., acknowledged that he was uncertain as to how Worcester Polytechnic Institute came into possession of these letters but that they did not fit the Institute's collection or needs. Other manuscripts of Norreys Jephson O'Conor are to be found at: The major manuscript collections of Grace Hazard Conkling's work are held in the Smith College Archives and in the Smith College Mortimer Rare Book Room. Processed by Melvin Carlson, Jr., 2009 Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection: The Norreys Jephson O'Conor Letters to Grace Hazard Conkling, Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts. The collection is open to research according to the regulations of the Mortimer Rare Book Room. The Norreys Jephson O'Conor Letters to Grace Hazard Conkling, 1918-1932, are the physical property of the Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors of the works or their legal representatives. Return to the Table of Contents Biographical NoteNorreys Jephson O'Conor was born in New York City on December 31, 1885, the son of John Christopher and Maria Jephson (Post) O'Conor. He graduated from Harvard University (A.B., 1907 and M.A., 1911). After working as an editor in various publishing companies, he taught in the English Department at Harvard (1911-1913) and at Radcliffe College (1918-1919). He also taught at Grinnell College (1922-19230), Mount Holyoke College (1923-1924) and at Bryn Mawr College (1924-1926). O'Conor was known for his work on early Irish literature, as well as his own poetry and prose. He worked in civil defense during World War II in California. O'Conor married Grace Edith Corson, in Cambridge, Mass., on June 27, 1917. They had two daughters, Moria and Cathleen. Following his divorce from Grace in 1935, he married Evangelia Hawley in the same year. He died in Santa Barbara, California on October 24, 1958. See: National Cyclopedia of American Biography, v. 37, p. 391. Grace Hazard graduated from Smith College, Class of 1899. She studied music and studied in Europe before her marriage to Roscoe Platt Conkling in 1905. She had two children with him, but was divorced from him in 1914, at which time she accepted a teaching position at Smith College. Besides her teaching responsibilities, she wrote poetry and short stories that were published in the popular journals of the day. She died on November 15, 1958. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionThe Norreys Jephson O'Conor letters to Grace Hazard Conkling are arranged chronologically. The letters span the years 1918 to 1932. They deal almost entirely on literary matters, with reference to Amy Lowell, Robert Frost, Siegfried Sassoon and Conkling's daughter Hilda. Return to the Table of Contents Return to the Table of Contents SERIES I. LETTERS
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