US-RNR-ms529 Guide to the Edith O’Shaughnessy letters1916 Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Delmage. Funding for processing and cataloging this collection was provided by the van Beuren Charitable Foundation. Redwood Library and Athenaeum 2013 September 20
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 O’Shaughnessy, Edith, 1870-1939 Edith O’Shaughnessy letters 1916 O’Shaughnessy (Edith) letters 0.01 linear feet (1 folder) This collection consists of two letters written by Edith O’Shaughnessy (1870-1939), author, journalist, and wife of a diplomat, to an unidentified ambassador about her first publication in 1916, A Diplomat’s wife in Mexico. RLC.Ms.529 Biographical note

Edith Louise (Coues) O’Shaughnessy (1870-1939) was an author and journalist who wrote about her experiences abroad as the wife of Nelson O’Shaughnessy (1876-1932), an Oxford educated lawyer and diplomat. From 1901 to 1915, Edith followed her husband on his diplomatic duties throughout Europe, Mexico, and South America. After Mr. O’Shaughnessy’s diplomatic service in Mexico City, Mexico, from 1911-1914, Edith published her first book, A Diplomat’s wife in Mexico, in 1916. In this book, Mrs. O’Shaughnessy covered the dramatic period between October 1913 and April 1914, when diplomatic relations were broken between the United States and Mexico and the dictator, Victoriano Huerta, was in power. Edith went on to publish six more books and also contributed articles to many periodicals including Harper’s Magazine. Edith O’Shaughnessy died on February 18, 1939, in New York, New York.

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Edith O’Shaughnessy letters, RLC.Ms.529, Redwood Library and Athenaeum.

This collection consists of two letters written by Edith O’Shaughnessy on July 17 and 25, 1916, to an unidentified ambassador. In both of these letters, O’Shaughnessy discusses her latest publication, A Diplomat’s wife in Mexico, as well as her opinions of Spain’s influence in Mexico.

This collection is arranged in chronological order.

Administrative information

Acquisition information is unknown.

This collection was initially processed by Leah Podolsky in 2009 and Aimee Saunders in 2010.

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Subjects

Mexico--History--1910-1946 United States--Foreign relations--Mexico RIAMCO Browsing Terms Government, Politics and Law Titles

Types of materials

Letters (correspondence) Occupations

Functions

Additional information

O’Shaughnessy family papers, MssColl 2280, Manuscripts and Archives Division, the New York Public Library.

O’Shaughnessy, Edith. A diplomat’s wife in Mexico. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1916. 1 Letter to Mr. Ambassador1916 Jul 17 Letter to Mr. Ambassador1916 Jul 25