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040-002002577

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032-002002569

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SCHIFF PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 191). General correspondence, etc., alphabetically arranged; 1907-1948, n.d. Includes: 1. ff. 1-34. Letters, etc., of Jean de Bosschère; 1921-1922. Partly French.

2. ff. 91-98. Letters, etc., of Samuel Solomonovich Koteliansky; 1925-1936. Partly printed. See also Add. MSS. 48966-48975.

3. ff. 99-108b. Letters of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti; 1914, 1915, n.d. French.

4. f. 117. Postcard from Elvira, wife of Giacomo Puccini, with a view of her husband's villa; 1907. French.

5. ff. 118-122b. Letters of Jules Romains; 1925. French.

6. ff. 124-161. Correspondence, etc., of Sir Basil Hume Thompson; 1915-1926.

7. ff. 162-183. Letters of Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti, K.C.V.O., and his wife, Berthe; 1911-1915, n.d. Partly French and Italian.

8. ff. 184-186b. Letters of Thornton Wilder; 1947, 1948.

includes:

ff. 1-34 Jean de Bosschère, Belgian artist: Letters, etc., to S. Schiff, etc.,: 1921-1922: Mostly Fr: Partly printed.
f. 19 Jean de Bosschère, Belgian artist: Translation of a French poem,: 1922: Copy. Signed.
ff. 35b-43b Louis Cazamian, Professor of English at the Sorbonne: Letters to S. Schiff,: 1926-1927.
ff. 44-55 John Currie, artist: Letters, etc., partly conc. to S. and Mrs V. Schiff, etc.,: 1914. n.d: Partly printed.
ff. 56-58b Ada Pearson Galsworthy, wife of John Galsworthy: Letter to Mrs V. Schiff,: 1925, n.d.
ff. 59-74 Halcott Glover, playwright and novelist: Letters to S. Schiff,: 1921-1938: Partly signed.
f. 73b Henrietta Louise Glover, wife of Halcott Glover: Note to S. Schiff,: 1937.
ff. 75-86 Edmond Jaloux, French novelist: Letters to S. and Mrs V. Schiff,: 1926-1938, n.d: Fr.
ff. 87-89b Captain Patrick William Kenny, of the War Office: Letters to S. Schiff,: 1915.
ff. 90b-108b Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian artist: Letters to S. Schiff,: 1914-1915, n.d: Fr.
ff. 91-98 Samuel Solomonevich Koteliansky: Letters, etc., to S. Schiff, etc.,: 1925-1936: Partly printed.
ff. 109-116 Léon Pierre-Quint, biographer of Proust: Letters to S. Schiff,: 1930: Fr: Signed.
f. 117 Elvira Puccini, wife of Giacomo Puccini: Postcard to Miss V. Beddington: 1907: Fr.
f. 117b Giacomo Puccini, composer: View of his villa,: 1907.
ff. 118-122b Jules Romains, French novelist: Letters to S. Schiff,: 1925: Fr.
f. 123 John William Navin Sullivan, journalist: Letter to Mrs V. Schiff,: circa [1920-1930?].
ff. 124-161, passim Sir Basil Home Thomson, Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police: Correspondence, etc., with S. Schiff, etc.,: 1915-1926: Mostly signed.
ff. 128, 136, 149-151b, 153 Alfred Lang, of Rotterdam: Letters to S. Schiff,: 1915: Partly copies.
f. 158 Rose Laure Allatini, novelist: Letter to S. Schiff,: 1918.
ff. 162-179b, 181b-183 Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti, KCVO; composer: Letters to S. and Mrs V. Schiff,: 1911-1915, n.d: Ital and Fr.
f. 180 Berthe Tosti, wife of Sir F P Tosti: Letter to S. and Mrs V. Schiff: circa 1915: Fr.
ff. 184-186b Thornton Niven Wilder, American dramatist: Letters to Mrs V. Schiff,: 1947-1948.
ff. 187-191 Violet Zillah Schiff, née Beddington; translator; wife of S Schiff: Letter, etc., to her nephew, Sir E. Beddington-Behrene,: 1948: Partly copy.
f. 188 Violet Zillah Schiff, née Beddington; translator; wife of S Schiff: Letter, etc., to P. Baker,: 1948: Copy.
ff. 189-191 Sydney Schiff, alias 'Stephen Hudson'; novelist: Epilogue for `A True Story',: bef. 1944-1948: Copy.

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Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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032-002002569
040-002002577

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Add MS 52916-52923 : SCHIFF PAPERS Correspondence, etc., mainly literary and personal, of Sydney Schiff al. 'Stephen Hudson' (b. 1868, d.…

Add MS 52923 : SCHIFF PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 191). General correspondence, etc., alphabetically arranged; 1907-1948, n.d. Includes: 1. ff.…

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032-002002569[0008]/040-002002577

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English
French
Italian

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Latin

Start Date:

1907

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1948

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1907-1948

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Names:

Allatini, Rose Laure, novelist
Bosschère, Jean de, Belgian artist
Cazamian, Louis, Professor of English at the Sorbonne
Currie, John, artist
Galsworthy, Ada Nemesis Pearson, née Cooper, wife of John Galsworthy, ?1865-1956
Glover, Halcott, playwright and novelist, fl 1921-1938
Glover, Henrietta Louise, wife of Halcott Glover, fl 1937
Jaloux, Edmond, French novelist
Kenny, Patrick William, Captain of the War Office
Koteliansky, Samuel Solomonevich
Lang, Alfred, of Rotterdam
Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso, Italian artist
Pierre-Quint, Léon, biographer of Proust
Puccini, Elvira, wife of Giacomo Puccini
Puccini, Giacomo, composer
Romains, Jules, French novelist
Schiff, Sydney, alias `Stephen Hudson', novelist
Schiff, Violet Zillah, née Beddington translator, wife of S Schiff
Sullivan, John William Navin, journalist
Thomson, Basil Home, Assistant Commissioner Metropolitan Police
Tosti, Berthe, wife of Sir F P Tosti
Tosti, Francesco Paolo, KCVO, composer
Wilder, Thornton Niven, American dramatist