Correspondence with Corliss Lamont, 1925-1967.

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Correspondence with Corliss Lamont, 1925-1967.

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Consists of two volumes of photocopied correspondence between Masefield and Lamont, concerning events of daily life and family news as well as Masefield and Lamont's work. Several letters deal with the composition and publication of a history of the Lamont family, for which Masefield specially wrote and recorded a poem. Also includes various photocopied newspaper clippings and Lamont's accounts of visits with Masefield.

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Masefield, John, 1878-1967

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The English poet, playwright and novelist John Masefield was born in 1878 in Ledbury. After running away to sea early (when he was thirteen) he settled in London from 1897 and devoted himself to writing. Later he moved to Oxford which was where he lived when most of the following collection was produced. Masefield became Poet Laureate in 1930 and was awarded the Order of Merit in 1935. Among his more notable works are some early reflections of his maritime experiences in Salt Water Ba...

Lamont, Thomas Stilwell, 1899-1967.

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Lamont, son of financier Thomas W. Lamont, was a banker and served on Harvard University's Board of Corporation. From the guide to the Thomas Stilwell Lamont correspondence, 1954-1966., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Lamont, son of the financier Thomas W. Lamont, was a banker and served on Harvard University's Board of Corporation. John Masefield was an English poet. From the description of Correspondence, 1954-1966. (Harvard Univ...

Lamont family.

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Lamont, Corliss, 1902-1995

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