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Nursery rhymes correspondence, c.1946-1953

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MS. Opie 216
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Letters received about nursery rhymes, mainly in reply to the Opie's published letters to the editor:

  1. Folder 1: 'Nursery Rhymes Letters 1946', mainly responses to an Opie letter published in the Times Literary Supplement, 4 May 1946, and follow-up correspondence, 1946-1948.
  2. Folder 2: 'Nursery Rhymes Letters', mainly responses to an Opie letter in The Sunday Times, 5 Jun 1949, 1949-1950, with some earlier letters.
  3. Folder 3: 'Nursery Rhymes Letters', mainly replies to Opie letters in The Sunday Times, 4 Nov 1951, 1951-1952.
  4. Folder 4: 'Nursery Rhyme Correspondence', mainly replies to The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, 1951-1953.

Dates

  • Creation: c.1946-1953

Extent

1 box (4 folders)

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Opie 216