Edith Searle Grossmann
8 September 1863–27 February 1931
(Person)
Also known as: Edith Howitt Searle.
Teacher, novelist, journalist, feminist.
Genealogy
Parents: George Smales Searle, Mary Ann Searle
Siblings: George Arthur Searle, Laura Searle, Constance Clive Searle, Alice Mary Searle
Spouses: Joseph Penfound Grossmann
Works by this Author in Our Collection
Subject of Texts
Mentioned in
- Introduction: "A land mild and bold, diffident and pertinent"
- Island Stories
- Kōtare 1998, Volume One, Number One
- Kōtare 2000, Volume Three, Number One
- Kōtare 2000, Volume Three, Number Two
- Kōtare 2007, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series One: ‘Women Prose Writers to World War I’
- Kōtare 2008, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series Three: ‘The Early Poets’
- Letters and Art in New Zealand
- Maoriland: New Zealand Literature 1872–1914
- Rediscovered: Two Short Stories by Edith Searle Grossmann
- Snapshot of a Life Reassessed: Edith Searle Grossmann
- The New Zealand Novel 1860-1965
Cited in
- Kōtare 2007, Special Issue — Essays in New Zealand Literary Biography Series One: ‘Women Prose Writers to World War I’
- Maoriland: New Zealand Literature 1872–1914
- Rediscovered: Two Short Stories by Edith Searle Grossmann
- Snapshot of a Life Reassessed: Edith Searle Grossmann
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![Above: Edith Searle [Grossmann], by Nelson K. Cherrill. Macmillan Brown Library, 39F](/etexts/StaMaor/StaMaor139a(h280).jpg "Above: Edith Searle [Grossmann], by Nelson K. Cherrill. Macmillan Brown Library, 39F")
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The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Edith Searle Grossmann":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.