A Guide to the Anne Douglas Sedgwick Letters, 1922-1929 Sedgwick, Anne Douglas, Letters, 1922-1929 8459-b

A Guide to the Anne Douglas Sedgwick Letters, 1922-1929

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The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 8459-b

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

8459-b

Title

Anne Douglas Sedgwick Letters, 1922-1929

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of 15 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Anne Douglas Sedgwick Letters, Accession #8459-b , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased by the Library from Charles Apfelbaum, Rare Books and Collections, Valley Stream, New York, on September 17, 1986.

Scope and Content Information

In this series of letters Anne Douglas Sedgwick (Anne de Selincourt) writes to Henry Chester Tracy discussing his impending visit; several manuscripts he has given her to read; the illness of her father; stories and books she has read; his visit to Chartres; the writing of several of her books and those of her husband Basil de Selincourt; her declining health; and her life in the English countryside.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically.

Contents List

Anne Douglas Sedgwick, Far End, Kingham, Oxon, to Henry Chester Tracy, Long Island, New York 1922 Sep 19

4 p. on 1 l., w/ env., ALS

She writes after having read his letter and wishing to have him visit.

Anne Douglas Sedgwick to Henry Chester Tracy, Oxford Tuesday, 1922 Oct 17

4 p. on 1 l., w/ env., ALS

Inviting him to lunch and tea on Friday and giving information on train schedules

Anne Douglas Sedgwick to Henry Chester Tracy Wednesday, 1922 Oct 18

4 p., on 1 l., w/ env., ALS

Expressing her pleasure at his plans to visit

Anne Douglas Sedgwick to Henry Chester Tracy Monday, 1922 Oct 23

4 p. on 1 l., w/ env., ALS

After having read "the last batch of mss you left --" and admiring his style, while indicating her inability at expressing things

Anne Douglas Sedgwick to Henry Chester Tracy Saturday, 1922 Oct 28

4 p. on 1 l., w/ env., ALS

Expecting him on "Friday next, the 3rd," and writing how she expresses herself in her books "sheltered behind the personalities of my characters"

Anne Douglas Sedgwick to Henry Chester Tracy, Loughton, Essex 1922 Nov 10

1 p., APCS

Saying she thought he was in France, and explaining her delay in writing about his manuscript

Anne Douglas Sedgwick to Henry Chester Tracy 1922 Nov 11

4 p. on 1 l., ALS

Sending his letters and manuscripts, asking about his going to Chartres, and apologizing for "a rather rambling note"

Anne Douglas Sedgwick to Henry Chester Tracy Wednesday, 1922 Nov 22

4 p. on 1 l., w/ env., ALS

Mentioning his apparent pleasure in Chartres, Marcel Proust's death, and a volume of Henry James

Anne Douglas Sedgwick to Henry Chester Tracy, Hollywood, California 1923 July 25

4 p. on 1 l., w/ env, ALS

Concerning her "burdened time" with her father and his uncle, expressing her pleasure at the publication of his book and giving news of her husband's publication of collected essays

Anne Douglas Sedgwick to Henry Chester Tracy 1924 Sep 12

4 p. on 1 l., w/ env., ALS

Thanking him for the copy of his book and expressing her delight in seeing it in print, and telling him of a visiting niece

Anne Douglas Sedgwick to Henry Chester Tracy, Los Angeles, California 1925 Apr 8

4 p. 1 l., w/ env, ALS

Thanking him and his wife, for the charming things they said about her book

Anne Douglas Sedgwick to Henry Chester Tracy 1925 Dec 6

8 p. on 2 l., w/ env, ALS

Telling him that she has written a novel of "sheer self-indulgence and dissipation!" and that she is having one of her short stories sent to him, and inquiring of several general literary topics

Anne Douglas Sedgwick to Henry Chester Tracy 1927 June 9

3 p. on 1 l., w/ env., ALS

Expressing pride at having his book dedicated to her

Anne Douglas Sedgwick to Henry Chester Tracy 1927 Nov 18

3 p. on 1 l., w/ env., ALS

re having an American publisher send him a reprint of "The Religion of the Spirit" and beginning a new novel

Anne Douglas Sedgwick to Henry Chester Tracy 1929 Sep 19

8 p. on 2 l., w/ env., ALS

re a review by Mary Ross of her book, [ Dark Hester ], and giving some thoughts on this novel