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Title:
Correspondence
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between Alec Guinness and his family, friends and business contacts. He also corresponded with religious guides, such as Dame Felicitas Corrigan. There is an extensive series of correspondence between Alec and Merula Guinness, throughout the war period and beyond. Many of Alec Guin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935-2003
Extent:
79 files

2. 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

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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 89015/2/8

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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

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Title:
Letters from Matthew Guinness to Alec and Merula Guinness
Scope & Content:
Letters from Matthew Guinness to his father and mother. Includes letters and some typed, annotated notes about the Shroud of Turin by Matthew Guinness.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1953-1985
Extent:
1 file

6. 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

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Title:
Letters from Alec Guinness to Jehane West
Scope & Content:
Letters from Alec Guinness to Jehane West, dated between 1989-2000, with transcriptions and notes typed by Piers Paul Read.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1989-2000
Extent:
1 file

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Title:
Letters from Alec Guinness to Matthew Guinness
Scope & Content:
12 letters and 16 postcards from Alec Guinness to Matthew Guinness, dated between 1940-1967.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940-2000
Extent:
1 file

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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

10. 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