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Archive of Vivienne Haigh Eliot

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Papers of Vivienne Haigh Eliot, consisting of:

  1. Personal and business correspondence, with some miscellaneous papers, 1931-1936
  2. Diaries, 1914, 1919, 1934, 1935
  3. Personal account book, December 1927-April 1932
  4. Household account books, January 1929-July 1930
  5. Notebooks containing drafts of short stories and copies of poems, 1924, n.d.
  6. Miscellanous papers

Dates

  • Creation: 1914-1936

Extent

1.02 Linear metres (12 boxes)

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. lett. b. 20, fols. 1-2].

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Full range of shelfmarks:

MSS. Eng. lett. b. 20-22, c. 382-384; Eng. misc. c. 621-624, d. 936/1-4, e. 876-878, f. 532

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 7430

Abstract

Archive of Vivienne Haigh Eliot, 1914-1936

Biographical / Historical

Vivienne Haigh Eliot (d. 1947) was the first wife of T.S. Eliot.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were bequeathed to the Library by Mrs Eliot in 1947.

Title
Catalogue of the archive of Vivienne Haigh Eliot, 1914-1936
Status
Published
Author
Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
Date
EAD version 2019
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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