Nichols, Robert Malise Bowyer, 1893-1944 (poet)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1893 - 1944
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
File
Journal, 9 May 1918-2 Feb. 1919 (bar 18 June-19 August)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/13
Scope and Contents
The volume is a grid ruled notebook and mostly comprises diary entries written in France (at Domvast, Magnicourt and Habarcq) and notes of social engagements upon Sassoon's return to England (after receiving a head wound). Significant diary entries include: /3v-4r. Col. Campbell's lecture on 'the spirit of the bayonet'; /15v-16r. an entry concerning poet 'Bob' [Robert] Nicholls; /27r-27v. notes on the loss of a notebook for 18 June-19 August 1918 and on being wounded in France;...
Dates:
9 May 1918-2 Feb. 1919 (bar 18 June-19 August)
Conditions Governing Access:
This notebook and its enclosures have been digitised and can be viewed in full on the Cambridge Digital Library. The original items are currently unavailable for consultation due to their poor physical condition.
File
Journal, 15 May 1924-31 July 1924 (with some later annotations and scoring out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/20
Scope and Contents
The volume is a ruled notebook marked '1924 II' and mostly comprises diary entries, written in London or while staying at The Hut, Bray (home of Frankie Schuster). Diary entries include: /17r. on receiving new poems from Robert Graves; /18r. on the gift of a car from R. Temple; /19r-20r, /24v-25r. on J.C. Squire's offer to publish his poems in an anthology; /26v-29r. on his quarrel with the Sitwells; /42v-44r. on [Edward] Elgar and /45r-45v. Walter Sickert; /55r-57r. on the...
Dates:
15 May 1924-31 July 1924 (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. The original item is currently unavailable for consultation due to its poor physical condition.
Item
Letter from Robert Bowyer Nichols (Lawford Hill, Manningtree) to Siegfried Sassoon, 10 May 1925
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/6/8/1
Scope and Contents
Thanking Sassoon for a book of his poetry he had sent. Originally enclosed in MS Add.9852/6/8.
Dates:
10 May 1925
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
Letters about Bernard Van Dieren, 12 Dec. 1905-12 Apr. 1969 (Circa)
Series
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).