James Laver Papers
Scope and Contents
Personal papers of James Laver (1899-1975), author and Keeper of Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England. Correspondence to Laver and wife, actress Veronica Turleigh (1903-1971), provide a valuable source on English and Irish literary circles. Writers include Enid, Bagnold, John Betjeman, Violet Clifton, Martin d'Arcy, Graham Greene, Kate O'Brien, Iris Origo, Ronald Knox, Desmond MacCarthy, Rose MacCaulay, Alec and Evelyn Waugh, Vita Sackville-West, and Enid Starkie, among others.
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Dates
- Creation: 1918 - 1977
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Sotheby's via Bertram Rota Booksellers, London, 1981.
Topical
- Title
- James Laver Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 1983
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
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