Letters to the Revd Cyril Tomkinson

Scope and Content

From John Betjeman (1), Alec Guinness (14), Ronald Knox (9) and Siegfried Sassoon (10). With related printed items.

Arrangement

The contents have been tipped into the volume and foliated. A reference in the form of a spread of numerals (e.g. 2-5) indicates a single letter consisting of more than one folio. A reference with an 'a' (e.g. 7-7a) indicates the presence of an envelope or enclosure accompanying the letter.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Presented by the Revd Cyril Tomkinson, 1961.

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Related Material

Other papers relating to Tomkinson, including further correspondence from Betjeman, Knox and Sassoon, are at MS Add. 9926. Letters from Tomkinson to Sassoon are at MSS Add. 8889/3/277 and 9375/878-895.