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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 89045 Language English Name Coombs, Barbara, friend of Eric Newton and Ivon Hitchens, 1923-1997

1. Add MS 89045

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89045
Title:
Papers relating to Frances Hodgkins, Ivon Hitchens, and Eric Newton
Scope & Content:
Contains correspondence, press cuttings, and photographs.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1945-1996
Extent:
56 files

2. Add MS 89045/2

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Add MS 89045/2
Title:
Letters from Benjamin Britten and Laurie Lee to Barbara Coombs
Scope & Content:
Contains: TLS from Benjamin Britten to Barbara Coombs, 23 Aug 1945, thanking Coombs for her letter appreciating Britten’s work. ALS from Laurie Lee to Barbara Coombs, 22 Mar 1949, accepting an invitation.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945-1949
Extent:
2 letters

3. Add MS 89045/3

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Add MS 89045/3
Title:
Letters from Gwendolen Plunket Greene to Barbara Coombs
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1952-1959
Extent:
12 files

4. Add MS 89045/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89045/4
Title:
Letters from Olivia Plunket Greene to Barbara Coombs
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1952-1954
Extent:
1 folder

5. Add MS 89045/5/1-3

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89045/5/1-3
Title:
Letters of Ivon and Mollie Hitchens to Barbara Coombs
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1949-1983
Extent:
3 files

6. Add MS 89045/5/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89045/5/4
Title:
Photographs of Ivon Hitchens’s portraits of Barbara Coombs
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 folder

7. Add MS 89045/5/5

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Add MS 89045/5/5
Title:
Photographs of Barbara Coombs and Mollie Hitchens by Ivon Hitchens
Scope & Content:
With negatives of some photographs.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1950s
Extent:
1 folder

8. Add MS 89045/6/1-28

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89045/6/1-28
Title:
Letters from Eric Newton to Barbara Coombs
Scope & Content:
Some letters from Stella Newton, Eric Newton's wife, are included in the files for 1955-1958. Many of the letters contain enclosures of Eric (and much less frequently, Stella) Newton’s writings in both printed and manuscript form. For other writings of Eric Newton, see Add MS 89045/6/29-30. Eric ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1955-1965
Extent:
28 files

9. Add MS 89045/7

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Add MS 89045/7
Title:
General correspondence of Barbara Coombs
Scope & Content:
Includes letters from Diana Furness; Andrew Wordsworth of Bryanston School; Joan Browne, widow of Wynyard Browne; Kitty West of the Hambledon Gallery; and Molly Keane (a photocopy).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1959-1965
Extent:
1 folder