MS 7712
Papers of Duke of Baena (1893-198?)


Biographical Note

José Ruix de Arana y Bauer Duque de Baena, 16th Duke of Baena. A diplomat well-known in society and artistic circles in Paris and London in the 1920s and 1930s and a friend of Patrick White.

Series List

Folder 1         Photographs - Patrick White as young man by Sara Doggart       
                 -Patrick White taken in 1973 by Eva Mandel-Palovic             
                 -Duke of Baena taken in 1948                                   
Folder 2         Letters from the Duke of Baena 24 January 1938 - 8 February    
                 1947                                                           
Folder 3         26 letters from Patrick White 1936 - 40, 1946 - 47, 1973 and   
                 a card (undated)                                               
Folder 4         Two unpublished poems, St-Jean-de-Luz, 28 August 1937          
Folder 5         First publication of "The twitching colonel"                   
Folder 6         Newspaper clippings 1973                                       
Folder 7         The year's poetry 1938