Sitwell, Edith Louisa, Dame, 1887 - 1964 (poet, critic and eccentric)
Person
Dates and places
1887-1964
Sphere of activity
Poet, critic and eccentric
Relationships
Oldest child of Sir George and Lady Ida Sitwell, sister of Osbert and Sacheverell.
Other information
Verse publications include 'The Mother' (1915) and an annual anthology called 'Wheels' (1916-21). Prose publications include 'Poetry and Criticism' (1925), 'The English Eccentrics' (1933) and 'Fanfare for Elizabeth' (1946).
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Sub-Series
Correspondence between E.M. Forster and Edith Sitwell, 1928 - 1954
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/18/514
Scope and Contents
This sub-series consists of two files of correspondence. One includes earlier letters from Edith Sitwell to E.M. Forster. The other includes later correspondence between the two.
Dates:
1928 - 1954
File
Letter from Edith Sitwell to T.S. Eliot, 1949-06-30
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/HB/L/9q
Scope and Contents
1 autograph letter to T.S. Eliot.
Dates:
1949-06-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
HB/M/21 is reserved (not available to researchers) under the Data Protection Act.
File
Letters from Dame Edith Sitwell to J.M. Keynes, 1943-08-01 - 1943-08-17
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JMK/PP/45/302
Scope and Contents
3 autograph letters, signed, one is bound into a volume which also contains a mnuscript copy of 'Lullaby' and some discarded workings for the poem.
Dates:
1943-08-01 - 1943-08-17
File
Letters from Edith Sitwell, 1924 - 1942
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/WJHS/1/92
Scope and Contents
6 autograph letters, signed.
Dates:
1924 - 1942
File
Listed letters, 1948-01
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/HB/L/7/b
Scope and Contents
This file includes letters from the following (listed in alphabetical order by last name):1. Clive Bell2. Kenneth Clark3. Cyril Connolly4. Douglas Cooper5. C. Day Lewis6. Una Ellis-Fermor7. Frederick Etchells8. E. M. Forster9. Michael Hamburger10. L. C. Knights11. E. V. Knox12. Earl of Lytton13. Sir Eric Maclagan14. John Masefield15. Henry Moore16. Eric Partridge17. William Plomer18. Anthony Powell19. J. B....
Dates:
1948-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
HB/M/21 is reserved (not available to researchers) under the Data Protection Act.