Letters of Joyce Cary, Edmund Blunden, Arthur Mee, and Gillie Potter
MS. Eng. c. 8410, fols. 59-64
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Letters of Joyce Cary, Edmund Blunden, Arthur Mee, and Gillie Potter
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. c. 8410, fols. 59-64
Summary
Letters of Joyce Cary, Edmund Blunden, Arthur Mee, and Gillie Potter, 1899-1956.
Date
1899-1956
Language
English
Physical extent
4 Leaves
Custodial history
These letters were collected by John (Jack) Thornton who ran a bookshop (J. Thornton & Son, 11 Broad Street, Oxford) and, given the subject matter, were presumably found within books.
Acquisition
Gifted to the Bodleian Library by Thorntons of Oxford, 2019.
Subject
19th century
20th century
Books and reading
Books
English literature -- 20th century
Humanities
Correspondence
English literature
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Connections
People associated with this object
- Peel | Hugh William | 1887–1975 | comedian and broadcaster known as Gillie Potter
- Mee | Arthur Henry | 1875–1943 | journalist and children's writer
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Blunden, Edmund Charles, 1896-1974
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Cary, Arthur Joyce Lunel, 1888-1957
