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Scope and Contents From the Series: The Edith Sitwell material is subdivided into writings, correspondence, and miscellaneous. The writings consist of handwritten, typescript, and carbon copy typed drafts of lectures, poems, articles, and reviews by Edith Sitwell. The correspondence consists of 76 handwritten and typed letters and postcards, (a few being in the form of transcriptions or photocopies), and 5 telegrams, between Edith Sitwell and her friends, colleagues, publishers, and others, (including Lorna...

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"Dearest Allanah, A very happy New Year to you, my dear, and I think of you so much. I am looking forward so much to your getting back to Paris...." Carbon copy typed transcription

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No date. "Dearest Allanah, I simply can't tell you how sweet I think it was of you to have sent me quite the most exquisite necklace and bracelet I have ever seen...." Carbon copy transcription

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"Dear Allanah, I am so disappointed you can't come to tea today, however I shall hope to see you as soon as you come home again. I think your ideas for adding to the essay are most admirable...." Carbon copy typed transcription

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"My dear Allanah, I was delighted to get your letter yesterday. I was so disappointed you didn't come to tea that day, I thought you had probably gone to Paris. I'll try and do another poem for the Review...." Carbon copy typed transcription with handwritten [excerpt of a poem]

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"Dearest Allanah, What can you think of me for not writing to you before, [both] to thank you for your letter, and to express my delight over the first number! (I enclose a cheque for my subscription, and I am longing for the second number to appear)...." Carbon copy typed transcription

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"Memory of Dame Edith Sitwell." Typescript draft of an unpublished memoir, with handwritten revisions

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"My dear Edith, We have your two letters about Thomas Blackburn and also about Longmans, and I've since spoken to Elizabeth Salter...." Typed and signed letter