Vita Sackville-West collection of papers, [1911]-1962 bulk (1921-1962).

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Creator

Sackville-West, V. (Victoria), 1892-1962.

Location

Berg Collection of English and American Literature

Extent

• 1,177 items.

Scope/Contents Note

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, a diary for 1928, a notebook from 1913, and correspondence. The manuscripts include holographs ofher novels, poems, biographies, and a translation, as wellas a manuscript by Humbert Wolfe mentioning the author. The correspondence, dating from [1911] to 1962, includes letters to Lascelles Abercrombie, Alvilde Lees-Milne, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Aileen Pippett, Edward Sackville-West,May Sarton, Leonard Sidney Woolf, Virginia Woolf, and others. Also present are letters relating to the author, dating from [ca. 1919] to 1962, between various correspondents, including Harold George Nicolson, Alvilde Lees-Milne, Virginia Woolf, Siegfried Sassoon, and others.There are letters to Sackville-West from Vanessa Bell, Louise Genoux, Harold George Nicolson, Aileen Pippett, Leonard and Virigina Woolf, dating from 1922 to 1956.

Biographical/Historical Note

Victoria Sackville-West, better known as Vita, was a British novelist, poet, and writer of gardening books.

Controlled Access Terms

• Sackville-West, V. (Victoria), 1892-1962.
• Correspondence.
• Diaries.
• Notebooks.

Additional Creator Names

• Wolfe, Humbert, 1885-1940.
• Abercrombie, Lascelles, 1881-1938.
• Bell, Vanessa, 1879-1961.
• Genoux, Louise.
• Lees-Milne, Alvilde.
• Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953.
• Nicolson, Harold George, Sir, 1886-1968.
• Pippett, Aileen.
• Sackville-West, Edward, Hon., 1901-1965.
• Sarton, May, 1912-1995.
• Woolf, Leonard, 1880-1969.
• Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.
• Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967.
• Curtiss, Mina Kirstein, 1896- fmo
• Lees-Milne, Alvilde. fmo
• Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. fmo