Letters of Joyce Cary, Edmund Blunden, Arthur Mee, and Gillie Potter
Single Item
MS. Eng. c. 8410, fols. 59-64
Comprises letters from:
- (fols. 59-60) - Arthur Mee, Cardiff, to Father Cormack, 23 Nov 1899, regarding gift of three volumes, the 'life of our Saviour just out' and Tissot's pictures. Manuscript, signed.
- (fol. 61) - Joyce Cary, Oxford, to Barbara [?], 30 May 1956, regarding loan of book by Dean Acheson and American politics. Typescript, signed.
- (fols. 62-63) - Edmund Blunden and Sylva Blunden, Christmas 1937. Printed and signed Christmas verse 'A Ballad of Titles'.
- (fol. 64) - Gillie Potter, High Wycombe, to Bryan Brown, 18 Dec 1945, regarding the colloquial approach to learning Latin, enclosing book. Manuscript, on bespoke headed paper, Middlesex address crossed through.
Dates
- Creation: 1899-1956
Extent
4 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. c. 8410, fol. 59].
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Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. c. 8410, fols. 59-64
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 16106
Abstract
Letters of Joyce Cary, Edmund Blunden, Arthur Mee, and Gillie Potter, 1899-1956.
Biographical / Historical
See the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography for biographical information.
Custodial History
These letters were collected by John (Jack) Thornton who ran a bookshop (J. Thornton & Son, 11 Broad Street, Oxford) and, given the subject matter, were presumably found within books.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifted to the Bodleian Library by Thorntons of Oxford, 2019.
- Title
- Catalogue of letters of Joyce Cary, Edmund Blunden, Arthur Mee, and Gillie Potter, 1899-1956 CMD ID 16106
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Rachael Marsay
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Catalogued with the generous support of the Roy Davids bequest
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk