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Add MS 89626
- Record Id:
- 032-004341304
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004341304
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163207417.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89626
- Title:
- Letters and Photographs of Nancy Mitford
- Scope & Content:
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Letters and photographs sent by the novelist and biographer, Nancy Mitford, to her former governess, Vanda Stern (called "Zella").
The letters, written in French, date from the 1960s and 70s and relate primarily to Mitford's efforts to diagnose and treat the Hodgkin's lymphoma that would eventually cause her death, and the suffering it caused her. Also described are Mitford's visits to friends, a trip to Germany, visits by friends and family, including her sister, Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire, her house in Versailles, and the retirement of her maid, Marie and her replacement, a Moroccan butler, Hassan. Interspersed are repeated requests for Stern to visit or write to Mitford.
The photographs date from various periods in Mitford's life, and include an apparent portrait of her as a small child with her parents, portraits of Mitford as a young woman, a group portrait from a costume party and a photograph of a woman, possibly Mitford, cooking on a stove at Mitford's home in Versailles.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004341304", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 89626: Letters and Photographs of Nancy Mitford" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004341304
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004341304
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 folder (13 sheets, 6 photographs)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1902
- End Date:
- 1972
- Date Range:
- c 1907-1972
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
- Passed on from Vanda Stern to her son, Mervyn, and thence to his wife, Carmen.
- Former Internal References:
- Deposit 10743
- Source of Acquisition:
- Received as a donation on 11 February 2013 from Carmen Stern, daughter-in-law of Vanda Stern.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Cavendish, Deborah Vivien, née Freeman-Mitford, writer and socialite, 1920-2014
Mitford, Nancy, novelist, biographer and reporter, 1904-1973
Stern, Vanda, called "Zella", governess to Nancy Mitford, fl 1940-1972