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Newson, E. Ranald, b 1908 (aspiring poet)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: b 1908

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

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Letter from Ranald Newson, aspiring poet, (no place given) to Siegfried Sassoon sending [''Confounded lyre'', 1936?, CCC.39.37], 5 Feb. 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8889/1/35
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 There are also some postcards; draft and unpublished copies of poems; bills; and other related papers.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: 5 Feb. 1936
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 Ranald Newson, aspiring poet, (no place given) to Siegfried Sassoon sending ''New poems'' [1931, CCC.39.35], 26 Jan. 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8889/1/33
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 There are also some postcards; draft and unpublished copies of poems; bills; and other related papers.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: 26 Jan. 1931
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 Ranald Newson, aspiring poet, (no place given) to Siegfried Sassoon sending ''Owen Aherne'' [1933, CCC.39.36], 1933 (date inferred)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8889/1/34
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: 1933 (date 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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Letter from Ranald Newson, aspiring poet, (Norbury, London) to Siegfried Sassoon sending [''Sappho'', 1929?, CCC.39.32], 10 Nov. 1929 (year inferred)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8889/1/32
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: 10 Nov. 1929 (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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Letter from Ranald Newson, aspiring poet, (RAF Finningley, Yorkshire), to Siegfried Sassoon, 1941-1949 (1940s)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8889/1/36
Scope and Contents

Long letter in red ink ''the colour of blood'', mentioning Siegfried Sassoon's initial encouragement then neglect of Ranald Newson, his twenty books and unpublished music, expects to die soon, sends final book [''Bombs were dropped'', 1941?, CCC.39.39], gesture of salute and farewell.

Dates: 1941-1949 (1940s)
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 from E. Ranald Newson (Norbury, and University College, London) to Siegfried Sassoon sending Sassoon his poems, 1927-1933 (late 1920s-early 1930s (23 January, 17, 20 February 1929, 17 January no year given))

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9375/669-72
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: 1927-1933 (late 1920s-early 1930s (23 January, 17, 20 February 1929, 17 January no year given))
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).