MS 684 02 09 04

MS 684 02 09 04

Thomas Hardy collection: Letters to C. J. P. Beatty from a number of people relating to Hardy

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C. J. P. Beatty worked on a number of books about Hardy, including editing his 'Architectural Notebook'.

1957-1966

50 letters in 1 folder

A collection of 50 letters, autograph and typed, to C. J. P. Beatty in response to his request for information about Hardy, presumably for a book he was working on. The letters range from 1957 to 1966. The letters are mostly from Hardy's contemporaries and so feature personal recollections of him. 12 letters from Dorothy Allhusen 5 letters from Howard Bliss 2 letters from Edmund Blunden 1 letter from Norman Flower 1 letter from Sylvia Gosse 18 letters from Clive Holland 1 letter from Stephen Leech 1 letter from John Masefield 2 letters from Owen Morshead 2 letters from Sylvia Rankinson 2 letters from Siegfried Sassoon Also included is an ALS from Beatty to an unidentified recipient and 2 other letters from unidentified recipients.

The folder is arranged alphabetically by sender by the cataloguer.