Correspondence regarding the award of the DBE to Daphne du Maurier in 1969 Comprising letters, telegrams and cards to Daphne du Maurier from family, friends, acqaintances and fans, congratulating her on her elevation to Dame Commander of the British Empire. Notable correspondents include: R. Armstrong [pen friend] 'Bun' [Bunny Austin, tennis player] Elizabeth Barber of The Society of Authors Peter Bessell MP Douglas Black [President of Doubleday & Company] Christopher Bonham-Carter [Royal Navy officer and Treasurer to the Duke of Edinburgh] Harry Brittain [journalist and politician] [?] Christie Gladys Cooper [actor] C.M.F. ['Peter'] Deakin [British Army Officer] Lady 'Marie-Lou' [Mary Louise] de Zulueta 'Frankie' [Frances] Donaldson [writer] (also includes further letters from Donaldson, 1967-1979) 'Doug' [Douglas] Fairbanks [actor] Victor [Ferrier Noel-Paton, soldier and businessman] Angela Fox [actor] 'Bob' [Robin] Fox [actor 'Pat' [Patricia] Frere [Reeves, daughter of writer Edgar Wallace] Alec Guiness [actor] Sheila Hodges [Daphne du Maurier's editor] Glyn Hughes [writer?] Lord [Philip] Inman [politician] 'Alec' [Alexander Henry Maxwell Hyslop, naval officer] Brian Johnston [cousin of Frederick 'Boy' Browning] 'Nico' [Nicholas Llewelyn Davies, cousin of Daphne du Maurier] Ken McCormick [editor at Doubleday & Company] Louis 'Dickie' Mountbatten [1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma] 'Tim' [Timothy] Nugent 'Larry' [Lawrence] Olivier [actor] Leonée Ormond [writer of 'George du Maurier' (also includes further letters from Ormond, 1966-1969) 'Jim' [James] Orr [private secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh] Foy Quiller-Couch [friend of Daphne and daughter of Arthur Quiller-Couch] Stella [Isaacs, Marchioness of] Reading Peter Scott [ornithologist] 'Tom' [Thomas Upcher, owner of Sheringham Hall] Clara Coltman Vyvyan [writer] Graham Watson [literary agent at Curtis Brown Ltd.] John Wolfenden [educationalist] Hugh Wontner [hotelier and politician] Also includes one letter inviting Daphne du Maurier to the official opening of the Browning Barracks in Aldershot, dated February 1968, and a photocopy of Daphne du Maurier's DBE certificate. 1966-1979