Letters of Siegfried Sassoon to McFarlin, Rev. Mother Margaret Mary; and related papers
Scope and Contents
In January 1957, Sassoon began corresponding with McFarlin, Rev. Mother Margaret Mary (McFarlin) of the Convent of the Assumption, a correspondence which led directly to his being received into the Roman Catholic Church in August of that year.
Dates
- Creation: 1900-1975 (predominantly 1957-1967)
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
2 archive box(es) (2 boxes paper) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The classmarks are continuous from MS Add.7935/1-435. Classmarks /450 and /500 have been assigned to additional material, namely press cuttings and a stray letter.
Other Finding Aids
A hard copy finding aid to this collection may be consulted in the Manuscripts Reading Room, Cambridge University Library.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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