The Sitwell Papers, 1917-1972.

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The Sitwell Papers, 1917-1972.

Papers of Edith Sitwell, Osbert, and Sacheverell Sitwell, consisting of correspondence with friends and associates, manuscripts of poetry, articles and portions of books, miscellaneous dedicatory and inscribed materials, and non-literary materials. Significant correspondents include Roy Campbell, Graham Greene, Helen Rootham, Elizabeth Salter, and others.

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Greene, Graham, 1904-1991

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Graham Greene was born in Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire on October 2, 1904, to Charles Henry and Marion Raymond Greene. Greeneā€™s father was the headmaster of Berkhamstead School, where Greene was an unhappy pupil for sixteen years. Greene finished his education at Berkamstead and attended Balliol College at Oxford, where he studied history and wrote poetry for the Weekly Westminster Gazette and the student magazine Oxford Outlook. His work appeared in three successive volumes of the prestigious an...

Sitwell, Osbert, 1892-1969

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Viola Garvin, literary editor of the Observer 1926-1942, and daughter of James Louis Garvin, editor of the Observer 1908-1942. From the description of Letter, 1940 October 21, Renishaw Hall, N. Sheffield to Viola Garvin. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 37429151 English poet and satirist. From the description of Letter : Cyprus, to Maurice [Baring], 1935 Feb. 15. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). Wor...

Salter, Elizabeth, 1918-1981

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The Australian expatriate author, Elizabeth Salter, went to the United Kingdom in the mid 1950's and from 1956 to 1964 she became secretary to Dame Edith Sitwell. During that time she wrote and published mystery novels. Later she wrote biographies. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1922-1980. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225783107 ...

Sitwell, Sacheverell

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Sitwell was a poet, critic and author of volumes of verses. He died in 1988. From the description of The parrot's voice snaps out=No good to contradict=What he says he'll say again: Dry facts, like biscuits, = : calligraphed illustration. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863289 Sacheverell Sitwell was an English author and critic. Born into an aristocratic and gifted family, he joined with his brother Osbert and sister Edith to help change the tastes of British society in a...

Campbell, Roy, 1901-1957

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English poet. From the description of A Modern "Art of Poetry," [19--]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936969 Campbell was an English poet and translator. Monro was an English poet, editor and bookseller. From the description of Compositions and correspondence, 1929-1951? and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79617715 From the guide to the Roy Campbell compositions and correspondence, 1929-1951? and undated., (Hought...

Rootham, Helen

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