The papers document many aspects of Rebecca West's life, including her friendships with the Hutchinsons and others, her marriage and her relationship with her son, Anthony West. In addition to letters from West and her husband Henry Andrews, there are letters from others to Hutchinson about West, including Victoria Glendinning, Alan Maclean, Alexandra Pringle and Diana Stainforth. Writings includes photocopies of early poems by West and a corrected typescript of a group of late poems, "An Old Woman Is Told That She May Have Cancer," as well as writings by Hutchinson on West and on her works. Hutchinson's research files contain material gathered for his bibliography of West's writings, biographical information on her, and files documenting his role as an executor of her literary estate. Clippings consists of articles, book reviews, and other short pieces by and about Rebecca West.
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