Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962. |
| Title: | Sydney Carlyle Cockerell Letters |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1946-1958 |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Three letters of the English book collector and museum director. Two are to John S. Mayfield of Syracuse University. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
Sydney Carlyle Cockerell (1867-1962) was an English book collector and an authority on illuminated manuscripts. Active in literary circles, he was private secretary to William Morris (thereby becoming a major collector of Kelmscott Press books) and was Thomas Hardy's executor. For thirty years (1908-1937) he was Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
The Sydney Carlyle Cockerell Letters consists of three letters of the English book collector and museum director. Two are to John S. Mayfield of Syracuse University. The third is to an unknown person, C----blatt. The 1946 letter includes a note on William Morris' aims in founding the Kelmscott Press.
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Sydney Carlyle Cockerell Letters,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
1946 letter, gift of George and Lena Arents, 1973.
Other letters, gift of John S. Mayfield.
Created by: KM
Date: Dec 1996
Revision history: 13 May 2010 - converted to EAD (MRC)
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| SC 142 | "Dear C---blatt" 31 Dec 1946 | ||||||||||
| SC 142 | Mayfield, John S. 30 May 1958; 20 Jun 1958 | ||||||||||
