Sitwell family letters and manuscripts, 1928-1978

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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