Correspondence concerning Shiela's proposed biography of Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff

Title

Correspondence concerning Shiela's proposed biography of Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff

Shelfmark

MS. Grant Duff 93

Summary

Comprises

Correspondence with Diana and Flora Russell (daughters of Lord Arthur Russell), 1960 -1967, also their niece Georgiana Blakiston, 1972 and her husband Noel Blakiston, 1962

Correspondence regarding the housing of the Grant Duff papers and the possibility of visiting scholarships at All Souls College, St Antony's College, Oxford, and elsewhere, 1960-1986

Correspondence and papers regarding the possible publication of Shiela's biography of Sir Mountstuart; also a proposal for a book on James Grant Duff, 1961-1983

Correspondence with members of the Grant Duff family, 1961-1995

Correspondence with Martha Vogeler regarding research on author Frederic Harrison (1831-1923) using the Grant Duff papers, 1964-1982

Correspondence with scholars seeking to access the papers of Sir Mountstuart, 1966-1992

Correspondence with Dr Richard Bingle and others regarding Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff papers at the India Office Library, later the British Library, including the possible sale of some papers by Shiela to the Library, 1967-1995

Correspondence with Laeeq Futehally concerning R.D. Choksey's book Mountstuart Elphinstone and Shiela's review of the volume, 1972-1973

Correspondence, notes and copy catalogues regarding Grant Duff papers at various repositories, 1961-1993

Date

1960-1995

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box