Letters of condolence
MS. 6681/28
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Letters of condolence
Shelfmark
MS. 6681/28
Summary
Also contains letters written after the memorial service. Includes correspondence with (inter alia):
Frank E. Halliday, with typescript poem 'To Cecil Day Lewis' [Oct 1972]; Edwina Wray; Joy Finzi; Bronwen Simmonds (née Thomas); Patrick Savage; Dr Gerald Leatherman ('Uncle Gerry'); Iris Murdoch; Ursula Vaughn-Williams; Sidney Bernstein. Also includes letter regarding collected letters of W.B. Yeats [Jun 1973]. Apr 1972-Jun 1973 [= closed]
Telegram from Queen Elizabeth II, 22 May 1972 [= closed]
Copy of Summer Fields magazine, 1972, with enclosed letter from H.C.T. ('Henry'), 10 Nov 1972
Stephen Hearst and Sean Day-Lewis (regarding memorial service, with notes by Jill Balcon); Arthur Bliss; Roy Fuller, with article from Oxford University Gazette, 23 Jun 1972; Dame Helen Gardner. Includes various typescript poems. Jun-Nov 1972 [=closed]
Rachel Fields; Paul Rotha; Dr John Robinson. Includes various typescript poems, one by John Horder and one by Douglas Gibson. Jun-Dec 1972 [=closed]
Phillida Stone; Francesca and Robert Langbaum; Meredith Davies; Austen Williams; Reynolds Stone. May 1972-Jun 1973
Date
Apr 1972-Jun 1973
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (6 folders)
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Collection contents
Archive of C. Day-Lewis [pseudonym Nicholas Blake] and his wife Jill Balcon
Correspondence
Letters of condolence after death of C. Day-Lewis, with newspaper cuttings
Letters of condolence
