Miscellaneous correspondence Peter Opie
MS. Opie 253
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Miscellaneous correspondence Peter Opie
Shelfmark
MS. Opie 253
Summary
Correspondence Peter Opie, including:
Folder 1: Letters and cards from May Abel [Peter Opie's nanny], 1945-145; Dorothy Acheson [godmother], c.1943/1944; H.G. Babington Smith [tutor at Eton], 1938-1947; J.C. Chute [tutor at Eton], 1938-1939 and 'newsletters' 1940-1947; Francis Cruso [Eton], 1945-1947; G.W. Nickson [Eton], 1938-1939; Revd. Tunks, 1938-1943; family friends in India, including Doreen Brabourne and Mary Maxwell-Gumbleton, c.1936-1939; Maud Karpeles, A.L.P. Norrington, Rayon Richardson, Leonard Russell, J.A. Simpson, W.J. de Souza; Women's Voluntary Service for Civil Defence, E.F. Hall [Women's Home Defence, 1942-1947].
Folder 2: Letters from readers, regarding I Want to be a Success, c.1939, and regarding Having Held the Nettle and The Case of Being a Young Man, 1945-1948.
Folder 3: Various friends, including Eileen, Jean, Pauline, Arthur, Felix, Jeanne, Joy, Margaret, Merwyn, Molly, Norton, Thetis, Tony, c.1938-1944, and unidentified correspondents.
Folder 4: Draft letters by Peter Opie, predominantly personal correspondence, c.1938-1981, many n.d.
Date
Bulk, 1936-1948
1936-1981
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (4 folders)
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Collection contents
Archive of Iona and Peter Opie
Personal papers
Personal papers, correspondence and memorabilia
Miscellaneous correspondence Peter Opie
