Speed, Harold, 1872-1957 (painter and Siegfried Sassoon's landlord)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1872 - 1957
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
File
Journal, 13 Dec. 1926-11 Mar. 1927 (with some later annotations and scoring out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/24
Scope and Contents
The volume is a ruled notebook marked '1926-27-I' and mostly comprises diary entries. These include passages on: /27r. showing American publisher Crosby Gaige the manuscript of [Wilfred] Owen's poems; /34r-34v. a visit from Robert Graves; /43v-44r. 'My Landlord' (about Harold Speed); /44v-45v. anecdotes about poets W.B. Yeats and Wordsworth told to him by Edmund Gosse; /54v-67r. visits to Ruth and Henry Head and to Thomas Hardy at Max Gate; /79r. reflections on his influence on Wilfred...
Dates:
13 Dec. 1926-11 Mar. 1927 (with some later annotations and scoring out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
Conditions Governing Access:
This notebook has been digitised and can be viewed in full on the Cambridge Digital Library at http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-09852-00001-00024/1. The original item is currently unavailable for consultation due to its poor physical condition.
Series — Box: MS Add.9375/665-1094: Box 3
Letters from Harold Speed (23 Campden Hill Square, London) to Siegfried Sassoon expressing thanks for presents, 14 Feb. 1926-26 Dec. 1928 (14 February 1926; 26 December 1928)
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9375/789-90
Scope and Contents
The letter of 14 Feb 1926 is incomplete.
Dates:
14 Feb. 1926-26 Dec. 1928 (14 February 1926; 26 December 1928)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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