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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 the legal papers relate to a trial concerning the Sackville-West inheritance and Knole House, the family home. Artwork includes sketches by Edwin Lutyens, Harold Nicolson, and Nigel Nicolson.

Dates

  • 1865 - 1984

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Victoria Sackville-West Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Joan Winterkorn on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection Fund, 2017.

Arrangement

Organized into four series: I. Correspondence, 1889-1984. II. Legal papers, 1865-1936. III. Personal papers, 1872-1952. IV. Photographics, artwork, and clippings, 1908-1970.

Related Materials

Vita Sackville-West Papers (GEN MSS 925), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Harold Nicolson Papers (GEN MSS 614), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Extent

11.68 Linear Feet ( (21 boxes))

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.victoriasw

Additional Description

Victoria Sackville-West

Victoria Sackville-West, Lady Sackville, (1862-1937), was the daughter of Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville and a Spanish dancer known as "Pepita de Oliva." Victoria married her first cousin, Lionel Edward Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville, in 1892. Their daughter was the poet, novelist, and gardener Vita Sackville-West, who was married to British politician and writer Harold Nicolson.

Subjects

Related Names

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Victoria Sackville-West Papers
Author
by Beinecke staff
Date
December 2020
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository

http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/
Contact:
P. O. Box 208330
New Haven CT 06520-8330 US
(203) 432-2977

Location

121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Opening Hours

Access Information

The Beinecke Library is open to all Yale University students and faculty, and visiting researchers whose work requires use of its special collections. You will need to bring appropriate photo ID the first time you register. Beinecke is a non-circulating, closed stack library. Paging is done by library staff during business hours. You can request collection material online at least two business days in advance of your visit, using the request links in Archives at Yale. For more information, please see Planning Your Research Visit and consult the Reading Room Policies prior to visiting the library.

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