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Forbes, Nevill, 1883-1929 (Slavonic scholar)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1883 - 1929

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 File

Journal, 5 Dec. 1916-11 Feb. 1917 (diary entries start on 22 December 1916)

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/8
Scope and Contents The volume is a ruled notebook and mostly comprises diary entries written while Sassoon was at the Regimental Depot in Litherland. The diary entries include occasional references to Robert [Graves] and his poetry (e.g. /2r, /18r, /25r and /40v). The volume also includes: - lists of members of his section and their fates: /1v. - drafts of poetry: /6r. untitled, begins 'On pain of death let no man name death to me'; /14v-15r. 'The dead soldiers',...
Dates: 5 Dec. 1916-11 Feb. 1917 (diary entries start on 22 December 1916)
Conditions Governing Access: This notebook has been digitised and can be viewed in full on the Cambridge Digital Library. The original item is currently unavailable for consultation due to its poor physical condition.
 File

Letter from Nevill Forbes (Bridge House, Osney, Oxford) to Siegfried Sassoon re appreciation of ''Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man'' (1928), revives memories, dislike of A. Huxley's 'Point Counter Point', 4 Jan. 1929

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9375/281
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: 4 Jan. 1929
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).