Rumer Godden correspondence with Marshall Best
Collection — manuscript box: 18 - folder 1
Identifier: 6490
Scope and content
Letters from Rumer Godden to her American editor Marshall Best, discussing the death of her husband, difficulties with writing, health issues, her novel, The Peacock Spring, and other matters, with drafts and carbon copies of Best's replies. Also, nine Christmas cards, signed by Rumer Godden, many with a few lines of sentiments by Godden to Marshall, and a few snapshots of Godden in her home in Sussex.
Dates
- 1974-1975.
Creator
- Godden, Rumer, 1907-1998 (Person)
- Best, Marshall. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Margaret Rumer Godden Haynes-Dixon was a British writer whose works reflect her experiences in colonial India and in England and Scotland.
Extent
19 items. (19 items.)
Language of Materials
English
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)