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The Christopher Sykes papers, 1945-1981.

Author:	Christopher Sykes
Edition/Format:	Downloadable archival material : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	The archives of the English novelist Christopher Sykes, friend and official biographer of Evelyn Waugh, include a large group of Waugh letters and comprehensive research files about him. In addition to the extensive family correspondence, with a charming series of rebus letters from his sister Angela Antrim, there are letters from a multitude of literary friends and acquaintances, including John Betjeman, Max Read more...
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Genre/Form:	Correspondence Records and correspondence
Named Person:	Christopher Sykes; Christopher Sykes; Evelyn Waugh; Evelyn Waugh; Sykes family; Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor Astor, Viscountess; Robert Byron; Adam von Trott zu Solz; Harold Acton; Roger Adelson; Phyllis Ancaster, Countess of; Angela Antrim; David Astor, Hon.; John Jacob Astor; Michael Langhorne Astor; Dorothy Baker; Brigit Barlow; Yehuda Bauer; John Betjeman; Julie Braun-Vogelstein; Tom Burns; Cass Canfield; I Compton-Burnett; Jane Cory-Wright; T S Eliot; Freya Elwes; Brian M F Franks; Ursula Georgii; Graham Greene; Harman Grisewood; Kay Halle; George Harwood; John Hayward; Christopher Hollis; Diana Hopkinson; Patrick Balfour Kinross, Baron; Harold Kurtz; Adelaide Lubbock; T S Matthews; Moray McLaren; Nancy Mitford; Harold Nicolson; James Parkes; Augustus Dudley Peters; Anthony Powell; Eva Rosebery, Countess of; John W Russell; Pattle Scrope; Robert Speaight; Martin Stannard; James Stern; Mark Richard Sykes; Mark Tatton Richard Sykes, Sir; Clarita von Trott zu Solz; Douglas Woodruff; Hubert Van Zeller
Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Internet Resource, Archival Material
All Authors / Contributors:	Christopher Sykes Find more information about:
OCLC Number:	243856664
Language Note:	Most of the collection is in English, with some material in French or German.
Description:	18 linear feet (38 boxes)

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