Correspondence, 1922-1954.

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Correspondence, 1922-1954.

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Consists of letters to Dorothy Bussy (1950-1954), Thomas Roult (1922-1942), and unidentified correspondents (1930-1937). In the 13 letters to Bussy, Sackville-West discusses Virginia Woolf and other Bloomsbury members, and her book All Passion Spent. The six letters to Roult pertain to her giving him permission to use her poetry in his anthologies. The remaining five letters are thank you notes for books received and information regarding her heritage. Other collections at the HRC containing Victoria Sackville-West materials include: Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong (1937-1949), Clifford Bax (1946), Elizabeth Bowen (1938), Jocelyn Brooke (1950-1958), Richard Church (1936-1962), Contempo (1932), Rupert Croft-Cook (1958), Nancy Cunard (1921), Kay Dick (1947-1953), James Louis Garvin (1921-1936), Harley Granville-Barker (1935), John Lehmann (1934-1940), Marie Adelaide Bellock Lowndes (1933), Compton Mackenzie (1931), John Masefield (1949-1962), Lady Ottoline Morrell (nd), Peter Owen (1948), Herbert Edward Palmer (1930-1932), PEN (1933-1941), Frederic Prokosch (1930), Rolfe Arnold Scott-James (1938), Leonard Alfred George Strong (1929-1953), Edward Thomas (1931), Hugh Walpole (1918-1940), Denton Welch (1948-1952), and Geoffrey Harry Wells (1934). The majority of the materials are letters to and from Sackville-West, though there are some examples of her poems and reviews of other's works she wrote for the British Broadcasting Corporation. Topics include discussions about the Bloomsbury group, works by Sackville-West and others, personal information, visits, and gardening. The bulk of the materials are in the Church, Masefield, Strong, and Walpole collections. Sackville-West primarily discusses in her 21 letters to Church his works from 1936 to 1962. The King's Medal for Poetry is the focus of the 42 letters to Masefield from 1949 to 1962. Correspondence with Strong consists of 36 letters from 1929 to 1953 and are mostly personal, concerning her two sons, though there is also discussion about Strong's works. Sackville-West discusses publication of her works with Walpole from 1918-1940, as well as personal information about herself, her friends, and his works.

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Sackville-West, V. (Victoria), 1892-1962

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Victoria Sackville-West (1892-1962), English poet, novelist, and author of books on gardening, known for her association with the Bloomsbury group and the gardens she designed at Sissinghurst Castle. From the description of Passenger to Teheran, 1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702191711 From the description of Victoria Sackville-West writings and commonplace book, 1910-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702184003 Vita Sackville-West was an English novelist, p...

Roult, Thomas.

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Bussy, Dorothy

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Epithet: née Strachey wife of S Bussy British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x00023d ...

Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941

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Virginia Woolf (b. January 25, 1882, London, England–d. March 28, 1941, Ouse, River, Englnad) was a noted novelist and is now viewed as a pioneer of feminist literature. She was a member of the Bloomsbury Group, comprised of English artists, philosophers, and writers in the early twentieth century. She was also a co-founder and operator (along with husband Leonard Woolf) of Hogarth Press. Though she received little formal education, her father, a writer and editor with strong ...