Enid Starkie Papers
Abstract
The Enid Starkie Papers contain materials related to the Irish literary critic, who worked for a time as a visiting professor at Hollins University. She maintained a connection and deep abiding fondness for the University; after her death, her book collection and her Oxford house were gifted to the school. The house has since been sold.
Dates
- Creation: 1950-1972, 2022
Biographical / Historical
Enid Mary Starkie CBE (18 August 1897 – 21 April 1970), was an Irish literary critic, known for her biographical works on French poets. She was a Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford, and Lecturer and then Reader in the University. Starkie was born in Killiney, County Dublin, Ireland. She was the eldest daughter of Rt. Hon. William Joseph Myles (WJM) Starkie (1860–1920) and May Caroline Walsh. The academic Walter Starkie was her brother. Starkie read Modern Languages at Oxford and obtained a First in 1920.[4][5] She taught modern languages at Exeter and then in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford. She served as a visiting scholar at Hollins University for the Fall Semester of 1959, and was so beloved by the school that they renamed one of the buildings after her (this building was eventually renamed Swannanoa, with one room retaining Starkie's name). She died 21 April, 1970, in Oxford, England.--Source: Wikipedia
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 legal half document box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The Enid Starkie Papers are arranged into 1 Series: Papers.
- Status
- Completed
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Hollins University Archives Repository