| Description | File labelled "Sonia letters reminiscences".
Consists of:
Letters (copies) from Sonia to Ian Angus (1970, 1978), Waldemar Hansen (1948, 1949); from Kenneth Clark; and to & from Jake (?) re: the incomplete state of the manuscript of '1984' (NB the original of Jake's letter is Orwell/S/2/A/31), 1952.
Notes by Ian Angus of conversations with Sonia about other people, including George Orwell, or with other people about Sonia. Annotated with dates (one marked 'Sonia (slander)') and interleaved with correspondence in chronological order. Letters are primarily from Sonia and contain news of her life and their mutual friends, also discussions re: the use of Orwell's works. Includes a few letters from Sonia to Ann [Angus], letters from Avril Dunn and Mark Hamilton to Ian Angus, and copies from Ian Angus to Sonia. 1963-1979. |