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Quennell, Sir Peter Courtney, 1905-1993 (Knight, writer and editor)

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Sir Peter Courtney Quennell (1905-1993), knight; writer and editor

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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Letter from Peter Quennell, (b.1905), poet, biographer, critic, (Tokyo) to Siegfried Sassoon re enjoyment of [''Infantry Officer''], 2 Nov. 1930 (year inferred)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8889/3/251
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 There are also some postcards; draft and unpublished copies of poems; bills; and other related papers.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: 2 Nov. 1930 (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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Sir Peter Quennell: poem, 'A man to a sunflower'

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/8/39
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).