Correspondence of Siegfried Sassoon and Dennis Silk, and related items
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Siegfried Sassoon and Dennis Silk, together with poems, verse dialogues, newspaper cuttings, photographs and related items. The letters date between 1953 and 1967. They are from Sassoon, and addressed from Heytesbury, unless otherwise stated. A few were addressed jointly to Dennis and Diana Silk. There are three letters from Dennis Silk to Sassoon, and letters from a few other correspondents are included as enclosures.
Dates
- Creation: 1918-2012 (bulk 1953-1967)
Creator
- Sassoon, Siegfried Loraine, 1886-1967 (poet and author) (Person)
- Silk, Dennis Raoul Whitehall, 1931-2019 (schoolmaster and cricketer) (Person)
Extent
0.01 cubic metre(s) (1 box) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased, 2021.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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