Guide to the Siegfried Sassoon Papers of the Sitwells 1918-1957
Cage 165

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967.
Title
Siegfried Sassoon Papers of the Sitwells
ID
Cage 165
Date [inclusive]
1918-1957
Extent
0.5 Linear feet of shelf space, 1 Box
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Letters, clippings, postcards and pamphlets received from Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell containing comments on English literary and social life. Included is a catalog of Cecil Beaton's work containing an appreciation by Osbert Sitwell.

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Siegfried Sassoon Papers of the Sitwells, 1918-1957 (Cage 165)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

Siegfried Loraine Sassoon CBE MC (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's view, were responsible for a jingoism-fuelled war.

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Scope and Content

The collection consists of letters, clippings, postcards and pamphlets received by Siegfried Sassoon from Edith, Osbert and Sacheverelle Sitwell containing their comments on the English literary and social scene. Included is a catalog of Cecil Beaton's paintings and photographs which contains an appreciation by Osbert Sitwell.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2021

https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open and available for research use.

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Information

The letters and other papers received by Siegfried Sassoon were acquired by Washington State University Library in June 1975 from the House of El Dieff, N. Y., and who had purchased them at Christie's London, at the Sassoon sale of June 4, 1975.

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Related Materials

Related Material

Thomas Balston Papers of the Sitwells, 1924-1960 (Cage 9)

Edith, Osbert, and Sacheverell Sitwell Papers, 1917-1972 (Cage 531)

Nina Hamnett Papers, 1914-1953 (Cage 534)

Stephen Tennant Papers, 1929-1977 (Cage 643)

Ada Leverson Letters from the Sitwells, circa 1920-1935 (Cage 4669)

Stephen Tennant Papers, 1945-1953 (Cage 4722)

Edith Sitwell Correspondence, 1922-1964 (Cage 4793)

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Names and Subjects

Personal Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967 -- Archives
Creator(s) :
  • Beaton, Cecil, 1904-1980.
  • Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964.
  • Sitwell, Osbert, 1892-1969.
  • Sitwell, Sacheverell, 1897-1988.

Subject(s)

  • Poets, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
  • Literature

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Detailed Description of Collection

Letters from Edith Sitwell 

box folder

 undated  17 items.

1 1

 1921  1 item.

1 2

 1926  7 items.

1 3

 1927  29 items.

1 4

 1928  28 items.

1 5

 1929  6 items.

1 6

 1930-1935  18 items.

1 7

 1952-1957  5 items.

1 8

Envelopes  52 items.

1 9

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Letters from Osbert Sitwell 

box folder

 undated  26 items.

1 10

 1918-1929  47 items.

1 11

 1930-1939  15 items.

1 12

 1941-1949  22 items.

1 13

Envelopes  31 items.

1 14

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Letters from Sacheverell Sitwell and other letters and papers 

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box folder

Miscellaneous clippings, cut sheets and publications. Includes: Beaton, Cecil Walter Hardy, 1904-. Cecil Beaton: a catalogue of his paintings and photographs. [London, n.d.]. 11 p. front. port. Lists Cecil Beaton's photographs and paintings, with an appreciation by Osbert Sitwell (pp. 5-7). [not in Fifoot] undated  15 items.

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