Sitwell, Sacheverell: An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center

Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell was the third child and second son born to Sir George and Lady Ida Sitwell. Born at Scarborough in November 1897, "Sachie" suffered less from the expectations of his parents than his older siblings and was doted upon by the whole family. When he began school in 1908, he attended St. David's, Reigate, and then Eton.

Between 1912 and 1915 the Sitwell family was preoccupied by legal issues resulting from Lady Ida's debts, and Sacheverell suffered a great deal of emotional stress over her eventual imprisonment. World War I also loomed large in Sitwell's life as his brother, Osbert, and many of their mutual friends were shipped to the Front. At the age of seventeen Sitwell sought escape in aesthete attitudes and indulgences, running up debts to purchase books, pottery, and Japanese prints. He maintained these habits of escapism and living beyond his means throughout his life.

Sitwell left Eton at the end of 1916 and early the following year he joined the 5th Reserve Battalion, the Grenadier Guards, stationed at Chelsea Barracks in London. Lacking any aptitude for mechanics, horses, or leadership, Sacheverell made a poor soldier. However, while recovering from a bout of jaundice, he wrote several poems for his sister's magazine Wheels. Edith Sitwell had early detected Sachie's "poetic nature" and encouraged him to write. In 1918 his first volume of poetry, The People's Palace, was privately published but received very little notice.

Freed from the military early in 1919, Sitwell entered Oxford as an undergraduate of Balliol but left without taking a degree. He spent the next several years traveling, writing poetry, and making a start on what would become Southern Baroque Art. He worked with Edith to produce the performance art piece, Façade, and in 1922 Sitwell published The Hundred and One Harlequin, the first collection of his poetry to be published by the general publisher, Grant Richards. Southern Baroque Art, the prose work with which he would most often be identified, was published in 1924. Unlike Sitwell's poetry, which had so far been criticized as technically adept but obscure and lacking focus, Southern Baroque Art received praise all around. It also marked a personal transition for Sitwell, who went from thinking of himself as a poet to considering himself a writer.

In addition to being a successful literary year, in 1924 Sitwell met and fell in love with his future wife, Georgia Doble. They met at a dance. Sachie pursued Georgia assiduously for a year before she would agree to become engaged. They were married in Paris on October 12, 1925. Their first son, Reresby, was born in 1927 and his younger brother, Francis, in 1935.

Over the next several decades Sitwell produced a wide variety of literary works. He wrote one volume of short stories, several books on art, and two biographies. Developing a passion for British architecture, Sitwell published British Architects and Craftsmen in 1945, and four travel books between 1948 and 1956. He did not publish any more poetry until 1948 when Selected Poems, edited by Edith and Osbert Sitwell, came out. It was warmly received by critics. Sacheverell had no real desire to be brought into the limelight which was once again focused on the Sitwell Triad, however. While Edith and Osbert made international tours and promoted their works with vigor, Sacheverell stayed home on the Weston Estate, or traveled research new volumes.

The death of Edith in 1964 devastated both Osbert and Sacheverell and Osbert's death in 1969 was another serious emotional blow. However, it also served to release Sacheverell finally from the familial dependence he had always felt, financially and emotionally, and allowed him to make a sort of peace with the memory of his brother; this despite Osbert having left the larger part of his estate to Reresby. Enough of the estate went to Sacheverell to allow him to live out his days in relative wealth. Georgia died in 1980. Two years later, Sacheverell published his final volume of poetry, An Indian Summer. He was made a Companion of Honor in 1984 and died in 1988.

Scope and Contents

The Sacheverell Sitwell Collection, 1912-1988, contains an extensive sampling of his written works, including 272 notebooks in which Sitwell wrote initial drafts for many of his works. Also present are letters written to Sitwell, business papers regarding his publications and the running of the Weston estate, and a small number of personal papers. The collection is organized into four series: Series I. Works, 1920-1976 (65 boxes); Series II. Correspondence, 1912-1988 (12 boxes); Series III. Business and Personal Papers, 1922-1988 (5 boxes); and Series IV. 1926-1984 (2 boxes). Portions of this collection were previously accessible through a card catalog, but have been re-cataloged as part of a retrospective conversion project.

Series I makes up about three-quarters of the collection and is composed of handwritten and typescript drafts as well as page proofs for a wide variety of Sitwell's works. Examples of poetry, travelogues, art criticism, and biography are all present including All of Summer in a Day, A Background for Domenico Scarlatti, For Want of the Golden City, Gothik North, Red Chapels of Banteai Srei, and Selected Poems, 1946-1963. Almost four boxes of handwritten and typescript poetry are present which may have been pulled together as part of Selected Poems, or may have been meant for a retrospective publication that was in the planning stages when Sitwell died. Of particular note are the 272 notebooks containing handwritten drafts of many poems, travel notes, and essays. Many of the works in these notebooks have been identified and are included in the Index of Works, along with all of the other titles in this series; however there is a quantity of unidentified text that is not listed in the index.

The Correspondence Series is composed almost exclusively of letters received by Sitwell, though a few written by him are interfiled. Of particular note are letters from Winifred Bryher, a patron of the Sitwells, and extensive correspondence from Edith and Osbert Sitwell. Identified correspondents are listed in the Index of Correspondence at the end of this guide. Also present, but not indexed, are letters of condolence on the death of Osbert and Georgia Sitwell, congratulatory letters on Sitwell's receipt of the Companion of Honor, and two folders of fan mail and another of general invitations. Finally there are ten folders of letters from unidentified correspondents.

Series III is made up of business and personal papers. These include household bills, account statements from and correspondence with accountants, brokers, and solicitors. Additional correspondence with publishers, lists and notes, photographs and printed images for books, radio show transcripts, tax records, and various printed ephemera are also included. Correspondents in this series are included in the Index of Correspondents at the end of this guide.

The final series is made up of third party correspondence and works. Letters written to and from people other than Sacheverell Sitwell comprise one folder in this series and are indexed in the Index of Correspondents at the end of this guide, while the rest of the material is composed of typescripts and page proofs of materials written by other authors. Included in this section is "A Brief History of Weston Hall," by Sir George Sitwell, which includes a handwritten family tree; two volumes of page proofs for the Diaries of Sylvester Douglas edited by Francis Bickley; and a confidential report on remote parts of Persia written by John Russell for the British Ambassador in 1956.

Elsewhere in the Ransom Center are six photographs of Sitwell, his family, and friends, located in the Literary Files of the Photography Collection. Also present are 16 vertical files primarily containing newspaper clippings regarding his works, as well as some printed material. One folder of newspaper clippings is located in the Scrapbook Collection. Illustrations drawn by John Farleigh for Old Fashioned Flowers are located in the John Farleigh Art Collection. Other materials related to Sacheverell Sitwell may be found in the following manuscript collections at the Ransom Center:

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Sacheverell Sitwell Collection--Index of Correspondents

A. Hutchinson and Company--81.10
Aberconway, Christabel Mary Melville Macnaghten McLaren, Baroness--66.1
Achillopoulo, Costa--66.1, 83.5
Acton, Harold Mario Mitchell, 1904- --66.1
Addy, Mary G.--66.1
Allderidge, Patricia--66.1
Allen, Marjorie Elizabeth--66.1
Almeida, Antonio Taveres de--66.1
Alsop, Susan Mary--66.1
Aly Khan, Joan--66.1
Ames-Lewis, Francis, 1943- --66.1
Amies, Hardy, 1909- --66.1
Andrade, Lorna--66.1
ApIvor, Denis--66.1
Apsion, R.--66.1
The Architect's Journal--66.1
Armstrong, Robert, 1901- --66.1
Aronson, Theo--66.1
Arts et Metiers Graphiques--66.1
Artwork Publishing Company, Ltd.--81.10
Attwood, Susan--66.1
Axton, David, 1945- --66.1
Aysayh, Anthony--66.1
B. T. Bateford, Ltd.--81.3
Baddeley, Mark--66.2
Baily, R.E.H.--66.2
Baker, Joan--66.2
Balston, Thomas--66.2
Barman, Christian Augustus, 1898- --66.2
Barnes, E.J.W.--66.2
Baron, Wendy--66.2
Barrett, Michael P.--66.2
Basilisk Press--81.12
Battasley, P.L.E.--66.2
Battison, Mrs.--66.2
Bean, Arthur Parsons--66.2
Beaton, Cecil Walter Hardy, Sir, 1904- --66.2
Beaufort, Louise--66.2
Beaumont, Cyril W. (Cyril William), 1891-1976--66.2, see also C. W. Beaumont (firm)
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956--66.2
Bell, Alan--66.2
Bennett, Evelyn--66.2
Benziger & Co. Ltd.--66.2
Berckemeyer, Fernando--66.2
Berger, Hans--66.2
Bessborough, Frederick Ponsonby, Earl of, 1913- --66.2
Betjeman, John, Sir, 1906- --66.2
Birrell, Anne--66.3
Blanche, Lesley--66.3
Bleind, Aron--66.3
Blunden, Edmund, 1896-1974--66.3
Blunt, Wilfrid, 1901- --66.3
Bodkin, Thomas--66.3
Bolles-Rogers, Charles--66.3
Booth-Clibborn, Charles--66.3
Bora, Alexander--66.3
Boswell, David (David M.)--66.3
Bothine, Frances--66.3
Bottomley, Gordon, 1874-1948--66.3
Bowden, Jill Anne--66.3
Bowden, Nancy--66.3
Bower, Leonard--66.3
Bower-Lyon, John--66.3
Bowra, C.M. (Cecil Maurice), 1898-1971--66.3
Boyd, Alastair, 1927- --66.3
Bradford, Audrey--66.4
Bradshaw, W.P.A., Major-General--66.4
Bramford, Francis--66.2
Branch, Guy--66.4
Bridges, W.H.--66.4
Bristow, Philip--66.4
British Lion Production Assests, Ltd.--81.10
Britton, Clive--66.4
Broklehurst, Charles ("Charlie")--66.4
Brougham, Eleanor ("Baba")--66.4
Brown, Michael--66.4
Brown, Richard Blake, 1902- --83.5
Bruce, Donald and Sylvia--66.4
Buchanan, Hardasyde--66.4
Buckle, Dicky--66.4
Buell, Lois Secheverell--66.4
Byan[?], Steffard--66.4
Byron, Robert, 1905-1941--66.4
Bryher, 1894- --66.5
C. W. Beaumont (firm)--51.4
Caedmon Press--66.6
Campoli, Domenico--66.6
Caraman, Philip, 1911- --66.6
Carcanet Press (Manchester, England)--81.12
Cardew Wood, L.J.--66.6
Carritt, David--66.6
Carte, A.F.--66.6
Carter, Lionel--66.6
Cartula, McLuisa--66.6
Casey, Maie, Lady--67.1
Cassilly, Thomas A. (Thomas Alexander), 1923- --66.6
Centaur Press--81.12
Chandos-Pole, John--66.6
Channon, Henry, 1898-1958--66.6
Child, A. Dumas--66.6
Childe, Wilfred Rowland, 1890-1952--66.6
Chamot, Mary, 1900- --66.6
Chaplin, Anthony--67.2
Chapman, Reg.--66.6
The Chinese Gourmet Club, Ltd.--66.6
Chisholm, Alastair--66.6
Christensen, Sigurd--66.6
Christie, John--66.6
Christy, Gerald--66.6
Church, George--66.6
Claridge, Marie--67.3
Clark, Kenneth, 1903- --67.3
Clark, Leonard--67.3
Clarkson, Tom, 1913- --67.3
Clayre, Alastair--67.4
Cleuerdon, Douglas--67.3
Closson, Alfred Burton (Buster)--67.5
Cloughby, Hugh W.--67.3
Coats, Peter--67.3
Cochran, Charles Blake, Sir, 1872?-1951--67.3
Codrington, Sybil (Aunt)--67.3
Coke, Desmond--67.3
Coles, S.F.A. (Sydney Frederick Arthur), b.1896--67.3
Collins, Alfred--67.3
Compton-Rickett, Arthur, 1869-1937--83.5
Cooke, Diane--67.6
Courtland, Samuel, 1876-1947--67.3
Coutts & Co.--79.5
Cowles, Frederick--67.3
Cunard, Emerald--67.3
Cunard, Nancy, 1896-1965--67.3
Cunningham, James A.--67.3
Curtain Press, Ltd.--81.10
Cutting, Helen--67.3
Dale, Kathleen, 1896-1984--67.7
Danueskjold, Helle--67.7
David Higham & Assoc.--67.7, 81.5-6
David, Villers--67.7
Davidson, Edith B.--67.7
Davies, Cheris--67.7
Davies, E. John (Edward John)--67.7
Davies, Hywel--67.7
Davies, Peter--67.7
Dawson, Frederick, 1868-1940--67.7
Deitch, Joseph--67.7
Del Cruir?--67.7
Della Gherawesca, Flavia--67.7
Derwent, Peter--67.7
De Saran, Marian--67.7
De Sausa, J.--67.7
De Souza Leao, J.--67.7
De Verci, Lois--67.7
Devonshire, Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of--67.7
Doble, Georgie--67.8
Doubleday, Doran & Company--81.10
Douglas, Anabel--67.8
Douglas, R. Langton (Robert Langton), 1864-1951--83.5
Drawing and Design--81.10
Drummond, Rose--67.8
Drummond, Stewart--67.8
Dryden, Clara E.--67.8
Duckworth (firm)--81.8, 83.5
Duddryhi, J.N.--67.8
Dunn, James Clement (Jimmy and Mary)--67.8
Duthuit, George, 1891- --67.8
Dyce, J.W.--67.8
Dydo, Ulla E.--67.8
Easton, Malcolm--67.9
Eayette, Penny--67.9
Edwards, Ralph, 1920- --67.9
Egremont, Pamela--67.10
Elborn, Geoffrey, 1950- --67.11
Elizabeth II, Queen of England, 1926- --67.9
Elizabeth, Queen Mother--67.9
Elliman, Bernard--83.5
Elliman, Jonathan--67.9
Ellul, Edward--67.9
Eptas[?], Luna[?]--67.9
Esdaile, Edmund--67.9
Etchells, Frederick, 1886-1973--67.9
Eve, Matthew--67.9
Eve, Stanley--67.9
Faber and Faber--81.7
Fagern, Keith--68.1
Fairfax, Evelyn Constance, 1871-1978--68.1
Fallowell, Duncan--68.1
Farleigh, John--68.1
Farmer & Dark Architects--82.10
Farquhar, Jean--68.1
Fedden, Robin, 1908-1977--68.1
Fergus, David--68.1
Ferrand, Jacques--68.1
Fielding, Daphne Vivian, 1904- --68.1
Fifoot, Richard--68.1
Fitton, Mary--68.1
Fitzwilliam, James--68.1
Forbes, Alastair--68.1
Forbes, Elizabeth--68.1
Forshaw, Joseph Michael--68.1
Fosburgh, Minnie Astor--68.1
Foster, Sarah--68.1
Fowle, Le Clere--68.1
Foyle, Christina--68.1
Francis, H.J.--68.1
Freeman, John--68.1
Frere Cholmeley Bischoff (firm)--79.6-80.2
G. Heywood Hill, Ltd.--68.2
Gard Books--81.12
Gaskill, Constance Milnes--68.2
George Rainbird Limited--81.10
Gibbon, Monk, 1896- --68.2
Gibson, Jeremy Sumner Wycherley--68.2
Gilmer, Julia Morrow--68.2
Givell, W.E.--68.2
Gladwyn, Gladwyn Jebb, Baron--68.2
Goft, Tom--68.2
Goldsmid, Rosemary d'Avigdor--68.2
Gollancz, Victor, 1893-1967--68.2
Gordon Woodhouse, Violet, 1871-1948--68.2, 83.5
Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928--68.2, 83.5
Gould, Kenneth Alan--68.2
Gould, Paul--68.2
Graham, Imogen--68.2
Graham-Murray, James--68.2
Green, David, 1940- --68.2
Greene, Graham, 1904- --68.2
Greenlees, Iain--68.2
Greenway, Lauder--68.2
Greenwood, John--68.2
Grey, Pamela, 1871-1928--68.2
Grieveson, Grant & Co.--80.3-4
Guerin, Paul, 1928- --68.2
Guest, E. Margaret--68.2
H. P. Stace--83.2
Hadfield, John, 1907- --68.3
Hadley, Patrick Arthur Sheldon--68.3
Haines-Smith, Marian--68.3
Hale, John, 1926- --83.5
Hale, Richard Walden, 1909-1976--68.3
Hallam, Percy--68.3
Hamilton, Vera Grace--68.3
Hamiltory, B.W.--68.3
Hamish Hamilton Ltd.--81.10
Hamsford-Johnson, Pamela, Lady Snow--68.3
Harcourt Smith, Simon--68.3
Hargraves, Florence M.--68.3
Harling, H.R.--68.3
Harper, Alannah--68.3
Harris, Ethel--68.3
Harrow, Bill--68.3
Hart-Davies, Rupert, 1907- --68.3
Hartwell, Clare--68.3
Harvey, John Hooper--68.3
Hawkins, Irene, 1939- --68.4
Hay, V.--68.4
Hay and Son, Ltd.--68.4
Haynes, Alan--68.4
Henniker-Gotley, Hugh--68.5, 83.5
Herber-Percy, Robert--68.4
L'Herne--81.12
Hesketh, Christian, 1929- --68.4
Hess, Werner--68.4
Hill, Derek--68.4
Hill, Susan, 1942- --68.4
Hinton, Alistair--68.4
Hoare, Philip--68.4
Hoare, Samuel--68.4
Hobson, Anthony, 1921- --68.6
Hollingworth, Maynard--83.5
Holroyd, Michael--68.4
Holsten, H. Berner Schilden--68.4
Hopkins, Charles--68.4
Horner, David--68.4
Hough, W.--68.4
Howard, Philip, 1933- --68.4
Howson, Gerald--68.4
Hughes, Nigel--68.4
Humphries, Barry--68.4
Humphrey, - --83.5
Ingwersen, Will--69.1
Jackson, Emmanuel--83.5
James, Zita Jungman--69.1
Jamieson, T. John--69.1
Jenkins, Elizabeth, 1907- --69.1
John, Augustus, 1878-1961--69.1
Johnston, Charles--69.1
Jones, Alun--69.1
Jones, Josette--69.2
Jones, Penelope--69.1
Jordan, William, 1951- --69.1
Juett, Nick--69.1
Jundzill, Jan Balinski, Count--69.1
Keckmet, Dusko, Professor--69.3
Kelemen, Pal--69.3
Kennedy, Michael, 1926- --69.3
Kennedy, Moira and Ludovic--69.3
King, Harold C.--69.3
Kingsley, Isabel--69.3
Lacerda, Alberto de, 1928- --69.4
Laing, Peter--69.4
Lake, P.I.--69.4
Lambert, P.J.--69.4
Lancaster, Osbert, Sir, 1908- --69.4
Lance, D.G.--69.4
Lang-Sims, Lois--69.4
Latham, Peter, 1894- --69.4
Laurence, D.R. (Desmond Roger)--69.4
Leach, Janet--69.4
Leach, John--69.4
Lee, Brian North--69.4
Lee, Ralph O.--69.4
Leedham, Leonard--69.4
Lees-Milne, James--69.4
Leger, Brigitte--69.4
Lehmann, John, 1907- --69.4
Leiroy[?], Dimitri N.--69.4
Leslie, Serge (Doris and Serge)--69.5
Lester, K.C. (Keith C.)--69.5
Leverson, Ada--69.5
Lewis, Christopher, 1944- --69.5
Lewis, Guy--69.5
Lewis, Willa--69.5
Lincoln, Tony--69.5
Lindhagen, Niles--69.5
Lindsay, Loelia, 1902- --69.5
Lindsay-Hogg, Anthony, Sir--69.5
Linster, Raymond--69.5
The Liszt Society (London, Eng.)--69.5
Liuemore, Ann--69.5
Lloyd, Kenneth--69.5
Locke, H.--69.5
London Library--69.5
Long, Kathleen--69.5
Loughton-Browne, Michael--69.5
Lovell, Bernard, Sir, 1913- --69.6
Lyon, H.D.--69.5
Lyon, Mary--69.5
Lytton, Mary A.--69.5
MacAuley, Rose--69.7
MacKenzie, Alan--69.7
MacMillan, Harold, 1894- --69.7
Magro, Frank--69.7
Maitland, F.H.--69.7
Malcolm, George John, 1917- --69.7
Man, Felix H., 1893- --69.7
Marillier, Harry D.--69.7
Markham, Henry--69.7
Martel de la Chesnaye, Catherine--69.7
Marques, Susan Lowndes, 1907-1993--69.7
Mathison, Lilian--69.7
Maunsell, Cecilia Dorothy--69.7
May, I. H.--69.7
Maynard, M., Mrs.--69.7
Mayne, C.W.--69.7
McCann, Robert--69.7
McCann, William--69.7
McClintock, A. F.--69.7
McCrimmon, Barbara--69.7
McDonald, Colin, 1932- --83.5
McDougal, Edward D.--70.1
McEwen, Rory--70.1
Medovich, N.--70.1
Megroz, R. C.--70.1
Messers Baker, Ltd.--66.2
Meyerfeld, Max--70.1
Michael Joseph, Ltd.--81.12
Midland Bank International--70.1
Millar, Christine--70.1
Mills, T.S.--70.1
Moffat, Ivan--70.1
Moghadave, S.--70.1
Monnig-Boustedt, Gisela--70.1
Montigu House--81.11
Moore, Avril--70.1
Moore, Henry--70.1
Morelon, C. Oscar--70.1
Morland, Dorothy--70.1
Morrill, Sibley S.--70.1
Morris, William Beaumont--70.1
Mortimer, John--70.1
Mortimer, Raymond--70.1
Mudford, Elizabeth--70.1
Murray, H.R.--70.1
Musgrave, Clifford--70.1
Mynott, Lawrence--70.1
Mystery Plays & Festival of the Arts (City of York)--81.10
Nash, Paul--70.2
Nevinson, C.R.W. (Christopher Richard Wynne), 1889-1946--70.2
Newbold, Peter, 1931- --70.2
Noakes, Ben--70.2
Nonce, Marian--70.2
Norbury, V.--70.2
Northamptonshire Constabulary--70.2
Old Fort Nassau, B.W.I.--81.10
Olivier, Edith--70.2
Olschki, Leo S. (Leo Samuel), 1861-1940--70.2
Orwell, Sonia--70.2
Osirio de Calheiros, Francisco--70.2
Oxford University Press--81.10, 81.12
Pacini, Piero--70.3
Packer, K. Harvey--70.3
Page, Russell, 1906-1985--70.3
Paget, Celia--70.3
Palmer, Anthea--70.3
Parker, Derek, 1925- --70.3
Parsons, Alan--83.5
Parsons, Bridget--70.3
Paton, David--70.3
Pearson, John--70.4
Pembroke, Mary--70.3
Percy, Esmé, 1887-1957--83.5
Performing Right Society--81.12
Pestell, Elia--83.5
Peter Davis (firm)--81.10
Petriburg, Cyril--70.3
Piper, John, 1903- --70.5
Platzer, David--70.5
The Poetry Review--70.5
Pollack, B.--70.5
Ponsonby, Frederick--see Bessborough, Frederick Ponsonby
Poole, Derek--70.5
Poole, Edward--70.5
Potocki, Helen, Countess--70.5
Potter, G. R. (George Richard), 1900- --70.5
Powell, Harvey, Mrs.--70.5
Powerscourt, Sheila--see Wingfield, Sheila
Powis, Stephen--70.5
Pretal Verlag--70.5
Probst, Ed--70.5
Probyn, Maye--70.5
Purser, Philip, 1925- --70.5
Pyatt, A. J.--70.5
Pym, Roland--70.5
Quennell, Peter, 1905- --70.6
Raeburn, Michael, 1940- --70.7
Rainbird, George--70.7
Rambert, Maria--70.7
Randall, Ruth--70.7
Raymond, Harold, 1887-1975--70.7
Raymond, Jacqueline--70.7
Realities--70.7
Richards, Grant, 1872-1948--70.8
Richardson, John, 1924- --70.7
Rilly, H.--70.7
Rinsler, Norma--70.7
Ritchie, Neil--70.7
Robert, Cecil, 1892- --70.7
Robert Hale, Ltd--81.10, 81.12
Robert MacLehose & Co.--69.7
Roberts, Denys Kilhan, 1903-1976--83.5
Roberts, F. Warren--70.7
Robertson, Scott J. W. (John William), 1866-1962--70.7
Robinson, Tom Osborne--70.7
Rodd, Peter--70.7
Rootham, Helen--70.7
Rosconi, Natalie--70.7
Rosse, Anne--70.7
Rota, Bertram, 1903-1966 (& Una)--70.7
Rothenstein, John, Sir, 1901- --70.7
Rowe, Leslie--70.7
Rowley, Esme--70.7
Royal Horticulture Society--70.7
Rudkin, Joan--70.7
Runciman, Steven, Sir, 1903- --70.7
Russell, Jim--70.7
Rutherford, Miss--70.7
Sacheverell, Mary--70.9
Sadleir, Michael, 1888-1957--70.9
Saget, Clarence--70.9
Sainsbury, Anya--70.9
Salfeld, Denise--70.9
Salter, Elizabeth, 1918-1981--70.9, 83.5
Sanderson, Kenneth W.--70.9
Saunders, A.P.--70.9
Savory, Teo--70.9
Savoy Writers Agency, Ltd.--81.10
Saylor, Harold D.--70.9
Scammell, Elsa--70.9
Scanlan, Katriona--70.9
Scarborough Libraries, Museums, and Art Galleries--83.5
Schwartz, Jacob--70.9
Searle, Humphrey--71.1
Selby, Sara--71.1
Sererini, Gino--71.1
Seward, Desmond, 1935- --71.1
Sexton, Christopher--71.1
Seymour-Smith, Martin--71.1
Shand, P. Morton (Philip Morton), 1888- --71.1
Shaw, Byam--71.1
Shearer, Moira, 1926- --71.1
The Silk Mill--71.1
Simon, Harrison--71.1
Simon, Olivier, 1895-1956--71.1
Sitwell, Edith, Dame, 1887-1964--71.2-72-4, 83.5
Sitwell, Evelyn--72.5
Sitwell, Francis--72.6
Sitwell, George Reresby, Sir, 1860-1943--72.7, 83.5
Sitwell, Ida, Lady--72.8
Sitwell, Osbert, 1892-1969--72.9-74.5, 83.5
Sitwell, Reresby, 1927- --74.6
The Sketch--83.5
Smart & Co. (Printers) Ltd--81.12
Smith, E. M. Monica--71.1
Smith, Gordon--71.1
Smith, H. Clifford (Harold Clifford), 1876-1960--71.1
Smith, Madeleine, 1835-1928--83.5
Somerset, David--71.1
Somerset, Henry--71.1
Sorabji, Kaikkorea--71.1
Southern, G. H.--71.1
Spalding, Frances, 1896-1979--74.7
Sparrow, John--74.7
The Spectator--81.10
Stadken, Peter--74.7
Stanford, J.R.--74.7
Stanley of Alderley, Lord--74.7
Steen, D.H.--74.7
Stevenson, Bernard & Gertrude--74.7
Stevenson, Patric--74.7
Stiff, Wilfred--74.7
Stoakley, John--74.7
Stokes, Adrian Durham, 1902-1972--74.7
Stonehaven, S.--74.7
Stoner, Jeanne--74.7
Stout, Adam--74.7
Strahl, Richard P.--74.7
Strong, Roy C.--74.7
Sturridge, Arthur--74.7
Sutton, Denys--74.7
Swann, Robert--74.7
Tapicolt, Mary--75.1
Tavares de Almeida, A.--see Almeida, Antonio Taveres de
Taylor, Harold, 1914- --75.1
Taylor-Martin, Patrick--75.1
Tee, George--75.2
Tennant, Pamela--see Grey Pamela
Thomas, Franco--75.1
Thomas Thorp (Firm)--75.1
Thomas Y. Crowell, Publishers--81.12
Thompson, E.--75.1
Thompson, Peggy--75.1
Tiessen, Hildegard E.--75.1
Tomlinson, David--75.1
Tredrey, Frank D., 1908-1988--75.1
Tree, Maud, 1863-1937--75.1
Trivas, N. S.--75.1
Tudor, Margaret, R.--75.1
Turner, Christopher, 1934- --75.1
Tvede, Mogens--75.1
Urata, F.--75.3
Valenti, Frenando--75.4
Valori, Othello--83.5
The Vanguard Press--75.4
Van Hardenbroek, M.C.S. van Hardenbroek, Baronesse--68.3
Van Luttervelt, R.--75.4
Vernon, L.--75.4
Viles, David--75.4
Vinogradoff, Igor, 1901-1987--75.4
Vogue--81.10
Von Hagen, -- --75.4
Waddington, Patrick--75.5
Wadsworth Atheneum--81.10
Waley, Arthur--75.5
Walker, Alan, 1911- --75.5
Wallcraf, Paul--75.5
Walpole, Hugh, Sir, 1884-1941--75.5
Walton, Alexander--75.5
Walton, Louie--75.5
Walton, William, 1902- --75.5, 83.5
Want[?], June--75.5
Warin, Steven--75.5
Warren, C. Henry (Clarence Henry), 1895- --75.5
Warshaw, Anthony--75.5
Water, J. J.--75.5
Watson, David Newale--75.5
Weeks, Edward, 1898- --75.5
Weidenfeodl and Nicolson (firm)--81.9
Wellesley, Gerald--75.5
Welling, Elizabeth--75.5
Wells Richardson & Co.--82.8
Werner, Jack--75.5
Westminster, Bendor--75.5
Westminster, Loelia, Lady--see Lindsay, Loelia
Westminster, Sally--75.5
Weston, A.--75.5
Whaler, Eddie & Mary--75.6
Whittaker, Meredith--75.6
Whittingham, Selby--75.6
Wickham, A.K.--75.6
Wiel, Evelyn--75.6
Wilde, Dolly, 1895-1941--75.6
Williams, Peter--75.6
Williamson, George--75.6
Willis, Evan--75.6
Wilson, Alex M.--75.6
Wilson, Mary, 1916- --75.6
Wilson, Shirley Cameron, 1918- --75.6
Wilton, Tony--75.6
Wimborne, Alice--75.6
Wimpey, N.E.--75.6
Wingfield, Sheila--75.6
Winn, Kitty--75.6
Wishart, Michael, 1928- --75.6
Wollheim, Eric--75.6
Wollheim, Richard, 1923- --75.6
Wood, Michael--75.7
Woodhouse, Violet--see Gordon Woodhouse, Violet
Woog, Bernard--83.5
Woog, Olga--75.6
Wykes-Joyce, Max--75.6
Wyndham, Richard--75.6
Yates, Dora Esther, b. 1878--75.8
Yeo, William--75.8
Yonle, Joan--75.8
Young, Derek--75.8
Zoete, Beryl de, 1884-1962--75.8

Sacheverell Sitwell Collection--Index of Works

A l'Espagnole--2.1
Abbey at Nálánda--65.1
Actaeon--2.1
Actor Rehearsing--2.1, 29.6, 30.1-2
Actor Rehearsing: The Stuff of Poetry--2.1
Agamemnon's Tomb--32.5, 42.1
Air and Variations--2.1
Albergue--58.1
All at Sea--30.3-4
All Summer in a Day--2.2-3, 30.3, 30.6, 31.1-2
Amalfi--28.2
L'Amour au Theatre Italien--2.4
Annual Visit--2.1
Answer Me These Riddles of Few Words--28.2
Antigua--57.5
Antoine Watteau--30.3
Apologia in Prose--2.1
Apple Song--30.5, 31.1
The Apple Tree--2.1, 29.8
Apricot--2.1, 31.1
Arabesque and Honeycomb--2.1, 51.4-7, 52.2, 52.4, 52.7-8, 54.3-4
Aranda de Duero--58.1
The Archipelago of Daffodils--58.5, 60.3-4
The Art of Fugue--65.2
The Art of Japan--2.1
Article for 150th Liszt anniversary--57.5
Article on
Almeida Garrett--49.3
Changes in taste--60.3
Chelsea flower show--58.1
The English landscape garden--60.3
Game cock breeds--46.5
Italian towns--58.3
Kyoto--58.5
Mendelssohn--64.8
Mexico--47.5
Mosques in Isfahan--51.6
Persian exhibition at Burlington House--63.2-3
Personal musical experiences--64.8
Picasso--61.7
Portugese Art--49.3
Virgil--63.2, 64.8
Wallpaper--48.6
Weather forecasting--64.8
Women novelists--63.2, 64.8
At Supper--30.2
Audubon's Birds of America--42.2, 42.8
August, 1915--59.3
Augustus Hare's Italian Sketches--2.5
Austria--55.2, 55.4
Awoken to Loud Shuddering--55.1, 56.1
A Background for Domenico Scarlatti--2.7-3.1, 32.7, 65.1-3
Ballads--45.7
A! Everyone Was Born Once--44.6, 45.1, 45.3, 54.6
Come Quickly! Look at that White Cloud--45.1, 45.3, 54.6
Firebird! with the Firebird Wings--45.1, 45.3, 54.6
The Hyacinth that Was Dying--58.1
Lines to a Succubus--44.4, 44.6, 45.1, 45.3, 54.6
Lovely Swan of the Night Waters--44.6, 45.1, 45.3, 54.6
Moth Eyebrows--54.7
Namsos, Huge White Daffodil--44.6, 45.1, 54.6, 58.1
'Nymphs Were Mentioned'--40.2, 44.5, 45.3
Palazzo di Donn'Anna--40.10, 42.6, 44.5, 45.3, 54.6
Rose Pink Camellia--45.1, 45.3, 54.6
Song of the Cherry Trees--45.1, 45.3, 58.1
Sous un ciel chagrin--2.6, 55.1, 56.1, 59.3
Sylphide and Magical Being--44.6, 45.1, 45.3, 54.6
To the Firebird--39.9, 40.10, 44.5, 45.1, 54.6
The Two Waltzes--45.1, 45.3, 47.1, 53.7, 54.7, 55.3
White Rose--58.1
Ballads and Poems--45.6, 56.3
Ballet, Dedicated to the Muse of Tchaikovsky--33.1, 34.2
The Baptism--29.5, 29.7-8
Barb "Bois de Rose"--57.3, 59.4
Baroque and Rococo--2.6
Baroque and Rococo in Germany--2.6
Barrio de la Judería--57.3, 59.4
Bast--30.1
Beards of Bast--30.2
Beck and Beckfordism--2.6
Belle Isis: Ballad of a Rose--40.2, 42.6, 44.5, 45.3-4, 54.6
"Be still, heart..."--30.4
Birds of a Feather--2.6
Bitter Dawn--2.6
Blackberrying--31.1
The Black Pagoda--2.6, 58.1
Black Shepherdess--2.6
Black Venus--2.6
Bolsover Castle--2.6
Bombax--59.3
Book of the Dead--3.2
Book of Towers--3.3-4, 32.3
Botanic Garden at Honolulu--59.3
Bourrée d'Aranjuez--57.3
Boxing Day--30.2
Bridge of the Brocade Sash--38.3, 45.6, 48.6, 55.1-56.4
Bright Phoenix--55.1, 56.1, 59.3
British Architects and Craftsmen--3.5, 36.3, 38.6-8, 39.2, 39.8, 56.4, 62.1-2
Brother and Sister: A Ballad of the Paralelo--2.6, 44.5, 45.3, 45.6
Bucentaurus--42.6, 44.5, 45.3
But a Rag and a Bone--57.6
Butterflies--2.6
The Canal--30.5
Canons of Giant Art--3.7-4.2, 61.7, 62.4-5, 62.8, 63.2, 63.4, 64.1, 64.6-7, 65.4-5, galley folder 2
Caribbean--57.3
Castles in Spain--4.3
The Chamber Idyll--3.6, 30.5, 31.1-2, 61.7
A Change of Owner--3.6
A Charivari of Parrots--60.3-4, 61.1-3
The Chateau and Gardens of Versailles--48.4
The Cherry Tree--3.6, 29.8
Children's Toys--4.4
The Chilean-Englishman--57.5, 59.3
Christmas at Naples--64.8
City Steeples--57.3
"A Classical Cruise"--3.6
The Clown's Psychology--28.4
Collected Poems--3.6, 33.4, 34.1, galley folder 3
Columbine in White with the Long Waist--55.1, 59.3
"Come, leave that battle field" --30.4
Comédie Vénitienne--60.3, 61.1-3
The Comendador--29.7
Complaint--30.2
The Concerto--29.7
Constantin Guys--3.6, 30.3-4, 51.1
Convent Thought in Cadiz--29.2
Conversation Pieces--33.3-4, 34.1, 34.5
Corinha--42.6, 45.3
Coronation article--33.4
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II--48.2
Countersong--3.6, 31.1, 61.7
Cowslips--3.6, 31.1
Creole--30.4
Cupid and the Jacaranda--33.5, 39.7, 39.9, 40.6-7, 40.10, 42.5-8, 43.1-7, 44.1-7, 45.1-2, 45.4, 46.3, 46.5, 47.7
The Cyder Feast--3.6, 31.1, 61.7
D'ou venon-nous? Que--4.5
Damarius--42.6, 45.3-4
Damson and Medlar--4.5, 61.7
Dance of the Quick and the Dead--4.6-8, 32.6, 33.1-2, 33.6-34.2, 64.2, 65.1-3
The Dancer--4.5, 61.4
Dandelion--4.5, 31.1
Daphne: An Adaption from John Milton--4.5, 29.6
The Dark of Night--4.5
Day Flight to Lima--57.2
Dear Miss Heber (preface)--33.7
Death's Cap--57.1
Denmark--4.9, 48.6, 49.2-3, 50.6, 51.1-3, 52.3
Derbyshire Blue-bells--4.5, 30.5, 31.1
Desiderata Lisztiana--4.5
The Devil on Two Sticks--48.4
Dido--42.6, 45.3
Dinner in the Woods--29.8
Dissertation on J.M.W. Turner--34.5
Doctor Donne and Gargantua--5.1-3, 28.2, 28.6, 29.7, 30.4-5, 61.4-7, 62.4, 62.6, 62.8, 63.2-3, 64.6, 65.4
Double Yellow Banksian Rose--60.3-4
Doubt--4.5
Dream of the Icelander--57.1 (early sketches)
Dream of the Well-Headed (P.A.)--35.5
Drift--30.5
Dying on Paper--4.5, 30.4
Ecossaise--59.3
Edinburgh--5.5-7, 34.3-4
Edith Sitwell--5.4
The Empty Room--30.2
The Enchanted Palace--62.8
English Church Monuments--39.7
En Sanguine--33.5
An Equinox--5.4
Eurydice--5.4
Exalt the Eglantine and Other Poems--5.4, 30.4
Façade--galley folder 4
The Fair Haired Victory--6.1, 63.3
Fantasia on Things Remembered--33.5
Fantasy on Painting--6.1
Far from My Home--6.1, 32.5, 63.1-2, 63.7, 64.4, 64.8
Far from my house: A change of owners--28.1
The Farnese Hercules--61.7
A Favorite Ghost--31.1
Feeding the Stag--30.3
Fello de de[?]--56.1
The Fête of the Tea-Masters--57.3
The Fiery Torch--6.1
Finale--30.1
Fine Bird Book--6.3-4
The First Day--28.1
The First of Many--6.1
Fisherman--29.8
Flower of the Cold House--56.1, 59.3
Flowering Cactus--57.3, 59.5
Flowers and Birds--6.5-7.1
The Flowers of Holanducia--57.3, 59.4
For Alexis--30.2
Fortune--6.1
Forty-Eight Poems--9.5
Forty-four Degrees in Cordoba--57.3
For Want of the Golden City--7.2-9.4
Forward to Austria--6.1
Four Drachma Coins--42.6
Four Queens--47.5
Four Variations of William Browne of Tavistock--6.1, 31.1
Foyer--46.3, 46.5
Frederick Chopin--6.1
The Friday Masque at Isfahan--6.1
Fritillary--53.7
The Fruit Gatherers--29.6
Fugue--6.1
The Garden of Buckingham Palace--9.6
The Gardener--9.6, 29.8
Gardener's Son--9.6
Gardener's Song--29.5, 29.8
The Gardener Trimming Hedges--29.6
Gentle Harebell, Born to be a Hyacinth--54.6
Gentle Harebell in the Hotel Room--54.6
German Baroque Art--9.7-10.3, 30.3-4, 31.3, 32.3, 35.2
Gipsy Song--30.2
The Glass--9.6
The Glass House--9.6, 48.4
A God of Laughter--9.6
The Goldberg Variations--33.1
Golden Age and Age of Gold--9.6
The Golden Bell--9.6, 32.1, 32.3
Gold Snuff-boxes--56.3, 56.6, 58.4
The Golden Shower--28.4
Golden Wall and Mirador--55.5, 56.2-3, 56.5, 57.3-5, 58.2
Gothik North--10.5-7, 31.3-32.2, 32.4, 61.5, 63.2-3, 64.1
Grande Sicilienne--61.4, 62.8
Great Bird Books--46.6-7, 47.1, 47.6
Great Flower Books--49.2, 50.6
The Great Harlequin--30.3, 30.5
Great Houses of Europe--57.5
Great Palaces--9.6
Greco and Philip II at the Escurial--28.4
Griotles--9.6
Guatemalan and Other Pinewoods--57.5, 57.6, 59.3
Gypsy Song--9.6
Hampton Court Palace--10.8, 47.6, 48.2
Hanging Absolom--28.4
Harlequin in Art--11.1, 31.1
Haunted--30.3
Hautbois or Fraises de Bois--57.3
Hawthorne--10.8, 31.1
`Hebe's Lip: (R. Damascena Rubrotincta)--53.5, 54.6
Heideloff's Gallery of Fashion--42.2, 42.5, 43.1
Helen and Dr. Faustus--28.2, 28.6
The Heptemeron--64.4
"Here Break No Salt Wave"--30.2
The Hermes [of Praxiteles]--61.3
Hochzeit of Hercules--28.2, 61.4
The Holy City of Meshed--52.1
The Homing of the Winds--11.2
The Honeysuckle or the Rose--60.4, 61.3
L'Honneur d'Amsterdam--42.6, 44.5, 45.3-4
The Hoodbeak or the Silent System--34.2
Hortus Conclusus--29.4, 58.2
How Beautiful and Graceful the Sousedská--57.6, 59.4
The Huipil--57.3
The Hundred and One Harlequins--29.7, 61.4
Hunters and the Hunted--11.3-12.3, 36.3, 37.6, 38.3, 38.8, 39.5-8, 40.8-9, 40.11, 41.1-4
The Hyacinth that Was Dying--44.4, 45.1
I Have Seen the New Hibiscuses--57.5
Illustre Pyramidale--42.6, 44.5, 45.3-4
Il Pastor Fido--44.5, 45.3-4
An Imitation--28.6
An Indian Summer--58.6
Innocent Enough--12.4
Interior--31.1
In the Corn--12.4
In the Idyllic Arcadian Sunset--57.6
In the Orchard--12.4
In the Stableyard--54.5-7
In the Theatre--32.2
In the Wine Shop--29.5, 29.7
Introduction to
bum de Redouté--50.3
The Aquarium Illustrations by P. H. Gosse--49.6
The Book of Wallpaper by E.A. Entwisle--49.1
Book on royal palaces--60.3
Focus on the Orient--12.4
Great Flower Book--12.4
Old Pinks and Carnations by Rory McEwen--51.1
"Preludio"--12.4
vocation--12.4
The Iris Screen--57.3, 59.4
Isfahan--52.1
The Island--29.8
The Italian Air: Part II--29.7
Jacaranda--57.5
Japonaiserie--57.3
Jasmine of Hammamet--57.3, 59.4
Journey to the Ends of Time--12.6-13.4, 47.3, 47.6, 48.1-50.3, 50.6, 51.1-3, 51.5, 51.7, 52.2-53.6, 54.5-6, 55.4, 56.2-4, 56.6, 57.3-5, 59.3, 59.5
Khajuraho--58.1, 58.3
Kimono--60.4, 61.1-3
Kingcups--12.5, 31.1
Kroon van Indien--42.6, 44.5, 45.3-4
Kundiman Song--60.5
La Vie Parisienne--34.3, 34.5
The Lady and the Rooks--12.5, 32.3
Lady of the Ghosts--12.5, 57.6
The Land of Cockaigne--12.5
The Laoco"n--61.7
Last Year's Music--31.1
"Laughing lions will come Niezstche [sic]"--28.6
Lectures
"The Arts and Modern Living"--13.5, 47.6
Chopin--56.3
"Conversation Pieces"--12.6, 48.1, 48.5
"France: Mother of Arts in Modern Europe"--13.7, 48.1, 48.5
"George Cruikshank"--13.8, 35.3
"Palladian England"--13.9
"Studies from the World's Great Literature"--14.1, 46.7, 48.1, 48.5
"The Taste of the Seventeenth Century"--14.2, 35.3
"Venice and Venetian Painting"--14.3, 48.1-2, 48.5
The Leptameron--63.2
Life of Liszt--14.4-5, 45.5, 48.5, 50.1, 50.5, 51.3, 61.6, 62.5, 62.9, 63.4-6, 64.5, 65.4, 65.7
Life Story--57.6
The Lily Tank--33.2
Lima--57.2
The Lime Avenue--58.1
Lines to Rubini--54.5
Lines Written at Vaynol Against the Irish Coast--32.5, 42.1
A List of People Who Knew Wilde, Whom I Knew--58.1
Listen, Sweet Hyacinth--55.1, 56.1, 58.1, 59.3
"Liszt"--14.6, 49.3
A Look at Teheran and Isfahan--51.4
Lord Berners--62.5
Lords and Ladies--12.5, 31.1, 61.7
"Lost" Rose of Redouté--60.2-4
Love and the Sexton--12.5
Magical Fritillary of the Demi-Shade--55.1, 56.1, 59.3
Magnolia-Tree--29.6
Malabars--54.5-6, 55.3
Malta--53.6, 54.5-7
The Man with Two Hearts--14.8, 63.2
Margot Fonteyn--14.9, 48.3
Masque for Performance at Drottninghom--49.6, 52.2
Mauretania: Warrior, Man and Woman--14.10-15.2, 35.4, 35.6-7, 36.1, 36.5-6, 37.5
Memory--29.8
Mendelssohn--32.5
Mezquita--58.1
Mignonne de Dryshout--42.6, 44.5, 45.3-4
The Mirador--29.6-8
The Mirror--14.7, 30.3
Mrs. H.&or a Lady from Babel--61.4
Mrs. Quarterly--14.7
Moment of Visions and Memories--55.1
The Monasteries of St. Bruno--14.7
Monks, Nuns and Monasteries--15.3, 58.1, 58.4, 60.1-4
Moon and Cloud, or Sword and Cloak--29.6-7
Morning, Noon and Night in London--39.3-4, 39.6-7, 41.1, 43.7
Morocco--35.5
Mozart--15.4-5, 61.6, 62.5-7
Mulberry--30.5
My Best Poems--58.3
The Myrtle Tree--14.7
The Names upon the Trees--15.6
Narrative Pictures--15.7
Negros Superbe--42.6, 44.5, 45.3-4
The Neptune Hotel--28.6
The Netherlands--15.6, 33.6, 39.7, 39.9, 40.6, 41.5-9, 42.4, 43.7
The Netherlands II: Dutch Water Tours--15.6
Never More (to the Ghost of P.A.)--45.3
"Never, never to be forgotten day"--54.6
New Water Music--15.6, 29.7
Nigritian--58.5, 59.5, 60.5
Nimrod--42.6, 45.3
The Ninth Labour of Hercules--28.1
Noble de Venise--42.6, 45.3
Nomads on the Move--15.6, 52.1
Not So Fast, but with Deliberate Slow Lifting of a Hand--55.1, 56.1, 59.3
"A Note to Bibliophiles"--17.1, 48.4
Notes on the Farnese Hercules, the Laocoon, and the Hermes--31.1
Note on the death of Pearl Argyle--41.9
O Rose with Two Hearts--53.5
Obituary for Mrs. (Violet) Gordon Woodhouse--17.2
Old Carnations and Pinks--galley folder 5
Old Fashioned Flowers--17.3, 34.6, 36.1, 36.4
Old Garden Roses--17.4, 44.7, 45.5, 49.3, 50.1, 50.3-4, oversize folder 1
Olimpia: A Choreographic Portrait--45.3, 45.6, 54.6

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