Consists of the correspondence of Edith Sitwell with notable individuals such as Sylvia Beach, Bryher, and Graham Greene, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Alison, Barley, undated
Andrews, Eamonn, 1961
Armitage, Merle, 1959
Atheneum Publishers, 1961
Ayres, Franklin?, 1959
Baily, Joan, 1958
Bard, Joseph, 1960
Barran, Lorena, 1962
Basic Books, Inc, 1960
Beach, Sylvia, 1961
Beachburne, Charles, 1960
Bean, T. E. (Ernest), 1961
Bennett, Clara, 1956
Bentley, (Pam), 1961
Bertodano, Monica de, undated
Bigelow, Paul, undated
Birkett, A. M, 1962
The British Council, 1961
Caedmon Publishers, 1953
Carpenter, Margaret, 1960
Carter?, Charlotte Barbara, undated
Clark, Leonard, 1959-1961
Clarkson, Tom, undated
Collins, V. H, 1958
Connell, D, 1961
Connolly, Cyril, undated
Coronado?, P, 1961
Coulson, Mrs, 1959
Cranston, Maurice, undated
Crisp, Majorie, 1958
Crockett, G. S, 1961
Cukor, George, 1954
Curtis Brown Ltd, 1934
D'Arcy, M. C, 1961
The Daily Herald (by E. S.), undated
Davenport, John, 1961
Derby Newman Association, 1960
Dickman, Kenneth L, 1960
Downing, John, 1961
Duruty, Donald, 1960
Ellinger, John, 1961
Empson, William, undated
Entwistle, Vivienne, 1962
Fenton, Colin, 1959
Flood, J. M, 1959-1960
Franklin, F, 1958
Frere, Cholmeley & Nicholsons, 1962
Fulford?, Rose, 1936
Furness, John, 1961
Galloway, J, undated
Gate, Robin, undated
Gawley, H. C. D, undated
Gielgud, John, 1960
Ginestier, Paul, 1956
Gishford, Anthony, 1960
Gransden, K. W, 1960
Green, B, 1960
Greene, Graham, 1960
Gregory, Horace, undated
Guinness, Alec, 1956
Guion, Connie M, 1961
The Hand and Flower Press, 1955
Hand, Mabel, 1960
Harper, Allanah, 1930-1960
Harris, Edith, undated
Hearn, James, 1961
Heath, Nele, undated
Hindemith, Paul & Gertrude, 1962
Horner, David, 1959-1961
Howarth, R. G. (by E. S.), 1937
J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1960
Jacobson, Pascha?, 1960
Jay, Soffie, 1960
Johnson, Margaret, 1958
Johnson, Stower, 1961
Kearley, Beryl, 1962
Kentner, Louis, Mrs, 1959
Knight, G. Wilson, 1957
Lambert, Catherine, 1961
Lecky, Leonora, 1959
Lehmann, John, 1961
Leidgin, Don & Sue, 1960
Leon, Barbara & Harry, undated
Levy, Mervyn & Phyllis, 1961-1962
The Liszt Society, 1961
Lohmann, Barbara, 1960
London Library, 1960-1961
Macmillan & Co., Ltd, 1938, 1960
Markham, Henry, 1959
Martin, Amalia, undated
Martin, Mary, undated
McCullers, Carson, undated
McLachlan, Donald, 1960
Mills, Ralph J., Jr, 1961
Monaco, Frank J, 1961
Moult, Thomas, undated
The New York Times, 1961
News Chronicle, 1960
Nicholson, Oliver, 1960
Noise Abatement Society, 1960
Norman, Sylva, undated
O'Gorman, Ned, 1959
The Observer (Nigel Gosling), 1960
Parker, Gladys, 1962
Parker, Loryn, of Waddington, 1960
Pauling, Linus & Ava Helen, 1961
Pearn, Pollinger & Higham, Ltd, 1938
Phillip, Katherine, 1962
Piqué, Jean-Pierre, 1961
Plomer, William, 1960
Porges, Elizabeth, 1961
Pratt, Pixie O'Harris, 1962
Roberts, Denys Kilham, 1959
Royal Society of Literature, undated
Savill, Sheila, 1958
Schoeyan, Tromp, 1960
Schwartz, J., Dr, 1961
Selwyn College Music Society, 1960
Senhouse, Roger, 1959
Seymour, A. Irene, 1960
Scott, Paul, 1960
Sigbert Mohn Verlag, 1960
Sitwell, Francis, 1960
Sitwell, Georgia, 1960-1961
Sitwell, Osbert, 1960
Sitwell, Reresby, 1960
Sitwell, Sacheverell, 1959-1961
Smith, L. P., Mrs, 1962
Smith, Marion, 1961
Sotheby & Co, 1961
Spender, Stephen, 1961
Steel, Margaret, 1962
Stonor, Jeanne, 1960-1961
Sunday Express, 1962
Sunday Times, 1960
Tansell, Edward R. A, 1961
Tennyson, Charles, 1961
Teuterden, Elfrida, 1962
Thompson, Ethel Margaret, 1960
Thomson, Steece S, 1960
Topolski, Felix (by E. S.), 1961
Tordoff, Herbert, 1962
Trilling, Ossia, 1961
Tyler, Parker, 1959
Vanguard Press, Inc, 1961
Vicari?, Andrew, 1961
Victor Gollancz, Ltd, 1960
Vogue, 1959
Voss, Carl Hermann, 1960
W. & G. Foyle Ltd, 1960-1961
Walker, Ann J, 1961
Warner, D. Banks, Mrs, 1960
Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, 1959
Whyte, Lancelot Law, 1960
Wiel, Evelyn, 1960-1961
William Morris Agency, 1960-1962
Williamson, Irene, 1962
Wilson, Hilary, 1961
Wright, Shere, 1959
Young, James, 1959
Zoete, Beryl de, 1959
unidentified, circa 1956-1964
Consists of the writings of Edith Sitwell, including biographical materials, book reviews, essays, interviews, introductions, lectures, and poetry, as well as miscellaneous notes.
This series is arranged into nine subseries: Biography, Book Review, Essays, Interviews, Introduction, Lecture, Poetry, "Quotations Attributed to Dame Edith Sitwell", and Miscellaneous Notes.
Consists of financial papers related to Barclays Bank, Cats' Protection League, Harrods, and Westminster Bank, as well as others.
Arranged by subject of material.
Barclays Bank, dates not examined
Cameo Corner, dates not examined
Cavendish Nurses, dates not examined
Chapman Bros, dates not examined
Coutts & Co., dates not examined
Harrods, dates not examined
Heppells, dates not examined
London Magazine, dates not examined
R. Snowden & Son, dates not examined
Raper Brothers, dates not examined
Westminster Bank, dates not examined
Whiteleys, dates not examined
Miscellaneous, dates not examined
Consists of miscellaneous memorabilia.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Memorabilia, dates not examined
Consists of papers such as Cecil, Henry: Portrait of a Judge, and Other Stories; Driberg, Tom: "Cottage Squalor"; and Lindsay, Jack: "The Poetry of Edith Sitwell," as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by author.
Consists of Sotheby & Co. catalogs and newspaper clippings.
Arranged by genre of material.
Sotheby & Co., catalogs, 1961-1964
- Scope and Contents
This collection consists primarily of letters received by Sitwell from 177 different correspondents, ranging from 1932 to 1964, but mostly between 1959 to 1961 when Sitwell lived in London at the Sesame Imperial & Pioneer Club. The correspondents include many friends, publishers, literary and business associates, family members and admirers. Various subjects discussed in the letters include family, social, and business news, and literary topics; and there are many get well wishes for Sitwell during an illness and after an accident. Some of the correspondents are Sylvia Beach, Bryher, Cyril Connolly, George Cukor, David Higham Associates, Alec Guinness, David Horner, John Lehmann, Ned O'Gorman, William Plomer, Georgia, Osbert,and Sacheverell Sitwell, Stephen Spender, Felix Topolski, and Beryl de Zoete.
Sitwell's writings in the collection include typescripts for a book review of John Brinnin's Dylan Thomas in America (1956), essays on various topics, such as "Charity," "Ezra Pound," and "On Genius," a few poems, and transcripts of radio and television interviews. Also present are financial papers, including bills and accounts presented to Sitwell from publishers, book stores, clubs, wine merchants, nurses, and other agents or businesses. Papers of others include a typescript of Henry Cecil's Portrait of a Judge and Other Stories (1964), and poems by Lilian Barnes, Tom Driberg, Thom Gunn, David Bulwer Lutyens, and Sacheverell Sitwell. There are also several of Sotheby's catalogs listing Sitwell items for auction and a large file of clippings about Sitwell and other topics.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964
Edith Sitwell was an English poet and eccentric.
- Acquisition:
Purchased at a Sotheby auction in 1998.
- Custodial History
The collection was formed as a result of a departmental practice of combining into one collection manuscript material of various accessions relating to a particular author.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Barbara Volz in 1998. Finding aid written by Barbara Volz in 1998.
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
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- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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- Credit this material:
Edith Sitwell Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/7s75dc40b
- Location:
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- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-3