Sir Sydney Cockerell - Correspondence/Writing Samples., 10/14/1913-01/23/1948

File — Box: 3, Folder: 36

Identifier: 49298

Collection-level Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

This collection essentially comprises the life and letters of Sir Shane Leslie whose boundless energy and wide-ranging interests took him all over Britain, the United States and Canada, bringing him in touch with people in many fields including the arts, economics, education, literature, politics and religion. Sir Shane's personal papers also reflect his deep concern and interest in Irish culture and politics, particularly the question of Irish independence through Home Rule.

The correspondence series of the collection reads like a who's who particularly from 1900 through 1971. Famous names include Angela Antrim, Margot Asquith, Nancy Astor, William Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Hilaire Belloc, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, J.E.C. Bodley, Brendan Bracken, G.K. Chesterton, Winston Churchill (cousin), Sydney Cockerell, Bourke Cockran, George Curzon, Charles Dilke, Alfred Douglas, Mrs. Fitzherbert, Francois Aidan Gasquet, Rupert Hart-Davis, Vyvyan Holland, John Maynard Keynes, William Somerset Maugham, Alice, Francis and Viola Meynell, Horace Plunkett, George Bernard Shaw, Clare Sheridan (wife of Wilfrid Sheridan, great-great grandson of Richard Brinsley Sheridan), Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice, Mark Sykes, Evelyn Waugh, William Butler Yeats.

The collection includes a signed black and white photograph inscribed by Leo Tolstoy to Shane Leslie, during the latter's visit to the great Russian author in Moscow in 1907. Sir Shane's manuscripts are also included in great abundance in the collection, including those for his autobiography, “Long Shadows.” The typescripts and drafts of a biography planned by Iris Leslie are also included in this series. Other notable series include Sir Shane's journals and appointment books; scrapbooks, particularly those concerning his visit to the U.S. 1957-1958; and editions of Sir Shane's own works that include tipped-in items such as correspondence relating to the work, notes by Sir Shane, and press cuttings.

Dates

10/14/1913-01/23/1948

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 40.25 Linear Feet (80 boxes and 1 oversized folder )

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Contains 15 ALS to Sydney Cockerell, probably given by Cockerell to Sir Shane Leslie for his handwriting collection or for the information on orthography contained in the correspondence. Correspondents include: G.M. Barrett (12/22/1944), Simon Barrington-Ward (6/11/1947), Wilfrid Blunt (3/22/1944), Michael Cahill (10/21/1948), Charles Clay (1/26/1946), William L. Cuttle (8/28/1947), Therese Fisher (1/23/1948), Jack W. Goodison (first page missing; no date), Leonard Holder (10/19/1938), Edward Johnston (10/14/1913), Robin McEwen (3/7/1943), envelope addressed by Stanley Morison to Cockerell (postmarked 9/27/1944), Alwyn Faber Scholfield (1/27/1931), Madelyn Walker to "Mr. Hornby" (2/15/1927), and Irene Wellington (2/2/1947).

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

COCKERELL, SYDNEY - CORRES. FROM BARRETT, G.M. 1944: Autographed Letter

BARRETT, G.M. - CORRES. TO SYDNEY COCKERELL 1944: Autographed Letter

COCKERELL, SYDNEY - CORRES. FROM BARRINGTON-WARD, SIMON 1947: Autographed Letter

BARRINGTON-WARD, SIMON - CORRES. TO SYDNEY COCKERELL 1947: Autographed Letter

COCKERELL, SYDNEY - CORRES. FROM BLUNT, WILFRID 1944: Autographed Letter

BLUNT, WILFRID (JASPER WALTER) - CORRES. TO SYDNEY COCKERELL 1944: Autographed Letter

COCKERELL, SYDNEY - CORRES. FROM CAHILL, MICHAEL 1948: Autographed Letter

CAHILL, MICHAEL - CORRES. TO SYDNEY COCKERELL 1948: Autographed Letter

COCKERELL, SYDNEY - CORRES. FROM CLAY, CHARLES 1946: Autographed Letter

CLAY, CHARLES - CORRES. TO SYDNEY COCKERELL 1946: Autographed Letter

COCKERELL, SYDNEY - CORRES. FROM CUTTLE, WILLIAM L. 1947: Autographed Letter

CUTTLE, WILLIAM L. - CORRES. TO SYDNEY COCKERELL 1947: Autographed Letter

COCKERELL, SYDNEY - CORRES. FROM FISHER, THERESE 1948: Autographed Letter

FISHER, THERESE - CORRES. TO SYDNEY COCKERELL 1948: Autographed Letter

COCKERELL, SYDNEY - CORRES. FROM GOODISON, JACK W.: Autographed Letter

GOODISON, JACK W. - CORRES. TO SYDNEY COCKERELL: Autographed Letter

COCKERELL, SYDNEY - CORRES. FROM HOLDER, LEONARD 1938: Autographed Letter

HOLDER, LEONARD - CORRES. TO SYDNEY COCKERELL 1938: Autographed Letter

COCKERELL, SYDNEY - CORRES. FROM JOHNSTON, EDWARD 1913: Autographed Letter

JOHNSTON, EDWARD - CORRES. TO SYDNEY COCKERELL 1913: Autographed Letter

MCEWEN, ROBIN - CORRES. TO SYDNEY COCKERELL 1943: Autographed Letter

COCKERELL, SYDNEY - CORRES. FROM MCEWEN, ROBIN 1943: Autographed Letter

MORISON, STANLEY - CORRES. TO SYDNEY COCKERELL 1944 (ENVELOPE): Autographed Letter

COCKERELL, SYDNEY - CORRES. FROM MORISON, STANLEY (ENVELOPE): Autographed Letter

SCHOLFIELD, ALWYN FABER - CORRES. TO SYDNEY COCKERELL 1931: Autographed Letter

COCKERELL, SYDNEY - CORRES. FROM SCHOLFIELD, ALWYN FABER 1931: Autographed Letter

WALKER, MADELYN - CORRES. 1927: Autographed Letter

WELLINGTON, IRENE - CORRES. TO SYDNEY COCKERELL 1947: Autographed Letter

COCKERELL, SYDNEY - CORRES. FROM WELLINGTON, IRENE 1947: Autographed Letter