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Corrigan, Kathleen, 1908-2003 (known as Dame Felicitas Corrigan, Benedictine nun, writer and musician)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1908 - 2003

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

 File

Copy of a typed reminiscence about Siegfried Sassoon, 1967 (circa; undated)

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9877/2/6/4
Scope and Contents

Written after Sassoon's death in 1967.

Dates: 1967 (circa; undated)
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).
 Sub-Series

[Dame] Felicitas Corrigan, 1957-1975 (mid-late 20th century)

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7935/410-414
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Including letters about his death and appreciations of him and of his work.

Dates: 1957-1975 (mid-late 20th century)
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).
 File

Letter from Mrs Daphne Brook (George Square, Edinburgh) to Dame Felicitas Corrigan, with reply, 12 Feb. 1979-16 Feb. 1979

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9877/2/6/6-7
Scope and Contents

Both are typed. The reply refers to Sassoon's vision of a seraph and Corrigan's correspondence with Sassoon on visualisations (see also MS Add.9877/2/6/1).

Dates: 12 Feb. 1979-16 Feb. 1979
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).
 Fonds

Letters from Felicitas Corrigan and Margaret Truran to David J. Hall

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10058
Scope and Contents

Margaret Truran, Benedictine nun, archivist of Stanbrook Abbey. Personal and circular letters, with a few related enclosures. Items are addressed from Stanbrook Abbey, Worcester, unless otherwise stated. Some are annotated by Hall with the date of his response.

Dates: 1962-2003 (and undated)
Conditions Governing Access: 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).
 File

Obituary of Dame Felicitas Corrigan from The Daily Telegraph, 10 Oct. 2003

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9877/2/3/6/9
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Cuttings of reviews and press articles, chiefly from Durrant's Press Agency. Many list Sassoon or Faber and Faber as clients but some were clearly collated by Egremont during his own research.

Dates: 10 Oct. 2003
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).
 Sub-Series

Papers concerning Sassoon's friendship with Dame Felicitas Corrigan and his visit to Stanbrook, 1960-1979

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9877/2/6
Scope and Contents

Corrigan was a Benedictine nun who became Sassoon's friend, spiritual confidante and biographer. Her biography of Sassoon entitled 'The Poet's Pilgrimage' was published in 1973. Note: for a press cutting of Corrigan's obituary in The Daily Telegraph see MS Add.9877/2/3/6/9.

Dates: 1960-1979
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

Review of 'Siegfried Sassoon: Poet's Pilgrimage, edited by Dame Felicitas Corrigan, from the Sunday Telegraph, 5 Aug. 1973

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/11/3/10/2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This series includes sets of reviews of many of Sassoon's prose and poetry books; press cuttings of poems or articles by Sassoon printed in the media; cuttings relating to Sassoon more generally, including a copy of an obituary; cuttings concerning Edith Sitwell, David and Albert Sassoon, Robert Graves, Ezra Pound, Oliver Gatty, and the death of T.E. Lawrence; cuttings concerning the war and pacifism; and a selection of other press cuttings preserved by Sassoon.

Dates: 5 Aug. 1973
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).
 File

Typed draft entitled 'Siegfried Sassoon's First Visit to Stanbrook, June 25th 1960', 1960-1973 (circa; undated)

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9877/2/6/2
Scope and Contents

With corrections in ink. Later published in Corrigan's book 'The Poet's Pilgrimage'.

Dates: 1960-1973 (circa; undated)
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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