Sybille Bedford Papers 1914-2001 (bulk 1940s-1980s)

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Sybille Bedford Papers 1914-2001 (bulk 1940s-1980s)

Correspondence, typescript drafts,handwritten notes, photographs, clippings, drawings, address books, date books,calendars, and diaries document the life and work of Sybille Bedford from the early1940s through the beginning of the twenty-first century.

52 boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 galley folder (21.84 linear feet)

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