Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Saxon Sydney-Turner letters to Clive Bell
- Dates:
- 1905-1953
- Creators:
- Sydney-Turner, Saxon, 1880-1962
- Abstract:
- A collection of letters from Saxon Sydney-Turner to his friend Clive Bell.
- Extent:
- 1.2 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Saxon Sydney-Turner letters to Clive Bell, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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A collection of letters from Saxon Sydney-Turner to fellow Bloomsbury friend Clive Bell. the letters discuss mutual friends, including Thoby Stephen, plays, symphonies, their co-authored book Euphrosyne and other personal matters. The collection also includes one drawing and several poems by Sydney-Turner.
- Biographical / historical:
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Saxon Sydney-Turner (1880-1962) was a British civil servant and member of the Bloomsbury group, this was a group of friends, artists, writers, and intellectuals whose members included Thoby Stephen, Lytton Sttachey, Virginia Woolf and Leonard Woolf.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Sotheby's (lot 373), December 1980.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Rebecca Tuttle in April 1998; in November 2023, Gayle M. Richardson created the finding aid.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged chronologically.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-11-17 13:50:09 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Terms of access:
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Saxon Sydney-Turner letters to Clive Bell, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191