3 ALsS, 1 ANS and 1 ACS (all 'Robert Speaight') to Kyrle Fletcher.

The collection is in good condition, with items on lightly aged and creased paper. Letter One (12 September 1951, Onslow Gardens; 12mo, 1 p, in envelope): As Kyrle Fletcher 'may have seen', Speaight is engaged in a biography of William Poel, and is 'anxious to trace the letters he received from Shaw & which were sold about 1930'. Kyrle Fletcher has docketed the envelope with a precis of his reply. Card (postmarked 14 September 1951): Thanking Kyrle Fletcher for his 'letter & most useful suggestions'. Letter Two (30 September 1951, on Garrick Club letterhead; 12mo, 1 p, in envelope): He will gladly propose Kyrle Fletcher 'for the Newman Association & will forward the application, hoping that she, or some other official, will second it on my recommendation'. Letter 3 (14 October 1951, on Campion House letterhead; 12mo, 1 p): He has 'traced the Shaw-Poel letters to a back issue of the Times Literary Supplement where they are conveniently reproduced'. He assumes that he can 'look up' the article Kyrle Fletcher suggests 'easily enough, in the London Library or the British Museum'. Note (16 December 1951, Campion House; 12mo, 1 p): He thanks him 'for letting me see these letters. I will of course take care not to quote from them.'