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Add MS 56099
- Record Id:
- 032-001961821
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001961821
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000055.0x00008d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 56099
- Title:
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SIEGFRIED SASSOON: letters to his uncle, Sir William Hamo Thornycroft, R.A., with some related correspondence; circa 1906-1966, n.d. Partly type-written. Most of the letters were written during Sassoon's period of war service. Presented by Mrs Elfrida Mary Manning, daughter of Sir Hamo Thornycroft,
13 Dec. 1969.
Paper; ff. 53. British Library arrangement.
- Scope & Content:
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Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, author and poet: Sir William Hamo Thornycroft, sculptor: Letters to Sir William Hamo Thornycroft from Siegfried Loraine Sassoon: circa 1906-circa 1925.
includes:
- f. 17 Michael Sassoon, brother of Siegfried Sassoon: Letter to Sir W. H. Thornycroft: 1917.
- f. 19 Harold Cox, MP; Editor, 'Edinburgh Review': Letter to Sir W. H. Thornycroft: 1917.
- ff. 21, 26 Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, author and poet: Letters to H. Cox: 1917.
- f. 29 Herbert Farjeon, son of B L Farjeon: Letter to his mother: 1917.
- ff. 51, 52 Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, author and poet: Letters to Mrs E. M. Manning: 1965-1966: Typewritten copies.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Europeana Collections 1914-1918 - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001961821
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001961821
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_56099 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1901
- End Date:
- 1966
- Date Range:
- c 1906-1966
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
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ff 2-16, 21-24, 26,28, 34-53 | © Published by permission from the Estate of George Sassoon | Usage Terms: Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
- Custodial History:
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Mrs Elfrida Mary Manning, daughter of Sir W H Thornycroft: Presented, 1969.
|| Some items listed in the catalogue description were not digitised for the Europeana Collections 1914-1918 project due to copyright restrictions||
ff 2-16, 21-24, 26,28, 34-53 | © Published by permission from the Estate of George Sassoon | Usage Terms: Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
- Exhibitions:
- World War One, (online), 29 January 2014-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Cox, Harold, MP, Editor `Edinburgh Review'
Farjeon, Herbert, author and dramatic critic, 1887-1945
Manning, Elfrida Mary, Mrs daughter of Sir W H Thornycroft
Sassoon, Michael, brother of Siegfried Sassoon
Sassoon, Siegfried Loraine, poet and writer, 1886-1967
Thornycroft, William Hamo, sculptor