MS 680 01
Reference code
MS 680 01
Title
Holmstrom archive: Papers relating to Wilfrid Blunt
Level
Series
Administrative / Biographical history
Wilfrid Blunt was educated at Marlborough College (scholar), Worcester College, Oxford, and the Royal College of Art.
He became a teacher and taught at Haileybury College (1923–1937) before becoming drawing master at Eton College (1937–1959).
He left Eton in 1959 to take up the role of Curator of the Watts Gallery before retiring in 1983. He was also a prolific writer throughout his life, writing 27 books, most of them non-fiction.
He became a teacher and taught at Haileybury College (1923–1937) before becoming drawing master at Eton College (1937–1959).
He left Eton in 1959 to take up the role of Curator of the Watts Gallery before retiring in 1983. He was also a prolific writer throughout his life, writing 27 books, most of them non-fiction.
Date
1924-2015
Extent & medium
2 boxes containing a total of 7 files
Content description
John Holmstorm was Blunt’s literary executor and the papers reflect Holmstrom’s role, consisting mainly of Blunt’s writings, and correspondence between the two men.
Associated material
Additional information and archive material in Eton College Library relating to Blunt is catalogued under MS 439
Autograph letters from Grizel Hartley to Wilfrid Blunt are catalogued under MS 669 02 01
Autograph letters from Wilfrid Blunt to Raef Payne are catalogued under MS 680 03 03
Autograph letters from Grizel Hartley to Wilfrid Blunt are catalogued under MS 669 02 01
Autograph letters from Wilfrid Blunt to Raef Payne are catalogued under MS 680 03 03
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- Holmstrom archive: Correspondence and papers relating to Wilfrid Blunt, MS 680 01 01, (1981-1987)
- Holmstrom archive: ‘Stephen Haggard, 1924-1930, A study of adolescence’ by Wilfrid Blunt, corrected typescript, MS 680 01 02, (n.d.)
- Holmstrom archive: ‘Bees In My Bonnet’ by Wilfrid Blunt, corrected typescript, MS 680 01 03, ([1960s-1970s])
- Holmstrom archive: ‘Where’er You Walk’ by Wilfrid Blunt, corrected typescript, MS 680 01 04, (1968)
- Holmstrom archive: ‘The Man Who Knew Van Gogh’ by Wilfrid Blunt, corrected typescript, MS 680 01 05, ([c.1970])
- Holmstrom archive: Wilfrid Blunt’s autobiography, corrected page proofs, MS 680 01 06, ([1986])
- Holmstrom archive: Corrected draft of the unfinished third volume of Wilfrid Blunt’s autobiography ‘Waiting for Charon’, MS 680 01 07, ([1987-2015])