Anita Leslie - Corres. Rec'd re Shane Leslie., 08/01/1971-12/31/1972

File — Box: 11, Folder: 48

Identifier: 49662

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

08/01/1971-12/31/1972

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 30 letters to Anita Leslie about Shane Leslie, many written in memoriam. Identified correspondents include: Duchess of Abercorn, Angela Antrim, Natalie (sp. var. Nathaly) Bevan, Anne Compton-Oxley, Helen Dashwood, Anne Haight, Joan Haslip, David James, Sir Robert Lusty, Dorothy Meynell, Rosemary Peto, Sir Steven Runciman, Hazel Smith, Helen Spinola.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

LESLIE, ANITA - CORRES. FROM ABERCORN, DUCHESS OF 1971: Autographed Letter

ABERCORN, MARY KATHLEEN CRICHTON (DUCHESS) -CORRES. TO ANITA LESLIE 71: Autographed Letter

LESLIE, ANITA - CORRES. FROM ANTRIM, ANGELA 1971: Autographed Letter

ANTRIM, ANGELA - CORRES. TO ANITA LESLIE 1971: Autographed Letter

LESLIE, ANITA - CORRES. FROM BEVAN, NATALIE 1971: Autographed Letter

BEVAN, NATHALY - CORRES. TO ANITA LESLIE 1971: Autographed Letter

LESLIE, ANITA - CORRES. FROM COMPTON-OXLEY, ANNE 1971: Autographed Letter

COMPTON-OXLEY, ANNE - CORRES. TO ANITA LESLIE 1971: Autographed Letter

LESLIE, ANITA - CORRES. FROM DASHWOOD, HELEN 1971: Autographed Letter

DASHWOOD, HELEN - CORRES. TO ANITA LESLIE 1971: Autographed Letter

LESLIE, ANITA - CORRES. FROM HAIGHT, ANNE 1971: Typed Letter Signed

HAIGHT, ANNE - CORRES. TO ANITA LESLIE 1971: Typed Letter Signed

LESLIE, ANITA - CORRES. FROM HASLIP, JOAN: Autographed Letter

HASLIP, JOAN - CORRES. TO ANITA LESLIE: Autographed Letter

LESLIE, ANITA - CORRES. FROM JAMES, DAVID: Autographed Letter

JAMES, DAVID - CORRES. TO ANITA LESLIE: Autographed Letter

LESLIE, ANITA - CORRES. FROM LUSTY, ROBERT: Autographed Letter

LUSTY, ROBERT - CORRES. TO ANITA LESLIE: Autographed Letter

LESLIE, ANITA - CORRES. FROM MEYNELL, DOROTHY 1971: Autographed Letter

MEYNELL, DOROTHY - CORRES. TO ANITA LESLIE 1971: Autographed Letter

LESLIE, ANITA - CORRES. FROM PETO, ROSEMARY: Autographed Letter

PETO, ROSEMARY - CORRES. TO ANITA LESLIE: Autographed Letter

LESLIE, ANITA - CORRES. FROM RUNCIMAN, STEVEN: Autographed Letter

RUNCIMAN, STEVEN - CORRES. TO ANITA LESLIE 1971: Autographed Letter

LESLIE, ANITA - CORRES. FROM SMITH, HAZEL: Autographed Letter

SMITH, HAZEL LITTLEFIELD - CORRES. TO ANITA LESLIE: Autographed Letter

LESLIE, ANITA - CORRES. FROM SPINOLA, HELEN 1972: Autographed Letter

SPINOLA, HELEN - CORRES. TO ANITA LESLIE 1972: Autographed Letter

LESLIE, SHANE - DEATH: CORRES. TO ANITA LESLIE 1971-72: Autographed Letter

LESLIE, ANITA - CORRES. RECEIVED RE SHANE LESLIE 1971-72: Autographed Letter