Autograph letters chiefly to Anita Loos (1893-1981).
- Beaton/A/A2/40
- File
- 1932–1980 (Dates are estimates; all but one are undated.)
Part of Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton
Autograph letters chiefly to Anita Loos (1893-1981).
Part of Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton
William Henderson. Autograph letters and postcards to Beaton
Part of Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton
Henderson, William 'Billy' (fl 1944-1979)
Playscripts and Field Notebooks
Part of Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton
Includes the unpublished typescripts of four plays by Beaton, and three wartime notebooks.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.
Part of Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton
Correspondence relating to Beaton's play "The Gainsborough Girls" also known as "Landscape with Figures"
Rex Harrison. Autograph letters to Beaton.
Part of Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton
Harrison, Sir Reginald Carey 'Rex' (1908-1990) Knight, actor
John M. Smallpeice. Autograph letters to Beaton.
Part of Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton
Smallpeice, John M (fl 1963)
Cléo de Mérode. Autograph letters to Beaton.
Part of Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton
de Mérode, Cléopatra Diane (1875-1966) dancer
Dr Rudolf Kaetchen Kommer. Letters to Beaton.
Part of Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton
Kommer, Dr Rudolf Kaetchen (1866-1943)
Betty Kenward. Typescript letters to Beaton.
Part of Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton
Kenward, Elizabeth 'Betty' (1906-2001) society columnist
Audrey Withers. Letters to Beaton.
Part of Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton
Withers, Elizabeth Audrey (1905-2001) magazine editor