2 containers. (.75 linear feet of shelf space.) (350 items.)
Collection Number:
Cage
9
Summary:
Letters received from Edith, Osbert and
Sacheverell Sitwell regarding their own publications as well as comments on the
literary and social life around them. Included are holograph manuscripts of
poems and other works, especially a holograph notebook of Edith Sitwell's
verse. Includes music manuscript of William Walton and letter of Constant
Lambert.
Repository:
Washington State University Libraries
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special
Collections
Funding for encoding this finding
aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
Biographical Note
Thomas Balston was a partner in Gerald Duckworth & Co., the
Sitwells’ publisher.
Content Description
Letters received from Edith, Osbert, and Sacheverell Sitwell regarding
their own publications as well as comments on the literary and social life
around them. Included are holograph manuscripts of poems and other works,
especially a 140 p. holograph notebook of Edith Sitwell.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
This collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation :
[Item Description]. Cage 9, Thomas Balston Papers
of the Sitwells . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
The materials are maintained in their original order.
Acquisition Information :
Purchased, 1971, from Dawsons of Pall Mall, London.
Separated Materials :
Included in the acquisition were 44 presentation copies of the
Sitwells' books, as well as Balston's Sitwelliana, 1915-1927.
Related Materials :
Additional Sitwell manuscript holdings at Washington State University
Libraries are included in:
Cage
165 Siegfried Sassoon - Papers of the Sitwells, 1918-1957. Contains
letters, clippings, postcards and pamphlets from the Sitwells.
Cage
531 Edith, Osbert, and Sacheverell Sitwell Papers, 1917-1972
Cage
534 Nina Hamnett - Papers, 1914-1953. A few letters from Sacheverell
Sitwell.
Cage
4669 Ada Leverson - Letters from the Sitwells, ca. 1920- 1935. Letters
received from the Sitwells about literary matters and mutual friends.
Cage
4793 Correspondence from Edith Sitwell to Geoffrey Singleton,
1922-1964. 25 items.
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Sitwell, Edith. Notebook, 140 p.
holograph, signature in front. , 1927-1928
Dawsons of Pall Mall. Excerpt from
their catalog describing the Balston Collection of Sitwell manuscripts, letters
and books. Lot 29. pp. 52-55 (photocopy).
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
