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040-002002128

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032-002002119

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ABERCONWAY LETTERS. Vol. VII (ff. 261+162*). Letters of others; 1919-1961, n.d. The principal correspondents are:- (a) Augustus Edwin John, painter; 1924-1959, n.d. ff. 25-114b;- (b) George Bernard Shaw

and his wife, Charlotte Frances; 1925-1930. Partly signed. ff. 143-170b;-

(c) Sir George Reresby Sitwell, 4th Bart., Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell and Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bart.; 1925-1961. Partly signed. ff. 171-258.

includes:

f. 1 Sir Max Beerbohm, author and cartoonist: Letter to Lady Aberconway,: 1939.
ff. 2-9 Enoch Arnold Bennett, author: Letters to Christabel McLaren: 1929-1930.
f. 10 Bernhard Berenson, art historian: Letter to Lady Aberconway,: 1950.
ff. 13-21b Augustine Birrell, PC; MP: Letters to Christabel McLaren: 1927-1928.
ff. 22, 23 Roger Eliot Fry, painter and critic: Letters to Christabel McLaren: 1926.
f. 24 Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard, polar explorer: Letter to Christabel McLaren: 1921.
ff. 25-114b Augustus Edwin John, painter: Letters to Christabel McLaren: 1924-1929, n.d.
f. 36b City of Monte Carlo: Views,: 1926: Photogr.
f. 45b Les Baux, Bouches-du-Rhône: View,: 1927: Photo.
f. 68b Le Canadel, France: View,: circa [1927?]: Photogr.
f. 79b Poetry ENGLISH: Augustus John: verses, beg. `If I must leave this bright lagoon',: 1928: Autogr.
f. 79b Poetry ENGLISH: Augustus John: verses, beg. `If I must leave this bright lagoon',: 1928: Autogr.
f. 103b Rheims, Marne: View of sculptures on Cathedral,: 1929: Photogr.
ff. 115-120b Edward Knoblock, formerly Knoblauch; playwright: Letters to Lady Aberconway: 1931-1936, n.d.
ff. 121-123 Leonard Constant Lambert, composer and conductor: Letter to Christabel McLaren: 1931.
ff. 124-139 Sir Charles Otto Desmond MacCarthy, literary critic and writer: Letters to Lady Aberconway,: 1919-1951, n.d: Partly signed.
f. 140 Sir Eric Robert Dalrymple Maclagan, KCVO; Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum: Letter to Christabel McLaren: 1930.
f. 142 Edward Richard Buxton Shanks, author: Letter to Lady Aberconway,: 1949.
ff. 143, 146-156, 165-167, 170 Christabel Mary Melville McLaren, née Macnaghten; wife of Henry, 2nd Baron Aberconway: Letters of C. F. Shaw to Christabel Mary Melville McLaren: 1925-1929, n.d.
ff. 143-170v passim Charlotte Frances Shaw, née Payne-Townshend; wife of G B Shaw: Letters to Christabel McLaren: 1925-1929.
ff. 144, 145, 157-164, 168, 169 Christabel Mary Melville McLaren, née Macnaghten; wife of Henry, 2nd Baron Aberconway: Letters, etc., of G. B. Shaw to Christabel Mary Melville McLaren: 1925-1930: Partly signed and printed.
ff. 144-169 passim George Bernard Shaw, author: Letters, etc., to Christabel McLaren: 1925-1930: Partly signed and printed.
f. 149b Maggiore, Lake, Piedmont and Lombardy: View of islands,: 1926: Photogr.
f. 168b George Bernard Shaw, author: Portrait,: 1930: Photogr.
ff. 171-178b Sir George Reresby Sitwell, 4th Baronet: Letters to 2nd Lady Aberconway,: 1927-1939.
ff. 179-248b Edith Louisa Sitwell, DBE; poet: Letters to Lady Aberconway,: 1925-1962, n.d.
ff. 249-258 Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet; poet and writer: Letters, partly on his behalf, to Christabel, Lady Aberconway,: 1960-1965: Signed.
f. 259 Giles Lytton Strachey, writer: Letter to Christabel McLaren: 1926.
f. 261 Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, author: Letter to Christabel McLaren: 1930.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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032-002002119
040-002002128

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Add MS 52550-52556 : Letters to Christabel Mary Melville, wife of Henry Duncan McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway; 1917-1961, n.d. Supplemented by Add.…

Add MS 52556 : ABERCONWAY LETTERS. Vol. VII (ff. 261+162*). Letters of others; 1919-1961, n.d. The principal correspondents are:- (a) Augustus…

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English

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Latin

Start Date:

1919

End Date:

1961

Date Range:

1919-1961

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Names:

Beerbohm, Henry Maximilian, caricaturist, author, 1872-1956
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, author
Berenson, Bernard, art historian, 1865-1959
Birrell, Augustine, politician and author, 1850-1933
Fry, Roger Eliot, painter and critic
Garrard, Apsley George Benet, polar explorer, zoologist and author, 1886-1959
John, Augustus Edwin, painter, 1878-1961
Knoblock, Edward, formerly Knoblauch, playwright, 1874-1945
Lambert, Leonard Constant, composer and conductor, 1905-1951
MacCarthy, Charles Otto Desmond, literary critic and writer, 1877-1952
Maclagan, Eric Robert Dalrymple, Knight, Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1879-1951
McLaren, Christabel Mary Melville, née Macnaghten wife of Henry 2nd Baron Aberconway
Shanks, Edward Richard Buxton, author
Shaw, Charlotte Frances, née Payne-Townshend, political activist, 1857-1943
Shaw, George Bernard, author and playwright, 1856-1950,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080436250
Sitwell, Edith Louisa, poet and biographer, 1887-1964
Sitwell, Francis Osbert Sacheverell, 5th Baronet, poet and writer, 1892-1969
Sitwell, George Reresby, 4th Baronet
Strachey, Giles Lytton, writer
Walpole, Hugh Seymour, Knight, novelist, 1884-1941,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/76523409

Places:

Lake Maggiore, Piedmont and Lombardy
Le Canadel, France
Les Baux, Bouches-du-Rhône
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Rheims, France