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MacCarthy, Charles Otto Desmond, 1877 - 1952 (literary journalist)

 Person

Dates and places

1877-1952

Sphere of activity

Literary journalist.

Relationships

Husband of Mary MacCarthy (nee Warre-Cornish)

Other information

Freelance contributor to 'The Spectator'; editor of 'The New Quarterly' (1907-1912); contributor to 'The New Statesman' (1913-19), and literary editor (1920-7); senior literary critic for 'The Sunday Times' (1928-).

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Letter from Desmond, possibly Desmond MacCarthy, to Julian Bell

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JHB/2/31
Scope and Contents

1 autograph letter, signed.

 File

Letters from Desmond MacCarthy to J.M. Keynes, 1904 - 1939

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JMK/PP/45/197
Scope and Contents

3 autograph letters, signed, and 2 typed letters, signed. 1909-39.
This file also includes a photocard of J.M. Keynes and 4 others (2 men, 1 woman and 1 boy) sitting at the side of the road in the course of a cycle ride. Annotated on back [possibly by Daniel Macmillan; i.e., wrongly identified and misfiled here], Oct. 1904.

Dates: 1904 - 1939