Winifred Holtby collection. 1924-1960.

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Winifred Holtby collection. 1924-1960.

This collection was culled from the Vera Brittain fonds held by McMaster University. A few letters from Holtby to Brittain remain in the Brittain fonds. The collection is arranged in the following series: correspondence, memorials, other information, lecture outlines and notes, speeches. The photographs in the collection are from the memorials series.

50 cm of textual records and graphic material.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6940556

McMaster University

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Holtby, Winifred, 1898-1935

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English author and social reformer; author of novel, South Riding. From the description of Winifred Holtby memorial collection, 1800-1972. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70972577 Holtby was a British novelist and journalist. In 1919 she met Vera Brittain and maintained a life long friendship with her. After Holtby's death Brittain wrote of their friendship in Testament of friendship (1940). From the description of [Letters to] Dear Sir / Winifred Holtby. ...