The Eric Gill - H. Cotton Minchin collection, 1928-1929.

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The Eric Gill - H. Cotton Minchin collection, 1928-1929.

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The Eric Gill - H. Cotton Minchin collection consists of correspondence dated 1928 to 1929 concerning an engraving that Gill provided for 'The Legion book'. That book, edited by Minchin, was published in 1929 to raise funds for the British Legion, an organization formed to assist veterans of the British armed forces and their dependants. Contributions to the volume were solicited from the leading writers and artists of the day. All letters in the collection, but one, are from Gill to Minchin, the lone exception being addressed to Sir Leonard Halsey. Other correspondence regarding contributions to 'The Legion book' may be found in the Archives of the Legion Book at the Cushing Memorial Library of Texas A & M University.

0.25 linear feet (1 box).

Georgetown University, Joseph Mark Lauinger Memorial Library

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Georgetown University, Joseph Mark Lauinger Memorial Library

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Gill, Eric, 1882-1940

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English sculptor and engraver. Arthur Eric Rowton Gill, best known as Eric Gill, was born in Brighton, Sussex on February 22, 1882 to minister Arthur Tidman Gill and light-opera singer (Cicely) Rose King. They moved to Chichester in 1897, where Gill studied at the Chichester Technical and Art School (1897-1900). In 1900, Gill moved to London to study architecture under William Douglas Caröe, taking classes in practical masonry at Westminster Institute and in lettering and illumination at the Ce...

Minchin, H. Cotton

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British Captain Humphrey Cotton Minchin served as editor for The Legion book, which was commissioned by the Prince of Wales as a way to raise funds for the Royal British Legion, a charity organization that donates to current soldiers and veterans, as suggested by King George V. Not much is known about the editor. Some of the writing contributors include Rudyard Kipling, Edmund Blunden, Hilaire Belloc, Sir Henry Newbolt, and Sir Winston S. Churchill, who also wrote The Jungle Book (1894), Underto...