Hawkins, Dorothy, fl 1900-1940 (née Hanmer and engaged to Siegfried Sassoon 1915-1916)
Person
Dates
- Existence: fl 1900 - 1940
Biography
Hawkins, Dorothy, née Hanmer, daughter of Dick, sister of Bobbie, Engaged to Siegfried Sassoon 1915-6
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
File
Letter from 'Dorothy' [Hawkins] (Everdon Hall, Daventry) to 'My dear old Sieg', 31 Oct. 1933
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/9/4/13
Scope and Contents
Congratulating Sassoon on his engagement; 'I should love to see you again, but I wonder if I ever shall now?'
Dates:
31 Oct. 1933
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
Letter from 'Dorothy' [Hawkins] (Glenfintaig, Inverness-shire) to Siegfried Sassoon, 6 Sep. 1928
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/9/3/11
Scope and Contents
Providing personal news; mentioning having heard that Sassoon was writing a novel 'about the old Atherstone country', and requesting a copy when it was published - 'I wonder who the heroine is?!!!'
Dates:
6 Sep. 1928
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 Dorothy Hawkins (Everdon Hall, Daventry) to Siegfried Sassoon re personal news, two photographs with 1939 letter, 18 Dec. 1928-7 Sep. 1940 (18 December 1928; 8 October 1939; 7 September 1940)
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9375/359-61
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of 1094 letters, postcards and other items known as 'Sassoon's residual correspondence' although it does also include a number of items addressed to other persons particularly to his wife, Hester, and his mother, Theresa Thornycroft.
Dates:
18 Dec. 1928-7 Sep. 1940 (18 December 1928; 8 October 1939; 7 September 1940)
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).