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Authors, English -- Biography

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

L. P. Hartley letters

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233252532]
Identifier: MSS 1525
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters addressed to Reginal Littleboy from 1921 through 1969. Littleboy was a life-long friend who lived in Sussex, England. The letters relate many of Hartley's life experiences, reflections on associate authors, and also comment on writing.

Dates: 1921-1969

L. P. Hartley letters

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230219757]
Identifier: MSS 1692
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letters. Most of these letters were to friends and other English writers including Alice Acland, Elizabeth Bowen, and Lord David Cecil. Hartley discusses various aspects of literature, discusses many of his works, and asks about how they may be improved.

Dates: 1958-1972

L. P. Hartley letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310184]
Identifier: MSS SC 1246
Scope and Contents Handwritten and signed letters addressed to David Horner. In the first, dated 16 May 1953, Hartley looks forward to a dinner engagement. The second, dated 23 March 1956, relates gratitude for Horner's congratulations on his receipt of a C.B.E. A letter dated 6 November 1956 and written from Venice gives a detailed description of the advantages and disadvantages of the Hotel Regina, and relates news of Victor Cunard and Freya Stark. The fourth letter, dated 8 April 1967, is devoted to...
Dates: 1953-1967

William Sansom autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312859]
Identifier: MSS SC 1532
Scope and Contents

Holograph of an unpublished short story, "The Countess," on 13 loose foolscap pages. The work includes revisions and deletions and was the last the author completed. Autobiographical material is contained in a quarto notebook. In is handwritten and includes revisions, deletions and marginal notes.

Dates: 1976