Sitwell family letters and manuscripts, 1928-1978
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1163
- Bib ID:
- 4079339 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Sitwell family; Sitwell, Sacheverell, 1897-1988; Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 0.5 linear feet (1 box)
- Language(s):
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English
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- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
Description
Summary
Various letters and manuscripts by and about Sir Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969), Dame Edith Sitwell (1887-1964), and Sir Sacheverell Sitwell (1897-). There are 2 notebooks which Dame Edith Sitwell inscribed to Siegfried Sassoon containing drafts of her poem "Gold Coast Customs" as well as numerous other drafts of prose and poems.
Arrangement
Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Sitwell family letters and manuscripts; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--293-24/6/80; 293-22/09/80; 293-17/11/80 (Gift of Winifred Myers, 1982); 297-9/02/81; 297-13/04/83. Date of acquisition--06/24/80. Accession number--M-80-06-24.
Edith Sitwell letter to Charles Ede: Source of acquisition--293 (Maggs Bros. Ltd.). Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--07/27/92. Accession number--M-92-07-27.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 09/--/89.
Edith Sitwell letter to Charles Ede Cataloged HR 08/07/92.
Case with 2 notebooks was placed into the manuscript box of paper. 2019-07-31 kws
Revision Description
2009-06-26 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Biographic note
Dame Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964) was a poet and novelist. Known for her poetry and her books English Eccentrics and Fanfare for Elizabeth.
Sir Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969) wrote prose, poetry, short stories, and novels, including Before the Bombardment (1926). He wrote a five volume autobiography Left Hand Right Hand.
Sir Sacheverell Sitwell (1897-1988) wrote on art, architecture, ballet and travel. His Southern Baroque Art secured him a reputation as author and art historian.
Subject Headings
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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
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Sitwell, Sir Sacheverell. Edith Sitwell; n.p., 21 October 1975 a.ms.s., 3 page (essay), October 1975
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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
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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)
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)
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Sitwell, Dame. Edith, v.p., 1933-1944 & undated To Ann Pearn, 13 a.l.s, 1933-1944, undated
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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)
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Sitwell, Dame Edith. Oraltion for Charles Morgan; London, 20 February1958 t.ms., February1958
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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
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.