Personal correspondence of Penelope Fitzgerald, including correspondence with her parents and daughters, and general correspondence with other family members, friends, and former students.
General Personal Correspondence and Domestic Business
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Included within the general correspondence are letters to Penelope Fitzgerald from Baron Beloff, Philip Brebner, Chris Carduff (editor, Houghton Mifflin), Joseph Lloyd Carr, Michael Dibdin, Jane Gardam, Harman Grisewood, Phyllis Neame (owner of the Sole Bay Bookshop, Southwold, where Fitzgerald ...
Other Family Correspondence, Friends, and Former Students
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Contains letters to Penelope Fitzgerald from family (except those listed in separate files within this sub-series) and friends. Includes letters from Maryllis Condor (‘Willie’); Hugh Lee (‘Ham’); and Janet Probert (née Russell). Generally, correspondence from friends has been included in this fi...
Letters to Christina Knox (née Hicks) and Edmund George Valpy Knox
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Mostly autograph letters from Penelope Fitzgerald to her mother and father, from 1935. Some letters are addressed only to Fitzgerald's mother (when she was unwell). The letters feature Fitzgerald's own illustrations. Also includes one short note from E. V. Knox to Fitzgerald, 25 Dec 1967.