The Lyn Newman Digital Archive (In Development)

The Lyn Newman Digital Archive is a digital reproduction of the Lyn Newman papers held in the library of St. John's College, Cambridge.

Lilian Lloyd Irvine left Girton College, CambridgCambridge in 1927 with a letter of introduction to Leonard Woolf, who got her a job reviewing fiction for the 'New Statesman', and later, commissioned and published her first book, 'Ten Letter Writers'.

Through the Woolfs, she met and started corresponding with other members of the Bloomsbury group, in particular Lady Antoinette Esher. During this period she also edited her own literary journal, 'The Monologue'. This early career as a journalist was curtailed in 1934 by marriage to Max Newman, Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge.

The collection comprises correspondence with Bloomsbury Group, family and friends; journal and diaries; miscellaneous family papers; original work; papers relating to 'The Monologue' and Monologue Books.

Given by William Newman, and others, 2004-8.

Organisation

The physical collection is organised into 34 boxes, subdivided into folders containing individual items.  The digital archive exactly reproduces this organisational structure.

Box 1 Correspondence with Bloomsbury Group and some others. 1927- 1973
Box 2 Miscellaneous correspondence 1924- 1978
Box 3 Miscellaneous correspondence 1924- 1978
Box 4 Miscellaneous correspondence. 1924- 1978
Box 5 Miscellaneous correspondence. 1924- 1978
Box 6 Miscellaneous correspondence. 1924- 1978
Box 7 Miscellaneous correspondence. 1924- 1978
Box 8 Miscellaneous correspondence. 1924- 1978
Box 9 Miscellaneous correspondence. 1924- 1978
Box 10 Miscellaneous correspondence. 1924- 1978
Box 11 Miscellaneous correspondence. 1924- 1978
Box 12 Miscellaneous correspondence. 1924- 1978
Box 13 Miscellaneous correspondence. 1924- 1978
Box 14 Miscellaneous correspondence. 1924- 1978
Box 15 Correspondence from Antoinette Esher to Lyn Newman. 1944- 1963
Box 16 Correspondence from Lyn Newman to Antoinette Esher. 1944- 1960
Box 17 Correspondence from Lillian Irvine to Lyn Newman and Yda Hazell. 1929- 1939
Box 18 Correspondence from Lillian Irvine to Lyn Newman and Yda Hazell. 1929- 1939
Box 19 Correspondence from Lillian Irvine to Lyn Newman and Yda Hazell. 1929- 1939
Box 20 Correspondence from Lillian Irvine to Lyn Newman and Yda Hazell. 1929- 1939
Box 21 Correspondence from Lillian Irvine to Lyn Newman and Yda Hazell. 1929- 1939
Box 21a Correspondence from Lillian Irvine to Lyn Newman and Yda Hazell. 1929- 1939
Box 22 Correspondence with Lillian Irvine, John A Irvine, and Elsa Irvine. 1932- 1949
Box 23 Letters from Lyn Newman to her husband, Max Newman. 1932- 1973
Box 24 Letters from Lyn Newman to her son, William Newman 1948- 1972
Box 25 Correspondence with Yda Hazell. 1930- 1955
Box 25a Letters and cards to Yda Hazell. 1924- 1937
Box 26 Miscellaneous family correspondence and papers. 1915- 1971
 

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