Correspondence between Duff Cooper and Diana Manners (and later as Diana Cooper), 1913 - 1950
Scope and Contents
Including comment on friends, relatives and acquaintances, including Diana Lister (later Capel , then Wyndham, later Countess of Westmorland), Venetia Stanley, Kathleen 'Kakoo' Manners (née Tennant, Duchess of Rutland from 1925), Gwendoline 'Goonie' Churchill and Ivor Churchill, and on current affairs. Some published in part or in whole in A. Cooper (ed.), 'A Durable Fire: the letters of Duff and Diana Cooper 1913-1950'.
Dates
- Creation: 1913 - 1950
Creator
- From the Fonds: Cooper, Alfred Duff, 1890 - 1954 (1st Viscount Norwich) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Extent
13 archive box(es)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Series 1 was arranged by Artemis Cooper for her edition of the Cooper correspondence, 'A Durable Fire', and modified by Dr John Charmley when he was working on the authorised biography of Duff Cooper; the letters are arranged according to chronology and suitability for publication.
Finding aid date
2005-08-09 14:27:11+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087
archives@chu.cam.ac.uk