Vita Sackville-West collection of papers

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Description: This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, a diary for 1928, a notebook from 1913, and correspondence.
Names: Sackville-West, V. (Victoria), 1892-1962 (Creator); Abercrombie, Lascelles, 1881-1938 (Addressee); Bell, Vanessa, 1879-1961 (Author); Curtiss, Mina Kirstein, 1896-1985 (Former owner); Genoux, Louise (Author); Lees-Milne, Alvilde (Addressee); Lees-Milne, Alvilde (Former owner); Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953 (Addressee); Nicolson, Harold, 1886-1968 (Correspondent); Pippett, Aileen (Addressee); Sackville-West, Edward, 1901-1965 (Addressee); Sarton, May, 1912-1995 (Addressee); Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967 (Correspondent); Wolfe, Humbert, 1885-1940 (Author); Woolf, Leonard, 1880-1969 (Addressee); Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 (Addressee); Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 (Former owner); Lees-Milne, Alvilde (Correspondent); Nicolson, Harold, 1886-1968 (Author); Pippett, Aileen (Author); Woolf, Leonard, 1880-1969 (Author); Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 (Correspondent)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1911 - 1962 (Inferred)
Library locations: Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature; Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Sackville-West
Topics: Sackville-West, V. (Victoria), 1892-1962
Genres: Correspondence; Diaries; Notebooks
Notes: Biographical/historical: Victoria Sackville-West, better known as Vita, was a British novelist, poet, and writer of gardening books.; Content: This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, a diary for 1928, a notebook from 1913, and correspondence. The manuscripts include holographs of her novels, poems, biographies, and a translation, as well as 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.; Content: Card catalog available.
Physical Description: Extent: 1,177 items
Type of Resource: Text
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15929020; MSS Unit ID: 19205; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2fbd8e40-b595-0138-0451-371990722f13

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