Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Stephen Tennant Papers
1929-1977
Cage 643
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
- Title
- Stephen Tennant Papers
- ID
- Cage 643
- Date [inclusive]
- 1929-1977
- Extent
- .5 linear feet of shelf space, 1 box
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- Letters, including some original covers, sent to Stephen Tennant by various friends and acquaintances. Includes holograph version of "Daphne" by Edith Sitwell, and postcards, clippings, and photographs.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]
Stephen Tennant Papers, 1929-1977 (Cage 643)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
The Honorable Stephen James Napier Tennant (1906-1987) was an English artist and author. He was part of a London social circle popularly known in the 1920s as the Bright Young Things or Bright Young People, and he had many friends and acquaintances in the Bloomsbury set as well.
Scope and Content
This collection consists primarily of correspondence, including some original covers, sent to Stephen Tennant by various friends and acquaintances. It includes a holograph version of "Daphne" by Edith Sitwell, postcards, clippings, and photographs. Some of the letters are incomplete, and many are undated. Among the notable correspondents are Cecil Beaton, Edith and Osbert Sitwell, Virginia Woolf, Nancy Mitford, E.M. Forster, Juliet Huxley, and Daphne du Maurier. Some items are annotated by Tennant.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically by correspondent name. Items from unidentified correspondents (illegible signatures, signed with initials or first name only and not identified during collection processing, or unsigned) are filed under Miscellaneous (folder 23).
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2017
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 apply.
Acquisition Information
The Washington State University Libraries purchased this collection in 1990 (MS.1990.10).
Processing Information
Initial processing was performed by staff in 1996. Beth Blakesley and Cheryl Gunselman performed additional processing in 2013 and 2017.
Related Materials
Related Material
Stephen Tennant Papers, 1945-1953 (Cage 4722)
Thomas Balston Papers of the Sitwells, 1924-1960 (Cage 9)
Siegfried Sassoon Papers of the Sitwells, 1918-1957 (Cage 165)
Edith, Osbert, and Sacheverell Sitwell Papers, 1917-1972 (Cage 531)
Nina Hamnett Papers, 1914-1953 (Cage 534)
Ada Leverson Letters from the Sitwells, circa 1920-1935 (Cage 4669)
Edith Sitwell Correspondence, 1922-1964 (Cage 4793)
Names and Subjects
Personal Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- Tennant, Stephen, 1906-1987 -- Archives
Creator(s) :
- Beaton, Cecil, 1904-1980.
- Blunden, Edmund, 1896-1974.
- Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989.
- Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975.
- Morrell, Ottoline Violet Anne Cavendish-Bentinck, Lady, 1873-1938.
- Pitter, Ruth, 1897-1992.
- Sitwell, Osbert, 1892-1969.
- Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.
- Huxley, Juliette, 1896-1994.
- Hutton, Barbara, 1912-1979.
Subject(s)
- Authors, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Literature
Detailed Description of Collection
| box | folder | |||
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Christabel [Aberconway]. undated |
1 | 1 | ||
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Princess Alexandra. 1968 and undated |
1 | 2 | ||
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Cecil Beaton (letters, postcards, notes, and photographs). 1929-1973 and undated |
1 | 3 | ||
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Marthe [Bibesco?]. undated |
1 | 4 | ||
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Edmund [Blunden]. 1965 |
1 | 5 | ||
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[?] Bryant. 1970 |
1 | 6 | ||
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David Cecil. undated |
1 | 7 | ||
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E.M. Forster. 1933 |
1 | 8 | ||
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Leslie [L.P. Hartley]. 1970-1971 and undated |
1 | 9 | ||
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Michael Holroyd. 1972 |
1 | 10 | ||
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Eileen [Hose]. 1973 |
1 | 11 | ||
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Barbara Hutton. undated |
1 | 12 | ||
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Juliette and Julian Huxley. 1959-1977 and undated |
1 | 13 | ||
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Daphne du Maurier. 1973-1977 |
1 | 14 | ||
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Nancy [Mitford]. 1952-1956 |
1 | 15 | ||
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Angus Ogilvy. 1965 |
1 | 16 | ||
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Ruth Pitter. 1966-1973 and undated |
1 | 17 | ||
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Edith Sitwell (letter and "Daphne" holograph). undated |
1 | 18 | ||
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Osbert Sitwell. undated |
1 | 19 | ||
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Lucile Thurber. undated |
1 | 20 | ||
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Laurie [Laurence Whistler]. 1966-1972 |
1 | 21 | ||
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Virginia Woolf. undated |
1 | 22 | ||
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Miscellaneous (items from unidentified correspondents, including Margaret, Violet, Aunt Violet, David, and Rosamund; also items signed with initials only, with illegible signatures, or unsigned). 1929-1972 and undated |
1 | 23 | ||