Letters from Siegfried Sassoon to Rolf Barbour
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Original catalogue by Judith Priestman. EAD version by Rachael Gardner
2016
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Shelfmark: Dep. c. 1284
Title: Letters from Siegfried Sassoon to Rolf Barbour
Dates of Creation: 1946-1966
Extent: 193 leaves
Language(s) of Material: English
Biographical/HistoricalSiegfried Loraine Sassoon (1886-1967) was an English poet, writer, and soldier.
Scope and ContentLetters 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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
On permanent deposit from Exeter College, Oxford, 2002.
Preferred Form of Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Library Dep. c. 1284
Access Point(s)
Sassoon | Siegfried | 1886-1967 | poet
Poetry -- 20th century
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