Evelyn Sharp (1869-1955) was an author, journalist and suffragette. Her husband was Henry Wood Nevinson (1856-1941), essayist, philanthropist and journalist. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Papers of Evelyn Sharp, consisting of:

• Letters to Evelyn Sharp, with some copies of her replies, 1888-1955
• Letters to Evelyn Sharp on the death of her husband, 1941-2
• Diaries of Evelyn Sharp, 1920-37, 1942-7
• Exercise books containing lectures on London and Gothic architecture in England, 1897
• Exercise books and notebooks containing anecdotes, quotations and notes on social, political and economic subjects, 1909; newspaper cuttings and notes, 1907-8; speeches, 1914-42; and lists of stories and articles for children
• Drafts of a novel, short stories, verse and plays
• Miscellaneous papers, 1845-1946, including printed papers
• Photographs of Germany, 1920; Ireland, 1920-1; Russia, 1922; and the Sharp family, 19th century
• Letters from John Masefield to H.W. Nevinson and Evelyn Sharp, 1910-41
• Miscellaneous letters to H.W. Nevinson, 1891-1941

The papers were bequeathed to the Library by Joan A. Sharp in 1969.

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M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 42901-40.

English literature | 20th century

Suffragettes

Diaries | 20th century

Masefield | John Edward | 1878-1967 | Poet

Nevinson | Henry Wood | 1856-1941 | Essayist Philanthropist Journalist

Sharp | Evelyn | 1869-1955 | Author and Journalist

Germany

Ireland

Russia