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Silk, Muriel, fl 1955-1957 (picture restorer)

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Silk, Muriel, picture restorer, aunt of Dennis

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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Letter from Muriel Silk (Kingston St Mary, Somerset) to Siegfried Sassoon congratulating him on receiving the Queen's Medal, 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9375/1039
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: 1957
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 Muriel Silk, picture restorer, (Hampstead) to Siegfried Sassoon re thanks for ''The Tasking'', 4 Jan. 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8889/3/256
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 There are also some postcards; draft and unpublished copies of poems; bills; and other related papers.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: 4 Jan. 1955
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).