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Add MS 53788
- Record Id:
- 032-002002698
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002002698
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000037.0x0001c0
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 53788
- Title:
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'TOPSY' LUCAS: letters, partly relating to literary topics, addressed to Emily Beatrix Coursolles Jones, called 'Topsy', novelist, wife (1920) of Frank Laurence Lucas; 1918-1961, n.d. Acquired at the bequest of the recipient,
10 Dec. 1966.
Paper; ff. 116. British Library arrangement.
Contents include:
1. ff. 1-21v. Letters from Walter De La Mare; 1918-1950. Included is a letter from De La Mare to Frank Laurence Lucas, 1924 (f. 15).
2. ff. 24-61. Letters from Dorothy Richardson; 1921-circa 1940, n.d.
3. ff. 63-107v. Letters from Lytton Strachey; 1925-1931. See Add. 60677, ff. 28-122v passim, and A. J. Stratford, 'Eminent Victorians', BMQ, xxxii (1967-1968), p. 95, n.3.
4. ff. 108-116. Letters from Dora Carrington; 1932.
- Scope & Content:
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Emily Beatrix Coursolles Lucas, called 'Topsy': Correspondence of: 1918-1961, n.d.
includes:
- ff. 1-14, 16-21 Walter John De La Mare, poet: Letters to 'Topsy' Lucas: 1918-1950.
- f. 15 Peter Lucas, called Frank Laurence; writer and critic: Walter John De La Mare, poet: Letter to Frank Laurence Lucas from Walter John De La Mare: 1924.
- f. 22 Theresa Whistler, née Furse; wife of L Whistler: Letter to 'Topsy' Lucas: 1961.
- ff. 24-61 Dorothy Miller Richardson, writer: Letters to 'Topsy' Lucas: 1921-circa 1940, n.d.
- f. 62 Rose [Vale?]: Letter to 'Topsy' Lucas: 1957.
- ff. 63-107v Giles Lytton Strachey, writer: Letters to 'Topsy' Lucas: 1925-1931.
- ff. 108-116 Dora de Houghton Carrington, painter and companion of Lytton Strachey: Letters to 'Topsy' Lucas: 1932.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002002698
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002002698
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1918
- End Date:
- 1961
- Date Range:
- 1918-1961
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Custodial History:
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Emily Beatrix Coursolles Lucas, called 'Topsy': Bequeathed, 1966.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Carrington, Dora de Houghton, painter and companion of Lytton Strachey
Lucas, Emily Beatrix Coursolles, called `Topsy'
Lucas, Frank Laurence, writer and critic, known as Peter Laurence, 1894-1967
Mare, Walter John, poet, 1873-1956
Richardson, Dorothy Miller, writer
Strachey, Giles Lytton, writer
Vale?, Rose
Whistler, Theresa Thomasin Dolignon, children's author and biographer, 1927-2007