Harold Nicolson letters to Arthur Nicolson and Mary Nicolson, 1894-1936.

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Harold Nicolson letters to Arthur Nicolson and Mary Nicolson, 1894-1936.

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Collection consists of approximately 600 letters from Sir Harold George Nicolson to his parents, Baron Arthur Nicolson Carnock and Mary Katherine Nicolson (née Hamilton). There are six undated letters from Nicolson's early childhood, dating from as early as the mid 1890s, otherwise letters are clearly dated from 1907 to 1936, spanning Nicolson's days as a student at Oxford University, his career in the British foreign service, to life back in England as a new member of Parliament. The letters dating from 1909 to 1929 document Nicolson's diplomatic life through postings in Madrid, Constantinople, Paris, Tehran, and Berlin. In his letters Nicolson discusses events in these countries, Great Britain's foreign policy, personal involvement in major political events, including the Paris Peace Conference and the coronation of the Shah of Iran, and relationships with contemporary figures such as U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, British Prime Minister James Ramsey MacDonald, and John Maynard Keynes. Nicolson also reports on his wife Victoria Sackville-West, her literary development and associations, and their sons. Accompanied by printed ephemera, including a School Roll dating from 1894.

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