Hardy, Robert Gathorne-, 1902-1973 (writer and known as Bob)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1902 - 1973
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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Letter from 'Bob' [Robert Gathorne-Hardy] (The Mill House, Reading) to Siegfried Sassoon, 5 Jan. 1951
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/9/7/22
Scope and Contents
Congratulating Sassoon on his CBE, thanking Sassoon for a manuscript 'it will be one of the treasures of my library', and discussing arrangements for the printing of a prospectus and book ['Common Chords'].
Dates:
5 Jan. 1951
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 'Bob' [Robert Gathorne-Hardy] (The Mill House, Stanford Dingley, Berkshire) to Siegfried Sassoon, 18 Nov. 1933
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/9/4/37
Scope and Contents
Stating that he was 'startled and incredulous' at the news of his engagement but congratulating him.
Dates:
18 Nov. 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).
Series
Letters from Robert Gathorne-Hardy (London and The Mill House, Stanford Dingley, Reading) to Siegfried Sassoon sending expressions of friendship, admiration of ''Sherston's Progress'' (1936), 26 July 1926-25 Sep. 1935 ([26 Jul, 9, 31 August 1926]; 25 September 1935)
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9375/297-300
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:
26 July 1926-25 Sep. 1935 ([26 Jul, 9, 31 August 1926]; 25 September 1935)
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
Notebook entitled 'Transcriptions from Diaries...', Apr. 1929-May 1931 (1929-1931 transcript of 1923-1925 originals)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/2/1
Scope and Contents
The volume comprises Sassoon's own transcriptions of his diaries for March-November 1925 (folios /2v-23r) and 8 March 1923 - 19 May 1924 (folios /24r-29r); abridged, with occasional annotations. Entries are arranged in two columns, numbered consecutively. The transcripts for 15-19 May 1924 (folio /58r) match those in Sassoon's diary at MS.Add.9852/1/20; there are no other corresponding diaries in the archive. The 1925 diary includes: /2v. passages on Sassoon's travels abroad with Frankie...
Dates:
Apr. 1929-May 1931 (1929-1931 transcript of 1923-1925 originals)
Conditions Governing Access:
Fragile, handle with care.