Miscellaneous correspondence Peter Opie, bulk: Bulk, 1936-1948, 1936-1981
File
MS. Opie 253
Held in our offsite storage facility
Correspondence Peter Opie, including:
- Folder 1: Letters and cards from May Abel [Peter Opie's nanny], 1945-145; Dorothy Acheson [godmother], c.1943/1944; H.G. Babington Smith [tutor at Eton], 1938-1947; J.C. Chute [tutor at Eton], 1938-1939 and 'newsletters' 1940-1947; Francis Cruso [Eton], 1945-1947; G.W. Nickson [Eton], 1938-1939; Revd. Tunks, 1938-1943; family friends in India, including Doreen Brabourne and Mary Maxwell-Gumbleton, c.1936-1939; Maud Karpeles, A.L.P. Norrington, Rayon Richardson, Leonard Russell, J.A. Simpson, W.J. de Souza; Women's Voluntary Service for Civil Defence, E.F. Hall [Women's Home Defence, 1942-1947].
- Folder 2: Letters from readers, regarding I Want to be a Success, c.1939, and regarding Having Held the Nettle and The Case of Being a Young Man, 1945-1948.
- Folder 3: Various friends, including Eileen, Jean, Pauline, Arthur, Felix, Jeanne, Joy, Margaret, Merwyn, Molly, Norton, Thetis, Tony, c.1938-1944, and unidentified correspondents.
- Folder 4: Draft letters by Peter Opie, predominantly personal correspondence, c.1938-1981, many n.d.
Dates
- Creation: Creation: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1936-1948
- Creation: Creation: 1936-1981
Extent
1 box (4 folders)
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Opie 253
Creator
- From the Collection: Opie | Iona Margaret Balfour | nee Archibald | 1923-2017 | book collector and historian of the lore of childhood (Person)
- From the Collection: Opie | Peter Mason | 1918-1982 | book collector and historian of the lore of childhood (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk