Rosalie de Meric Archive

Description

Letters, notebooks, diaries, photographs and assoicated material documenting the work and life of Rosalie de Meric.

The majority of the collection was arranged and numbered by Julia Blackburn, and consists of the following:

II - Notebook 1982 including dreams of dying

III- Notes on Modern Art, 1935, painting course with Claude Flight and Edith Lawrence

IV - Notebook, 1980, 82, 85,87

V - Divorce thoughts, 1956. Leeds

VII 1940 Diary with Willie Barnes-Graham etc

VIII 'Birth of Julia' Notebook

IX 1999 Last Notebooks (see the 3 of Us)

X paintings nad portraits (clifford Bayliss) 1940s, 50s & 60s

XI Rosalie & Boomie's Death (letters relating to de Meric's sister, Vivienne, who died in 1939)

XII Exhibitions 1940s & 50s (scrapbook)

XIII - family photos (folder)

XIV - family tree 1066 - 1948! (folder)

XV - 2 letters from WIlson Knight - 1956

XVI - account of family

XVII - Poems 1937 - (folder)

XVIII - Temple Newsam (loose press cuttings in an envelope, some concerning E. I. Musgrave).


The collection also contains a substantial series of letters between de Meric and Julia Blackburn; letters between de Meric and Thomas Blackburn; twenty appointment diaries and address books, and de Meric's sister Vivienne's diary from 1931.

Biography or history

Rosalie de Meric was an artist and teacher. She was married to the poet Thomas Blackburn from 1945 - 1960, and was the mother of Julia Blackburn.

Provenance

Archive acquired by Special Collections from Julia Blackburn, de Meric's daughter in 2009.

System of arrangement

Files labelled by Julia Blackburn, prior to accrual by Special Collections.

Access and usage

Access

This collection is currently being worked on by the Special Collections team and therefore may not always be readily available for users to consult. Please contact staff in advance if you would like to access the material.