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Papers of Lyn Newman
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Original work and research

Includes Lyn Newman's original poetry; material relating to 'So much love, so little money' and 'Field with Geese'; a copy of 'So much love, so little money' (London: Faber and Faber, 1957) with Lyn Newman's planned amendments on interleaved pages; typescript/manuscript 'Boswell in the nursery'; typescript 'The duck who wanted a boat' with illustrations and a draft letter from Max Newman to B.L. Williamson dated 26 Apr. 1976; research for a life of Fanny Kemble, including photographs and letters; typescript article 'A cure for family tension: sending the children away at two months' submitted by Lyn Newman to The Times, with two letters dated 1958.

ALS to Margaret and Max Newman

Wishes Margaret and Max a good holiday in the Dordogne. Reminisces about her holidays there. Thanks them for the photographs. Invites them to Aldeburgh. Refers to Aunt A. Replies to a query about "The Duck who bought a Boat" that Lyn may have destroyed it. Describes it as in an exercise book and well illustrated. Mentions that it was started after Lyn's illness set in and was rejected by Sarah and the nursery school. Promises to look for the two poems Lyn gave her and suggests that the Listener might buy them.

Blackburn, Nancy (fl 1963-1978)

ALS to Lyn Newman

Informs Lyn that he has been cataloguing Leonard Woolf's papers at the University of Sussex and has read her correspondence with him. Asks if he can visit her in Comberton to talk with her.

Spater, George Alexander (1909-1984) biographer and aviation lawyer

ALS to Max Newman

Thanks Max for spending their Golden Wedding with them. Discusses Patrick Blackett's death and funeral.

Blackett, Patrick Maynard Stuart (1897-1974) Baron Blackett, physicist

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