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Add MS 52916
- Record Id:
- 040-002002570
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002002569
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000634.0x000142
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SCHIFF PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 284).
1. ff. 1-54. Correspondence with Edward Godfree (al. Richard) Aldington and letters from Brigit, wife of Deighton Patmore; 1930-1950. Partly signed.
2. ff. 55-96. Letters of Stella Anderson al. 'Stella Benson'; 1924-1932. Partly signed.
3. ff. 97-134. Letters of David Burnham; 1931-1938. Mostly signed.
4. ff. 135-170b. Letters of James Burnham; 1929-1932. Mostly signed.
5. ff. 172-253b. Correspondence, etc., with Professor Francis MacDonald Cornford, and his wife, Frances Crofts Cornford; 1930-1959, n.d.
6. ff. 254-275. Letters, etc., of and relating to their eldest son, John Cornford; 1931-1937, n.d. Partly printed. Extracts from two of these letters printed in John Cornford: a memoir, ed. P. A. Sloan, 1938, pp. 74, 75.
7. ff. 276-284. Letters of their second son, Christopher Cornford; 1937-1938.
includes:
- ff. 1-54 passim Richard Aldington, alias Edward Godfree; writer: Correspondence, etc., partly on his behalf, with S. and Mrs V. Schiff,: 1930-1950: Mostly signed and copies.
- ff. 2, 4, 14, 23, 24, 27-30, 32, 41, 42 Brigit Patmore, wife of Deighton Patmore: Letters, etc., to S. and Mrs V. Schiff,: 1930-1934.
- f. 40 Charles H. C. Prentice, of Chatto and Windus: Letter on behalf of Richard Aldington to S. Schiff,: 1934: Signed.
- ff. 55-96 Stella Benson, alias Anderson; novelist: Letters to S. Schiff,: 1924-1932: Partly signed.
- ff. 97-134 David Burnham, American novelist: Letters to S. Schiff,: 1931-1938.
- ff. 135-170b James Burnham, philosopher: Letters to S. Schiff,: 1929-1932.
- ff. 172-180b, 185-234b, 237-253b Frances Crofts Cornford, née Darwin; poet; wife of Francis Cornford: Correspondence, etc., with S. and Mrs V. Schiff,: 1930-1959, n.d.
- ff. 181-184b, 235-236b Francis MacDonald Cornford, classical scholar: Letters to S. Schiff,: 1931-1937.
- ff. 254-275 John Cornford, son of F M Cornford: Letters, etc., partly rel. to, to S. Schiff, etc.,: 1931-1937, n.d.
- f. 269 Wystan Hugh Auden, poet: Letter to J. Cornford,: 1932: Copy.
- f. 275 Patrick Alan Sloan: Letter to S. Schiff,: 1937.
- ff. 276-284 Christopher Cornford, Professor at the Royal College of Art: Letters to S. Schiff,: 1937-1938.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002002569
040-002002570 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52916-52923 : SCHIFF PAPERS Correspondence, etc., mainly literary and personal, of Sydney Schiff al. 'Stephen Hudson' (b. 1868, d.…
Add MS 52916 : SCHIFF PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 284). 1. ff. 1-54. Correspondence with Edward Godfree (al. Richard) Aldington and letters from Brigit,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002002569[0001]/040-002002570
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 52916-52923
- Record Type (Level):
- File
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- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1924
- End Date:
- 1959
- Date Range:
- 1924-1959
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Names:
- Aldington, Richard, writer alias Edward Godfree
Auden, Wystan Hugh, poet, 1907-1973
Benson, Stella, afterwards Anderson, novelist, 1892-1933
Burnham, David, American novelist
Burnham, James, philosopher
Cornford, Christopher, Professor at the Royal College of Art
Cornford, Frances Crofts, poet, 1886-1960
Cornford, Francis MacDonald, classical scholar
Cornford, John, son of F M Cornford
Patmore, Brigit, wife of Deighton Patmore
Prentice, Charles H C, of Chatto and Windus
Sloan, Patrick Alan