MS 669 02 01
Reference code
MS 669 02 01
Title
Grizel Hartley collection: Autograph letters from Grizel Hartley to Wilfrid Blunt
Level
File
Administrative / Biographical history
Wilfrid Blunt (1901-1987) was a writer who served as Drawings Master at Eton College between 1938 and 1959, before becoming Curator of the Watts Gallery between 1959 and 1983.
Date
1947-1986
Extent & medium
6 envelopes containing a total of 393 items
Content description
The letters are generally quite short and concern various day-to-day matters as well as her teaching posts at Hatherop College and discussion over a number of their common acquaintances, particularly from their Eton days. They also include discussion about life at Eton College and news since they both left.
The file also contains a pen sketch of Baldwin’s Shore [where Hartley was house master]; a photograph of the 1947 flood in Eton along with a letter from Grizel Hartley describing the flood; and two photographs of Grizel Hartley.
The file also contains a pen sketch of Baldwin’s Shore [where Hartley was house master]; a photograph of the 1947 flood in Eton along with a letter from Grizel Hartley describing the flood; and two photographs of Grizel Hartley.
Provenance
Originally kept loose in a shoebox marked that the collection was to come to Eton College on Blunt’s death.
Arrangement
The letters are arranged in chronological order.
Associated material
For additional material relating to Wilfrid Blunt see MS 439.
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