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1979 - 1981, "T, U & V"., 12/29/1979-05/05/1981

 File — Box: 29, Folder: 5
Identifier: 60734

Collection-level Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

The archives of the English novelist Christopher Sykes, friend and official biographer of Evelyn Waugh, include a large group of Waugh letters and comprehensive research files about him. In addition to the extensive family correspondence, with a charming series of rebus letters from his sister Angela Antrim, there are letters from a multitude of literary friends and acquaintances, including John Betjeman, Max Beerbohm, Ivy Compton-Burnett, T. S. Eliot, Graham Greene, Harman Grisewood, Nancy Mitford, Harold Nicolson, Anthony Powell, Osbert Sitwell, and Stephen Spender. The collection also includes considerable research material about Nancy Astor, Robert Byron, and Adam von Trott, subjects of other books by Sykes.

Dates

  • 12/29/1979-05/05/1981

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 18.4 Linear Feet (39 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Shelf Location

08/17/05

Container Summary

12 letters to CS with carbons from CS, mostly personal. 4 TLSs from Jerome Tarshis, 1 TL from Tatler, 1 TL from The Times Literary Supplement, 2 TLSs from Richard Usborne. Reference to CS' biography of Evlyn Waugh.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

Times Literary Supplement, The TL: Manuscript

Usborne, Richard TLSs: Manuscript

Tatler TL: Manuscript

Waugh, Evelyn biography: Manuscript

Tarshis, Jerome TLSs: Manuscript

Repository Details

Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository

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