DL/A-Z//BORG - [Correspondence with James M. Borg]
Reference code
DL/A-Z//BORG
Level of description
File
Title
[Correspondence with James M. Borg]
Date/s
15/08/1997-09/09/1997
Quantity & Format
3 Letters (typescript)
Personal name
Lindsay, Jack
Beeching, Jack, 1922-2001
Beeching, Jack, 1922-2001
Creator
Borg, James M.
Scope and content
001 is a letter from James M Borg to Doris Lessing, requesting information or correspondence relating to author Jack Lindsay, about whom Borg is writing a biography.
002 is a letter from Lessing to Borg, explaining that she lost her letters from Lindsay since she was bad at keeping them at the time of their correspondence. Also: "They wouldn't have been about very much." She mentions writing about Lindsay in her autobiography Walking in the Shade, as he was part of the same Communist Party Writers' Group. Refers Borg to Jack Beeching.
003 is a letter from Borg to Lessing, thanking her and inviting her to stay at his residence when she visits Chicago. He describes his mixed progress in researching the Lindsay biography.
002 is a letter from Lessing to Borg, explaining that she lost her letters from Lindsay since she was bad at keeping them at the time of their correspondence. Also: "They wouldn't have been about very much." She mentions writing about Lindsay in her autobiography Walking in the Shade, as he was part of the same Communist Party Writers' Group. Refers Borg to Jack Beeching.
003 is a letter from Borg to Lessing, thanking her and inviting her to stay at his residence when she visits Chicago. He describes his mixed progress in researching the Lindsay biography.
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DL - Doris Lessing Archive
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DL/2008 - Doris Lessing Archive 2008 deposit
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DL/A-Z - [A-Z Correspondence of Doris Lessing]
- DL/A-Z//BORG - [Correspondence with James M. Borg]
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DL/A-Z - [A-Z Correspondence of Doris Lessing]
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DL/2008 - Doris Lessing Archive 2008 deposit