Five signed letters from Bonamy Dobrée to Sir Herbert Grierson relating to a planned Oxford History of English Literature

This material is held atEdinburgh University Library Heritage Collections

Scope and Content

Three autograph and two typed letters signed, nine pages in total, written in Leeds from 25 December 1937 to 14 May 1939. Sent from Bonamy Dobrée to Sir Herbert Grierson, suggesting a commission for a collaboration with Edmund Blunden to produce a volume on the late 18th century for a planned Oxford History of English Literature and subsequently discussing aspects of its progress.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased in May 2018. Accession no SC-Acc-2018-0116.

Archivist's Note

Catalogued by Aline Brodin in January 2019.

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