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The bulk of the William Robson-Scott Papers consists of approximately 500 letters
(1903-1980) sent to Robson-Scott by friends and family, most of them handwritten.
Also
present is a small amount of correspondence to his wife Elaine. A very few letters
were
written by Robson-Scott himself, the majority of which were to H. D. Ziman and Harry
Bergholtz. Some letters, especially among the group of family correspondence, were
between
third-parties related to or associated with Robson-Scott. A small amount of correspondence
is in Dutch and German and/or professionally-related. Notable correspondents include
Christopher Isherwood, Sybille Bedford and her partner Eda Lord, John Lloyd, Darsie
Gillie,
George Rink, and Adrian Stokes. |
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Among the Eda Lord letters are three photographs of, presumably, Lord at various
exotic
locations. In the folder of Robson-Scott letters to Ziman and Bergholtz are a typescript
of
three lightly-edited poems by Robson-Scott and a carbon-copy draft of a Robson-Scott
obituary by an unknown author. |
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The collection arrived at the Ransom Center in 2010 grouped by correspondents and
in rough
chronological order within these groups. During accessioning, the existing groups
were
retained, with most of the original folder titles transferred to new folders. The
chronological order within each group was corrected when necessary. Although some
of the
earlier correspondence is on acidic and fragile paper and some letters have seen rough
treatment, all of the materials are in relatively good condition. |
