Siegfried Sassoon: Letters to him from McFarlin, Rev. Mother Margaret Mary, Superior of the Convent of the Assumption, and nuns of Stanbrook Abbey, c.1930s-1960s
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. The collection consists of 570 letters.
Dates
- Creation: 1930-1970
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
2 archive box(es) (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Roy Davids Ltd., JUN 2004
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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