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Sender: Masefield, John
Recipient: Stevens, Greta
Letters: 58
Date(s): 17 Mar 1952 - c.1965
Location: BC MS 20c Masefield
Note: The letters, many discussing the work of W. B. Yeats and a Yeats commemorative event in 1964, are part of a collection including: (1) Four signed photographs of Masefield; photograph of a painting 'Pilot come ashore' by Jack B. Yeats; photographs of various ships; (2) Christmas cards; postcards; poetry cards by Masefield, including 'A Merry Christmas'; (3) A watercolour sketch of a ship by Masefield, inscribed 'The Greta'; (4) Four printed books by Masefield: 'With the living voice', 1925; 'The Conway', 1933; 'In the mill', 1941; 'New chum', 1944, all inscribed 'For Greta from John'; a fifth printed book by Masefield, 'Dauber and Reynard the Fox', 1962, inscribed 'For Jonathan Lee from John'; (5) Newspaper cuttings of Masefield's obituaries, 1967.
John Masefield, letters to Greta Stevens, 1952-1966, with associated material.
Masefield, John (1878-1967)
1925-1967
Comprises: (1) Autograph letters from John Masefield to Greta Stevens, March 1952 - ca. 1965, many discussing the work of W. B. Yeats and a Yeats commemorative event in 1964. (2) Four signed photograp...