Len Weaver collection of Siegfried Sassoon
Content Description
The Len Weaver collection of Siegfried Sassoon collection is organized into 3 series: Series 1: Correspondence consists of 17 handwritten letters (dating from 1931-1934) between Sassoon and Thomas Balston of Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd., Morchard Bishop, Raymond Mortimer, and Arthur Waley. Series 2 consists of 8 individual handwritten poems, a galley proof of This Glib Garland. A Pseudo-Sequence. (1931) and autograph mock-up of preliminary pages; autograph drafts of poems, autograph mock-up, and proof copy of Poems by Pinchbeck Lyre. (1931). Series 3 consists of a 1920 studio portrait of Sassoon inscribed by him to J.B. Pond; two small photos of SS; a photo of Sassoon and wife, Hester; group photo of the Heytesbury Cricket Club, 1935, featuring Sassoon and wife, Hester; and a photo of Sassoon's Wiltshire home, Haus Heytesbury.
Acquisition Type
Purchase
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- Creation: 1920 - 1934
Creator
- Waley, Arthur David, 1889-1966 (Correspondent, Person)
- Stonor, Oliver, 1903-1987 (Correspondent, Person)
- Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967 (Correspondent, Person)
- Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967 (Author, Person)
- Mortimer, Raymond, 1895-1980 (Correspondent, Person)
- Balston, Thomas, 1883-1967 (Correspondent, Person)
- Weaver, Len (Collector, Person)
Extent
18 Linear Feet (1 half sized box. (Linear feet includes the bibliographic collection.)) : Shelved on 3rd floor.