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Morrell, Ottoline Violet Anne, Lady, 1873-1938 (née Cavendish-Bentinck, hostess and literary patron)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1873 - 1938

Relationships

Step-sister of the Duke of Portland. Wife of Philip Morrell.

Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

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Correspondence between E.M. Forster and Lady Ottoline Morrell, 1909 - 1932

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/18/389
Scope and Contents

1 autograph postcard, signed, to E.M. Forster. [Before 1925].
Photocopies of 41 autograph letters, signed, 1 typed letter, signed, and 5 autograph postcards, signed, from E.M. Forster. 1909-32.
To request this envelope, please use the following call mark: 18/Morrell

Dates: 1909 - 1932
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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Correspondence between Yvonne Drinkwater and NGA, 1993-11-21 - 1993-12-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/NGA/5/1/245
Scope and Contents

This file comprises:-
1 autograph letter signed from Yvonne Drinkwater to NGA. 21 Nov. 1993
1 carbon typed letter from NGA to Yvonne Drinkwater. 3 Dec. 1993
Typescript biography of Paul Hamann, sculptor (1891-1973) by Yvonne Drinkwater. Jan. 1993
Typescript list of people known to have had a life-mask made and photocopy relating to life-masks
Photocopy autograph letter signed from Ottoline Morrell to Paul Hamann. 1 Jun. [1930].




Dates: 1993-11-21 - 1993-12-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some files are closed because they contain personal information. Most files which are marked as restricted access can be read with the written permission of the author. All other files may be consulted in the Archive Centre following the standard registration procedures.
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Correspondence from Lady Ottoline Morrell to J.M. Keynes, 1912 - 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/JMK/PP/45/225
Scope and Contents

23 autograph letters, signed, and 1 autograph postcard, signed, 1 enclosing a typescript account of Bertrand Russell's financial situation on his release from prison and a request for subscription towards his support, [1918].
This file also contains 1 autograph letter, signed, to Duncan Grant, [1914].

Dates: 1912 - 1934
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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Correspondence from Ottoline Morrell, 1931 - 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/WJHS/1/75
Scope and Contents

24 autograph letters, signed, and 7 autograph postcards, signed.

Dates: 1931 - 1934
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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Correspondents M, 1935-1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/M
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.

Dates: 1935-1962
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).
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from Ottoline Morrell, 10 Gower Street, WC 1

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/M/55
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.

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).
 Item

From Ottoline Morrell, 10 Gower Street, WC 1, 1935 - 1962 (circa)

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/M/55a
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.

Dates: 1935 - 1962 (circa)
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).
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Journal, 5 Dec. 1916-11 Feb. 1917 (diary entries start on 22 December 1916)

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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.
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Journal, 15 Feb. 1917-2 June 1917 (diary entries finish on 9 April 1917)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/9
Scope and Contents The volume is a ruled notebook entitled 'Journal and Notes' and mostly comprises diary entries and reflective passages written in France.Significant diary entries include: /2r-3v. Sassoon's return to France; /4r-6v. 'No.25 Stationary Hospital Rouen' [where Sassoon was recuperating from German measles]; /30v-32r. at Amiens; /27r. on joining the RWF Second Battalion at Corbie; /32v. 'Dream Pictures' (on ideas for a book of 'Consolations for Homesick soldiers in the Field');...
Dates: 15 Feb. 1917-2 June 1917 (diary entries finish on 9 April 1917)
Conditions Governing Access: This notebook and its enclosure have been digitised and can be viewed in full on the Cambridge Digital Library. The original items are currently unavailable for consultation due to their poor physical condition.
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Journal, 9 May 1918-2 Feb. 1919 (bar 18 June-19 August)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/13
Scope and Contents The volume is a grid ruled notebook and mostly comprises diary entries written in France (at Domvast, Magnicourt and Habarcq) and notes of social engagements upon Sassoon's return to England (after receiving a head wound). Significant diary entries include: /3v-4r. Col. Campbell's lecture on 'the spirit of the bayonet'; /15v-16r. an entry concerning poet 'Bob' [Robert] Nicholls; /27r-27v. notes on the loss of a notebook for 18 June-19 August 1918 and on being wounded in France;...
Dates: 9 May 1918-2 Feb. 1919 (bar 18 June-19 August)
Conditions Governing Access: This notebook and its enclosures have been digitised and can be viewed in full on the Cambridge Digital Library. The original items are currently unavailable for consultation due to their poor physical condition.
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Journal, 2 Aug. 1924-3 Nov. 1924 (with some later annotations and scoring out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/21
Scope and Contents The volume is a ruled notebook, marked '1924 III', and mostly comprises diary entries on Sassoon's motoring tour with John Philbin. They include accounts of visits to Garsington (home of Lady Ottoline Morrell) and Max Gate, Dorchester (home of Thomas Hardy), where T.E. Lawrence and H.M. Tomlinson were also guests: /3v-15r, and an account of a stay with Ruth and Henry Head: /17v-18v. The volume also includes: - drafts of poetry: /32v-33v. 'An industrial landscape';...
Dates: 2 Aug. 1924-3 Nov. 1924 (with some later annotations and scoring out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
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.
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Journal, 8 Jan. 1921-11 July 1922 (with later annotations dated 1926, 1949 & 1967)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/17
Scope and Contents The volume is a plain notebook titled 'Journal 1921', written while living at 54 Tufton Street. It is entirely comprised of diary entries in an unusually fair hand together with many later annotations and expurgated sections. It includes: - quotations from Conrad, Sir J. Davies, Pope, Bertrand Russell, Goethe and Stendhal: /1b (r)-1b(v). - list of social engagements: /7r, 8r. - mention of the suicide of young Holloway at Nellie Burton's...
Dates: 8 Jan. 1921-11 July 1922 (with later annotations dated 1926, 1949 & 1967)
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.
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Journal, 10 June 1926-12 Dec. 1926 (with some later annotations and scoring out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/23
Scope and Contents The volume is a ruled notebook marked '1926 II' and mostly comprises diary entries. There are notes throughout on the progress of Sassoon's literary work (number of words written). Diary entries include passages on: /13v-14r, /116v-117r. Edith Sitwell and a feud with Noel Coward; /24r-25r. 'Little [Edmund] Blunden' and Glen [Byam Shaw]; /25v-54r. a visit to France, Switzerland and Italy with the Morrells; /55r, /56v-57r, /63v-64r, /70r. Robert Graves and his relationship with...
Dates: 10 June 1926-12 Dec. 1926 (with some later annotations and scoring out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
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.
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Journal, 9 Dec. 1925-9 June 1926 (with some later annotations and scoring out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/22
Scope and Contents The volume is a ruled notebook marked '1925-III, 1926-I' and mostly comprises diary entries written while Sassoon was living at 23 Campden Hill Square, London. Diary entries include passages on: /8r. a biography of Thomas Hardy; /10r-11r. the death and funeral of his uncle Hamo Thornycroft; /16r-16v, /117r. Robert Graves; /39v-41v. entries concerning his War experience; /48r-48v. on meeting Sean O'Casey; /51. Virginia Woolf; /77r-109r. on the coal miner's strike; and frequent...
Dates: 9 Dec. 1925-9 June 1926 (with some later annotations and scoring out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
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.
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Letter from Lady Ottoline Morrell, (1873-1938), society hostess, (10 Gower Street, London) to Siegfried Sassoon re a book review, has met Stephen Spender, is reading ''Seven Pillars of Wisdom'', 23 Sep. 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8889/2/8
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The collection largely comprises letters addressed to Sassoon although there are few other recipients such as Glen Byam Shaw and Georgiana Theresa Thornycroft, Siegfried Sassoon's mother. There are also some postcards; draft and unpublished copies of poems; bills; and other related papers.

Dates: 23 Sep. 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).
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Letter from Lady Ottoline Morrell, (1873-1938), society hostess, (Amerongen, Netherlands) to Siegfried Sassoon re opera, 6 June 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8889/2/6
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The collection largely comprises letters addressed to Sassoon although there are few other recipients such as Glen Byam Shaw and Georgiana Theresa Thornycroft, Siegfried Sassoon's mother. There are also some postcards; draft and unpublished copies of poems; bills; and other related papers.

Dates: 6 June 1925
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).
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Letter from Lady Ottoline Morrell, (1873-1938), society hostess, (Garsington, Oxfordshire) to Siegfried Sassoon about to move to London, 30 June 1928 (date given as 31 (sic) June 1928)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8889/2/7
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The collection largely comprises letters addressed to Sassoon although there are few other recipients such as Glen Byam Shaw and Georgiana Theresa Thornycroft, Siegfried Sassoon's mother. There are also some postcards; draft and unpublished copies of poems; bills; and other related papers.

Dates: 30 June 1928 (date given as 31 (sic) June 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).
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Letter from Lady Ottoline Morrell, (1873-1938), society hostess, (Oxford) to Siegfried Sassoon enquiring time of his arrival and asking him to bring a horse, 25 Mar. 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8889/2/5
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The collection largely comprises letters addressed to Sassoon although there are few other recipients such as Glen Byam Shaw and Georgiana Theresa Thornycroft, Siegfried Sassoon's mother. There are also some postcards; draft and unpublished copies of poems; bills; and other related papers.

Dates: 25 Mar. 1923
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).
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Letter from 'Rob' (of Elkin Mathews Ltd, Booksellers, London) to Siegfried Sassoon, 26 Sep. 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/9/3/16
Scope and Contents

Re the 'The Heart's Journey', praising the poems, ordering a copy of Sassoon's novel, and gossip about Lady Ottoline and Sir Philip [Morrell].

Dates: 26 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).
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Letter sent from Versailles, 29 July 1926 (date inferred; 'Tuesday')

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9454/43
Scope and Contents

Giving news of his trip to France with the Morrells. Enclosing two postcards.

Dates: 29 July 1926 (date inferred; 'Tuesday')
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).
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Letter to RNL from Ottoline Morrell, 1931-05-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/RNL/2/417
Scope and Contents

1 autograph letter signed.

Dates: 1931-05-28
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: Some items contain sensitive personal information and are closed to researchers under the terms of the Data Protection Act (1998). A request to view these items must be made in writing to the Archivist who will discuss with the researcher the possibilities for obtaining the written permission of the author. A statement to this effect is given with each closed file.
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Letters from Lady Ottoline Morrell to Lydia Lopokova Keynes, 1934-03-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/LLK/5/154
Scope and Contents

2 autograph letters, signed.

Dates: 1934-03-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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Letters from Lady Ottoline Morrell to the Bells and Duncan Grant, 1915 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/CHA/1/433
Scope and Contents

9 autograph letters signed to Vanessa Bell, with 2 envelopes. [1915-37] and undated.
Photocopy of 1 autograph letter signed to Clive Bell. 13 Jan. 1919.
Photocopy of 1 autograph letter signed to Duncan Grant. 29 Apr. [1923?].

Dates: 1915 - 1937
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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Letters from Ottoline Morrell to GHWR, 1936-09-18 - 1936-11-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/GHWR/3/301
Scope and Contents

1 autograph letter signed and 1 autograph postcard signed.

Dates: 1936-09-18 - 1936-11-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the Rylands Papers are readily available to scholars in the Archive Centre. Record consultation is by appointment. Personal letters of living authors may only be consulted with their written permission. Some material is reserved in view of its sensitivity. There is no access to such material for the time being.
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Letters from Ottoline Morrell to JDH, 1932 - 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/JDH/26/73
Scope and Contents

33 autograph letters signed and 5 autograph postcards signed with 5 envelopes.

Dates: 1932 - 1936
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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