Sitwell, Sir Sacheverell, 1897-1988 (6th Baronet Sitwell, poet and art critic)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1897 - 1988
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Series
Illustrated letter, 1925-1966 (circa; undated)
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9454/372
Scope and Contents
Letter giving news of social engagements (a concert and ballet) and of bumping into friends Willie and Sachie [Sacheverell Sitwell] and 'Crikey' Nichols. Includes drawing of a figure with a [?whip] and a sticker of a fish.
Dates:
1925-1966 (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).
File
Journal, 9 Dec. 1925-9 June 1926 (with some later annotations and scoring out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
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 at http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-09852-00001-00022/1. The original item is currently unavailable for consultation due to its poor physical condition.
Series
Letter (23 Campden Hill Square, London), 17 Dec. 1927 (year inferred)
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9454/95
Scope and Contents
Giving news (of a dinner in honour of Blunden; plans to visit Sacheverell Sitwell) and quoting extract of a letter from Osbert Sitwell.
Dates:
17 Dec. 1927 (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).
File
Letter addressed from 23 Campden Hill Square, 12 Oct. 1927
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).
File
Letter addressed from 23 Campden Hill Square, 21 June 1927-24 June 1927 (year inferred from context)
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).
Series
Letter (addressed from Wien), 14 Sep. 1927 (year inferred)
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9454/79
Scope and Contents
Recounting Sassoon's travels with Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell. Enclosing a photograph mounted on card.
Dates:
14 Sep. 1927 (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).
Series — Box: MS Add.8856: Box 1
Letters about Bernard Van Dieren, 12 Dec. 1905-12 Apr. 1969 (Circa)
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8856/187-200
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
12 Dec. 1905-12 Apr. 1969 (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).
File
Photograph of Sassoon, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell, [?Max Meyerfield] and Nellie Burton, 8 Sep. 1927
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9454/79/1
Scope and Contents
Printed on a postcard from Berlin.
Dates:
8 Sep. 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).
File
Postcard from Vienna, Austria, 17 Sep. 1927-17 1927
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8484/13
Scope and Contents
Giving news of his travels, Osbert and Sachie [Sitwell] charming and considerate companions, travelling on to Budapest.
Dates:
17 Sep. 1927-17 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).
File
Sir Sacheverell Sitwell: poem, 'Fountains'
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/8/6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Entitled 'Weekly Westminster from May 22nd 1922'
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).