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)
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 at http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-09852-00001-00008/1. The original item is currently unavailable for consultation due to its poor physical condition.
File — Box: MS Add.9375/260-664: Box 2
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
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).