Journal, 20 May 1932-Apr. 1933
Scope and Contents
The volume is a ruled notebook and consists almost entirely of diary entries.
It also includes:
- watercolour frontispiece of a male figure walking up a flights of stairs entitled 'Memoirs of a Bore (1932)': /2r.
- pasted in advertisement (press cutting) seeking the name of the poem by Sassoon which includes the line 'Look down; And swear by the green of the grass, you will never forget': /1v.
- List of social engagements: /2v.
N.B. There are no loose enclosures or detached folios. The foliation is the archivist's.
Dates
- Creation: 20 May 1932-Apr. 1933
Creator
- From the Fonds: Sassoon, Siegfried Loraine, 1886-1967 (poet and author) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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 volume(s) (1 volume (red morocco, 83 ff.) paper) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Subject
Repository Details
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