Harold George Nicolson correspondence, 1931-1965.

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Harold George Nicolson correspondence, 1931-1965.

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The collection consists of five letters, including three from Nicolson to literary agent Ann Pearn, a letter from Philip Allison Shelley to Nicolson, and Nicolson's reply. Includes: to Ann Pearn, 16 Jan. 1931, concerning a recent article rejected by Vanity Fair, also containing an amusing line drawing of Nicolson; to Ann Pearn, 28 Nov. 1931, asking to meet Louis Bromfield when he arrives; to Ann Pearn, 28 April 1932, mentioning a trip to Berlin, and giving directions to visit Sissinghurst Castle. Also, a typewritten letter from Philip Allison Shelley to Nicolson, 16 June 1965, with handwritten draft, asking for information on Benjamin Beresford for an article, and permission to quote from Nicolson's The desire to please, which contains observations on Beresford; Nicolson's reply, 21 June 1965, relating that he has no further information but giving permission to quote from The desire to please.

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Beresford, Benjamin, 1750-1819

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Pearn, Ann

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Shelley, Philip Allison, 1907-....

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Philip Allison Shelley was born in York, Pennsylvania, on 7 August 1907. He earned degrees from Penn State (1929) and Harvard (M.A., comparative literature, 1930; Ph.D., Germanic philology, 1938). With the aid of an Ottendorfer Memorial Fellowship, he studied at the German universities in Berlin and Goettingen in 1933 and 1934. Philip Allison Shelley became a member of the Penn State faculty in 1939 and headed the German Department from 1942 to 1962. He was named professor of comparative literat...

Nicolson, Harold, 1886-1968

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Epithet: writer and diplomatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001083.0x00010c Sir Harold George Nicolson was born in Teheran and he spent his life in the diplomatic corps at posts in Berlin, Teheran, Constantinople, and Madrid. At the end of his diplomatic career Nicolson pursued a career in journalism and politics, during which time he served as a member of the National Liberal Party in Parliment. ...