Forster, Edward Morgan, 1879-1970 (novelist and critic)
Person
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:
Series
From Edward Morgan Forster [Author], [Alexandria], 2 Oct. 1918
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/F/14
Scope and Contents
Has been corresponding with [Siegfried] Sassoon;the prospect of an end to the war with Turkey; 'I look forward very little ... I am continually on the defensive against the entire universe'; 'I still see nothing but the abyss, the losing battle of individualism'; an invitation to dine with Sir Bartle Frere.
Dates:
2 Oct. 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).
Item
Genealogical diagram, 1953 (date of original)
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9578/36
Scope and Contents
Photographic film negative. Showing the descent of Forster from Henry Thornton; apparently from a diary, and immediately preceding an entry dated 6 June 1953.
Dates:
1953 (date of original)
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).
Fonds
Humanists: 'The Cambridge Humanists and the BBC'
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0272/HUM
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises documents related to the Cambridge Humanists and their deputation to the BBC to argue the case for a Humanist presence on the air.
Dates:
1955 - 1979
Conditions Governing Access:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
File
Journal, 5 Oct. 1929-22 July 1930 (with some later annotation in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/30
Scope and Contents
The volume is a ruled notebook marked '1929.II.1930.I' and mostly comprises diary entries and reflective passages. It also includes: - notes on the reception of Robert Graves's 'Goodbye to all that': /128v-129r. - notes on a visit to Max Gate and a conversation while at tea and lunch with W.B. Yeats: /133r-136v. - a note of the sales figures for 'Memoirs': /2v. - 'list of things to be done in the first four weeks after my return...
Dates:
5 Oct. 1929-22 July 1930 (with some later annotation in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
The First World War journals and some post-war journals (MSS Add.9852/1/4-25 and 32) are unavailable for consultation due to their poor physical condition. Digital copies of these items are provided in the Sassoon Journals section of the Cambridge Digital Library, https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/sassoon/1. The other journals are available for consultation.
File
Journal, 8 Jan. 1921-11 July 1922 (with later annotations dated 1926, 1949 & 1967)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/17
Scope and Contents
The volume is a plain notebook titled 'Journal 1921', written while living at 54 Tufton Street. It is entirely comprised of diary entries in an unusually fair hand together with many later annotations and expurgated sections. It includes: - quotations from Conrad, Sir J. Davies, Pope, Bertrand Russell, Goethe and Stendhal: /1b (r)-1b(v). - list of social engagements: /7r, 8r. - mention of the suicide of young Holloway at Nellie Burton's...
Dates:
8 Jan. 1921-11 July 1922 (with later annotations dated 1926, 1949 & 1967)
Conditions Governing Access:
This notebook has been digitised and can be viewed in full on the Cambridge Digital Library. The original item is currently unavailable for consultation due to its poor physical condition.
File
Journal, 10 June 1926-12 Dec. 1926 (with some later annotations and scoring out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/23
Scope and Contents
The volume is a ruled notebook marked '1926 II' and mostly comprises diary entries. There are notes throughout on the progress of Sassoon's literary work (number of words written). Diary entries include passages on: /13v-14r, /116v-117r. Edith Sitwell and a feud with Noel Coward; /24r-25r. 'Little [Edmund] Blunden' and Glen [Byam Shaw]; /25v-54r. a visit to France, Switzerland and Italy with the Morrells; /55r, /56v-57r, /63v-64r, /70r. Robert Graves and his relationship with...
Dates:
10 June 1926-12 Dec. 1926 (with some later annotations and scoring out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
Conditions Governing Access:
This notebook has been digitised and can be viewed in full on the Cambridge Digital Library. The original item is currently unavailable for consultation due to its poor physical condition.
File
Journal, 13 Dec. 1926-11 Mar. 1927 (with some later annotations and scoring out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/24
Scope and Contents
The volume is a ruled notebook marked '1926-27-I' and mostly comprises diary entries. These include passages on: /27r. showing American publisher Crosby Gaige the manuscript of [Wilfred] Owen's poems; /34r-34v. a visit from Robert Graves; /43v-44r. 'My Landlord' (about Harold Speed); /44v-45v. anecdotes about poets W.B. Yeats and Wordsworth told to him by Edmund Gosse; /54v-67r. visits to Ruth and Henry Head and to Thomas Hardy at Max Gate; /79r. reflections on his influence on Wilfred...
Dates:
13 Dec. 1926-11 Mar. 1927 (with some later annotations and scoring out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
Conditions Governing Access:
This notebook has been digitised and can be viewed in full on the Cambridge Digital Library. The original item is currently unavailable for consultation due to its poor physical condition.
File
Letter and postcard from E. M. Forster, 1960-1969 (date range estimated; the postcard is dated 'Friday' but postmarked 24 March 1965 (a Wednesday); the letter is dated 31 Oct.)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9987/7/1/96
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Letters are to Holbrook unless otherwise stated.
Dates:
1960-1969 (date range estimated; the postcard is dated 'Friday' but postmarked 24 March 1965 (a Wednesday); the letter is dated 31 Oct.)
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.
Series
Letter and press cutting, 9 Mar. 1927 (year inferred)
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9454/59
Scope and Contents
Giving news (has been feeling bad; was visited by Anzie Wylde; had a letter from Sam Behrman; on meeting E.M. Forster). A press cutting is enclosed.
Dates:
9 Mar. 1927 (year inferred)
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).
File
Letter from Edward Morgan Forster to E. M. W. Tillyard, 1930-02-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMWT/Forster
Scope and Contents
1 autograph letter signed.
Dates:
1930-02-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
File
Letter from E.M. Forster, 3 Sep. 1924
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/8/47
Scope and Contents
Russell's of Baker Street can supply photographs of him
Dates:
3 Sep. 1924
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).
File
Letter from E.M. Forster to David Lelyveld, 1970-03-26
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/18/322X
Scope and Contents
The file comprises a photocopy of a typescript letter signed, regarding E.M. Forster’s letters to Syed Ross Masood. D. Lelyveld was writing a Ph.D thesis on the early history of the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh, founded by S.R. Masood’s grandfather, and precursor to the Aligarh Muslim University.
To request this envelope, please use the following call mark: Misc. 30/41
Dates:
1970-03-26
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
File
Letter from E.M. Forster to Margaret Knight, 1960-10-04
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/18/303X
Scope and Contents
1 autograph letter, signed, from E.M. Forster.
To request this envelope, please use the following call mark: Misc. 81/12
Dates:
1960-10-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
File
Letter from 'Morgan' [E.M. Forster] (King's College, Cambridge) to Siegfried Sassoon, 27 Sep. 1957
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/9/8/25
Scope and Contents
Stating that he had heard news of Sassoon's conversion and sending his love and good wishes; also giving news of a trip to Austria with Bob [Buckingham] and of another to Scotland.
Dates:
27 Sep. 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).
Series
Letter (Heytesbury House), 23 May 1935
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9454/207
Scope and Contents
Inviting Shaw to stay; E.M.F. [E.M. Forster] also visiting; with mention of the death of T.E. Lawrence.
Dates:
23 May 1935
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).
File
Letters from E. M. Forster to Clive and Vanessa Bell, 1928 - 1940
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/CHA/1/207
Scope and Contents
10 autograph letters signed and 4 autograph postcards signed to Clive Bell. 1933-40.
1 autograph letter signed to Vanessa Bell. 9 Aug. 1937.
Photocopies of 2 autograph letters signed to Clive Bell. 3 Jan. 1934 and 4 Mar. 1937.
Photocopies of 10 autograph letters signed to Vanessa Bell. 1928-1937.
Dates:
1928 - 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
File
Letters from E. M. Forster to Edward Dent, 1930-04-11 - 1955-07-30
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/EJD/4/147
Scope and Contents
3 autograph letters signed, 1 typed letter signed and 1 autograph postcard signed.
Dates:
1930-04-11 - 1955-07-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
File
Letters from E. M. Forster to GHWR, 1927 - 1961
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/GHWR/3/154
Scope and Contents
8 autograph letters signed, 2 autograph postcards signed and 1 telegram.
Dates:
1927 - 1961
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the Rylands Papers are readily available to scholars in the Archive Centre. Record consultation is by appointment. Personal letters of living authors may only be consulted with their written permission. Some material is reserved in view of its sensitivity. There is no access to such material for the time being.
File
Letters from E. M. Forster to JDH, 1949 - 1959
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JDH/26/32
Scope and Contents
1 typed letter signed and 1 autograph letter signed, with 1 envelope.
Dates:
1949 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
File
Letters from E. M. Forster to Sir George Barnes, 1926-01-29 - 1953-01-06
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/GRB/1/1/1/13
Scope and Contents
10 autograph letters signed and 1 typed letter signed. The file also contains 1 copy typed letter from Barnes to Forster, 17 Oct. 1946.
Dates:
1926-01-29 - 1953-01-06
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
File
Letters from Edward Morgan Forster to the Wedds, 1899-09-03 - 1935-04-26
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/NW/2/25
Scope and Contents
4 autograph letters, signed to Nathaniel Wedd. 3 Sept. [1899] - 25 June 1908. The letter of 1 Dec. 1901 has an autograph manuscript annotation by E.M. Forster dated 1954.
1 autograph letter, signed to Rachel Wedd, including a typescript transcript. 26 Apr. 1935.
Dates:
1899-09-03 - 1935-04-26
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
Item
Letters from E.M. Forster, 1935
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8900/5/7/25-27
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Minutes, accounts, lists of books recommended and considered, letters from English and French committee members and prizewinners, and newscuttings. Letters from prizewinners: Percy Lubbock, Mary Webb (6), Radclyffe Hall, Virginia Woolf, H.M. Tomlinson, Charles Morgan (7), Stella Gibbons/Webb (4), Elizabeth Jenkins (2), L.H. Myers (2), Margaret Lane, Richard Church (2), and Robert Graves. Letters from French prizewinners: Joseph Kessel, François Mauriac, Marion Gilbert (2), étienne Burnet...
Dates:
1935
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).
File
Letters from E.M. Forster to Professor and Mrs Robertson, 1949 - 1950
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/18/463X1
Scope and Contents
The file comprises colour and black and white photocopies of 1 autograph letter signed from E.M. Forster to Professor Robertson, 11 Apr. 1949, and 2 autograph letters signed from E.M. Forster to Mrs Robertson, 9 July 1949 and 9 Jan. 1950.
To request this envelope, please use the following call mark: Misc. 30/14.
Dates:
1949 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
File
Letters from various authors to Hugh Owen Meredith, 1903-10-03 - 1987
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/HM/1/2
Scope and Contents
Original letters to Hugh Meredith:
-3 ALS from Lytton Strachey, 3 Oct 1903, 26 Mar [1905] and 5 May 1909, with 2 envelopes;
-2 ALS from Lascelles Abercrombie, 30 May [c. 1907-9] and 9 June 1907;
-1 ALS from A[rthur] C[hristopher] Benson, 16 Dec 1910;
-1 ALS from Rupert Brooke, 5 Jan 1911, with envelope;
-1 ALS from Bertrand Russell, 13 Apr 1911, with envelope;
-1 TLS from [EM Forster], with envelope postmarked 21 June 1911;
-1 ALS from G[odfrey] H[arold] Hardy, with envelope postmarked 2 Jan...
Dates:
1903-10-03 - 1987
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
File
Letters of condolence to Anne Barnes on the death of GRB, 1960-09 - 1960-10
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/GRB/2/1/12
Scope and Contents
The file includes letters from Noel Annan, John Betjeman, Benjamin Britten, Kenneth Clark, E. M. Forster, Hugh Gaitskell, Stanley Morison, Dennis Proctor, W. J. H. Sprott, R. H. Tawney and Leonard Woolf.
Dates:
1960-09 - 1960-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.