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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Eng 1366

Sylvia Townsend Warner letters to C. Roy (Christophe Roy) Hudleston

Overview

Letters of English novelist and poet Sylvia Townsend Warner to English journalist and antiquary C. Roy (Christophe Roy) Hudleston.

Dates

  • Creation: 1936-1971

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.

Extent

.33 linear feet (2 volumes)

Includes letters from Warner to Hudleston primarily concerning the estate of Warner's parents, investments, and other financial matters. Other letters concern life in England during World War II, politics and family genealogy.

Biographical / Historical

Warner was an English novelist and poet. Hudleston was an English journalist and antiquary.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

*88M-7. Gift of Mr. James E. Walsh, 515 Tumbling Hawk Road, Acton, Massachusetts 01718; received: 1988 November.

Title
Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893-. Sylvia Townsend Warner letters to C. Roy (Christophe Roy) Hudleston: Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou00467

Repository Details

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