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Nicolson, Harold, 1886-1968

 Person

Biography

Harold Nicolson (1886-1968) was an English diplomat, biographer, and novelist

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Clive Day papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 173
Abstract:

The papers contain correspondence, printed material, reports, and other papers documenting Clive Day's activities as an advisor to the American Commission to Negotiate Peace, a Yale University professor of political economy, and a member of the Connecticut Unemployment Commission.

Dates: 1892-1943

James Lees-Milne papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 476
Abstract: The James Lees-Milne Papers contain correspondence, writings, and other papers of the author. The papers span the years 1907-1997, with the bulk falling between 1930-1997.Series I, Correspondence, is the most extensive, and documents Lees-Milne's relationships with a wide circle of close friends, social and literary acquaintances, publishers, the National Trust, his family and his wife's family. The majority of correspondents are members of the British aristocracy and of Britain's...
Dates: 1907-1997

Letters : to Violet Trefusis, 1950, 1962

 Part of Collection — Box 39: [Barcode: 39002137225141], Folder: GROUP 952, F-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Three TLS regarding Victoria Sackville-West, dated Oct 1, 1950; Aug 5, 1962; and Aug 22, 1962. The letter of Aug 22, 1962, is accompanied by a TNS from his secretary, Ursula Codrington.

Dates: 1950, 1962

Anne Morrow Lindbergh papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 829
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, writings, childhood, school and college materials, housekeeping and social records, reports, memoranda and correspondence from the many organizations in which Anne Morrow Lindbergh took an active interest. Also included are voluminous mail from members of her reading public and memorabilia, both objects sent by admirers and items collected by her on her travels. The death of Charles Lindbergh in 1974 is documented by mail from friends, members...
Dates: 1906-1997

Charles Augustus Lindbergh papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 325
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence; diaries; writings; childhood, school and college materials; financial, legal, and housekeeping records; reports; memoranda; drawings; maps; publications; artifacts; and memorabilia documenting the life and interests of Charles Augustus Lindbergh. The papers form the largest and most extensive collection of his personal, professional, and family papers. They document his work as a pilot, developer of commercial aviation and rocketry, bio-engineer, air...
Dates: 1780-1999, bulk 1911-1974

Sidney Edward Mezes papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 657
Abstract:

Correspondence of Sidney Mezes relating to his work with "The Inquiry" and the American Commission to Negotiate Peace in Paris at the end of World War I. Also included are a group of miscellaneous memoranda and notes.

Dates: 1918-1931, bulk 1918-1919

Harold Nicolson papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 614
Scope and Contents: The collection consists of writings, correspondence, personal and business papers, scrapbooks, clippings, and audiovisual materials documenting Harold Nicolson's life and career as a diplomat and author. The papers include drafts and correspondence relating to his biography, King George the Fifth: His Life and Reign (London: Constable, 1952). Correspondence documents his work as both a diplomat and an author, including letters from members of the royal family, members of English literary...
Dates: 1886-1968

Alan Pryce-Jones papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 513
Abstract:

The Alan Pryce-Jones Papers consist of correspondence, diaries, manuscripts and printed versions of writings, photographs, scrapbooks, financial papers and other personal papers of the English writer, editor, and critic Alan Pryce-Jones.

Dates: 1813-2000, bulk 1915-1990

Victoria Sackville-West papers

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 222
Content Description: The collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, personal papers, photographs, and artwork by or relating to Victoria Sackville-West, Lady Sackville, her daughter Vita Sackville-West, and other members of the Sackville-West family. Correspondents include Victoria's husband Lionel Sackville-West, Edwin Lutyens, Vita Sackville-West, Harold Nicolson, and Edward VII. The collection also includes third-party letters to Vita Sackville-West, Harold Nicolson, and Nigel Nicolson. The bulk of...
Dates: 1865-1984

Vita Sackville-West papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 925
Abstract: The collection consists chiefly of correspondence, diaries, notebooks, scrapbooks, business and estate records, writings, lectures, and gardening papers. Correspondents include family members such as Lionel Edward Sackville-West, Victoria Sackville, Harold Nicolson, and Nigel Nicolson, and friends and lovers including Rosamund Grosvenor, Hilda Matheson, Gwen St. Aubyn, and Christopher St. John. Writings include typescripts and manuscripts for works including the novels ...
Dates: 1866-2003, bulk 1900-1960

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

Christopher Sykes Papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 612
Abstract:

The Christopher Sykes Papers document the personal and professional life of British author Christopher Sykes (1907-1986). The Papers span the dates 1909 to 1976 and contain correspondence, writings, personal papers, and photographs documenting Sykes's career as a writer as well as his work for the Foreign Office, the military, and the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Dates: 1909-1976

Arthur Clarence Walworth papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 532
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, research materials, and writings on Woodrow Wilson, Commodore Perry's expedition, and American diplomacy at the end of World War I. Correspondence with biographer Phyllis Levin is included in the papers.

Dates: 1868-2003, bulk 1868-1994

Rebecca West papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 105
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence to and from West, correspondence of her husband Henry Andrews, writings of Rebecca West, writings of others, personal papers, and writings about Rebecca West.

Dates: 1894-1975

Sir William Wiseman papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 666
Abstract: Papers pertaining to the period 1917-1919 and specifically to diplomatic relations between Britain and the U.S. during that period. Includes correspondence between Wiseman and Edward M. House; official telegrams of the British Foreign Office and of U.S. officials; British and American official and private memoranda on war matters and on problems of the Peace Conference; and reports and correspondence on Russia and on the Zionist movement. Important correspondents include: Gordon Auchincloss,...
Dates: 1916-1961