Research Catalog

Title

Siegfried Sassoon collection of papers, [1905]-1975 bulk (1915-1951).

Author

Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Ackerley, J. R. (Joe Randolph), 1896-1967.
• Atkin, Gabriel.
• Clark, Leonard.
• Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962.
• Corrigan, Felicitas.
• Gawsworth, John, 1912-1970.
• Graves, Robert, 1895-1985.
• Hassall, Christopher, 1912-1963.
• Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953.
• Moult, Thomas.
• Nichols, Robert, 1893-1944.
• Pond, James B. (James Burton), 1838-1903.
• Prewett, Frank, 1893-1962.
• Sassoon, Hamo.
• Sassoon, Teresa.
• Shaw, Glen Byam.
• Sitwell, Edith, Dame, 1887-1964.
• Swinnerton, Frank, 1884-1982.
• Tennant, Stephen, 1906-1987.
• Turnbull, Margaret, -1942.
• Westwood, Doris.
• Wolfe, Humbert, 1885-1940.
• Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.
• James B. Pinker and Son.

Description

669 items.

Summary

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence by and about the author, as well as portraits and pictorial works.

Subjects

• Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967 > Portraits
• Correspondence

Genre/Form

Correspondence.

Note

• Consult the Berg Collection staff for additional unprocessed material, including approx. 400 letters by and to the author.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• Siegfried Sassoon was a British novelist, poet, and biographer.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

Provenance (note)

• This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. Former owners include Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Leonard Clark, W. T. H. Howe, and Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong. The bound manuscript of "Picture-show and Other Poems" is inscribed by the author to Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Sassoon

Author

Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967.

Title

Siegfried Sassoon collection of papers, [1905]-1975 bulk (1915-1951).

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Berg Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

Siegfried Sassoon was a British novelist, poet, and biographer.

Provenance

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. Former owners include Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Leonard Clark, W. T. H. Howe, and Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong. The bound manuscript of "Picture-show and Other Poems" is inscribed by the author to Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell.

Indexes

Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

Local Note

Creation of collection-level record funded with the generous support of the Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.

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Finding Aid

Added Author

Ackerley, J. R. (Joe Randolph), 1896-1967.

Atkin, Gabriel.

Clark, Leonard.

Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962.

Corrigan, Felicitas.

Gawsworth, John, 1912-1970.

Graves, Robert, 1895-1985.

Hassall, Christopher, 1912-1963.

Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953.

Moult, Thomas.

Nichols, Robert, 1893-1944.

Pond, James B. (James Burton), 1838-1903.

Prewett, Frank, 1893-1962.

Sassoon, Hamo.

Sassoon, Teresa.

Shaw, Glen Byam.

Sitwell, Edith, Dame, 1887-1964.

Swinnerton, Frank, 1884-1982.

Tennant, Stephen, 1906-1987.

Turnbull, Margaret, -1942.

Westwood, Doris.

Wolfe, Humbert, 1885-1940.

Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.

Clark, Leonard. Former owner

Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962. Former owner

Gawsworth, John, 1912-1970. Former owner

Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup) Former owner

Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953. Former owner

James B. Pinker and Son.

Research Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Sassoon