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Add MS 70831-70838

Record Id:

032-001964669

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032-001964669

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000055.0x000206

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ISAD(G)

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Add MS 70831-70838

Title:

Letters from Sir Osbert Sitwell, 5th Bart., author, (b.1892, d.1969), to Christabel Mary Melville McLaren, (b.1890, d.1974), wife of Henry Duncan McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway; circa 1924-1969

Scope & Content:

Partly signed, printed and copy. Including enclosures of letters from other writers, and notes by Lady Aberconway. Letters to Lady Aberconway from other members of Osbert Sitwell's circle are included in the last three volumes. Supplementing Add. MSS. 52432-52435, 52550-52556, 60832, 60833, 70775-70779. Presented by the recipient in December 1959, March 1962 and May 1969, and hitherto reserved; Add. 70837 B was presented by C. W. McCann, C.B.E., Aug. 1991.

Paper. Eight volumes. British Library arrangement.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

8 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1919

End Date:

1969

Date Range:

c 1924-1969

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