Dallas Pratt documents collection4079579Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-06 20:27:54 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Rare Book and Manuscript Library Dallas Pratt documents collection Pratt, Dallas 4079579 MS#1021 English /repositories/2/resources/3348 2 linear feet 2 boxes (35 items) 1695-1990 Arrangement

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 Summary

Eighteen letters of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, friend of Queen Anne, wife of the great English military commander, and ancestress of Sir Winston Churchill. The letters contain comments on the political events of the day, particularly the Jacobite cause, the building of Blenheim Palace, and family affairs. The letters were the subject of an article"The Duchess Speaks Her Mind" by Dallas Pratt in the "Columbia Library Columns" May 1965, pp. 27-42. There are also letters by Jonathan Swift, 13 May 1740; John Constable, 14 Dec. 1833 and 18 Dec. 1834; George W. Wales, 22 Jan. 1859; and a document signed by Louis XIV, 13 Oct. 1705. In addition, there are nine original photographs of Rupert Brooke, taken in London, 1913, by the American photographer Sherril Schell, as well as a photostatic copy of poems from the Rugby notebook of Rupert Brooke. A printed poem by Dallas Pratt has been added

 Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Dallas Pratt documents collection; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

 Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Pratt, Dallas. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1965. Accession number--M-1965.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Printed poem by Dallas Pratt: Source of acquisition--Estate of Dallas Pratt. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1994. Accession number--M-1994.

 Biographical / Historical

Dallas Pratt was born 21 August 1914 and died 20 May 1994.

 Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Dallas Pratt, 1965-1994.

 Processing Information

Entered in AMC 11/27/1990.

 Processing Information

Printed poem by Dallas Pratt Processed HR 11/17/1994.

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Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

 Jacobite Rebellion, 1715 Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 18th century Scotland -- Politics and government -- 1689-1745 Photographs Poems Marlborough, Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of, 1660-1744 Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 Constable, John, 1776-1837 Louis , King of France, XIV, 1638-1715 Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915 Box 1/repositories/2/archival_objects/17683641Box 2/repositories/2/archival_objects/17683652