Box: 1 Fold: 1 Abdy, Lady Diana Box: 1 Fold: 2 Acton, Daphne, Lady Box: 1 Fold: 3 Acton, Sir Harold, 1952 - 1954 Box: 1 Fold: 4 Acton, Sir Harold, 1955 - 1956 Box: 1 Fold: 5 Acton, Sir Harold, 1961 - 1969 Box: 1 Fold: 6 Acton, Sir Harold, 1970 - 1971 Box: 1 Fold: 7 Acton, Sir Harold, 1972 - 1974 Box: 1 Fold: 8 Acton, Sir Harold, 1975 - 1976 Box: 1 Fold: 9 Acton, Sir Harold, 1977 - 1978 Box: 1 Fold: 10 Acton, Sir Harold, 1979 - 1980 Box: 1 Fold: 11 Adelson, Roger, 1969 - 1970 Box: 1 Fold: 12 Adelson, Roger, 1971 - 1972 Box: 1 Fold: 13 Adelson, Roger, 1973 - 1974 Box: 1 Fold: 14 Adelson, Roger, 1975 - 1981 Box: 1 Fold: 15 Amory, Mark Box: 1 Fold: 16 Ancaster, Phyllis (Astor), Countess of Box: 1 Fold: 17 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, 1945 - 1949 Box: 1 Fold: 18 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, 1952 & undated Box: 1 Fold: 19 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, 1953 - 1954 Box: 1 Fold: 20 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, 1955 - 1956 Box: 1 Fold: 21 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, 1957 - 1958 Box: 1 Fold: 22 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, 1959 - 1960 Box: 1 Fold: 23 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, 1962 - 1963 Box: 1 Fold: 24 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, 1965 - 1967 Box: 1 Fold: 25 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, 1968 Box: 1 Fold: 26 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, 1969 Box: 1 Fold: 27 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, 1970 Box: 1 Fold: 28 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, 1971 Box: 1 Fold: 29 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, 1972 Box: 1 Fold: 30 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, 1973 Box: 1 Fold: 31 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, 1974 Letters Box: 1 Fold: 32 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, 1974 Rebuses Box: 1 Fold: 33 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, 1975 Box: 1 Fold: 34 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, 1976 Box: 1 Fold: 35 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, 1977 Box: 1 Fold: 36 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, 1978 Box: 1 Fold: 37 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, Jan. - Mar. 1979 Box: 1 Fold: 38 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, Apr. - June 1979 Box: 1 Fold: 39 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, July - Sept. 1979 Box: 1 Fold: 40 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, Oct. - Dec. 1979 Box: 1 Fold: 41 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, Jan. - June 1980 Box: 1 Fold: 42 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, July - Dec. 1980 Box: 1 Fold: 43 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, Jan. - June 1981 Box: 1 Fold: 44 Antrim, Angela (Sykes), Countess of, Misc. & Undated Box: 1 Fold: 45 Antrim, Randal, 13th Earl of Box: 2 Fold: 1 Astor, (Francis) David Box: 2 Fold: 2 Astor, John-Jacob Box: 2 Fold: 3 Astor, Michael Langhorne Box: 2 Fold: 4 Baker, Dorothy, 1954 - 1975 Box: 2 Fold: 5 Baker, Dorothy, 1976 - 1977 Box: 2 Fold: 6 Baker, Dorothy, 1978 - 1979
[1946?] - 05/23/1967
DESCRIPTION: 4 ALSs from Lady Diana Abdy to Christopher and Camilla Sykes. Includes a sketch of CS by Abdy dated 1946, 2 ALSs signed "Bertie" (Sir Robert Abdy?) regarding Abdy and a diary entry by CS regarding a visit to Abdy's home in 1960. Reference to Ogden Nash.
02/13/1969
DESCRIPTION: ALS from Lady Daphne Acton to CS. References to EW letters and biography and to Crossroads to Israel.
03/20/1952 - 10/29/1954
DESCRIPTION: 5 ALSs from Sir Harold Acton to CS regarding Song of a Shirt, Acton's The Last Bourbons of Naples and a trip to Sicily Acton made with EW. Quotes EW regarding Sicily, P.G. Wodehouse & Msgr. Ronald Knox. References to Anthony Powell.
05/24/1955 - 07/16/1956
DESCRIPTION: 3 ALSs and 2 ACSs from Sir Harold Acton to CS regarding Italy, Dates & Parties and Acton's The Last Bourbons of Naples. Reference to Hamish Hamilton.
10/04/1961 - 01/01/1969
DESCRIPTION: 9 ALS from Sir Harold Acton to CS and 6 carbon copies of letters from CS to Acton regarding Troubled Loyalty and Adam von Trott, EW biography, death of Acton's mother, China.
04/26/1970 - 09/29/1971
DESCRIPTION: 3 ALS from Sir Harold Acton to CS, 1 carbon copy from CS to Acton and an essay by Acton about EW. References to More Memoirs of an Aesthete (see CS reviews), "Nancy", and Winter Tales.
04/14/1972 - 11/11/1974
DESCRIPTION: 7 ALSs from Sir Harold Acton to CS and 3 carbon copies from CS to Acton regarding EW biography and letters. References to John Sutro, Nancy Mitford's biography and Hamish Hamilton.
06/12/1975 - 11/18/1976
DESCRIPTION: 5 ALSs and 1 telegram from Sir Harold Acton to CS and 2 carbon copies from CS to Acton regarding Nancy Mitford's and EW's biographies by Acton and Sykes respectively. References to John Sutro and Hamish Hamilton.
03/07/1978 - 11/30/1978
DESCRIPTION: 2 ALSs and 1 telegram from Sir Harold Acton to CS and 3 carobon copies from CS to Acton regarding the deaths of Douglas Woodruff and Michael Rosse. References to John Sutro and Roy Harrod.
11/18/1979 - 02/26/1980
DESCRIPTION: 2 ALSs from Sir Harold Acton to CS and 5 carbon copies from CS to Acton regarding EW's letters. Includes and undated fragment from an essay by Acton about EW. References to John Sutro and Anthony Blunt.
11/13/1969 - 11/09/1970
DESCRIPTION: 5 letters from Roger Adelson to CS with carbons from CS to Adelson regarding a book Adelson wishes to write about Sir Mark Sykes and British foreign policy. Includes TLSs from Elie Kedourie and Hilary Rubenstein.
06/08/1971 - 09/06/1972
DESCRIPTION: 5 ALS from Roger Adelson to CS with carbons from CS regarding a book Adelson is writing about Sir Mark Sykes and British foreign policy. Reference to "Nancy".
02/02/1973 - 08/24/1974
DESCRIPTION: 10 letters from Roger Adelson to CS with carbons from CS regarding Adelson's biography of Sir Mark Sykes, "Sir Mark Sykes: Portrait of an Amateur." Includes CS's corrections of the typescript and CS's review of the work for a newspaper. Reference to "Nancy".
05/22/1975 - 03/24/1981
DESCRIPTION: 10 letters form Roger Adelson to CS and carbons from CS regarding Adelson's biography of Sir Mark Sykes. Includes a review written by Adelson about Elie Kedourie's "Anglo-American Labyrinth". References to Gertrude Bell.
02/19/1976 - 08/05/1980
DESCRIPTION: 8 ALSs from Mark Amory to CS and carbons from CS regarding the publication of EW's letters. Includes notes from CS about the letters.
[1950?] - 03/02/1974
DESCRIPTION: 11 ALSs from Countess Phyllis Astor Ancaster to CS and carbons from CS regarding Sykes' biographies of Nancy Astor and Evelyn Waugh.
02/15/1945 - 09/17/1949
DESCRIPTION: 3 ALSs from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS regarding the end of World War II, the UNRA and a play by T. S. Eliot. Includes a drawing of CS by Antrim.
02/20/1952 - 06/21/1952
DESCRIPTION: 5 ALSs and one undated drawing of CS by Angela Countess of Antrim. Letters include drawings of Ran Antrim and herself.
04/07/1953 - 02/12/1954
DESCRIPTION: 5 ALSs from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS. References to Terence Rattigan, Fay Compton and Flora Robson.
04/04/1955 - 07/19/1956
DESCRIPTION: 5 ALSs and 1 ACS from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS. References to Cyril Connolly, Ran Antrim and a stay at Evelyn Waugh's home. Drawings of Bernard Miles, Cyril Connolly and Christopher Sykes.
09/05/1957 - 12/18/1957
DESCRIPTION: 2 ALSs from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS. Discusses EW's The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold. Two drawings.
07/07/1959 - 12/26/1960
DESCRIPTION: 3 ALSs from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS discussing CS's biography of Orde Wingate, John F. Kennedy (drawing) and hunting (drawing).
02/28/1962 - 07/18/1963
DESCRIPTION: 3 ALSs from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS. Reeferences to Mark Sykes and Evelyn Waugh.
March 1, 1965 - 1967
DESCRIPTION: 2 ALSs from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS. Includes a poem by Antrim.
01/24/1968 - 12/03/1968
DESCRIPTION: 7 ALS from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS, most regarding the illness and death of "Daniel". References to Ran Antrim and Troubled Loyalty.
01/13/1969 - 09/28/1969
DESCRIPTION: 5 ALSs from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS discussing Adam von Trott and T. E. Lawrence. Drawings of herself.
07/06/1970 - 07/14/1970
DESCRIPTION: 4 ALS from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS discussing Nancy Astor, E. M. Forster and her own illness. Drawings of Christopher Sykes writing Nancy.
10/10/1971 - 12/05/1971
DESCRIPTION: 4 ALSs from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS discussing Nancy and Antrim's Wold Rangers. Drawings of Nancy Astor and satyrical renditions of Franz Hals, Burne Jones and Fernand Leger.
01/29/1972 - 11/10/1972
DESCRIPTION: 6 ALSs from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS regarding Nancy Astor's biography. Reference for Sir John Biggs Davison, M.P., Evelyn Waugh and Wyke Bond.
04/10/1973 - 05/30/1973
DESCRIPTION: 4 ALSs and 1 rebus discussing trips to Italy and Greece. Includes a 4 page acceptance speech for an honorary degree and several drawings. Reference to Picasso.
03/19/1974 - 12/03/1974
DESCRIPTION: 6 ALSs from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS regarding CS's stroke, EW's biography. 1 letter contains a short rebus section.
05/08/1974 - 09/23/1974
DESCRIPTION: 4 rebuses from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS. One rebus includes a brief letter which refers to a visit by Antrim at the home of Alec Dru.
02/01/1975 - 11/09/1975
DESCRIPTION: 4 ALSs and 2 rebuses from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS discussing EW's biography and Cyril Connolly. Includes drawings of Ran Antrim and Cyril Connolly.
01/01/1976 - 05/15/1976
DESCRIPTION: 2 ALSs and 4 rebuses from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS and Camilla Sykes. Reference to Roger Adelson's Sir Mark Sykes: Portrait of an Amateur.
03/08/1977 - 12/13/1977
DESCRIPTION: 7 ALSs from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS and carbons from CS regarding Ran Antrim's severe illness, the death of Alick Dru and the publication of Antrim's Wold Rangers.
03/11/1978 - 12/16/1978
DESCRIPTION: 5 ALSs from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS with carbons from CS regarding the publication of Antrim's Wold Rangers and the death of Roy Harrod.
03/13/1979 - 03/27/1979
DESCRIPTION: 2 ALSs from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS with carbons from CS regarding publication of Antrim's Wold Rangers and Antrim's illness.
04/01/1979 - 06/09/1979
DESCRIPTION: 7 ALS and 1 ACS from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS regarding the publication of Wold Rangers, a possible biography of Richard Sykes by Antrim and Antrim's illness.
07/05/1979 - 07/10/1979
DESCRIPTION: 3 ALSs from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS with carbons from CS regarding publication of Antrim's Wold Rangers and Antrim's illness.
10/03/1979 - 12/18/1979
DESCRIPTION: 4 ALSs from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS with carbons from CS regarding publication of Wold Rangers and Antrim's illness, including a vivid description of a hallucination.
01/01/1980 - 05/20/1980
DESCRIPTION: 2 ALSs from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS and carbons from CS. Sykes writes up a description of Royal Military Tournaments they attended as children for Antrim's intended biography of Richard Sykes.
08/08/1980 - 11/04/1980
DESCRIPTION: 4 ALSs from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS with carbons from CS discussing religion, Margaret Thatcher and the publication of Wold Rangers in America.
01/08/1981 - 06/30/1981
DESCRIPTION: 3 ALSs from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS with carbons from CS regarding publication of Wold Rangers. References to Cross Roads to Israel.
05/03/1972
DESCRIPTION: 2 rebuses from Angela Countess of Antrim to CS and a program for an exhibition of Antrim's work with an introduction by Cyril Connolly.
09/21/1951 - 11/10/1977
DESCRIPTION: 6 ALSs from Randal Earl of Antrim to CS with carbons from CS. Includes a transcript of an interview of Antrim by Sykes on Evelyn Waugh. References to Nancy and the Cliveden Set.
07/14/1939 - 01/22/1977
DESCRIPTION: A large group of letters from David Astor, Editor of The Tablet, to CS regarding the biography of Adam von Trott zu Solz. Almost all the letters are from between 1963 and 1968. Most of them critique CS's approach to the work. Xerox of letter from Adan von Trott zu Solz.
12/29/1965 - 03/21/1980
DESCRIPTION: 12 TLSs from John-Jacob Astor to CS with carbons from CS mostly regarding the writing of Nancy Astor's biography; includes critiques and anecdotes. References to David Astor and the deaths of Richard Sykes and Michael Astor.
07/24/1969 - 11/13/1979
DESCRIPTION: 21 ALS from Michael Astor to CS with carbons from CS regarding the London Library Committee, EW's and NA's biographies (with some anecdotes). References to the Cliveden Set, Nancy Mitford, Rebecca West, Philip Lothian, and P. G. Wodehouse.
05/09/1954 - 10/17/1975
DESCRIPTION: 27 ALSs from Dorothy Baker to CS with carbons from CS. Mostly personal in nature with references to Song of a Shirt (BBC version), W.H. Auden, Ronald Knox, EW's biography, Sean O'Casey and Nancy Mitford.
02/12/1976 - 12/20/1977
DESCRIPTION: 24 ALSs from Dorothy Baker to CS with carbons from CS. Mostly personal in nature with references to EW's biography and diaries, Vile Bodies, John Sutro, Robert Byron and Somerset Maugham.
01/08/1978 - 12/29/1979
DESCRIPTION: 26 ALSs from Dorothy Baker to CS with carbons from CS. Mostly personal with references to Ronald Knox, Harold Acton, Virginia Woolf, Harman Grisewood and David Jones.
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