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Add MS 89209/4/30
- Record Id:
- 040-003354120
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003346004
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100037408040.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89209/4/30
- Title:
- Robert Aickman Literary Correspondence: 'Assorted Letters of Interest'
- Scope & Content:
-
Correspondence of Robert Aickman including:
- letters from Phyllis Carew and Clifford Bax regarding an article about Bax in The Nineteenth Century and After, March 1946;
- correspondence with Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. regarding a book for secondary school on the British Waterways by Aickman, August 1953;
- letters from Aickman to Blenheim Palace sending suggestions on the best way to display the palace to visitors, August 1954;
- letter to Time & Tide offering an article about Hius Doorn, September 1954;
- three letters from John Betjeman regarding Aickman's book Know Your Waterways, July-September 1955;
- letter to The Sunday Times regarding an article by Sir Thomas Beecham, August 1955;
- letters from Richard Marsh Ltd. regarding the International Fantasy Award, January 1956;
- letters to A.D. Peters and Jonathan Cape regarding rights for stories by Elizabeth Jane Howard in We Are The Dark, December 1956;
- correspondence with London Transport regarding bus timetable, August 1957;
- poem written when Aickman received a cup from Sagittaria Percy, January 1965;
- two letters from Ronald Jeans regarding some documentation and other material to throw away, March 1967;
- correspondence with Lena Jeger regarding the redevelopment of an unspecified site in London, October-November 1967;
- letters of complaints regarding his visit to the palace of Queluz in Portugal and his trip on the Sud Express, October 1967;
- letters to Sadler's Wells theatre regarding some Japanese tapestry Aickman donated to it, June 1968;
- letters to Camden Borough expressing the need for open-air cafes in the area, August 1968.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003346004
036-003353438
037-003355393
040-003354120 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89209 : The Papers of Robert Aickman
Add MS 89209/4 : Robert Aickman: Correspondence
Add MS 89209/4/28-62 : Robert Aickman Correspondence: Literary
Add MS 89209/4/30 : Robert Aickman Literary Correspondence: 'Assorted Letters of Interest' - Hierarchy:
- 032-003346004[0004]/036-003353438[0027]/037-003355393[0003]/040-003354120
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89209
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1946
- End Date:
- 1968
- Date Range:
- 1946-1968
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- Boat museum L96.07 d18
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- A. D. Peters, literary agents, 1924-1969
Bax, Clifford, author, 1886-1962
Betjeman, John, Knight, poet, 1906-1984
Jeans, Ronald, playwright, 1887-1973
Jeger, Lena May, Baroness, née Chivers; politician and journalist, 1915-2007
Jonathan Cape, publishers, 1921-
Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1886-