Letters, 1949 May 22-1954 Jan 13, Heytesbury House, Wiltshire to Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Smith, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa.

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Letters, 1949 May 22-1954 Jan 13, Heytesbury House, Wiltshire to Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Smith, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa.

Letters with printed enclosures, holograph poems, and photographs concerning Sassoon's career and the poetry of contemporaries written to the American poet, LeRoy Smith, Jr., and his wife.

12 items (22 p.) ; 22 cm. or smaller.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7125311

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967

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Poet and writer Siegfried Loraine Sassoon was born on 8 September 1886 at Weirleigh, near Matfield in Kent. His mother, Georgiana Theresa Thornycroft, was from a prominent family of sculptors and artists, while his father, Alfred Ezra Sassoon, came from a wealthy Jewish merchant family. His father left home when he was seven and died soon after, so Siegfried and his brothers, Michael and Hamo, were raised solely by their mother. Educated at Marlborough College (1902-4), Sassoon read law at Cl...

Smith, LeRoy, 1912-

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Krieghbaum, Hillier

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