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Lay, Cecil Howard to Lay, Joan (nee Chadburn)

Lay, Cecil Howard

21 April 1926 - 19 Jan 1956. 190 n.d.

Total includes 3 post-cards. Collection also contains 227 seperate illustrations and 1 short story (c. 16 Aug 1930) "The Cricket Pot".

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Gardiner, Charles Wrey to Gawsworth, John

Gardiner, Charles Wrey

05 April 1955 - n.d

Handwritten letters, held in 'The Reluctant Landlord' 1-3 together with 9 transcripts of Gardiner letters in Gawsworth's hand, 29 letters from Gawsworth to Gardiner, as well as postcards, signed portr...

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Brodetsky, Selig to Kramer, Jacob

Brodetsky, Selig

n.d. [? Nov 1921]

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Baker, Arthur to Lay, Cecil Howard

Baker, Arthur

22 Mar 1938-1 June 1938

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Masefield, Constance to Gawsworth, John

Masefield, Constance

4 October 1942 - 5 May 1946

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Sender: Leather, Harry D.

Recipient: Lupton, Arthur Greenhow

Letters: 1

Date(s): 18 Mar 1926

Location: SC Gott Papers: MS 194/11/49c

Note: Enclosing Lawson's letter (MS 194/11/49b). 1 p.

Sender: Horniman, Michael

Recipient: Briggs, Katherine

Letters: 3

Date(s): 19th Jul 1957; 8th Jul 1977; 1 n.d.

Location: SC MS 1309: K.M. Briggs

Note: Two TS, signed. Undated has postmark 9/11/1979. 1 postcard.

Sender: Bottomley, Gordon

Recipient: Seymour, Anna Gordon (A.G. Keown)

Letters: 4

Date(s): 29 Dec 1925 - 23 Jul 1927

Location: BC, Keown, inserted in the writer's "Scenes and Plays", 1929, unlimited edition

Note: Praising her work and advice about her "the winds". 3 octavo, 1pc; 11 of 12pp.


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Frith, William Powell to Sala, George Augustus

25 Jul 1877 - 7 Feb 1895

Letter of 11 March 1878 is incomplete.25 Jul [18]77 - 7 Feb 1895; 1 n.d(date and addre

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Sender: Masefield, John

Recipient: Ransome, Arthur

Letters: 10

Date(s): [4 May 1906] - 6 Jan 1952; 5 n.d.

Location: BC Ransome correspondence Box C3

Note: One letter written following Masefield's 80th birthday (ie 1 June 1958); another dated by Arthur Ransome Oct 11, 1951

Sender: Tolson, Legh

Recipient: Cresswell, Lionel

Letters: 1

Date(s): 18 Feb 1925

Location: BC Romany Collection (Letters, not in Books)

Note: From Barton House, Pooley Bridge, Penrith. p.1, 17*11cm. Refers to a brass case (see entry no.1204 in printed catalogue).