Correspondence of Geoffrey Grigson and related papers, arranged alphabetically by subject: 'B.B.C. Monitoring [Service]' - '[Patrick] Kavanagh; [Ivor] Gurney', 1934-2018 and n.d. [c.1968-2000]

File

MS. 23802/6

Held in our offsite storage facility

Comprises:

'B.B.C. Monitoring [Service]', 1982-1986, relating to Grigson's work with the Monitoring Service during WW2, including photocopies of his caricatures of staff
'[John] Craxton [RA]', 1947-2018, including letters received by Geoffrey and Jane Grigson; John Craxton, Paintings and Drawings (Horizon, 1948) by Geoffrey Grigson; and leaflets and catalogues relating to exhibitions by Craxton
'[Jean] Hélion', 1934-1991, letters and cards received, 1934-1962, photographs of paintings by Hélion, including 'Equilibre', purchased by Grigson, and related papers
'Hepworth; Nash', 1935-1979 and n.d. [c.1968], relating to works by Barbara Hepworth and Paul Nash, and the admission of Hepworth as an Honorary Freeman of the Borough of St. Ives in 1968
'Imber', n.d. [c.2000], photocopies of papers relating to the Association for the Restoration of Imber, of which Grigson was a Vice-President, and a protest in 1961 against the continued use of the village by the Army
'[Patrick] Kavanagh; [Ivor] Gurney', 1973-1986 and n.d. [c.1969], correspondence with Kavanagh and others concerning the poetry of Ivor Gurney and its publication

Scope and Contents

Includes letters received by Jane Grigson.