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2 Diaries
3 Correspondence
4 Illustrations and photographs
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The Papers of John Steegman

Title Correspondence
Reference STE/3
Covering Dates 1838–1966
Extent and Medium 1 box
Content and context

The correspondence in this section of the catalogue is arranged has follows:

STE/3/1-14: individual correspondents in alphabetical sequence;

STE/3/15-16: subject files;

STE/3/17: family letters;

STE/3/18-21: letters bought from dealers.

Further information

See also the copy of Steegman: 'The Rule of Taste' held in the Archive Centre, in which are inserted a letter from Francis Needham; a catalogue of the William Kent Bicentenary Exhibition; a handwritten note signed 'J. S.' entitled 'Grottoes and rococo etc'; a postcard signed 'J. S.'; a letter and a postcard from Arundell Esdaile to JEHS.

King's/PP/STE/3 contains:
1 Letters from John and Penelope Betjeman to JEHS. 6 autograph letters signed (of which 1 is partly in Welsh), 1 typed letter signed and 2 Christmas cards.
Creator: Betjeman, John and Penelope.
9 items in envelope; paper.
1947–1962
2 Letters from Kenneth Clark to JEHS. 1 autograph letter signed and 1 copy typed letter.
Creator: Clark, Kenneth.
2 sheets in envelope; paper.
7 Nov. 1949–22 Nov. 1949
3 Letters from 'Glotta' to 'Bulginer'. 3 autograph letters signed.
Creator: 'Glotta'.
1 item in envelope; paper.
June 1962-July 1962
4 Letters from Duncan Grant to JEHS. 2 autograph letters signed.
Creator: Grant, Duncan.
2 items in envelope; paper.
19 Oct. 1941–23 Dec. 1941
5 Letters from Augustus John to JEHS. 4 autograph letters signed and 2 inscribed postcards.
Creator: John, Augustus.
6 items in envelope; paper.
1942–1952
6 Letter from James Knapp-Fisher to JEHS. 1 typed letter signed.
Creator: Knapp-Fisher, James.
1 item in envelope; paper.
4 June 1962
7 Letter from John Steegman to the Maurice Frost Lecture Agency. Autograph manuscript draft and copy typed letter.
Creator: Steegman, John Edward Horatio.
2 sheets in envelope; paper.
27 Jan. 1966
8 Letter from Robert A. Milikin to JEHS. 1 copy typed letter.
Creator: Milikin, Robert A.
1 item in envelope; paper.
30 Mar. 1930
9 Letter from Alan Searle to JEHS. 1 typed letter signed.
Creator: Searle, Alan.
1 sheet in envelope; paper.
12 Feb. 1962
10 Postcard from George Bernard Shaw to Mary Steegman. 1 autograph postcard signed, with explanatory note.
Creator: Shaw, George Bernard.
2 items in envelope; paper.
13 July 1906
11 Letters from Osbert Sitwell to JEHS. 6 autograph letters signed, 2 of which include notes at foot from 'David'.
Creator: Sitwell, Osbert.
6 items in envelope; paper.
1942–1952
12 Correspondence between Philip Steegman and JEHS. The file contains:. - 1 autograph letter signed from Philip Steegman to JEHS, 1938.;. - 6 autograph letters signed from JEHS to Philip Steegman, 1935-7.
Creator: Steegman, Philip.
7 items in envelope; paper.
1935–1938
13 Letters from Lytton Strachey to JEHS. 2 autograph letters signed.
Creator: Strachey, G. Lytton.
2 items in envelope; paper.
13 Mar. 1922–29 Mar. 1922
14 Postcard from H. G. Wells to JEHS. 1 autograph postcard signed.
Creator: Wells, H. G.
1 item in envelope; paper.
15 Apr. 1932
15 Correspondence between JEHS and Kupferberg and Co. of Mainz. The correpsondence concerns the biographical details of John Chambers (1814-90), JEHS's great grandfather and close friend of Christian Adalbert Kupferberg, the firm's founder, with photograph of a portrait of Chambers.
1 item in envelope; paper.
1958
16 Correspondence relating to lecture tours in the USA and Canada.
4 folders and 3 loose items in envelope; paper.
1959–1965
17 Letters of John Chambers. The file includes letters from F. Kupferberg and C. M. Friedlander.
1 bundle in 2 envelopes; paper.
1850–1879
18 9 autographs cut from letters.
9 items in envelope; paper.
1800–1899
19 Letter from Baroness Burdett-Coutts, possibly to Fanny Lambert. 1 autograph letter signed, with envelope.
Creator: Burdett-Coutts, Baroness.
2 items in envelope; paper.
6 Mar. 1902
20 Letter from Samuel Butler to Helen Zimmern. 1 autograph letter signed.
Creator: Butler, Samuel.
1 sheet in envelope; paper.
1895–1899
21 Letter from Queen Victoria to the Honourable Charles Murray. 1 autograph letter signed, 14 Oct. [1838-44] with explanatory notes and letters, 1955.
Creator: Queen Victoria.
6 items in envelope; paper.
14 Oct. 1838–14 Oct. 1844

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