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Forster, Edward Morgan, 1879-1970 (novelist and critic)

 Person

Staff Only

Dates

  • Existence: 1879 - 1970

Dates and places

King's College, Cambridge, 1897

Legal status / Nationality

British

Sphere of activity

Novelist

Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:

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 File

'A talk given in celebration of E. M. Forster', 2004-07-11

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/42/3
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a talk given to the King's College Association Annual General Meeting, comprising memoirs and anecdotes about E.M. Forster.
To request this document, please use the following call mark: Misc. 30/62

Dates: 2004-07-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
Found in: Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge / Forster: The Papers of Edward Morgan Forster / Other posthumous material
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Assorted letters in Raisley Moorsom's custody, 1922-05 - 1940-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/AEF/4/22
Scope and Contents Includes: 5 autograph letters signed and 18 typed letters signed from Arthur Elliott Felkin to Raisley Moorsom, Mar. 1939 - Nov. 1940.1 typed letter signed from E.M. Forster to Raisley Moorsom regarding Forster's biography of Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, 25 Jan. 1933.1 typed letter signed from AEF to E.M. Forster regarding Forster's biography of Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, 6 Dec. 1933.4 autograph letters signed and 25 typed letters signed from Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson to...
Dates: 1922-05 - 1940-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
Found in: Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge / Felkin: The Papers of Arthur Elliott Felkin / Subject folders
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Broadstream novels, 1 May 1961-1963

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9987/8/6
Scope and Contents

Includes a letter and a card from E. M. Forster to Holbrook, [1963?], relating to a proposed abridgement of 'Where Angels Fear To Tread'.

Dates: 1 May 1961-1963
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply to access. Users of the collection are required to complete a Researcher Undertaking Concerning Access under the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to Archives Which Would Otherwise Be Closed. Two files are restricted on grounds of confidentiality, and a number of files are not available for research on account of the poor physical condition of the documents they contain.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / David Holbrook Papers / Subject files
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Card from E. M. Forster to Peter Hawkes; Cambridge, 29 Mar. 1965

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9846/70
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Letters and related items, mostly addressed to the editors of the Cambridge Review, and predominantly to Peter Hawkes. Some letters were intended for publication; most of the others concern the contribution (or otherwise) of articles and book reviews.

Dates: 29 Mar. 1965
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / The Cambridge Review: editorial correspondence
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Correspondence between E.M. Forster, NGA, and related papers, 1952 - 1983

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0272/NGA/5/1/297
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This series comprises letters which NGA filed alphabetically under the name of the individual or institution with whom he was corresponding. It includes letters and related material such as offprints and newspaper cuttings.

Dates: 1952 - 1983
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some files are closed because they contain personal information. Most files which are marked as restricted access can be read with the written permission of the author. All other files may be consulted in the Archive Centre following the standard registration procedures.
Found in: Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge / Annan: The Papers of Noel Gilroy Annan / Correspondence / Correspondence with individuals
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Correspondence between J.M. Keynes and E.M. Forster, 1914 - 1933

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JMK/PP/45/109
Scope and Contents

7 autograph letters, signed, 2 typed letters, signed, and 2 autograph postcards, signed to J.M. Keynes. 1914-33
2 carbon typed letter, signed, from J.M. Keynes. 30 Aug. and 16 Sept. 1933.
This file also contains 1 carbon typed letter, signed, from J.M. Keynes to Daniel Macmillan, 14 Sept. 1933, and 1 typed letter, signed, from Daniel Macmillan to J.M. Keynes, 15 Sept. 1933.

Dates: 1914 - 1933
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
Found in: Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge / Keynes: The Papers of John Maynard Keynes / Personal papers / Correspondence
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Correspondence from E.M. Forster and other items, 1922 - 1972

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0272/WJHS/1/28
Scope and Contents 552 autograph letters, signed, 31 typed letters, signed, 36 autograph postcards, signed, and 14 telegrams. 1922-64.This file also includes: An autograph manuscript fragment of a lecture on Ibsen, [1928]1 autograph letter, signed, to Charles Lovett, 5 Mar. 19291 copy typed letter, signed to Frank Vicary, 20 Nov. 19221 autograph letter, signed, from Robert Buckingham to W.J.H. Sprott, 19 June 19331 autograph letter, signed, to 'Bill', 10 Aug. 19346 autograph...
Dates: 1922 - 1972
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
Found in: Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge / Sprott: The Papers of Walter John Herbert Sprott / Correspondence
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Correspondence from E.M. Forster to Julian Bell, 1929-02-02 - 1936-02-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/JHB/2/18
Scope and Contents

4 autograph letters, signed, and 1 autograph postcard, signed.

Dates: 1929-02-02 - 1936-02-28
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
Found in: Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge / Bell: The Papers of Julian Heward Bell / Correspondence
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Correspondence from E.M. Forster to Lydia Lopokova Keynes, 1934 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/LLK/5/75
Scope and Contents

7 autograph letters, signed, and 3 autograph postcards, signed.

Dates: 1934 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
Found in: Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge / Keynes: The Papers of Lydia Lopokova Keynes / Correspondence
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Correspondence with E.M. Forster, 30 Aug. 1936-13 May 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9369/B1/38-44
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Comprises: minutes of meetings of the F.I.L. committee, 1935-1940; scrpabook of press cuttings, chiefly letters written by F.I.L. members to the press on a range of subjects in the lead-up to the Second World War; printed publications and statements; papers of the British Section of the International Association of Writers for the Defence of Culture, 1938-40, including letters of Hugh Walpole, Compton Mackenzie and Sylvia Townsend Warner; papers relating to refugees; publications; index of...
Dates: 30 Aug. 1936-13 May 1937
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / For Intellectual Liberty: Correspondence and papers / Papers formerly in the J.D. Bernal Papers / Correspondence of Hon Sec Margaret Gardiner (mainly) with individual committee members, original letters from, and copies of replies to
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E. M. Forster; Cambridge, 3 Apr. 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9578/23
Scope and Contents

Will be pleased to see Datta and show him papers relevant to his thesis; his great grandfather was a friend of Charles Grant; mentions Henry Morris's biography of Grant, published in 1904.

Dates: 3 Apr. 1953
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Letters to Vishwa Nath Datta
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E. M. Forster; Cambridge, 29 May 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9578/24
Scope and Contents

Postcard. Looks forward to seeing Datta next Wednesday. Someone else has applied to see the diary.

Dates: 29 May 1953
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Letters to Vishwa Nath Datta
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E. M. Forster; Cambridge, 1 July 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9578/33
Scope and Contents

Postcard. Report on a volume of manuscripts.

Dates: 1 July 1953
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Letters to Vishwa Nath Datta
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E. M. Forster; Cambridge, 2 Dec. 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9578/34
Scope and Contents

Postcard. Thanks Datta, and looks forward to visiting him next Sunday.

Dates: 2 Dec. 1953
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Letters to Vishwa Nath Datta
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E. M. Forster; Cambridge, 1 Jan. 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9578/35
Scope and Contents

Aerogramme. Thanks for Christmas card; he is glad to have news of Datta and his wife, and has pleasant memories of Datta's hospitality; he is keeping well for his age, and has recently been to the Aegean and to Leiden; visit of Ravi Shankar; best wishes for 1957.

Dates: 1 Jan. 1957
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Letters to Vishwa Nath Datta
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Edward Morgan Forster I, 1909-1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Kennet 28
Scope and Contents

Letters from E. M. Forster to EHY.

Dates: 1909-1947
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Kennet Papers / Papers of Edward Hilton Young, 1st Lord Kennet of the Dene / Correspondence
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Edward Morgan Forster to REF, 1906-02-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/REF/3/54
Scope and Contents

1 autograph letter signed.

Dates: 1906-02-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
Found in: Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge / Fry: The Papers of Roger Eliot Fry / Correspondence
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'E.M. Forster and King's', 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/30/76
Scope and Contents

Memoir published by King's College, Cambridge. File includes ALS from Patrick Wilkinson to Dr Donald Parry suggesting the publication of this booklet, 9 June 1970. To request this envelope, please use the following call mark: 30/76/A

Dates: 1970
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
Found in: Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge / Forster: The Papers of Edward Morgan Forster / Articles, reviews and memoirs about Forster's life and works
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E.M. Forster in front of an owl painting, 1928 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/FCP/7/3/1/208
Scope and Contents

Slightly blurred snapshot of E.M. Forster wearing a white shirt and dark tie, with a painting of an owl in the background. His face is in profile to the left. The photograph was taken at Ham Spray House.

Dates: 1928 - 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
Found in: Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge / Partridge: The Papers of Frances Catherine Partridge / Photographs / Lytton Strachey's photograph album / 'L.S. 1'
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E.M. Forster in front of an owl painting, 1922 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/FCP/7/4/1/677
Scope and Contents

Slightly blurred snapshot of E.M. Forster wearing a white shirt and dark tie, with a painting of an owl in the background. His face is in profile to the left. The photograph was taken at Ham Spray House.

Dates: 1922 - 1930
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
Found in: Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge / Partridge: The Papers of Frances Catherine Partridge / Photographs / Dora Carrington's photograph albums / 'DC's book 1'
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Engagement diary, 1919 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9724/2/1
Scope and Contents

Small leather-bound diary with entries for Dec. 1919 - Feb 1920 (American and Canadian tour), one entry in April and a few Aug.-Sep.; primarily notes on social engagements. At the front, names and addresses of American and Canadian contacts. Includes note: 'Don't express any opinion about any living poet except T.H. [Thomas Hardy]'. Individuals mentioned include 'G.A' [Gabriel Atkin] and E.M.F. [E.M. Forster]. NB. One detached folio (for memoranda) housed separately.

Dates: 1919 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Siegfried Sassoon: Papers Accumulated by Sir Rupert Hart-Davis / Diaries (chiefly fragments)
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Forster, E.M.: Correspondence with the Press, 1932 - 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/PRESS 3/1/2/4185
Scope and Contents From the Series: The correspondence comprises incoming letters, including readers' reports.This series is known as ‘author files’ because the arrangement is focused upon the individual. Some contain correspondence only. The correspondence includes readers' reports from 1913 onwards.As the new Press Archive catalogue is not yet complete, please use the 'Former / Other Reference' to request these items.For the number of items (not the number of letters) see the number in brackets after the Former /...
Dates: 1932 - 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Scholarly access to this material may be restricted if it contains information exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000. Please apply in advance to the Cambridge University Press Archivist.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Cambridge University Archives / Teaching, learning and research records / Archives of Cambridge University Press / Publishing / Author administration / Author files A - Z: incoming correspondence
 Fonds

Forster: The Papers of Edward Morgan Forster

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF
Scope and Contents This collection contains a number of items by and about E.M. Forster. The heart of the collection consists of Forster's writings, published and unpublished, held by the archive centre in manuscript, typescript and photocopied forms. Items written for publication, or in some cases broadcast, have been placed at the start of the collection. These include manuscripts, drafts and fragments of his novels, short stories, essays, talks, plays, poems and memoirs. Contributions to periodicals, which...
Dates: 1777 - 2016
Conditions Governing Access: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
Found in: Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge
 Series

From Edward Morgan Forster [Author], Alexandria, 10 June 1916

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/F/12
Scope and Contents

Asks for news, 'As for me, I stand as firmly as can be expected on this globe of blood and filth';enjoys his work and is teaching himself to swim: 'I want to write a novel which opens with the whole of the characters bathing ... and I also want to collect a bathing anthology ...'; 'I expect to lead a Cambridge, literary existence until I die, but to lead it in a dream in which its gaiety and its seriousness are equally remote from facts.'

Dates: 10 June 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him
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From Edward Morgan Forster [Author], Alexandria, 24 Mar. 1918

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/F/13
Scope and Contents

An office row with a female opponent:'I have always idealised women and wished them a greater share in the direction of the world, but the sight of them actually at work has been very disillusioning; they have neither balance nor generosity. If ever I take up novel writing again it will be where I left it at The Longest Journey - well, I suppose I did take it up there in Maurice'; cultural developments in Alexandria; fears returning to 'the England that is and that will be.'

Dates: 24 Mar. 1918
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him
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