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West, Rebecca, 1892-1983

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1892-12-21 - 1983-03-15

Biography

Author, reporter, and literary critic.

Found in 111 Collections and/or Records:

Rebecca West [Diana Stainforth] to Christina Shewell, 1982-04-13

 Item — Box 1: Series 1986.002.1.1-70; Series 1986.002.2.1-75; Series 1986.002.3.1-68, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1986.002.1.1.1.011
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Written by Diana Stainforth, secretary to Rebecca West.

"Dear Ms. Shewell, Dame Rebecca is unfortunately not at all well at the moment and is therefore unable to comply with your request. She asks me to say how sorry she is, and she wishes you all success in your most worthwhile venture..."

Dates: 1982-04-13
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Rebecca West collection / Correspondence / Action for Dysphasic Adults

Rebecca West [Diana Stainforth] to Sir John Ackroyd, 1981-01-28

 Item — Box 1: Series 1986.002.1.1-70; Series 1986.002.2.1-75; Series 1986.002.3.1-68, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1986.002.1.1.1.009
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Written by Rebecca West's secretary, Diana Stainforth.

"Dear Sir John, Dame Rebecca has asked me to apologise for the delay in answering your kind letter of the 20th December, and also for not replying to you personally. She is, unfortunately, not very well and, furthermore, despite her ill health, has been terribly busy finishing a new book..."

Dates: 1981-01-28
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Rebecca West collection / Correspondence / Ackroyd, Sir John

Rebecca West [E. Leyshon] to V. Boston, 1977-02-22

 Item — Box 1: Series 1986.002.1.1-70; Series 1986.002.2.1-75; Series 1986.002.3.1-68, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1986.002.1.1.1.028
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"Dear Ms Boston, Thank you for your letter regarding the 400th Jubilee issue of Adam which is to be devoted to the London Library. Unfortunately Dame Rebecca is not well at the moment and unable to answer personally..."

Dates: 1977-02-22
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Rebecca West collection / Correspondence / Adam International Review

Rebecca West to Carola Grindea, 1982-06-30

 Item — Box 1: Series 1986.002.1.1-70; Series 1986.002.2.1-75; Series 1986.002.3.1-68, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1986.002.1.1.1.038
Scope and Contents "Dear Mrs Grindea, Forgive me for not writing to you at length, but my eyes and general health are not supporting my real desires. But I will make an effort to thank you and all the members of the distinguished Grindea family for enabling me to chalk up one reason why I may be regarded well after my death. Miron Grindea thought me worthy to contribute to his admirable review, Adam, and his family gave me sometimes the pleasure of their company - a delightful contact with the civilised...
Dates: 1982-06-30
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Rebecca West collection / Correspondence / Adam International Review

Rebecca West to H.J. Adams, 1975-12-31

 Item — Box 1: Series 1986.002.1.1-70; Series 1986.002.2.1-75; Series 1986.002.3.1-68, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1986.002.1.1.2.011
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"Dear Sir, I should be glad if you would issue tickets for anything she may wish to Miss Sarah Denny, at 2, Dadogan Lane, S.W.1., to the value of £20, chargeable to my account..."

Dates: 1975-12-31
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Rebecca West collection / Correspondence / Adams, H.J.

Rebecca West to H.J. Adams, 1975-12-30

 Item — Box 1: Series 1986.002.1.1-70; Series 1986.002.2.1-75; Series 1986.002.3.1-68, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1986.002.1.1.2.012
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"Dear Sir, I would be glad if you would issue tickets for anything he may wish to Mr. Robert Lyons, c/o Mrs. Mary Lyons, at the above address, to the value of £30 pounds, to be chargeable to my account..."

Dates: 1975-12-30
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Rebecca West collection / Correspondence / Adams, H.J.

Rebecca West to Miron Grindea, 1960-09-05

 Item — Box 1: Series 1986.002.1.1-70; Series 1986.002.2.1-75; Series 1986.002.3.1-68, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1986.002.1.1.1.015
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"Dear Mr. Grindea, Thank you very much for your letter and the enclosures which I am keeping because I would like to look over them. I am rather busy just now owing to various factors, one of them being that my husband is away. I wonder if you could come down to lunch on Sunday, the 11th, as that is almost my only free day. I think, in fact, we haven't met because I was not at the luncheon given in honour of H.G. Wells at the Dorchester..."

Dates: 1960-09-05
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Rebecca West collection / Correspondence / Adam International Review

Rebecca West to Miron Grindea, 1960-09-22

 Item — Box 1: Series 1986.002.1.1-70; Series 1986.002.2.1-75; Series 1986.002.3.1-68, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1986.002.1.1.1.017
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"Dear Mr. Grindea, Following up our conversation the other day when you told me that it was important that the printers of 'Adam', who are threatening to foreclose unless they are paid, should receive some money. Will you please let me know whether the sum of £100 paid to the printers would provide a breathing space?..."

Dates: 1960-09-22
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Rebecca West collection / Correspondence / Adam International Review

Rebecca West to Paul Abbatt, 1946-03-05

 Item — Box 1: Series 1986.002.1.1-70; Series 1986.002.2.1-75; Series 1986.002.3.1-68, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1986.002.1.1.1.003
Scope and Contents "Dear Mr. Abbatt, I feel obliged to explain to you that I am supporting Mrs. Towerton and not you in the Council Election, and my reasons. I have, as I think I have told you, voted Labour all my life, and have engaged in various Labour enterprises. [...] I find I am startled by your election address. It implies that Miss Towerton belongs to 'the upper and middle classes', and knows nothing of the ordinary man, except in 'the relation of boss and working'. But you know...
Dates: 1946-03-05
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Rebecca West collection / Correspondence / Abbatt, Paul

"Ric" to "Rac", 1950-08-23

 Item — Box 2: Series 1986.002.1.1-70; Series 1986.002.2.1-75; Series 1986.002.3.1-68, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1986.002.1.2.2.021
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"Darling Rec, I have just concluded the last paragraph of my note on my talk with Gille and just want to say that 'accounted to Mr. Otts' would of course read 'counted unto Mr. Otto'. Would you please insert that correction and change the capital L of Land in the last line to a small l..."

Dates: 1950-08-23
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Rebecca West collection / Correspondence / Andrews, Henry Maxwell

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