Sassoon, Georgiana Theresa, 1853-1947 (née Thornycroft, sculptor and mother of Siegfried Sassoon)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1853 - 1947
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
File
Letter from his mother, Theresa Sassoon, 1927 (date inferred; marked 'Sunday')
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9877/1/2/1/1
Scope and Contents
Concerning Rachel Beer's illness.
Dates:
1927 (date inferred; marked 'Sunday')
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Letters from Siegfried Sassoon to his mother, Theresa Sassoon (addressed as 'Ash'), 1915-1917, 1915 - 1917
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9724/3
Scope and Contents
Fourteen letters home, written during the First World War when Sassoon served with the Royal Welch Fusiliers. Some include sketches.
Dates:
1915 - 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Letters from Theresa Thornycroft, 1865-1947 (approximately 1869-1871 and undated)
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9375/848-56
Scope and Contents
Addressed to 'Dear Gull' and 'Dear Hamo', signed 'Threesa', mostly holiday letters, some incomplete, with many sketches; also a letter from E. H. Corbould 1878 to 'Mrs Thornicroft' with advice on her daughter's painting (MS Add.9375/856).
Dates:
1865-1947 (approximately 1869-1871 and undated)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Sub-Series
Letters to Siegfried Sassoon from his mother, Theresa Sassoon; with related items, 1890-1947 (circa; chiefly1920s to 1947)
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9877/1/1
Scope and Contents
Letters and related enclosures sent to Sassoon from his mother Theresa ('Ash') Sassoon, over the course of many decades. The letters are mostly undated, although dates of many have been inferred. The letters are arranged chronologically where possible, and classmarks are continuous from MS Add.9877/1/1/1-245. A group of undated and undatable letters has been listed at the end, at classmarks /196-231. Classmarks /232-245 have been assigned to additional material, namely scraps of letters and...
Dates:
1890-1947 (circa; chiefly1920s to 1947)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Sub-Series
Letters to Theresa Sassoon, 1915-1942 (circa)
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9877/1/4
Scope and Contents
These include a number of letters sent by Siegfried Sassoon and by his brother Hamo before his death at Gallipoli (MS Add.9877/1/4/1/1-5).
Dates:
1915-1942 (circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Telegram from his mother, Theresa Sassoon, 2 May 1927
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9877/1/2/1/3
Scope and Contents
Concerning the funeral service for Rachel Beer.
Dates:
2 May 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Two letters from Theresa Sassoon, 1937-1947 (circa; letters are dated 7 March and 4 August)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9877/1/6/2/2-3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
These include a set of letters from Siegfried Sassoon and letters from Edmund Blunden, Margaret Keynes, and Theresa Sassoon.
Dates:
1937-1947 (circa; letters are dated 7 March and 4 August)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).