Early Roy Strong correspondence and personal papers
MS. 12212/69
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Early Roy Strong correspondence and personal papers
Shelfmark
MS. 12212/69
Summary
Includes two manuscript playscripts by Roy Strong (1952-1953), a decorative school exercise book on historical eras (c.1946), and a letter from university student Roy Strong to a former teacher in which he mentions wanting to be the director of the National Portrait Gallery or a department of the Victoria & Albert Museum (1954); and a brief outline for Roy Strong's PhD (c.1958, with a covering note describing it being returned to Roy Strong c.2016). Also includes a memo written by Roy Strong on applying to be director of the National Portrait Gallery [=Closed], an early address book, colour photographs of the 1967 Pageant of Canada exhibition.
Date
1946-2012, c.2016
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (1 folder)
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Collection contents
Archive of Sir Roy Strong and Dr. Julia Trevelyan Oman
Correspondence and personal papers
Named and subject correspondence and papers of Roy Strong and Julia Trevelyan Oman, including family history
Early Roy Strong correspondence and personal papers
