Autograph letter signed with initials : Old Park, Penn [near High Wycombe], to Tom Turner / 1943 Jan. 4.

ArchivalResource

Autograph letter signed with initials : Old Park, Penn [near High Wycombe], to Tom Turner / 1943 Jan. 4.

Thanking him for his Christmas letter; mentioning L.A.G. Strong and [Frank] Swinnerton; comparing himself to the gander in the garden because they both have a "restricted run"; asking about Turner's health.

1 item (4 p.) ; 11.4 x 17.7 cm. + envelope.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7626985

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Swinnerton, Frank, 1884-1982

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61j9pbt (person)

English novelist; Brown class of 1907. From the description of Papers, 1953-1968. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122615539 Swinnerton, a literary critic, editor, and author, was born in London and worked as an office boy and later as an editor for publishers. He began writing the first of his more than forty novels and twenty books of criticism in 1909. He was literary critic for the Evening news and The Observer. Swinnerton is best known for his novels, including N...

Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6df6tjd (person)

Gordon N. Ray, a graduate of Indiana University, was closely associated with the life and work of William Makepeace Thackeray. His four volume edition of the Letters and private papers appeared in 1945-1946 and his two volume biography in 1954-1955. From 1963 to 1985 Ray was president of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Ray was also an outstanding collector of English and French illustrated books. His collections formed the bases of two exhibitions held at the Pierpont Morgan Library that w...

Strong, L.A.G. (Leonard Alfred George), 1896-1958

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bc47sf (person)

Leonard Strong was an English author, journalist, and a director of Methuen Ltd. from 1938 to 1958. From the description of Leonard Strong collection. [1932-1933]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676800273 English author and journalist. From the description of Autograph and typed letters signed (3) : London, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1946 July 29 and Aug. 10, and 1947 Mar. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270867450 Author L.A.G. Str...

De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6542nbv (person)

Walter De la Mare (1873-1956) was a British poet, novelist, short story writer, critic, essayist, anthologist, dramatist, and a prolific writer of children's poetry and fiction. From the description of Papers of Walter De la Mare, 1923-1956. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122584933 Mégroz was the early biographer of de la Mare. From the description of Letter, c. 1923, to R.L. Mégroz. (Unknown). WorldCat record...

Turner, Tom, 1870-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jw8n4f (person)