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Material relating to prose works, 1927-1963

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/7

Scope and Contents

This section contains a variety of loose notes and notebooks used by Sassoon to draft prose and includes subsections for his works 'The Old Century & Seven More Years', 'The Weald of Youth' and 'Siegfried's Journey'. NB. A notebook containing some brief notes on 'Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man' (at MS Add.9852/7/1/4) has been catalogued under 'The Old Century' series as it contained loose drafts of that book.

Dates

  • 1927-1963

Conditions Governing Access

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).

Extent

8 volume(s) (8 volumes)

14 folder(s) (14 folders)

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

For draft notes on Sassoon's autobiography, see also MS Add.9852/6/6, folios /44v-45r.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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