Record

RepositorySpecial Collections Archives (GB 0029)
Ref NoEUL MS 43/PERS/1/E/ELWIN
Date1940s-1950s
LevelFile
Extent71 letters
TitleCorrespondence between Malcolm Elwin and Henry Williamson
Creator NameElwin; Malcolm (1903-1973); writer, biographer and critic
Williamson; Henry (1895-1977); writer
Description52 Letters from Malcolm Elwin to Henry Williamson, 1944-1958. One Letter including HW's ms reply on the back. Letters discussing many of HW's books, including amongst the others 'Tarka the Otter', 'Salar the Salmon', 'The Pathway', 'The Flax of Dream', 'The Village Book, The Labouring Life, The Star-Born, The Gold Falcon, Goodbye West Country, Children of Shallowford, The Story of a Norfolk Farm', 'The Phasian Bird', 'The Scribbling Lark' and some the Phillip Maddison's books: 'The Dark Lantern', 'Donkey Boy', 'Lucifer' and the series of Phillip Maddison;
17 Letters from Henry Williamson to Malcolm Elwin, mainly unsent.
Also including a letter from Crichton Porteous critical of 'The Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight' and HW's reaction in a letter to Kate Barnes, 1940s-1950s
Anne Williamson's annotations
LanguageEnglish
AccessStatusOpen
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