DL/A-Z//WALP - [Correspondence with Chris Walpole]
Reference code
DL/A-Z//WALP
Level of description
File
Title
[Correspondence with Chris Walpole]
Date/s
2000
Quantity & Format
1 Letters (typescript)
Creator
Walpole, Chris
Scope and content
1 item, highlighted. Letter from Chris Walpole to Doris Lessing, regarding a village that Lessing used to live in in Dartmoor.
DL/A-Z//WALP/001 [from Chris Walpole to Doris Lessing, 05/12/2000]
Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes that he is writing a history of Belstone, a village in Dartmoor, where Lessing lived in the 1960's. Admits that he was "unaware of her presence" when she lived there. Asks if she has any memories about the parish and her house, and gives a list of names of neighbours in the hope to trigger any memories. Asks whether her time in the village has influenced, or been directly referenced in, her work.
DL/A-Z//WALP/001 [from Chris Walpole to Doris Lessing, 05/12/2000]
Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes that he is writing a history of Belstone, a village in Dartmoor, where Lessing lived in the 1960's. Admits that he was "unaware of her presence" when she lived there. Asks if she has any memories about the parish and her house, and gives a list of names of neighbours in the hope to trigger any memories. Asks whether her time in the village has influenced, or been directly referenced in, her work.
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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//WALP - [Correspondence with Chris Walpole]
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DL/A-Z - [A-Z Correspondence of Doris Lessing]
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DL/2008 - Doris Lessing Archive 2008 deposit