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Letters from Enid Starkie to Dr André Cournand

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Letters from Enid Starkie to Dr André Cournand, with one letter concerning Starkie and three photographs.

Dates

  • Creation: 1962-1971 and n.d.

Extent

0.01 Linear metres (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

  • English
  • French

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g.

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Full range of shelfmarks:

MS. Eng. c. 8417, fols. 91-97 and MS. Photogr. c. 572, fols. 78-80.

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 22361

Abstract

Letters from Enid Starkie to Dr André Cournand.

Biographical / Historical

Enid Mary Starkie (1897–1970) was an Irish literary critic, known for her biographical works on French poets. She was a Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford. For more information see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

André Frédéric Cournand (1895-1988) was a French-American physician and physiologist, awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1956. His daughter Marie-Claire was taught by Enid Starkie at Somerville College, Oxford.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Marie-Claire Cournand in 2022.

Related Materials

Bodleian: MS. 16110 Letters from Enid Starkie to Marie-Claire Cournand; MS. Eng. c. 6043, fols. 69-70 Letters from Enid Starkie to Rowland Ryer; MS. Eng. c. 7878 Letters from Enid Starkie and Joanna Richardson to Winifred Hamilton-Meikle; MS. Eng. c. 8394, fols. 30-34 Letters from Enid Starkie to Edith Provost and her husband Bertie Wilkinson; MS. Eng. lett. c. 291 Letters from Enid Starkie to Shiela Morgan.

Cambridge University Library: MS Add.8251 Enid Starkie letters to Helen Grant.

University of Manchester Library: Enid Starkie letters to the Manchester Guardian.

Title
Catalogue of Letters from Enid Starkie to Dr André Cournand CMD ID 22361
Status
Published
Author
Lucy McCann
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Edition statement
First edition.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

Contact:
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom