Sherriff, Robert Cedric, (1896-1975), playwright and scriptwriter

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Surname:	Sherriff
Forenames:	Robert Cedric
Gender:	Male
Date:	1896-1975
Places:	Esher, Surrey Hampton Wick, Middlesex
Biography:	ODNB link for Sherriff, Robert Cedric (1896-1975) Dramatist and Novelist
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P164719 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P26026 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	c1817-1975: papers incl corresp, diaries, scripts, press cuttings, accounts, photographs and papers rel to his parents	Surrey History Centre	2332	NRA 37526
2	1871-1958: corresp and papers rel to finance, legal matters, literary works, personal interests and his parents, brother and extended family	Surrey History Centre	3813	NRA 44394
3	1925-2015: additional papers incl manuscripts, accounts, corresp, photographs, interview recording (1972), and family papers incl diaries, corresp, photographs and postcards	Surrey History Centre	9314	See Annual Return 2014
4	1929-51: corresp with Society of Authors	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 63326
5	1934-51: corresp with League of Dramatists	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 63439
6	corresp and literary papers	See information in published source		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
7	MS of first draft of his play "Journey's End"	Imperial War Museum (IWM) Department of Documents		See Annual Return 1993
8	copy letters to Lt-Col CA Clark, East Surrey Regiment, with whom he served	Surrey History Centre	7502	See Annual Return 2006
9	1939: screenplay for 'Journey's End'	Kingston History Centre	KX603	See Annual Return 2016