Sitwell family letters and manuscripts, 1928-1978

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Series I: Letters and Manuscripts



Box 1 Sitwell, Dame Edith. Montagnana, It., December n.y. To _____; a.l.s., 1 p.


Box 1 Sitwell, Dame Edith. v.p., 1929-1957 To Sacheverell Sitwell; 4 a.l.s., 1929-1957


Box 1 Sitwell, Dame Edith. Notes for Music and Ceremonies; n.p., n.d.; a.ms., 2 pages (Her Music and Ceremonies was published in 1963)


Box 1 Sitwell, Dame Edith. A song in winter; n.p., 1961 a.ms., 1 page, 1961


Box 1 Sitwell, Dame Edith. Prothalamium for the 8th of June 1961 n.p., 1961 a.ms., 2 pages, June 1961, 1961


Box 1 Sitwell, Dame Edith. Bank check for 137 francs from Harmonia-Radio


Box 1 Sitwell, Dame Edith. Montagnana, It., 19 October 1955 To John Lehmann; a.l.s., 5 pages, October 1955


Box 1 Sitwell, Georgia Doble (Lady). Towcester [UK] 1950-1953 To Peter deV. Hunt; 2 a.l.s.. 2 a.p.c.s., 1950-1953


Box 1 Sitwell, Sir Osbert. Sorrento & Montagnana It., 11 January 1929 & 26 November To Dame Edith Sitwell; 1 a.l.s., 1 t.l.s., January 1929


Box 1 Sitwell, Sir Osbert. Renishaw [UK] 1941-1947 To Miss Andrade; 5 a.p.c.s., 1 a.p.c., 1941-1947


Box 1 Sitwell, Sir Sacheverell. N.p., 194-; To _____ ; a.l., 2 pages (draft of letter re. broadcast by Lord Haw Haw)


Box 1 Sitwell, Sir Sacheverell. Towcester [UK], 4 January 1950 To Peter deV. Hunt; a.l.s., 1 page, January 1950


Box 1 Sitwell, Sir Sacheverell. Edith Sitwell; n.p., 21 October 1975 a.ms.s., 3 page (essay), October 1975


Box 1 Sitwell, Sir Sacheverell. [The Harbinger]; n.p., n.d,; a.ms., 4 page (broadcast talk)


Box 1 Sitwell, Sir Sacheverell. [An Index]; n.p., n.d.; a.ms., 2 page


Box 1 Sitwell, Sir Sacheverell. New friends in music, Debussy, and then Haydn.; n.p., Februaryn.y.; a.ms.s., 3 p. (broadcast talk)


Box 1 Sitwell, Sir Sacheverell. Revisions of the Gothik North; n.p., 8 October 1928 a.ms., 1 page, October 1928


Box 1 Sitwell, Sir Sacheverell. Illustrations to the Gothik North; n.p., 8 October 1928 a.ms., 1 page, October 1928


Box 1 Sitwell, Sir Sacheverell. Book cover for his Dance of the quick and the dead (Faber & Faber)


Box 1 Sitwell, Sir Sacheverell. 17 envelopes addressed to Sacheverell Sitwell


Box 1 Spender, Stephen Harold. Maussane-les-Alpilles, Fr., 7 June 1977 To Geoffrey Elborn; a,l.s., 1 page, June 1977


Box 1 Vidal, Gore. Rome, l March1978 To Geoffrey Elborn; a.l.s., 2 page, March1978


Box 1 Walton, Sir William Turner. Amalfi & Ascona It, 5 April 1933 & n.d.; To Sir Sacheverell Sitwell; 2 a.l.s., April 1933


Box 1 Walton, Sir William Turner. Forio d'Ischia, It., 15 September 1978 To Geoffrey Elborn; a.l.s., 1 p., September 1978


Box 1 Walton, Sir William Turner. Scotch rhapsody. "Facade".; Forio d'Ischia, It. September 19781 a.ms.s., 1 p. (music score extract)

Series II: Addenda


Box 1 Sitwell, Dame Edith. "A Young Girl's Songs" for Natasha. Ms. poem (Removed from The Collected Poems of Edith Sitwell. New York: The Vanguard Press, 1954)


Box 1 Sitwell, Dame Edith. "Story of the Man Who Saw God". Typed poem (Removed from The Collected Poems of Edith Sitwell. New York: The Vanguard Press, 1954)


Box 1 Sitwell, Dame. Edith, v.p., 1933-1944 & undated To Ann Pearn, 13 a.l.s, 1933-1944, undated


Box 1 Sitwell, Sir Sacheverell. Entr'acte: a la Japonaise (the snows and rain of Hiroshige and a tribute to Kyoto); n.p,, n,d,; a.ms, 16 pages (Published in 1973)


Box 1 Sitwell, Dame Edith. Oraltion for Charles Morgan; London, 20 February1958 t.ms., February1958


Box 1 Bennett, Arnold. London: 26 October 1926 To Sir Sacheverell Sitwell; a.l.s., 1 p., October 1926


Box 1 Leverson, Ada. n.p., 9 April n.y.; To Sir Osbert Sitwell; a.l.s., 10 pages


Box 1 Sitwell, Dame Edith. On board the Willem Ruys, 5 May 1963 To Sir Sacheverell & Lady Sitwell; a.l.s., 4 pages, May 1963

Series III: 1991 Purchase


Box 1 Sitwell, (Dame) Edith. Notebooks (2) containing drafts of "Gold Coast Customs," as well as other poems and prose. 2 volumes in the Vault. The contents of each volume are listed on the following pages, as well as on a page laid in each volume.


Box 1 Sitwell, (Dame) Edith. "Gold Coast Customs." Typed manuscript, with autograph corrections, 8 pages


Box 1 Sitwell, (Dame) Edith. "Mr. Percy Wyndham Lewis." Typed manuscript, with autograph corrections, 12 pages


Box 1 Sitwell, (Dame) Edith. "The Greengage Tree." Autograph manuscript, l page Sitwell, (Dame) Edith. "The Strawberry." Autograph manuscript, 2 pages Sitwell, (Dame) Edith. 3 a.l.s., 2 a.p.c.s. to Siegfried Sassoon, 1930-1933.

Series IV: 1992 Purchase


Box 1 Sitwell, (Dame) Edith. 1 a.l.s. to Charles Ede, 23 June 1949.

Edith Sitwell Notebooks


List of Contents on Notebook #1:



Volume 1 Gold Coast Customs (poem) pages 2-11; 21; 23-47; 55-57; 59-61; 64-66


Volume 1 The Greengage Tree (poem) pages 10-21; 51-54; 74-76; 87-90


Volume 1 Notes on Ashantee (prose) pages 48-50


Volume 1 A World I Could be Happy In (prose) pages 58; 62; 63; 66


Volume 1 What Is Sex Appeal (prose) pages 67-71


Volume 1 Are There Still Bohemians (prose) pages 72-74


Volume 1 The Serenade at Morning (poem) pages 76-86


Volume 1 The Nectarine Tree (poem) pages 90-94; 97


Volume 1 Daphne (poem) pages 95; 96; 98


Volume 1 The People's Album of London Statues (prose) pages 99-102


Volume 1 Alexander Pope (prose) pages 103-110; 116; 117


Volume 1 The Poet As Public Bureau (prose) pages 111-116


Volume 1 Freak Parties (prose) pages 117-122


Volume 1 People Who Are Different (prose) pages 143-145


Volume 1 The Joys Of A Family Christmas (prose) pages 137-143


List of Contents on Notebook #2:



Volume 2 Gold Coast Customs (poem) pages 4-15; 17-42; 45-91; 100


Volume 2 Notes on the Ashantee (prose) pages 100 & 101


Volume 2 The Last Gallop (poem) pages 92-100


Volume 2 Alexander Pope (prose) pages 165-169