Trefusis, Violet, 1894-1972
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1894-06-06 - 1972-02-29
Biography
Violet Trefusis (1894-1972), English socialite and author.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Vita Sackville-West papers relating to Violet Trefusis
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 428
Abstract:
Collection contains correspondence, writings and additional materials. Correspondence includes letters written by Violet Trefusis to Vita Sackville-West during the 1910's and 1920's concerning their relationship, Trefusis's feelings towards Sackville-West, and the affair's effects on Trefusis's relationship with her husband, Denys Trefusis, her relationship with her mother, Alice Keppel, and Sackville-West's relationship with her husband, Harold Nicolson. Also included are letters by...
Dates:
1905-1926
Violet Trefusis papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 427
Abstract:
Collection contains correspondence, writings and other materials by or related to Violet Trefusis. The correspondence consists chiefly of approximately 500 letters from Trefusis to John Phillips written in the 1960's. Also included are letters to Trefusis from her mother, Alice Keppel, her sister, Sonia Keppel, and her husband, Denys Trefusis; several governmental departments in France and England concerning Trefusis's re-entry into France after World War II; and her nomination to the...
Dates:
1919-1971