Letters from Siegfried Sassoon to Rolf Barbour
Single Item
Dep. c. 1284
Held in our offsite storage facility
Letters from Siegfried Sassoon to Rolf Barbour. Includes:
- (fol. 4) a photograph of Greenways [Riding] School, Codford St Peter [c.1946], with a rhyme by Sassoon
- (fol. 9) a photograph of an unidentified boy [possibly George, c.1946/7], with a note by Sassoon on the verso
- (fols. 66, 74, 88-90, 99, 104-5, 110, 117, 122, 124, 127, 134, 148, 150-1) date-franked empty envelopes with no letters corresponding to the franking dates
- (fols. 166-78) undated, empty envelopes
- (fols. 179-93) miscellaneous papers, including (fols. 182-7) four letters from Hester Sassoon to Barbour, n.d.
Dates
- Creation: 1946-1966
Extent
193.0 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. Dep. c. 1284].
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Shelfmark:
Dep. c. 1284
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 11754
Abstract
Letters from Siegfried Sassoon to Rolf Barbour, 1946-1966.
Biographical / Historical
Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (1886-1967) was an English poet, writer, and soldier.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
On permanent deposit from Exeter College, Oxford, 2002.
Subject
- Title
- Letters from Siegfried Sassoon to Rolf Barbour
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Original catalogue by Judith Priestman. EAD version by Rachael Gardner
- Date
- 2016
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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