Correspondence of Francis Meynell about Alice Meynell, Wilfrid Meynell, George Meredith, and Agnes Tobin, 1929-1971
Scope and Contents
Meynell's correspondents include his sisters Madeline, Olivia and Viola, Brigid Boardman, C. L. Cline, J. Compton, M. Emma Del Maso, Ernest Edward, B. Ifor Evans, Margaret Fox, E. Humphrey Green, Jacob W. Gruber, John Hadfield, Leicester Harmsworth, Rupert Hart-Davis, Geoffrey D. Hobson, E. O. Hoppe, Mary Jackson, Richard Jennings, Raynor C. Johnson, Lettice King, Georgette Lubbock, Barbara Lucas, Compton Mackenzie, David McKibbin, Betty Miller, Frederick Page, Margaret Rawlings, Michael Sadleir, Hans Schmoller, Stanley Scott, Martin Secker, Alec Waugh. At the end of the sequence is a stray ms. leaf from a letter recording an anecdote about Alice Meynell.
Dates
- Creation: 1929-1971
Creator
- From the Fonds: Meynell, Sir Francis Meredith Wilfrid, 1891-1975 (Knight, publisher and poet) (Person)
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Extent
2 folder(s) (2 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Schmoller, Hans Peter, 1916-1985 (typographer) (Person)
- Page, Frederick, b 1879 (editor) (Person)
- Secker, Martin, 1882-1978 (publisher) (Person)
- Waugh, Alexander Raben, 1898-1981 (author) (Person)
- Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Compton, 1883-1972 (Knight, writer) (Person)
- Sadleir, Michael Thomas Harvey, 1888-1957 (novelist and book collector) (Person)
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