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- c1932-c1939 (Creation)
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Rose Macaulay was born in Rugby in 1881 and educated at Somerville College, Oxford. She was a prolific writer: her first best-seller was Potterism in 1920 but she also published a biography of John Milton, and wrote verse. Her final novel, The Towers of Trezibond (1956) was especially highly regarded and created a literary sensation. She also wrote many articles for periodicals such as The Spectator and The Observer. Her correspondence with a distant cousin, the Revd. J.H.C. Johnson, was published posthumously as Letters to a Friend (1961) and Last Letters to a Friend (1962).
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GB 0096 MS1131 c1932-c1939 Fonds 4 items Macaulay , Dame , Emilie Rose , 1881-1958 , author
Rose Macaulay was born in Rugby in 1881 and educated at Somerville College, Oxford. She was a prolific writer: her first best-seller was Potterism in 1920 but she also published a biography of John Milton, and wrote verse. Her final novel, The Towers of Trezibond (1956) was especially highly regarded and created a literary sensation. She also wrote many articles for periodicals such as The Spectator and The Observer. Her correspondence with a distant cousin, the Revd. J.H.C. Johnson, was published posthumously as Letters to a Friend (1961) and Last Letters to a Friend (1962).
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Letters and cards by Rose Macaulay to Eric Gillett, editor and publisher, c1932-c1939.
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Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
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Collection level description is also available on the ULRLS on-line archives catlaogue
Letter by Rose Macaulay to Margaret Ritchie, 1939 (reference MS797/I/5473b)
Rose Macaulay's papers are also held at the following repositories: British Library; Bodleian Library, Oxford; King's College Archive Centre, Cambridge; National Portrait Gallery, London; Henry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas; Trinity College, Cambridge; University of Warwick, Modern Records Centre.
Entry compiled by Richard Temple.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
2006-12-22 Gillet , Eric , 1893-1978 , editor and publisher Literature Macaulay , Dame , Emilie Rose , 1881-1958 , novelist, travel writer and critic x Macaulay , Rose
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Letters and cards by Rose Macaulay to Eric Gillett, editor and publisher, c1932-c1939.
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Open for research
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Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Letter by Rose Macaulay to Margaret Ritchie, 1939 (reference MS797/I/5473b)
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Collection level description is also available on the ULRLS on-line archives catlaogue
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Rose Macaulay's papers are also held at the following repositories: British Library; Bodleian Library, Oxford; King's College Archive Centre, Cambridge; National Portrait Gallery, London; Henry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas; Trinity College, Cambridge; University of Warwick, Modern Records Centre.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
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