Ffeil NLW MS 23807E. - Letters relating to W. H. Davies

Twenty-one letters and postcards, 1951-1962, relating mostly to W. H. Davies, sent to E. E. Bissell from various correspondents, notably Davies's biographer Richard J. Stonesifer, 1952-1962 (ff. 26-42).
The other correspondents include Jean Mossop and G. Wren Howard of Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1960-1962, concerning the Stonesifer biography (ff. 1-9), Sir Andrew Duncan, 30 July 1951 (f. 10), John Haines, formerly Davies' solicitor, 1951-1952 (ff. 15-16, 19-21), with transcripts by Bissell (ff. 17-18, 22-23), and Madeline House, 1962 (ff. 24-25); a letter from T. W. Griffiths, Oxford, [2 July 1957] (f. 14), refers to Griffiths' letter in the Sunday Times, 23 June 1957, a cutting of which is f. 43. Also included are draft letters from Bissell to Sir Andrew Duncan's secretary, [14 April 1952] (f. 12), and Richard J. Stonesifer, [1952] (ff. 29-30); a photostat copy, [1952], of the receipt, 1905, for payment for the printing of the first edition of The Soul's Destroyer (London, 1905) (f. 33); and reproductions, [1952], of two photographs of Davies, [1920s], taken at the home of the artist Sir William Nicholson and given to Bissell by Richard Stonesifer (ff. 44-45, see also f. 35).