An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967
Title:
Siegfried Sassoon Collection
Dates:
1870-1972, undated
Extent:
9 boxes (3.78 linear feet)
Abstract:
Contains manuscripts and correspondence of the English war poet Siegfried Sassoon.
A number manuscripts by Sassoon are present, representing his poetry and also work
on the author George Meredith. Extensive correspondence with Max Beerbohm, Edmund
Blunden, Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, Sir Henry Head, Henry Major Tomlinson, and
others is present. Many of the works and letters by Blunden and Sassoon are decorated
or illustrated with drawings.
Call Number:
Manuscript Collection MS-3706
Language:
English and Ancient Greek (1 document)
Access:
Open for research
Administrative Information
Processed by:
Joan Sibley and Dylan Davidson, 2015
Note:
This finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only in
a card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for
information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the abbreviations
commonly used in descriptions.
