Descriptive Summary and Abstract

Creator

Minchin, Humphrey Cotton

Title

Inventory of The Legion Papers:

Dates

1927-1935

Abstract

The Legion, edited by Captain H. Cotton Minchin, is a compilation of various literary pieces and art works submitted by various writers and artists. The patron of this book was the Prince of Wales (Later King Edward VIII) as a means to raise funds for the British Legion. The Legion Archive contains letters from various authors and artists, as well as miscellaneous documents and artwork. This collection contains 420 articles.

Identification

Rare MSS 00149

Extent

1.5 linear ft.

Language

English.

Repository

Cushing Memorial Library College Station, TX 77843-5000

Biographical Note

British Captain Humphrey Cotton Minchin served as editor for The Legion book, which was commissioned by the Prince of Wales as a way to raise funds for the Royal British Legion, a charity organization that donates to current soldiers and veterans, as suggested by King George V. Not much is known about the editor. Some of the writing contributors include Rudyard Kipling, Edmund Blunden, Hilaire Belloc, Sir Henry Newbolt, and Sir Winston S. Churchill, who also wrote The Jungle Book (1894), Undertones of War (1928), The Path to Rome (1902), Vitai Lampada (1897), The World Crisis (1923-31), respectively. There are fifty artistic contributors, which include: Jacob Epstien, who also sculpted St Michael's Victory over the Devil (1958), Muirhead Bone, who also sketched A View in Flanders behind the Lines, Showing Locre and the Tops of Dug-Outs on the Scherpenber (1915), Paul Nash who also painted The Ypres Salient at Night (1917-18), and Sir William Orpen who also painted Zonnebeke (1918). The contributors to The Legion were some of the most talented British subjects in their field, who composed new and special works of art or literature to be compiled into The Legion.

Scope and Content Note

The Archives of The Legion book materials are housed in 4 boxes. The contents are divided up into the following categories: (1) Letters from Writers, (2) Letters from Artists, (3) Miscellaneous Letters, (4) Miscellaneous Documents, and (5) Various Artwork.

There are approximately 110 items in the section "Letters from Writers." Most of these letters are written in reference to the author being asked to contribute to The Legion work, or discussing his/her contribution. The majority of letters are written to Captain H. Cotton Minchin. There are also some letters to Sir Lionel Halsey, and an undisclosed "Sir." Authors include Hilaire Beloc, George Moore, A.A. Milne, Virginia Woolf, and others.

Like the previous category, the "Letters from Artists category contains letters written by artists mostly written in reference to an artist being asked to contribute work to The Legion book. Most of the letters are written to either answer the request or discuss the details of artist’s contribution. There are approximately 116 items in this section, all written to Capt. H. Cotton Minchin.

The "Miscellaneous Letters" section contains letters from Lord Jellicoe, a few other known authors, and many authors whose name is illegible. Like the previous two sections, these materials are written mostly to Capt. H. Cotton Minchin. There are approximately 70 letters that cover a variety of different topics.

Approximately 41 items are in the "Miscellaneous Documents" category. These materials include letters from various authors, including Capt. H. Cotton Minchin, as well as other documents relating to a mixture of different topics. Many of the letter author’s names are illegible or are not found on the letter.

The "Artwork" section contains numerous illustrations for The Legion book, contributed by various authors. Not all of the works have the artist’s name on it, and some of the signatures are illegible. In this category there are proof sheets for the book, as well as multiple copies of some items. The section also contains some pieces of artwork that were done by artists either not listed in the "Letters from Artists" section or were not listed on the list of contributing artists, including Pablo Picasso, who was not listed among the book’s artistic contributors.

Organization of the Papers

This collection is organized into 4 series:          

Series 1. Letters from Writers
Series 2. Letters from Artists
Series 3. Miscellaneous Letters
Series 4. Miscellaneous Documents
Series 5. Various Artwork 

Restrictions

Access

No restrictions.

Usage Restrictions

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Online Catalog Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog of Cushing Memorial Library. Researchers wishing to find related materials should search the catalog under these index terms.

Names

Minchin, Humphrey Cotton
Aldington, Richard, 1892-1962
Austen, Winifred Marie Louise, 1876-1964
Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937
Bawden, Edward, 1903-1989
Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953
Bennett, Arnold
Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943
Blackwood, Algernon, 1869-1951
Blunden, Edmund, 1896-1974
Bone, Muirhead, Sir, 1876-1953.
Bridges, Robert, 1858-1941
Briscoe, Arthur John Trevor, 1873-1943
Bullett, Gerald William, 1894-1958
Cameron, David Young, Sir, 1865-1945.
Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929
Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936
Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965
Clausen, George, 1852-1944
Coppard, A. E. (Alfred Edgar), 1878-1957
Craig, Gordon Alexander, 1913-
Crawford, T. Hamilton
Daglish, Eric Fitch, 1892-1966
Davies, W. H. (William Henry), 1871-1940
De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956
Dobson, Frank, 1886-1963.
Drinkwater, John, 1882-1937
Epstein, Jacob, Sir, 1880-1959
Feron, Percy Hutton, 1874-1948
Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933
Garnett, David, 1892-
Gertler, Mark, 1891-1939
Gill, Eric, 1882-1940
Gooden, Stephen, 1892-1955
Gordon, Seton Paul, 1887-1977
Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William), 1866-1921
Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963
Jameson, Storm, 1891-1986
Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson), 1888-1958n
John, Augustus, 1878-1961
Kaye-Smith, Sheila, 1887-1956
Keun, Odette, 1888-1978
Kennedy, Margaret, 1896-1967
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936
Knight, Laura, Dame, 1877-1970
Lavery, John, 1856-1941
Lee-Hankey, William, 1869-1952
Leighton, Clare, 1898-1989
Low, David, 1891-1963.
Macbeth-Raeburn, H. (Henry), 1860-1947.
Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965
Mayo, Katherine, 1868?-1940
McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril), 1888-1937
Millin, Sarah Gertrude Liebson, 1889-1968
Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956
Moore, George, 1852-1933
Mottram, R. H. (Ralph Hale), 1883-
Murray, Gilbert, 1866-1957
Nash, Paul, 1889-1946
Newbolt, Henry John, Sir, 1862-1938
Nicolson, Harold George, Sir, 1886-1968
Orpen, William, Sir, 1878-1931
Partridge, Bernard, b. 1861.
Priestly, J. B. (John Boynton), 1894-
Ravilious, Eric William, 1903-1942.
Ricketts, Charles S., 1866-1931
Robinson, W. Heath (William Heath), 1872-1944
Sackville-West, V. (Victoria), 1892-1962
Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925.
Schwabe, Randolph, 1885-1948
Shepard, Ernest H. (Ernest Howard), 1879-1976
Short, Frank, Sir, 1857-1945.
Sickert, Walter, 1860-1942
Sitwell, Edith, Dame, 1887-1964
Sitwell, Osbert, 1892-1969
Spencer, Stanley, Sir, 1891-1959.
Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958
Steer, Philip Wilson, 1860-1942.
Tonks, Henry, 1862-1937
Wadsworth, Edward, 1889-1949
Walcot, William, 1874-1943
Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major), 1873-1958
Walpole, Hugh, Sir, 1884-1941
West, Rebecca, 1892-1983
Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975
Wolfe, Humbert, 1885-1940
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941

Organizations

British Legion

Subjects

World War, 1914-1918

Administrative Information

Provenance

Purchased from David Holmes Autographs, 2002.

Processing Information

Processed by Tiffany Sjogren in February 2006

Administrative Information

Provenance

Purchased from David Holmes Autographs, 2002.

Processing Information

Processed by Tiffany Sjogren in February 2006

Detailed Description of the Collection

Box 1 - Letters from Writers

1-10     Aldington, Richard. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 26 November 1929.

Box 1 - Letters from Writers

1-10     Aldington, Richard. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 26 November 1929.

1-20     Bating, Maurice. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 27 October 1928.

1-30     Barrie, J.M. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 10 July 1927.

1-40     Belloc, Hilaire (1). To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 26 October 1928.

1-50     Belloc, Hilaire (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 31 October 1928.

1-60     Belloc, Hilaire (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 5 November 1928.

1-70     Belloc, Hilaire (4). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 15 May 1929.

1-80     Belloc, Hilaire (5). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 18 October 1929.

1-90     Bennett, Arnold (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 18 May 1928.

1-100   Bennett, Arnold (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 15 August 1928.

1-110   Hervey, H. (Arnold Bennett’s secretary). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 18 August 1928.
 
1-120   Bennett, Arnold (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 25 September 1928. 

1-130   Bennett, Arnold (4). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 27 September 1928.

1-140   Bennett, Arnold (5). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 13 December 1928.

1-150   Bennett, Arnold (6). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 21 December 1928.

1-160   Bennett, Arnold (7). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 16 October 1929.

1-170   Berkeley, Reginald. To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 9 December 1928.

1-180   Binyon, Lawrence (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 21 March 1929.

1-190   Binyon, Lawrence (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 24 January 1930.

1-200   Blackwood, Algernon (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 30 October 1929.

1-210   Blackwood, Algernon (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 5 November 1929.

1-220   Bridges, Robert (1). To Sir. 19 May 1928.

1-230   Bridges, Robert (2). To Sir. 17 July 1928.

1-240   Bridges, Robert (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 20 October 1929.

1-250   Bullett, Gerald. To (unknown). 1927-1927. (This is the second page of the letter, the first page is missing)

1-260   Carman, Bliss. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 29 December 1928.

1-270   Cummins, J. (Mr. Churchill’s secretary). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 10 November 1929.

1-280   Coppard, A.E. (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 21 May 1928.

1-290   Coppard, A.E. (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 13 December 1928.

1-300   Coppard, A.E. (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 3 February 1929.

1-310   Coppard, A.E. (4). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 6 February 1929.

1-320   Coppard, A.E. (5). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 15 February 1929.

1-330   Coppard, A.E. (6). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 22 October 1929.

1-340   Davies, W. H. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 14 December 1928.

1-350   de la Mare, Walter (1). To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 25 September 1928.

1-360   de la Mare, Walter (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 2 October 1928.

1-370   de la Mare, Walter (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 16 October 1929.

1-380   Drinkwater, John. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 26 October 1929.

1-390   Galsworthy, John (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 17 May 1928.

1-400   Galsworthy, John (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 27 May 1929.

1-410   Galsworthy, John (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 21 October 1929.

1-420   Garnett, David (1). To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 7 November 1928.

1-430   Garnett, David (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 17 November 1928.

1-440   Garnett, David (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 28 May 1929.

1-450   Gordon, E. H. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 1 December 1929.

1-460   Gordon, Seton. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 4 November [between 1929-30].

1-470   Harwood, Fryn (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 25 July 1928.

1-480   Harwood, Fryn (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 13 October 1928.

1-490   Hebert, A.P. (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 23 March 1928.

1-500   Hebert, A.P. (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 12 March 1932.

1-510   Hornung, E.W. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 23, November [unknown]

1-520   Huxley, Aldous. To Halsey. 30 September 1928.

1-530   Jameson, Storm (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 27 July 1928.

1-540   Jameson, Storm (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 31 July 1928.

1-550   Jameson, Storm (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 7 November 1928.

1-560   Jameson, Storm (4). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 28 December 1928.

1-570   Jameson, Storm (5). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 22 October 1929.

1-580   Jameson, Storm (6). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 27 March 1930.

1-590   Kaye-Smith, Shelia (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 27 July 1928.

1-600   Kaye-Smith, Shelia (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 2 October 1928.

1-610   Kaye-Smith, Shelia (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 10 October [between 1927-31].

1-620   Kaye-Smith, Shelia (4). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 22 October 1929.

1-630   Keun, Odette. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 17 October [between 1927-31].

1-640   Kennedy, Margaret. To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 12 November 1928.

1-650   Lawrence, A.K. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 3 March 1929.

1-660   McNeile, H.C. (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 10 October [between 1927-30].

1-670   McNeile, H.C. (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 22 May [between 1927-30].

1-680   Maugham, W. Somerset. To Minchin, H. Cotton. [between 1927-29].

1-690   Mayo, Katherine. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 27 August 1931.

1-700   Millin, Sarah Gertrude (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 31 December 1928.

1-710   Millin, Sarah Gertrude (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 16 January 1929.

1-720   Milne, A.A. To Sir. 23 July 1923.

1-730   Moore, George (1). To Sir. 22 May [1928?].

1-740   Moore, George (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 25 July 1928.

1-750   Moore, George (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 28 July 1928.

1-760   [Unknown]. To George Moore. 16 July 1928.

1-770   Moore, George (5). To Minchin, H. Cotton. [between 1928-31].

1-780   Moore, George (6). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 11 January [between 1928-31].

1-790   Moore, George (7). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 13 January 1929.

1-800   Moore, George (8). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 15 January [unknown].

1-810   Moore, George (9). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 25 February [unknown].

1-820   Montague, E.C. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 18 May 1928.

1-830   Mottam, R.H. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 24 August [unknown].

1-840   Murray, Gilbert (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 29 October 1927.

1-850   Murray, Gilbert (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 12 October 1929.

1-860   Brown, S.M. To Sir. 24 March [unknown].

1-870   Newbolt, Henry (1). To Squire. 11 September 1926.

1-880   Newbolt, Henry (2). To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 27 February 1929.

1-890   Newbolt, Henry (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 26 March 1929.

1-900   Nicolson, Harold. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 17 June 1930.

1-910   Priestly, J.B. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 10 February 1928.

1-920   Sackville-West, Vita. To [ Minchin, H. Cotton]. 2 May [between 1927-29].

1-930   Nicolson, Vita. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 20 October 1929 (Vita Nicolson is Vita Sackville-West)

1-940   Osbert, Sitwell. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 24 August 1958.

1-950   Squire, J.C. (1) Prefatory Note. [between 1927-29]. (this is a manuscript, not a letter)

1-960   Squire, J.C. (2) To Minchin, H. Cotton. 16 October 1929.

1-970   Tomlinson, H.M. (1) To Squire [J.C.]. 20 August 1926.

1-980   Tomlinson, H.M. (2) To Minchin, H. Cotton. 10 August 1928.

1-990   [illegible] (on behalf of Edgar Wallace). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 22 October 1929.

1-1000 Walpole, Hugh (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 24 May 1928.

1-1010 Walpole, Hugh (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 20 October 1923.

1-1020 Shannon, P. (for Rebecca West) (1). To Halsey, Leonard. 15 November 1928.

1-1030 Shannon, P. (for Rebecca West) (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 9 January 1929.

1-1040 Shannon, P. (for Rebecca West) (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 25 January 1929.

1-1050 Church, Vera M. (for P.G. Wodehouse). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 19 October 1929.

1-1060 Wolfe, Humbert (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 26 July 1928.

1-1070 Wolfe, Humbert (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 19 October 1929.

1-1080 Woolf, Virginia (1). To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 12 November 1928.

1-1090 Cartwright, E.M. (for Virginia Woolf) (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 21 November 1928.

1-1100 Woolf, Virginia (3). To Sir [Halsey?]. [18?] January 1929.

Box 2 - Letters from Artists

2-10     2-10 Austen, Winifred (1). To Hasley, Sir Lionel. 8 November 1928.

2-20     Austen, Winifred (2). To Hasley, Sir Lionel. 14 December 1928.

2-30     Bone, Muirhead (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 14 May 1929.

2-40     Bone, Muirhead (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 10 December 1929.

2-50     Minchin, H. Cotton (?). To Bone, Muirhead. 12 December 1929.

2-60     Briscoe, Arthur (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 7 October 1929.

2-70     Briscoe, Arthur (2). To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 11 October 1928.

2-80     Briscoe, Arthur (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 18 October 1928.

2-90     Briscoe, Arthur (4). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 26 October 1928.

2-100   Cameron, D.Y.(1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 16 September 1928.

2-110   Cameron, D.Y.(2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 14 February 1929.

2-120   Cameron, D.Y.(3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 23 February 1929.

2-130   Cameron, D.Y.(4). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 5 November 1929.

2-140   Clausen, George (1). To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 2 October 1928.

2-150   Clausen, George (2). To Sir. 11 January 1929.

2-160   Clausen, George (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 20 October 1929.

2-170   Cope, A.S. (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 7 February 1929.

2-180   Cope, A.S. (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 15 October 1929.

2-190   Craig, Gordon (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 24 October 1929.

2-200   Craig, Gordon (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. [unknown].

2-210   Crawford, T. Hamilton (1). To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 21 January 1929.

2-220   Crawford, T. Hamilton (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 17 October 1929.
 
2-230   Crawford, William. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 2 October 1929.
 
2-240   Daglish, Eric. To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 9 December 1928. 

2-250   Dobson, Frank. To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 22 November 1928.

2-260   [Duff?]. To Sir. 28 October 1929.

2-270   Epstein, Jacob. To Minchin, H. Cotton. [29] June 1929.

2-280   Epstein, M. To ? 24 May, 1929.

2-290   Fearn, P.H. (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 7 October 1928.

2-300   Fearn, P.H. (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 12 January 1929.

2-310   Fearn, P.H. (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 27 October 1929.

2-320   Gertler, Mark (1). To Halsey, Sir Lionel. [unknown] November [between 1927- 29]

2-330   Gertler, Mark (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 30 November 1928.

2-340   Gertler, Mark (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 16 October 1929.

2-350   Gooden, Stephen (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 10 October 1929.

2-360   Gooden, Stephen (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 23 July [1929?].

2-370   Hinchliff, Woodbine K. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 13 December 1929.

2-380   John, Augustus. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 21 June 1929.

2-390   Knight, Laura. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 7 November [between 1927-29].

2-400   Kinnington, Eric (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. [between 1927-29].

2-410   Kinnington, Eric (2). To Sir [Minchin, H. Cotton?]. 2 November [between 1927- 29].

2-420   Kinnington, Eric (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. [between 1927-29].

2-430   Kinnington, Eric (4). To Minchin, H. Cotton. [between 1927-29].

2-440   Kinnington, Eric (5). To Minchin, H. Cotton. [between 1927-29].

2-450   Lamb, Charles (1). To Sir. [between 1927-29].

2-460   Lamb, Charles (2). To Sir [Halsey?]. 27 September [between 1927-29].

2-470   Lamb, Charles (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 23 October [between 1927-29].

2-480   Lavery, John (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 14 May 1929.

2-490   Lavery, John (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 26 October 1929.

2-500   Leighton, Clare (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 18 December 1929.

2-510   Low, David (1). To Sir [ Minchin, H. Cotton]. 4 August 1928.

2-520   Low, David (2). To Sir [ Minchin, H. Cotton]. 7 October 1928.

2-530   Low, David (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 15 January 1929.

2-540   Low, David (4). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 20 May 1929.

2-550   Low, David (5). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 24 July 1929.

2-560   Low, David (6). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 20 October 1929.

2-570   Macbeth-Raeburn, H. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 5 November 1927.

2-580   McBey, John (1). To Sir [ Minchin, H. Cotton]. 17 October 1928.

2-590   McBey, John (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 6 November 1928.

2-600   McBey, John (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 17 November 1928.

2-610   McBey, John (4). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 31 March 1930.

2-620   [illegible] (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 19 December 1928.

2-630   [illegible] (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 9 June 1928.

2-640   Nash, John (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. [between 1927-29].

2-650   Nash, John (2). To Sir [Lionel Halsey]. [between 1927-29].

2-660   Nash, Paul (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 12 October 1928.

2-670   Nash, Paul (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 9 November 1928.

2-680   Nash, Paul (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. [between 1927-29].

2-690   Nash, Paul (4). To Minchin, H. Cotton. [13 or 14] November 1928.

2-700   Nicholson, William (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 14 June 1929.

2-710   Nicholson, William (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 9 November 1929.

2-720   [illegible], John. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 29 August 1920.

2-730   Patridge, Bernard (1). To Sir. 19 May 1928.

2-740   Patridge, Bernard (2). To Sir. 27 October 1928.

2-750   Patridge, Bernard (3). To Sir. 4 November 1928.

2-760   Patridge, Bernard (4). To Sir. 20 October 1929.

2-770   Robertson, David (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 13 November 1928.

2-780   Robertson, David (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 14 December 1928.

2-790   Robertson, David (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 7 November 1929.

2-800   Robinson, W. Health (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 17 December 1928.

2-810   Robinson, W. Health (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 9 January 1929.

2-820   Robinson, W. Health (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 19 October 1929.

2-830   Rothenstein, William (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 3 August 1928.

2-840   Rothenstein, William (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. September 1929.

2-850   Rothenstein, William (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 18 July [unknown].

2-860   Rothenstein, William (4). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 2 October 1929.

2-870   Rutherston, Albert (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 2 September 1929.

2-880   Rutherston, Albert (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 21 October 1929.

2-890   Schwabe, Randolph. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 22 October 1929.

2-900   Shepard, E.H. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 21 October 1929.

2-910   Short, Frank (1). To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 13 October 1928.

2-920   Short, Frank (2). To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 22 October 1928.

2-930   Short, Frank (3). To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 3 December 1928.

2-940   Short, Frank (4). To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 29 October 1929.

2-950   Sickert, Walker. To Minchin, H. Cotton. [unknown].

2-960   Smith, Matthew (1). To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 23 November 1928.

2-970   Smith, Matthew (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 14 December 1928.

2-980   Smith, Matthew (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 7 January 1928.

2-990   Smith, Matthew (4). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 17 May 1929.

2-1000   Smith, Matthew (5). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 6 [March or November] 1929.

2-1010   Spencer, Stanley (1). To Sir. [unknown].

2-1020   Spencer, Stanley (1). To Sir. [unknown].

2-1030   Spencer, Stanley (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. [unknown].

2-1040   Steer, P. Wilson (1). To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 26 September 1928.

2-1050   Steer, P. Wilson (2). To Sir [Halsey, Sir Lionel?]. 3 October 1928.

2-1060  Steer, P. Wilson (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 19 [June?] 1929.

2-1070   Steer, P. Wilson (4). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 20 October 1929.

2-1080   Strube, [illegible] (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 1 March 1929.

2-1090   Strube, [illegible] (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 24 October 1929.

2-1100   Tonks, Henry (1). To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 22 September [1928?].

2-1110   Tonks, Henry (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 20 October 1929.

2-1120   Wadsworth, Edward (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 26 [October?] 1929.

2-1130   Wadsworth, Edward (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 5 December 1928.

2-1140   Wadsworth, Edward (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 26 November 1928.

2-1150   Walcot, William. (1). To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 19 July 1928.

2-1160   Walcot, William. (2). To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 11 January 1929.

2-1170   Exley, J.R.G. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 20 July 1928.

2-1180   Exley, J.R.G. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 14 October 1929.

Box 3 - Miscellaneous Letters

3-10     [Agahan?]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 13 October 1931.

3-20     Brockhurst, G.H. To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 5 June 1928.

3-30     Baldwin, Stanley. To Sir. 15 July 1929.

3-40     [illegible], Oswald. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 8 January 1920.

3-50     [Clunnelly?], W. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 16 October 1929.

3-60     [illegible]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 11 October 1929.

3-70     [illegible]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. [2 December 1927?].

3-80    Curwen, Harold. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 18 October 1929.

3-90     [Davies?], Margaret. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 21 October 1929.

3-100   [illegible], York (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 5 November 1929.

3-110   [illegible], York (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 20 November 1929.

3-130   [CSF?]. To [Halsey, Sir Lionel?]. 28 March 1931.

3-140   [illegible]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 29 January [1928?].

3-150   [illegible]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 4 December 1927.

3-160   [illegible], Winifred. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 21 October 1929.

3-170   [illegible]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 24 August 1938.

3-180   Minchin, H. Cotton. To Halsey, Sir Lionel. 3 January 1929.

3-190   Halsey, Lionel (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 25 December 1929.

3-200   Halsey, Lionel (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 4 January 1931.

3-210   Halsey, Lionel (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 30 August 1931.

3-220   Halsey, Lionel (4). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 16 October 1935.

3-230   [illegible] (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 23 March 1939.

3-240   [illegible] (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 11 April 1939.

3-250   [Hamilton, James?]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 4 December 1929.

3-260   [illegible], Ashley. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 3 September 1929.

3-270   Jellicoe, Lord (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 17 July 1929.

3-280   Jellicoe, Lord (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 14 June 1928.

3-290   Jellicoe, Lord (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. [1?] July [1928?].

3-300   Jellicoe, Lord (4). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 13 July [1928?].

3-310   Jellicoe, Lord (5). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 3 November 1928.

3-320   Jellicoe, Lord (6). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 1 May 1929.

3-330   Jellicoe, Lord (7). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 30 [July?] 1929.

3-340   Jellicoe, Lord (8). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 12 August 1929.

3-350   Jellicoe, Lord (9). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 13 August 1929.

3-360   Jellicoe, Lord (10). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 6 September 1929.

3-370   Jellicoe, Lord (11). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 19 September 1929.
 
3-380   Jellicoe, Lord (12). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 28 September 1929. 

3-390   Jellicoe, Lord (13). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 6 October 1929.

3-400   Jellicoe, Lord (14). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 10 October 1929.

3-410   [unknown.] To [the Chairman of Lloyd’s?]. [unknown].

3-420   [illegible], R.C. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 29 December 1930.

3-430   [illegible], W.B. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 2 June 1928.

3-440   [illegible]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 5 December 1930.

3-450   McGrath, Rosita. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 9 January [unknown].
 
3-460   Priestman, [John?] (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 14 March 1934. 

3-470   Priestman, [John?] (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 30 June 1936.

3-480   Priestman, [John?] (3). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 5 July 1937.

3-490   Priestman, [John?] (4). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 12 July 1937.

3-500   [Preistman], Marie. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 8 May 1959.

3-510   [illegible]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. [3 October 1927?].

3-520   [Schiff?], Earnest. To Minchin, H. Cotton. [November 1930?]

3-530   [Robertson-Scott, J.W.?]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 10 November [1927?].

3-540   [illegible]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 20 October 1930.

3-550   [illegible]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 17 [March?] 1929.

3-560   [illegible (D_y?)]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 20 March 1931.

3-570   [Igonell?]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 19 November 1930.

3-580   Thomson, J. Arthur. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 20 October 1927.

3-590   [illegible]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 4 November 1929.

3-600   [illegible]. To [ Minchin, H. Cotton]. [unknown].

3-610   [illegible]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 22 October 1929.

3-620   [illegible]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. [ 22 November 1927].

3-630   [illegible]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 13 November 1928.

3-640   [illegible]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 4 February 1930.

3-660   [illegible]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 21 September 1946.

3-670   [illegible] (1). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 20 October 1927.

3-680   [illegible] (2). To Minchin, H. Cotton. 14 November 1927.

3-690   [Daws, H?]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 12 January 1928.

3-700   [unknown.] To Minchin, H. Cotton. [October 1929?].

Box 3 - Miscellaneous Documents

3-710   An Insect Romance. (a word game)

3-720   Seven Wonders of the World.

3-730   [unknown]. To Sir John. [unknown].

3-740   [unknown]. To [unknown]. [unknown].

3-750   [unknown]. (appears to be notes jotted down about various letters)

3-760   [illegible]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 31 March 1931. (contains "Amounts Paid to Capt. H. Cotton Minchin on Account of Commission re 'The Legion Book'")

3-770   Prince of Wales’s Charitable Trust Fund (1). List of Donors.

3-780   Prince of Wales’s Charitable Trust Fund (2). Distribution to Charities.

3-790   Evans, Y.H. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 8 May 1959. (contains a copy of the final Legion statement).

3-800   Strauss, Turnbull, & Co. Blank letterhead.

3-810   [unknown]. [Orpen, Major Sir William]. 16 July 1928.

3-820   [unknown]. To Dobson. 26 February 1932.

3-830   [unknown]. To [unknown]. 22 February 1932.

3-840   [unknown]. To Halsey, Sir Lionel. [ 2 July 1931].

3-850   [ Minchin, H. Cotton]. To Halsey, Sir Lionel. [ 29 June 1931].

3-860   [unknown]. To Brown, Colonel. 29 June 1931.

3-870   [Brown, Jown]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 9 May 1931.

3-880   [Morely, T.] To Minchin, H. Cotton. 17 June 1931.

3-890   [unknown]. [unknown]. 24 June 1931.

3-900   [unknown]. To Williams, Mr. Rushbrooke. [unknown].

3-910   [Brockett, A.] To Minchin, H. Cotton. 5 May 1931.

3-920   [unknown]. To Havinden, Ashley. [unknown].

3-930   Heath, Colonel E.C. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 10 October 1929.

3-940   [unknown]. (a note listing various names with a number 1 or 2 by each name)

3-950   The Legion Book Account – Receipts and Payments Account. 5 May 1931.

3-960   [unknown] To Willcox, Captain. 27 June 1929.

3-970   Jellicoe, Earl and H. Cotton Minchin. To [unknown]. [unknown].

3-980   Minchin, H. Cotton. To Jellicoe, Lord. 5 May 1929.

3-990   Minchin, H. Cotton. To Jellicoe, Lord. [ 30 April 1929].

3-1000   Crowder, George Betram. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 5 October 1928.

3-1010  [illegible]. To Minchin, H. Cotton. 1 October 1928.

3-1020   [Minchin, H. Cotton?]. To Willcox, W.G. 24 July 1928. (enclosed is a letter from Crowder to Minchin, H. Cotton, dated 18 April 1928.)

3-1030   [Crowder, G.B.] To Minchin, H. Cotton. 11 April 1928.

3-1040  Halsey, Sir Lionel. To [unknown]. 26 March 1928.

3-1050  Willcox, W.G. To Crowder, G.B. 21 February 1928.

3-1060  Dobson, A.T.A. To [unknown]. 1 March 1932.

3-1070  [unknown]. To [unknown]. [unknown].

3-1080  [unknown]. To Brown, Colonel. [unknown].

3-1090  [ Minchin, H. Cotton]. To [unknown]. [ 11 January 1932].

3-1100  Legion Order Form.

3-1110  List of The Legion Contributors

3-1120  [unknown]. (on behalf of the Prince of Wales) To [unknown]. 13 May 1929.

Box 4 - Various Artwork

4-10     Title Page proof with illustration of a mounted soldier.

4-20     Title Page proof with illustration of a flower.

4-30     Title Page proof with illustration of a flower.

4-40     [unknown]. [Drawing of an Iris plant]. [unknown].

4-50     [unknown]. [Drawing of a woman’s face]. [unknown].

4-60     [unknown]. St. James’s Place. [unknown].

4-70     [unknown]. Piccadilly Circus. [unknown].

4-80     [illegible]. Gassed. 1918.

4-90     Bawden, E. [unknown]. [unknown].

4-100   Bawden, E. Mount Pleasant Rd. [unknown].

4-110   Bawden, E. Mount Pleasant Rd. [unknown]. (contains some coloring)

4-120   Brisoce, Arthur. On Board "Lurow"(?). [unknown].

4-130   [illegible]. [Drawing of a Royal]. 1929.

4-140   [illegible]. [Drawing of a Royal]. 1929.

4-150   [illegible]. [Drawing of a Royal]. 1929.

4-160   [illegible]. [Drawing of a Royal]. 1929.

4-170   [illegible]. [Drawing of a Royal]. 1929.

4-180   [illegible]. [Drawing of a Royal]. 1929.

4-190   Cameron, Sir David. [Shuna (?)]. [unknown].

4-200   Clausen, Sir George. [unknown]. [unknown].

4-210   Clausen, Sir George. [unknown]. [unknown].

4-220   Clausen, Sir George. [unknown]. [unknown].

4-230   Crawford, T. Hamilton. [Drawing of an Officer]. 1929.

4-240   G., E.C. [Color drawing of a woman by a canopy bed]. 1922.

4-250   Dobson, Frank. [Color sketch of a nude woman]. 1928.

4-260   Dobson, Frank. [Color sketch of a nude woman]. 1928.

4-270   Dobson, Frank. [Color sketch of a nude woman]. 1928.

4-280   Dobson, Frank. [Color sketch of a nude woman]. 1928.

4-290   Epstein, Jacob. Sunita. [unknown].

4-300   Epstein, Jacob. Sunita. [unknown].

4-310   Epstein, Jacob. Sunita. [unknown].

4-320   John, Augustus. Madame Suggia. [unknown].

4-330   John, Augustus. Madame Suggia. [unknown].

4-340   Kinnington, Eric. [Drawing of a soldier playing bagpipes]. [unknown].

4-350   Llewellyn, Sir William. [Drawing of the Queen]. [unknown].

4-360   Llewellyn, Sir William. [Drawing of the Queen]. [unknown].

4-370   Low, David. [drawing of an older gentleman]. [unknown].

4-380   Low, David. [drawing of an older gentleman]. [unknown].

4-390   Low, David. A Page from Low’s Sketchbook. [unknown].

4-400   McBey, James. [Drawing of soldiers in trenches]. [unknown].

4-410   McBey, James. [Drawing of soldiers in trenches]. [unknown]. (colored sketch)

4-420   Nash, John. [Colored drawing of a house on the lake]. [unknown].

4-430   Nash, John. [Colored drawing of a house on the lake]. [unknown].

4-440   Nash, Paul. [Colored drawing of trees]. 1925.

4-450   Nash, Paul. [Colored drawing of trees]. 1925.

4-460   Nicholson, William. An Elizabethan. [unknown]. (has coloring comments on the drawing).

4-470   Nicholson, William. An Elizabethan. [unknown].

4-480   Nicholson, William. An Elizabethan. [unknown]. (on a proof sheet, along with a copy of Rudyard Kipling’s The English Way.)

4-490   Orpen, Sir William. Paris. 1919.

4-500   Picasso, Pablo. [drawing of a horned, devil-like figure]. [unknown].

4-510   Picasso, Pablo. [drawing of a man and two women holding hands]. 1923.

4-520   Poy. Triolet. [unknown].

4-530   Ravilious, Eric. Mephistopheles Appearing to Faustus. [unknown].

4-540   Rothenstein, William. [drawing of a man’s face]. 1929.

4-550   Rothenstein, William. [drawing of a man’s face in burnt orange]. 1929.

4-560   Rutherston, Albert. [drawing of a man and woman on stage]. 1929.

4-570   Rutherston, Albert. [colored drawing of a man and woman on stage]. 1929.

4-580   Smith, Matthew. [drawing of a topless woman]. [unknown].

4-590   [Snappley?]. A Manout. 1928.

4-600   Steer, P. Wilson. [colored painting of people on a beach]. 1926.

4-610   Strube, S. [cartoon about a Private and Seargent]. [unknown].

4-620   Walcot, William. [drawing of Notre Dame?]. [unknown].

4-630   Walcot, William. [drawing of Notre Dame?]. [unknown].

4-640   Walcot, William. [drawing of Notre Dame?]. [unknown].

4-650   Walcot, William. [drawing of Notre Dame?]. [unknown].

4-660   Walcot, William. [drawing of Notre Dame?]. [unknown].

Box 4 - Proof Pages

4-670   [illegible]. Gassed. 1918. Levry, Sir John. [painting of people boarding a ship at the docks]. [unknown]. Kinnington, Eric. [drawing of a soldier playing bagpipes]. [unknown]. Robinson, W. Heath. [drawing of a jester playing the guitar]. [unknown]. Shepherd, Eric A. [drawing of a ship wrecked on shore]. [unknown].

4-680   Gertler, Mark. [drawing of a woman at a table]. 1928.Lawrence, A.K. [Persephone?] 1929. [Tonks, Henry]. [drawing of a young girl’s face]. [unknown].[illegible]. [drawing of two fishermen at a lake]. [unknown].

4-690   Bone, Murihead. Seville. 1928.Wadsworth, Edward. [drawing of clothes hanging in alley]. 1924.

4-700   Epstein, Jacob. [drawing of a nude woman]. [unknown]. Kinnington, Eric. [drawing of a soldier playing bagpipes]. [unknown].

4-710   Rothenstein, William. [drawing of a man’s face in burnt orange]. 1929. Low, David. [drawing of an older gentleman]. [unknown].

4-720   John, Augustus. Madame Suggia. [unknown].[illegible]. Gassed. 1918.

4-730   Lamb, Charles. [painting of a young boy]. [illegible]. Schwabe, Randolph. [drawing of a nude woman sitting]. [unknown].

4-740   Llewellyn, Sir William. [Drawing of the Queen]. [unknown]. Robinson, W. Heath. [drawing of a jester playing the guitar]. [unknown]. Shepherd, Eric A. [drawing of a ship wrecked on shore]. [unknown].

4-750   Schwabe, Randolph. [drawing of a nude woman sitting]. [unknown].Lamb, Charles. [painting of a young boy]. [illegible].

4-760   Wadsworth, Edward. [drawing of clothes hanging in alley]. 1924.Bone, Murihead. Seville. 1928.

4-770   Brief description about The Legion. List of contributors.Galsworthy, John. Memorable Days. [unknown]. (Only contains the beginning of the literary piece).

4-780   Dedication page.

4-790   Dedication page.

4-800   Dedication page.