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Add MS 89015/2/8
- Record Id:
- 037-002431388
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002404341
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000007433.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89015/2/8
- Title:
- Letters from Merula Guinness to Alec Guinness
- Scope & Content:
- This is the other side of the correspondence between Merula and Alec Guinness, these letters are written by Merula to Alec. They corresponded while Alec was in the navy between 1938-1945 and whenever he was absent from home afterwards between 1945-1985. She often did not date her letters, so some dates may be estimated.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002404341
036-002430893
037-002431388 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89015 : Sir Alec Guinness Archive
Add MS 89015/2 : Correspondence
Add MS 89015/2/8 : Letters from Merula Guinness to Alec Guinness - Contains:
- Add MS 89015/2/8/1 : Letters to Alec Guinness from Merula Guinness, February - March
Add MS 89015/2/8/2 : Letters to Alec Guinness from Merula Guinness, April
Add MS 89015/2/8/3 : Letters to Alec Guinness from Merula Guinness, May
Add MS 89015/2/8/4 : Letters to Alec Guinness from Merula Guinness, June
Add MS 89015/2/8/5 : Letters to Alec Guinness from Merula Guinness, July
Add MS 89015/2/8/6 : Letters to Alec Guinness from Merula Guinness, August
Add MS 89015/2/8/7 : Letters to Alec Guinness from Merula Guinness, September
Add MS 89015/2/8/8 : Letters to Alec Guinness from Merula Guinness, October
Add MS 89015/2/8/9 : Letters to Alec Guinness from Merula Guinness, November - December
Add MS 89015/2/8/10 : Letters to Alec Guinness from Merula Guinness,
Add MS 89015/2/8/11 : Letters to Alec Guinness from Merula Guinness,
Add MS 89015/2/8/12 : Letters to Alec Guinness from Merula Guinness,
Add MS 89015/2/8/13 : Letters to Alec Guinness from Merula Guinness,
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Add MS 89015/2/8 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002404341[0002]/036-002430893[0008]/037-002431388
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89015
- Record Type (Level):
- SubSeries
- Extent:
- 9 files
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1941
- End Date:
- 1985
- Date Range:
- 1941-1985
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Arrangement:
- Arranged chronologically, where possible.
- 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)
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Add MS 89015/2/1