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Journal, 29 Sep. 1927-7 Jan. 1928 (with inserted photographs dating 1926-1927)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/26

Scope and Contents

The volume is a ruled notebook marked '1927-III' and mostly comprises diary entries (many concern Glen Byam Shaw and Stephen Tennant).

It also includes:

- prose passages: /27v-30r. 'A letter to Stephen which he will never read'; /74v-76r. 'An example of the way Stephen is discussed and interpreted by the 'Wilsford Party''; /106r-106v. 'Stephen's 'Nannie''.

- a list of number of words written: /2r.

- a list of persons 'Copies of Heart's Journey [sent] to': /2v.

- a list of monies spent, including Christmas presents: /2v.

- a list of social engagements and locations of nights spent away from home: /1v.

- pasted in photographs: /2r. Image of Stephen Tennant sitting on a rug with a parrot; /28v. Stephen Tennant holding his face between his hands; pasted over text obscured with ink; /74r. Stephen Tennant in shirt and tie with arms outstretched; /90r. Stephen Tennant with his bust by [Sir Jacob] Epstein; /104r. 'Stephen in his 8th year' in a dress with necklace, bracelets and head-ribbon; /109v. 'Stephen and his mother' seated on ?the deck of a ship; /110r. 'Rex Whistler, 'Nannie', and Stephen' (Switzerland, 1926) standing in snow in front of a building; /133v. View of the house at Wilsford; /134r. Image of Stephen Tennant sitting on cushions with a parrot on his shoulder.

- pasted in press cuttings: /Front cover inside. re bequests made by Leo Francis Howard Schuster; /77v. Advertisement for a production of 'And So To Bed'; /Back cover inside. 'Sir Francis Rose [and Gabriel Aitkin] in a car crash'.

N.B. Enclosures and a detached folio are to be found in a separate envelope. The foliation is the archivist's.

Dates

  • Creation: 29 Sep. 1927-7 Jan. 1928 (with inserted photographs dating 1926-1927)

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Series:

The First World War journals and some post-war journals (MSS Add.9852/1/4-25 and 32) are unavailable for consultation due to their poor physical condition. Digital copies of these items are provided in the Sassoon Journals section of the Cambridge Digital Library, https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/sassoon/1. The other journals are available for consultation.

Extent

1 collection (1 volume (maroon card covers, patterned endpapers, elasticated tie, 134 ff.); 1 envelope paper; photograph)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

folio /7 is detached.

Related Materials

For Sassoon's reworked transcript of this diary, see MS Add.9852/2/2. For a full transcript by Rupert Hart-Davis, see MS Add.9852/12/7/1/3.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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