Rudyard Kipling letters to Baron Beaverbrook
Overview
Letters from British author Rudyard Kipling to British publicist Baron Beaverbrook (Max Aitken) concerning politics, investments, personal and social matters, and writing.
Dates
- Creation: 1885-1918
Creator
- Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 (Person)
Extent
.5 linear feet (1 box)Contains Kipling's letters to Max Aitken (Baron Beaverbrook) concerning politics, investments, personal and social matters, and including some references to his writings. Also includes a few other letters by Kipling, an autograph composition, notes, and photographs, among other items.
Biographical / Historical
Kipling was a British author. Beaverbrook was a British capitalist, and newspaper publisher.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
*77M-36. Purchased with the Livingston fund; received: 1977 August.
Creator
- Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 (Person)
- Title
- Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936. Rudyard Kipling letters to Baron Beaverbrook: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00526
Repository Details
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