Archive of Robert North Green-Armytage
MSS. Eng. lett. c. 839-850
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Archive of Robert North Green-Armytage
Shelfmark
MSS. Eng. lett. c. 839-850
Summary
Correspondence and papers, 1918-56, of Robert North Green-Armytage, lawyer and book collector, mainly letters to him from Walter de la Mare.
Date
1918-1956
Language
English
Physical extent
1.8 Linear metres
12 physical shelfmarks
Custodial history
Many of the letters were found loosely inserted in books in Green-Armytage's library and were removed by the donor after Green-Armytage's death. The books were subsequently offered for sale by George's of Bristol in 1988, together with a few typescripts of poems and letters from de la Mare that remained in the books. A list of letters removed from the books is at MS. Eng. lett. c. 850, fol. 98.
Acquisition
Given, with two photographs of de la Mare (MS. Photogr. c. 11, fols. 41-2) by Mrs. E.L. Green-Armytage, 1987.
Subject
Book collectors
20th century
