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Add MS 88936/4/31
- Record Id:
- 040-000786787
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000786456
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001245.0x000273
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88936/4/31
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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Correspondence and papers relating to honours and awards, invitations to receptions, memorial services, dinners, etc, membership of societies and associations. Includes: correspondence on Lee's award of Membership of the Order of the British Empire; correspondence and programmes of Foyle's literary lunches, including the lunch of 16 Mar. 1956 at which Lee was awarded the William Foyle Poetry Prize; a menu for dinner in 1957 in honour of Robert Frost signed by Robert Frost, and Lee's place card with notes by him, Arthur Waley, Isaiah Berlin and others; his and others' membership of Garrick Club; his membership of Chelsea Arts Club, with a draft of an appeal for funds; half the cheque for £1000 received by Lee on winning the W. H. Smith Award for 1960; his election to the Senior Common Room of the Royal College of Art; menu of the Royal Academy of Art dinner at which Lee spoke (a draft of this speech is at Add MS 88936/5/81); correspondence on his being awarded the freedom of the City of London; papers and correspondence on his membership of Stroud Conservative Club; a letter asking for a response to an application for a Civil List pension.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000786456
036-000786737
040-000786787 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88936 : Laurie Lee Papers
Add MS 88936/4 : Laurie Lee: Literary Correspondence and Papers
Add MS 88936/4/31 : Correspondence and papers relating to honours and awards, invitations to receptions, memorial services, dinners, etc, membership… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000786456[0004]/036-000786737[0019]/040-000786787
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88936
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1952
- End Date:
- 1997
- Date Range:
- 1952-1997, nd
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)