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Book Reviews & Essays, TMss. - "N & O"., 01/01/1961-12/31/1979

 File — Box: 30, Folder: 12
Identifier: 60747

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

  • 01/01/1961-12/31/1979

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

08/17/06

Container Summary

14 TMss. by CS. Includes reviews of books by Patrick Balfour Lord Kinross, Peter Coats, Seaton Dearden and Ralph Barker. An essay by CS on Marshall Ney. Reference to George Orwell.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

Dearden, Seaton reference: Manuscript

Barker, Ralph reference: Manuscript

Coats, Peter reference: Manuscript

Kinross, Patrick Balfour Lord reference: Manuscript

Ney, Marshall reference: Manuscript

Sykes, Christopher TMss.: Manuscript

Orwell, George reference: Manuscript

Repository Details

Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository

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