| Description | Section containing mainly correspondence. However also including a small section of papers which were kept with the correspondence.
1 Correspondence
1/1 Correspondence between Kenneth Allsop and Henry Williamson
- 72 Letters from KA to HW [1948-1972] including postcards, 3 photographic postcards, 2 illustrated greetings cards and a telegram, some including references to 'Adventure Lit my Star'and Rowena Farre's 'Seal Morning'. Some letters include ms annotations by HW.
Also containing 2 letters from HW [letter dated 14 June 1965 includes HW reply on the back; letter dated 9 Dec 1972 includes unsent reply from HW].
- 1 file of 15 selected letters from HW to Kenneth Allsop 1957-1962 [TS copies, typed by Amanda Allsop]
- 1 letter by K Allsop's secretary on his behalf
- 9 letters from his wife Betty Allsop [1957-1974] including 1 illustrated greeting card and 1 letter from HW [letter dated 8 Sep 1964]; Letter dated 6 Feb 1969 includes details of RA’s instalment as Rector of the University of Edinburgh, 1969 and proceedings concerning same;
- 2 letters from his daughter Amanda Allsop, 1973.
1/2 Letter about Kenneth Allsop including 1 letter from Amanda Allsop to Anne Williamson about edition of the correspondence [1993]; letter from Mark Andresen to Anne Williamson 2001;
2 Papers about Kenneth Allsop
- 1 Newspaper cutting from the Daily Mail 22 Apr 1974 about the letters written from KA to his daughter Amanda [including abstracts from the letters and family photographs]
- 1 newspaper cutting from The Sunday Times 27 May 1973 about Kenneth Allsop by Brian Jackman
- 1 promotional leaflet entitled 'Steep Holm Allsop Island'
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| AdminHistory | Kenneth Allsop [1920-1973] was a broadcaster, author and artist. He served in the RAF during the Second World War, before injury resulted in the amputation of his leg. Allsop published a number of books, including 'Adventure Lit Their Star', for which he was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, and 'The Angry Decade'. He worked for the BBC current affairs programme 'Tonight', and wrote for the Picture Post, Daily Mail and the Sunday Times. |