Sitwell Family Papers

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Sitwell Family Papers

1948, 1963-1995

https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu01834.xml

This collection of "Sitwelliana" compiled by Arthur P. Bean, Jr., includes Bean's correspondence with Sitwell collectors and scholars, book and manuscript dealers and the University of Virginia Library; business papers related to his purchases; printed material and a postcard photograph of Edith Sitwell.

This collection is comprised of ca. 500 items

eng, Latn

University of Virginia Library Dept. of Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 11677310

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Sitwell, Edith Louisa, Dame, 1887-1964

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Edith Sitwell was born on September 7, 1887 in Scarborough, England to Sir George Reresby Sitwell, fourth Baronet, and Lady Ida Emily Augusta Denison. In 1913, one of her earliest poems, “Drowned Suns”, was published in The Daily Mirror. Three years later, Sitwell began editing Wheels, an anthology of new verse that sparked controversy among conservative critics. In the 1920s, Sitwell and her two brothers, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell, became known for their avant-garde literary work. Sitwell ...