Tennant, Stephen James Napier, 1906-1987 (artist and poet)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1906 - 1987
Biography
Stephen James Napier Tennant (1906-1987), artist and poet
Found in 71 Collections and/or Records:
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Letter, 10 Mar. 1930 (circa; year inferred)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9877/1/1/121
Scope and Contents
Concerning cuttings of a poetry recital, news of home and of a robbery at Nellie Burton's, and commenting on Sassoon's fan mail and [Stephen] Tennant's shell art.
Dates:
10 Mar. 1930 (circa; year 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, 25 Mar. 1930 (circa; year inferred)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9877/1/1/122
Scope and Contents
Concerning photographs and letters received from [Stephen] Tennant, a review of Edith Sitwell's book on Pope [1930] and other news.
Dates:
25 Mar. 1930 (circa; year 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, 1930 (circa, year inferred; marked 'Good Friday')
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9877/1/1/123
Scope and Contents
On being glad Max Beerbohm liked his book, a book by Edith Sitwell on Pope, and referring to Sassoon's trip with Stephen Tennant.
Dates:
1930 (circa, year inferred; marked 'Good Friday')
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 addressed from 23 Campden Hill Square, 12 Oct. 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8484/14
Scope and Contents
Back in London, missing Glen [Byam Shaw] but busy writing, Blunden coming to visit, going with the Sitwells for a weekend at Stephen Tennant's country house, Salisbury.
Dates:
12 Oct. 1927
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 addressed from 23 Campden Hill Square, 1927 ('Sunday'; year in pencil)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8484/16
Scope and Contents
Had just returned from a visit to his mother in Kent, had an amusing weekend at Stephen Tennant's house at Wilsford, 'silliness is fun when it's well done', news from Glen [Byam Shaw] in New York.
Dates:
1927 ('Sunday'; year in pencil)
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 addressed from 23 Campden Hill Square, 21 June 1927-24 June 1927 (year inferred from context)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8484/19
Scope and Contents
His letters to Festing Jones a substitute for his journal-writing; also descriptive accounts of a party attended with Frankie Schuster and of various social engagements, with comments on the Sitwells and [his first] meeting with Stephen Tennant.
Dates:
21 June 1927-24 June 1927 (year inferred from context)
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 concerning 'Memoirs' with photographs of Richardson, 27 Sep. 1929 (circa; year inferred)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9877/1/1/101-103
Scope and Contents
Letter r e proofs of Sassoon's book [?the illustrated edition of 'Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man', published 1929], commenting on the riding illustrations and the portrait of Sassoon's former groom, Tom Richardson. Also re news that Stephen Tennant's lungs had cleared. Includes two photographs of Richardson.
Dates:
27 Sep. 1929 (circa; year 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 Sassoon to Theo [A.T. Bartholomew], 28 May 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8484/28
Scope and Contents
Concerning a portrait of Enrico, giving news of his trip, Stephen Tennant's poor health, has done no real writing since finishing 'the Infantry Officer'.
Dates:
28 May 1931
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 Stephen Tennant (Wilsford Manor, Wiltshire) to Shaw, 29 Sep. 1929
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9454/129
Scope and Contents
Praising Shaw's performance in 'The Seagull'.
Dates:
29 Sep. 1929
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 of dismissal from Stephen Tennant (Wilsford) to B. Hunter, 19 Feb. 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9375/534(a)
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of 1094 letters, postcards and other items known as 'Sassoon's residual correspondence' although it does also include a number of items addressed to other persons particularly to his wife, Hester, and his mother, Theresa Thornycroft.
Dates:
19 Feb. 1939
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 to Sassoon in Breitenau, Germany, 13 July 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9877/1/1/95
Scope and Contents
Concerning an announcement that he had received the Hawthornden Prize, on wishing Stephen Tennant was not so thin, and giving news.
Dates:
13 July 1929
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 Sassoon at Garmish, Germany, 5 May 1929 (year inferred)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9877/1/1/90
Scope and Contents
Concerning an exhibition at the Royal Academy, domestic news, and improvements to Stephen Tennant's health.
Dates:
5 May 1929 (year 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 to Sassoon at Gingenti, Sicily, 8 Jan. 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9877/1/1/114
Scope and Contents
Concerning the Royal Society of Literature's award of a medal to Sassoon, commenting on Sassoon's trip to Sicily [with Stephen Tennant], on reading 'The Testament of Beauty', and personal news. Note: envelope contains dried lavender.
Dates:
8 Jan. 1930
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 Sassoon at Haus-Hirth (Untergrainau, Garnish, Germany), 24 May 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9877/1/1/92
Scope and Contents
Referring to Sassoon's holiday with Stephen Tennant and giving news; includes a sketch (?self-portrait).
Dates:
24 May 1929
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 Sassoon from T.A. Ross (The Cassel Hospital for Functional Nervous Disorders, Kent), 2 Mar. 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9454/180/1
Scope and Contents
Concerning Stephen Tennant.
Dates:
2 Mar. 1933
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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Love letter from Siegfried Sassoon (no place given) to Hester Gatty (6, Lowndes Square, London, S.W.1.), 1 Nov. 1933
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/12/1/3/25
Scope and Contents
Concerning his emotional and physical response to writing a letter to Stephen Tennant, a manuscript copy of which is enclosed.
Dates:
1 Nov. 1933
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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Notebook entitled 'Memoirs of a Mug', 1932 (1932 transcript of 1927-1928 originals)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/2/2
Scope and Contents
The volume contains diary entries for 30 Sep. 1927 - 21 May 1928, transcribed by Sassoon from his original diaries at MS Add.9852/1/26-27. The entries are heavily abridged and often reworked, with occasional annotations. Entries are arranged in two columns, numbered consecutively. The diary chiefly concerns Sassoon's relationship with Stephen Tennant, with frequent mention of the progress of his literary work, and entries on the deaths of Thomas Hardy (/23r-28r) and Edmund Gosse...
Dates:
1932 (1932 transcript of 1927-1928 originals)
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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[Partial?] letter, 5 June 1928-5 June 1930 (circa; year inferred)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9877/1/1/71
Scope and Contents
Praising Stephen [Tennant]'s flower drawings and giving personal news.
Dates:
5 June 1928-5 June 1930 (circa; year 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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Partial letter, 1930 (circa)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9877/1/1/117
Scope and Contents
Describing severe gales and mentioning Stephen Tennant.
Dates:
1930 (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).
Item
Pencil sketch of Osbert Sitwell and Christabel McLaren by Stephen Tennant, 1932 (circa)
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/2/2/1
Scope and Contents
Originally inserted in the notebook at MS Add.9852/2/2 between folios /40-41.
Dates:
1932 (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).
Series
Postcard from Florence, 30 Sep. 1928
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9454/112
Scope and Contents
With messages from both Sassoon and Stephen Tennant.
Dates:
30 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).