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Collection of Correspondence, Alfred Edward Thiselton
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-626
Scope and Contents
The correspondence is that between a number of persons and Thiselton on his Shakespearean publications. The correspondents, of some 40 in number, include W. Salt Brassington, F. J. Furnivall, and Israel Gollancz.
Dates:
[circa 1895]-1916
Correspondence between George Mackay Brown and Hugo Brunner
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1294
Scope and Contents
The material in the collection spans a period of 22 years from 1974 to 1996, and consists of several dozens of pages. The content tells of George Mackay Brown's annual cycle and his daily life, and particularly of visits of muses and other friends, as well as referring to publishing and contract matters. Included among the many individuals mentioned or referred to in the letters are: Ernest Marwick, Edwin Muir, Andrew Motion, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Hermann Palsson, Simon Fraser, Esther...
Dates:
1974-1996
Correspondence of Rev. Canon Andrew John Young
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-702
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of letters and postcards to close friends John Freeman and John Arlott, as well as analyses of religious questions in poetry. There are circa 20 autograph letters and 10 signed letters to Freeman, 1922-1927, and circa 100 autograph letters to Arlott from the 1940s to the 1970s. The collection also includes BBC typescript broadcasts on The search for flowers, Some rare flowers of the west, ...
Dates:
1920-1971
Correspondence of Samuel Solomonovich Koteliansky
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-625
Scope and Contents
The correspondence consists of autographed letters from Koteliansky to Sir Sidney Philip Waterlow referring to much in the literature of the period including reference to D. H. Lawrence, H. G. Wells, Evelyn Waugh, and Aldous Huxley.
Dates:
1929-1933
John Wain Archive
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-29
Scope and Contents
Includes essays; drafts of, and corrections to The contenders, The take-over bid, and The smaller sky; revised text, and corrected typescript of The young visitors; publisher's copy of, and notebooks relating to A winter in the hills; revision to, and radio adaptation of A winter in the hills; drafts...
Dates:
1947-1994
Lecture notes taken down by David H. Stam
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1028
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of Lecture notes on English Literature and Divinity taken down during 1955-1956, with the English Literature notes including:
- Dr. Johnson
- Critical Theory, given by A. M. Clarke
- The seventeenth century, also given by A. M. Clarke
There are also Supplementary notes on: Wordsworth; Shelley; Matthew Arnold; and,...
Dates:
1955-1956
Letters from Walter de la Mare
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-352
Identifier: Coll-1836
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a total of 23 Walter De la Mare letters dating from 1926 to 1953 including: 14 letters to Mrs. Verity (7 autograph letters signed and 7 typed letters signed); 3 autograph letters signed
to Marie Lamigeon; 6 typed letters signed to various other people. More perspective on Walter De la Mare's thinking can be understood regarding this important and
accomplished English poet and novelist.
Dates:
1926-1953
Original ms for 'Love, Freedom and Society', by John Middleton Murry, published 1957
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1681
Scope and Contents
The ms of Love, Freedom and Society spans 345pp, in closely written handwriting, covering the entire text of the work. As well as sections on D. H. Lawrence and Albert Schweitzer, the ms also includes a set of politically based conclusions entitled 'A political epilogue' which was omitted from the final publication. These conclusions were replaced with the chapter 'Christianity and tragedy' which is also present in the ms. Letter of provenance is...
Dates:
1955-1957
Papers of Dr. Geoffrey D. Carnall
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-552
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of lectures on rhetoric, 1960-1964, and, transcript and correspondence on a teach-in on chemical and biological warfare, 24 January 1969, tape transcripts.The bulk of his papers were donated in 2015 (accession code E2015.91). They include correspondence with his colleagues and fellow activists as well as a few personal letters, lectures notes, proofs of publications, and pamphlets, newspaper cuttings, and correspondence relating to political causes he was...
Dates:
1950s-1990s
Papers relating to the Literary Journal 'Two Rivers'
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1082
Scope and Contents
The collections is composed of: autograph manuscripts; typed manuscripts; signed autograph letters and signed typed letters; and autograph post cards. There are also contents lists and corrected galley proofs. The collection includes letters of congratulation on the publication of the journal, and letters from Christopher Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid).
Dates:
1969-1970
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