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Add MS 89015/2/1
- Record Id:
- 037-002430894
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002404341
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000006874.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89015/2/1
- 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
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002404341
036-002430893
037-002430894 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89015 : Sir Alec Guinness Archive
Add MS 89015/2 : Correspondence
Add MS 89015/2/1 : Letters from Alec Guinness to Merula Guinness - Contains:
- Add MS 89015/2/1/1 : Alec Guinness to Merula 1938-1940, letters
Add MS 89015/2/1/2 : Alec Guinness to Merula February - April 1941, letters
Add MS 89015/2/1/3 : Alec Guinness to Merula May-June 1941, letters
Add MS 89015/2/1/4 : Alec Guinness to Merula Aug - Dec 1941, letters
Add MS 89015/2/1/5 : Alec Guinness to Merula 1942, letters
Add MS 89015/2/1/6 : Alec Guinness to Merula Jan -Sep 1943, letters
Add MS 89015/2/1/7 : Alec Guinness to Merula Oct-Dec 1943, letters
Add MS 89015/2/1/8 : Alec Guinness to Merula Jan - Jun 1944, letters
Add MS 89015/2/1/9 : Alec Guinness to Merula Jul - Dec 1944, letters
Add MS 89015/2/1/10 : Alec Guinness to Merula 1945-1949, letters
Add MS 89015/2/1/11 : Alec Guinness to Merula 1950, letters
Add MS 89015/2/1/12 : Alec Guinness to Merula 1955, letters
Add MS 89015/2/1/13 : Alec Guinness to Merula 1956-1959, letters
Add MS 89015/2/1/14 : Alec Guinness to Merula 1961-1962, letters
Add MS 89015/2/1/15 : Alec Guinness to Merula 1963-1964, letters
Add MS 89015/2/1/16 : Alec Guinness to Merula 1965-1969, letters
Add MS 89015/2/1/17 : Alec Guinness to Merula 1971-1999 and undated, letters
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Add MS 89015/2/1 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002404341[0002]/036-002430893[0001]/037-002430894
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89015
- Record Type (Level):
- SubSeries
- Extent:
- 17 files
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1938
- End Date:
- 1999
- Date Range:
- 1938-1999
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Arrangement:
- Arranged chronologically.
- Administrative Context:
- Piers Paul Read used this correspondence while writing his biography of Guinness's life. Therefore the letters often are accompanied by transcriptions, partial transcriptions or notes on the contents, alongside a reference number and details of the letter on a typed page.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Guinness, Merula Silvia, née Salaman, actor, playwright and wife of Sir Alec Guinness, 1914-2000
- Related Archive Descriptions:
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