Personal Correspondence

This material is held atNewcastle University Special Collections and Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 186 WIL/1
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1908-1946
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 76 items, paper

Scope and Content

Correspondence to Edwin Wilcox. Included are a number of letters from the writer and journalist Edmund Clerihew Bentley, written from the Daily News and, later, the Daily Telegraph, on a range of political and social themes. Also includes a series of correspondence concerning the attempts to provide foreign language training for British troops during the Second World War. Other items include a selection of correspondence regarding family and personal affairs, a collection of postcards, and a selection of miscellaneous notes.