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
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
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 — Box: MS Add.9375/260-664: Box 2
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)
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).