Identity area
Reference code
CCPP/SASS
Title
Letters of Siegfried Sassoon to Nicholas Herbert, 3rd Baron Hemingford
Date(s)
- 1954-59 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
18 items
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
One of three Sassoon brothers who came to Clare (1905). NB He lived at 4 Market Hill, Cambridge during his time at Clare.
Archival history
On the death of Nicholas Herbert, the letters passed to his daughter who donated them to Clare College.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Dennis Nicholas Herbert Herbert, 3rd Baron Hemingford met Siegfried Sassoon in October 1954, when the latter visited Cambridge to read selections from his poetry. This collection consists of letters and postcards from Sassoon to Herbert between 1954 and 1959.