BIB_ID
194045
Accession number
MA 4727.1-5
Creator
West, Rebecca, 1892-1983, sender.
Display Date
England, between 1931 and 1983.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
156 items ; various sizes
Notes
Collection of letters primarily from Rebecca West and Helen Ashton to Maboth Moseley and Vera Watson, with 13 letters from publishers, 13 photographs, printed ephemera, and a bound volume of newspapers clippings of articles by Rebecca West. 17 letters from Rebecca West are bound in light blue wrappers.
Collection is organized into 5 series: bound Rebecca West letters, unbound Rebecca West letters, volume of newspaper clippings, Helen Ashton letters, and miscellaneous letters.
Collection is organized into 5 series: bound Rebecca West letters, unbound Rebecca West letters, volume of newspaper clippings, Helen Ashton letters, and miscellaneous letters.
Summary
Consisting of 57 letters from Rebecca West, 58 letters from Helen Ashton, and 41 letters from Maboth Moseley, F. Rupert Crew, Christine Campbell Thomson, Hugh Walpole, Cecil Woodham Smith, and others primarily discussing publications, relationships and health concerns of family members, traveling, and personal matters. Rebecca West letters are primarily written from Ibstone House in High Wycombe and London between 1931 and 1983. Helen Ashton letters are primarily written from Lechlade between 1949 and 1957.
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