Cornford, Frances Crofts, 1886-1960 (poet)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1886 - 1960
Biography
Frances Crofts Cornford (1886-1960), poet, was a daughter of Sir Francis Darwin. She married Francis Cornford in 1909.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Frances Cornford and Margaret Irwin: correspondence, verse and related items
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10404
Scope and Contents
A copy of Frances Cornford, 'Collected Poems' (London: The Cresset Press, 1954), formerly belongong to Margaret Irwin ('Peg Monsell'), bearing a manuscript dedication by Cornford, 30 August 1954, and annotations in Irwin's hand. With related items, formerly found inserted, comprising three letters and a postcard from Cornford to Irwin, [1956]-[1957] and undated; 'P.S. to "Childhood", p.79 of Frances Cornford's "Collected Poems". Answer to last 2 lines' (verse), by Irwin, October 1956; letter...
Dates:
1954-1960 and undated
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Frances Cornford Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10410
Scope and Contents
Papers of the Cornford family, principally of the poet Frances Crofts Cornford. The collection includes letters to Francis Darwin from his second wife Ellen Wordsworth Crofts; letters to and from Frances Crofts Cornford and her husband Francis Macdonald Cornford; poems by Frances Crofts Cornford; notes on their children by Frances Crofts Cornford and Francis Macdonald Cornford; drafts of Frances Crofts Cornford's memoir of her husband; and correspondence of later generations of Cornford...
Dates:
1876-1992 and undated
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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