St John‘s College Personal Collections

Letters to Enid Bagnold (1889-1981)

Beaton/A/A2/1
File
30 May 1956 (1 letter undated.)

Beaton/D/3/1
File
1940-1959

Includes the unpublished typescripts of four plays by Beaton, and three wartime notebooks. Between 1940 and 1945, Beaton was comissioned by the British Ministry of Information to document the Second World War at home and abroad. Beaton's wartime work comprises seven thousand photographs, which are now held by the Imperial War Museum. In addition to photographing London during the Blitz, Beaton travelled through North Africa, Iraq, Palestine, Transjordan and Syria. He left for India in 1943, and visited China in 1944.

Biographical sketches

Beaton/D/2/1
File

Part of Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton

Typescript collection of Beaton's pen portraits. All items are written by Beaton unless stated otherwise.

Lady Diana Abdy. Autograph letters to Beaton

Beaton/A/A1/1
File
1943–1944 (Circa)

Part of Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton

Abdy, Lady Diana (1907-1967)

Lecture tour

Beaton/D/1/1
File
1953–1954

Part of Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton

Material relating to Beaton's second lecture tour across America (January - March, 1954). Includes itineraries and annotated lecture drafts.

Letters from Beaton to Hose

Beaton/A/A3/1
File
1955–1974

Part of Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton

Collection of typescript and manuscript letters sent to Eileen Hose from Cecil Beaton.

Miscellaneous

Beaton/D/1/10
File
1924–1983

Part of Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton

Includes articles, sketches, correspondence and reviews, notably a collection of letters relating to an exhibition of Beaton's work at the National Portrait Gallery."Beaton Portraits: 1928 - 1968" was organised by the Gallery's then Director, Sir Roy Strong, in 1968. A more recent exhibition of Beaton's work was held at the National Portrait Gallery in 2004. In addition, the file includes correspondence relating to the musical fantasy film, 'On a Clear Day You Can See Forever', released in June 1970. Adapted from Alan Lerner's book for the original stage production (1965), the screenplay for "On a Clear Day" was written by Lerner, with costumes designed by Beaton. It was directed by Vincente Minnelli and starred Barbara Streisand as Daisy Gamble. The producer was Howard W. Koch.

Hal Burton. Letters and postcards to Beaton.

Beaton/A/A1/103
File
1944–1977

Part of Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton

Burton, Hal (b 1908) director

Truman Capote. Letters to Beaton.

Beaton/A/A1/107
File
1949–1968 (Circa)

Part of Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton

Capote, Truman (1924-1984) novelist and playwright

Letters and postcards to Lady Juliet Duff (1881-1965)

Beaton/A/A2/11
File
1937–17 Jan. 1954 (Many undated.)

Part of Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton

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