Cecil, Lord Edward Christian David Gascoyne, 1902-1986 (author)
Biography
Cecil, Lord (Edward Christian) David Gascoyne- [known as David Cecil] (1902-1986), author
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondents C, 1941-1962
Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.
from David Cecil, 7 Linton Road, Oxford, 15 Nov 1954
Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.
from David Cecil, 7 Linton Road, Oxford, 16 Aug 1961
Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.
from David Cecil, Hatfield House, Hatfield, Herts
Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.
Letter from David Cecil to Siegfried Sassoon, Jan. 1951 (circa)
Congratulating Sassoon on his CBE, stating how much pleasure Sassoon's writings had given him, mentioning that he had just read 'The Death Bed' in a Georgian Poetry volume, and remarking on how Sassoon had maintained his 'fresh spontaneity' in his work.
Letter from Lord David Cecil, (1902-1986), biographer and man of letters, (Oxford) to Siegfried Sassoon re thanks for ''The Tasking'', 1 Feb. 1955
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.