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Hassall, Christopher Vernon, 1912-1963 (writer and librettist)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1912 - 1963

Biography

Christopher Vernon Hassall (1912-1963) writer and librettist

Found in 80 Collections and/or Records:

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from Christopher Hassall, Cleethorpes to John Guest: Poems at Two Gears, 1 Apr 1941-2 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/G/33
Scope and Contents

[exercise book]

Dates: 1 Apr 1941-2 Apr 1941
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 Christopher Hassall, Cleethorpes to John Guest: Poems at Two Gears, 1 Apr 1941-2 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/G/33i
Scope and Contents

[continuation from exercise book]

Dates: 1 Apr 1941-2 Apr 1941
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 Christopher Hassall, Epsom, Surrey [postmark] to 2nd Lt. John Guest, 33 L.A.A. Battery R.A., 11th (C.O.6.4) R.A.A Regt. R.A., Pollock Camp, Pollock, Glasgow, 12 Nov 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/G/35
Scope and Contents

[letter card]

Dates: 12 Nov 1941
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 Christopher Hassall, Hampstead to John Guest, Flat 3, 49 Wilton Crescent, SW 1, 9 Jan 1958-10 Jan 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/G/89
Scope and Contents

[letter and envelope]

Dates: 9 Jan 1958-10 Jan 1958
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 Christopher Hassall, Manor House, Old Woking, Surrey to Lieut. John Guest R.A., 33/11 L.A.A. Regt. R.A., B.N.A.F., 24 Jun 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/G/41
Scope and Contents

[electrostat of original document]

Dates: 24 Jun 1943
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 Christopher Hassall, Old Cottage, Vale of Health, Hampstead, NW 3 to John Guest

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/G/88
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).
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from Christopher Hassall, Reigate & Redhill, Surrey [postmark] to 2nd Lt. John Guest, 33rd L.A.A. Battery R.A., 'A' Camp. Pollock Camp, Glasgow, Scotland, 27 Sep 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/G/34
Scope and Contents

[letter card]

Dates: 27 Sep 1941
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 Christopher Hassall to John Guest

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/G/72
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).
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from Christopher Hassall to John Guest, 15 Aug 1945 (n.d. [V.J. Day])

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/G/79a
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: 15 Aug 1945 (n.d. [V.J. Day])
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 Christopher Hassall to John Guest, 1945 (circa)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/G/87a
Scope and Contents

[page 4 of a letter]

Dates: 1945 (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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from Christopher Hassall, Tonford Manor, Canterbury, Kent to Gordon Jacob

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/J/1
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).
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from Christopher Hassall, Tonford Manor, Canterbury, Kent to John Guest

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/G/90
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).
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from Christopher Hassall, Tonford Manor, Canterbury, Kent to John Guest, 20 Jan 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/G/91
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: 20 Jan 1961
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 Christopher Hassall, Tonford Manor, Canterbury, Kent to John Guest, 9 Nov 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/G/93
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: 9 Nov 1961
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 Christopher Hassall, Tonford Manor, Canterbury, Kent to John Guest, Longmans Green & Co Ltd, 6 & 7 Clifford Street, London, W 1, 26 Jan 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/G/92
Scope and Contents

[letter and envelope]

Dates: 26 Jan 1961
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 Christopher Hassall, Tunbridge Wells, Kent [postmark] to 2nd Lt. John Guest R.A., 'B' Mess, School of Artillery, Larkhill, Salisbury Plain, Wilts, 14 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/G/37
Scope and Contents

[letter card]

Dates: 14 Mar 1942
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 Ct. Christopher Hassall, as from The Manor House, Old Woking, Surrey to Capt. John Guest R.A., 32/11 Lt. A.A. Regt. R.A., C.M.F., 2 Jul 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/G/49
Scope and Contents

[air letter]

Dates: 2 Jul 1944
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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George Edward Moore: Personal Papers and Correspondence

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8330
Scope and Contents

MS.Add.8330 contains Moore's personal and family papers, and his correspondence (sections 1-9), as well as books from his library (section 17).

Dates: 1873-1974
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).
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Letter from Christopher Hassall, (1912-1963), poet, dramatist and biographer, (Hampstead) to Siegfried Sassoon sending poems [''The parcel'', 1958, CCC.39.106] written for godson F.H. Chapman, 1 Feb. 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8889/1/52
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: 1 Feb. 1958
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 Christopher Hassall, (1912-1963), poet, dramatist and biographer, (London), to Siegfried Sassoon, 1937 (date inferred)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8889/1/51
Scope and Contents

Sending ''my little drama'' [''Christ's comet... a sacred pantomime in three acts'', 1937, CCC.39.107]. About to go to Hollywood, hopes to see Siegfried Sassoon on return.

Dates: 1937 (date inferred)
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 Christopher Hassall, Old Cottage, Vale of Health, NW 3 to Geoffrey Keynes, 1 Sep 1956

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/K/76
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: 1 Sep 1956
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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note by Christopher Hassall, 1962 (n.d. [1962])

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/N/7
Scope and Contents

note of address of Ivor Novello Charities Ltd and on Frederick Carter

Dates: 1962 (n.d. [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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note from Christopher Hassall, with reply from Eric Coates

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/C/71
Scope and Contents

and reply from Christopher Hassall

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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'Poems' and 'Notes', 1933-1939 (circa)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/6/6
Scope and Contents Notebook comprising poetical drafts and notes, with additional pages of loosely inserted leaves. The outer cover is illustrated with a rough sketch of a male face. The notebook begins with draft poems, some of which have watercolour illustrations. After folio 49v entries consist of notes for a poetical autobiography, beginning from the back page. Contents include: Title pages marked 'Poems', illustrated in watercolour: /1r & 2r. Draft poems (some illustrated):...
Dates: 1933-1939 (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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Remarks at the opening of an exhibition about Edward Marsh, 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9813/B59/45
Scope and Contents

Autograph ms. draft and typescript of 2 half-sheet pages (original and carbon copy, both with ms. alterations). With this are a clipping about Marsh (1937); proofs, tear-sheets, and an offprint of an article on Marsh by Christopher Hassall; and correspondence between Hassall and Meynell. The exhibition at the National Book League was opened on 9 Mar. 1954.

Dates: 1954
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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