Vera Brittain fonds. 1900-1970.

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Vera Brittain fonds. 1900-1970.

There have been six accruals: one main accrual, the first, and five smaller accruals. The first accrual has been arranged in the following series: A: Major Published and Unpublished Manuscripts B: Contributions to Books C: Juvenilia D: Journals and Diaries E: Scrapbooks and Albums F: Lectures G: Published Articles, Pamphlets, Book Reviews, and Letters to the Editor H: Published and Unpublished Articles, Book Reviews and Letters to the Editor I: Unpublished Articles, Book Reviews, and Letters to the Editor J: Incoming Correspondence, 1916-1965, arranged alphabetically. Note: The archivist has written the outgoing reply date on each letter. K: Outgoing Correspondence, arranged chronologically, 1929-1970 up to Box 16. Boxes 17-39 are arranged alphabetically first, and then chronologically, and consist of letters to family members and close friends. Correspondence to Edith Brittain. Photographs. News Clippings Realia: Edward Brittain scroll and medals. The following materials are not yet arranged: boxes of material in S.W. 83-5, 226 and 254. S.W. 254 contains two boxes of correspondence awaiting interfiling with the main correspondence series. There are a few documents in S.W. 261. There are some original documents in the master file. The audio cassette contains her speech about Winifred Holtby given at the Guildhall in Hull on 29 September 1960. Other accruals consist of: Second accrual: Television scripts for Testament of Youth. Third accrual: Correspondence to the Society of Authors. Fourth accrual: Photographs of the Brittain and Catlin families. Fifth accrual: Letter from Vera Brittain to George [Catlin], 8 March 1957. Sixth accrual: (16-1996) Memoir of Vera Brittain by her former daughter-in-law, Jennifer, Lady Balfour of Burleigh. Ts., 5 p.

36.5 m of textual records, photographs, and realia. -- 1 audio cassette.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6940404

McMaster University

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Brittain, Vera, 1893-1970

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Vera Brittain was a British author, journalist, and lecturer. Her memoir, Testament of youth, has been hailed as a touchstone of the WWI generation. Brittain was a dedicated feminist and pacifist, active in Britain and the United States before World War II. From the description of Vera Brittain letter to Amy Loveman, 1937 Nov. 3. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 52605430 ...