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Papers of the Revd Cyril Tomkinson, chiefly consisting of letters from Siegfried Sassoon

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9926

Scope and Contents

With notes by Tomkinson concerning this relationship with Sassoon, letters and postcards from a few other correspondents, and printed items.

Dates

  • Creation: 1922-1946 (some dates inferred or conjectured)

Creator

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

1 archive box(es) (1 box paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented by the Estate of the Revd Cyril Tomkinson, through the Revd Nigel Hancock.

Related Materials

A volume of letters to Tomkinson, including (ff. 35-52) 10 letters from Sassoon, 1923-1960, together with related printed items, is held as MS Add. 7595. Cambridge University Library holds numerous other collections relating to Sassoon, including MSS Add. 7935, 7973/S3-S77, 8276, 8483-94, 8538-39, 8541, 8633 (Box 9), 8889, 8905/2/3/44-59, 8905/10/S/1-S22, 9375, 9454, 9608, 9700, 9724, 9773, 9784/191-194, 9792, 9852, 9877 and 9926, MSS Microfilm 11283-7, and Rare Books classmarks CCC.39.24, CCC.39.47, CCC.39.48, Keynes.J.1-Keynes.J.4 and Syn.7.91.43(1)-(3). Letters from Tomkinson to Sassoon are at MS Add. 8889/3/277, MS Add. 9375/878-895, MS Add.9852/9/4/17 and MS Add.9852/9/5/8.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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