Garnett, David, 1892-1981 (author)
Dates
- Existence: 1892 - 1981
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence 1936, 1936
Correspondence from David Garnett
Novels, essays, memoir, and biographical correspondence.
David Garnett, 1940-1972
With the letters are printed announcements for a Foyles luncheon in honour of Garnett (1972).
Letter from David Garnett, (1892-1981), author, (Hilton Hall, Huntingdon) to Siegfried Sassoon sending thanks for ''The Tasking'', 18 Jan. 1954-18 Jan. 1955 (year given mistakenly as 1954)
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 There are also some postcards; draft and unpublished copies of poems; bills; and other related papers.
Letter of David Garnett to Siegfried Sassoon, 26 Apr. 1929
Photocopy.
Letters relating to the 'album party' on 11 October, 1961
The writers include Nicolas Barker, A. W. Bell, Christopher Bradshaw, Harry Carter, John Carter, Will Carter, William Cox, Brooke Crutchley, John Fairleigh, Elisabeth Friedlander, David Garnett, Joan Hassall, John Hayward, Ashley Havinden, Ellic Howe, Geoffrey Keynes, Lynton Lamb, Rauri McLean, Vivian Ridler, John Ryder, Hans Schmoller, Herbert Simon, John Simpson, and John Westwood. A few others are unidentified.
The Nonesuch century (1936), 1935-1968
Clippings and tear-sheets of reviews. These include an article by David Garnett in Penrose Annual (1937; photocopy). With this is correspondence between Meynell, Garnett, and R. B. Fishenden about the review (1937-1968).