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A postcard of Elizabeth Jennings and an Oxford University Poetry Society performance ticket given by Ann Thwaite

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MS. Eng. c. 8238, fols. 104-6
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A note by Ann Thwaite describing her gift of (fol. 105) a postcard from Elizabeth Jennings, 1958, and (fol. 106) a ticket for an Oxford University Poetry Society performance of T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral in which Ann Harrop (later Thwaite) and Maggie Smith (Dame Margaret Natalie) were Women of Canterbury, November 1953.

Dates

  • Creation: 1953, 1958, 2016

Extent

3 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

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Shelfmark:

MS. Eng. c. 8238, fols. 104-6

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 12568

Abstract

A note by Ann Thwaite describing her gift of a 1958 postcard from Elizabeth Jennings a ticket for a 1953 Oxford University Poetry Society performance of T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral.

Biographical / Historical

Ann Thwaite (b 1932), née Harrop, read English at St. Hilda's College, Oxford, from 1952 to 1955. She has written numerous children's books and biographies. Elizabeth Jennings (1926-2001) was an English poet.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Given by Ann Thwaite, 10 December 2016.

Title
A postcard of Elizabeth Jennings and an Oxford University Poetry Society performance ticket given by Ann Thwaite
Status
Published
Author
Finding aid prepared by Original catalogue by Judith Priestman. EAD version by Alice McDonald
Date
2017
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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