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1. Add MS 89015/2/1

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Title:
Letters from Alec Guinness to Merula Guinness
Scope & Content:
Alec and Merula Guinness kept up a regular correspondence between 1938-1945 while Alec was away from home serving in the navy. They corresponded whenever Alec was away from home and there are also letters from his absences between 1945-1999. These files contain Alec's letters to his wife.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938-1999
Extent:
17 files

2. Add MS 89015/2/2

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Title:
Letters from Alec Guinness to Anne Kaufman Schnieder
Scope & Content:
Anne Kaufman Schneider was the step-daughter of Alec Guinness's close friend Leueen McGrath and became a close friend in turn. She lived in New York with her husband Irving Schneider. Anne and Alec maintained a regular correspondence until Alec's death. These are the letters Alec wrote to Anne.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1971-2000
Extent:

11 files

3. Add MS 89015/2/5

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Title:
Letters from Alec Guinness to various correspondents
Scope & Content:
This series largely exists due to Piers Paul Read's research and gathering of information for the writing of Guinness's authorised biography. It contains copies, mostly photocopies, of letters written by Alec Guinness to others, including actor Edward Hermann and other actors. There are two origi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935-2000
Extent:
7 files

4. Add MS 89015/2/6

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Title:
Letters from Alec and Merula Guinness to Dame Felicitas Corrigan, photocopies
Scope & Content:
Photocopies of letters from Alec and Merula Guinness to Dame Felicitas Corrigan, who bound the originals in a volume. This collection is likely to exist due to the research of Piers Paul Read, who collected together correspondence by Alec Guinness while he wrote his authorised biography.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1961-2000
Extent:
7 files

5. Add MS 89015/2/7

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Title:
Letters from various correspondents to Alec Guinness
Scope & Content:
This series consists of the correspondence recieved by Alec Guinness from various correspondents, including friends, family, business contacts and other general correspondence. There are a mixture of extended correspondences and single correspondences.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935-2000
Extent:
17 files

6. Add MS 89015/2/8

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Title:
Letters from Merula Guinness to Alec Guinness
Scope & Content:
This is the other side of the correspondence between Merula and Alec Guinness, these letters are written by Merula to Alec. They corresponded while Alec was in the navy between 1938-1945 and whenever he was absent from home afterwards between 1945-1985. She often did not date her letters, so some...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1941-1985
Extent:
9 files

7. Add MS 89015/2/11

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Title:
Lists, notes and research by Piers Paul Read
Scope & Content:
This series contains print outs of the spreadsheet lists of letters compiled by Piers Paul Read during his research for the authorised biography of Guiness's life. Also includes notes about the contents of the letters and comments on the relationships demonstrated in them.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2000-2003
Extent:
4 files