West, Rebecca, 1892-1983

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"Dear Dame Rebecca, I have been given your address by Dr. Suzanne Henig, editor of VIRGINIA WOOLF QUARTERLY. I am a professor of clinical psychiatry at the University of California medical school and the author of a book on schizophrenia and many articles on psychiatrict subjects. When I was in Washington, I had the opportunity to study Ezra Pound over several years. I am now writing a psychanalytical biography of Virginia Woolf and would very much like to interview you about her..."

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"Dear Dame Rebecca, It would be very kind if you could autograph your book which I have got as a birthday present for my father on Monday..."

Scope and Contents From the Series: The correspondence consists of letters exchanged by Rebecca West and colleagues, friends, publishers, and family members. This series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. A group of letters from unidentified correspondents is placed at the end of the sequence. See also the Name/Title/Subject Index to the Manuscript Notebooks (in the Series II inventory) for a listing of fragments of letters found in the Notebooks; these fragments HAVE NOT been cross-referenced to the first...

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Written by Christina Shewell, Head of Speech Therapy, Addenbrooke's Hospital.

"Dear Dame Rebecca, We are producing an anthology of poems and prose extracts selected by 150 or so well-known people who understand the value of words, and we would be so grateful if you could help us. We wonder if you would like to choose a piece of writing which you particularly enjoy, and send it to us, together with 100-300 words of comment on your choice?..."

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"BLESS YOU GRATEFULLY AFFECTIONATELY = ADAM"

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"Dear Dame Rebecca I hope you had a good rest in the Midi. As far as our L.L. issue is concerned, it would be [?] of us to go to press without your contribution. I am prepared to wait for yet another 10-12 days. Would that suit you?..."

Someone has written at the top in a different colored ink: NO.

Scope and Contents "Dearest Dame Rebecca: Since writing to you two days ago I came across several details which might both interest and amuse you. To start with: you were the first woman to be elected in 1967 Vice-President of the Library. For almost a century the L.L. was by and large a men's club. At the death of Meredith in 1909, Lord Haldane was elected Vice-President and towards the end of the Committee meeting a suffragette rose and shouted: 'Mr Haldane, when are you going to carry out the wishes of Mr...

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"Glad the Christmas card mystery was resolved."

Scope and Contents "Dear Rebecca, I ought to have written before, but I hoped to have something concrete to say. When I heard from you I rang up Professor Ray, and found that he had already spoken about Adam to the Ford Foundation, who at the moment employ me to help them spend their money. I very much fear, however, that nothing will come of it all, since Adam does not fit easily into either foundation. The awful truth is that poor Grindea has the kiss of death so far as that paper is concerned. He is a dear...

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Reprint of a baptismal register for Louis Harry John Andrews in the St. Catherine Church of Hamburg.

Note that the dates vary: the reprint itself was created in 1891, but the document indicates that the original recorded birth occurred in 1857, appeared on page 14 of the register for that year, and was item number 134.