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Eliot, Thomas Stearns, 1888 - 1965 (poet)

 Person

Dates and places

1888-1965

Legal status / Nationality

American (1888-1927), British (1927-65)

Sphere of activity

Poet, critic and dramatist

Relationships

Youngest chjld of Henry Eliot. Twice married: to Vivienne Haigh-Wood (1915) and Valerie Fletcher (1957).

Other information

Publications include: 'The Waste Land' (1923) and 'Murder in the Cathedral' (1935). Published 'The Criterion' (1922-39).

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

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Cast members and set of 'The Family Reunion' by T. S. Eliot, 1943

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/GHWR/5/96-101
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the cast members and set of 'The Family Reunion' by T. S. Eliot; its first amateur production by GHWR at the ADC Theatre, Cambridge. Dimensions: 15 x 21 cm (GHWR/5/96-7, 99-100), 21 x 15 cm (GHWR/5/98, 101). Sleeves 43-6.

Dates: 1943
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.
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Correspondence between Lydia Lopokova Keynes and T.S. Eliot, 1948 - 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/LLK/5/66
Scope and Contents

1 autograph letter, signed, and 6 typed letters, signed, to Lydia Lopokova Keynes. 1948-57.
2 autograph manuscript draft letters from Lydia Lopokova Keynes. Undated.

Dates: 1948 - 1957
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Correspondence between T.S. Eliot and C.S. Lewis, 1943-02-19 - 1943-03-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/HB/L/5
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning a reference to T.S. Eliot in C.S. Lewis' preface to 'Paradise Lost'. Includes:
T.S. Eliot to C.S. Lewis. 19 Feb. and 8 Mar. 1943
C.S. Lewis to T.S. Eliot 22 Feb. and Ash Wednesday (10 Mar.) 1943

Dates: 1943-02-19 - 1943-03-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: HB/M/21 is reserved (not available to researchers) under the Data Protection Act.
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Correspondence, possibly from T.S. Eliot to Vanessa Bell, 1955-07-24 - 1956-05-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/AG/1/24
Scope and Contents

1 autograph letter, signed, and 1 autograph postcard, signed.

Dates: 1955-07-24 - 1956-05-14
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Letters by persons still living may only be read with the written permission of the author. The correspondence between Mrs. Garnett and her late husband, David Garnett, may only be read by permission of the family. For further information, please contact the Archivist.
 Fonds

Eliot: The Papers of the Hayward Bequest of T.S. Eliot Material

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0272/HB
Scope and Contents These papers comprise the typescripts, manuscripts, letters, and photographs given by T.S. Eliot to his friend, John Davy Hayward. They include drafts and proofs for some of T.S. Eliot's most famous works, including 'The Waste Land', 'Sweeney Agonistes', 'Four Quartets', 'Murder in the Cathedral', 'The Family Reunion' and 'The Cocktail Party'. Also included are the texts of several broadcasts and lectures, books from T.S. Eliot's library (many of them annotated), and over 350 photographs...
Dates: 1860 - 1988; 1860 - 1988
Conditions Governing Access: HB/M/21 is reserved (not available to researchers) under the Data Protection Act.
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E.M. Forster and T.S. Eliot, 1920 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/27/349
Scope and Contents

Photograph of E.M. Forster and T.S. Eliot seated in armchairs with empty chairs to the left and right, and a picture on the far wall. T.S. Eliot is wearing long woollen socks turned up over knee-length trousers and has a fluffy white cat on his lap. Possibly taken at Monk's House. Print, 10.8 x 8.2. Inscribed on back, by E.M. Forster, 'Self and T.S. Eliot / at the Woolfs - the picture / they gave me behind / date?'. (Sleeve 137)

Dates: 1920 - 1929
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Letter form T. S. Eliot to JTS, 1954-06-23

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JTS/2/66
Scope and Contents

1 typed letter signed.

Dates: 1954-06-23
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Letter from T.S. Eliot to E.M. Forster, 1929-08-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/18/171
Scope and Contents

1 typed letter, signed, to E.M. Forster.
To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 8/24

Dates: 1929-08-10
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Letter from T.S. Eliot to Julian Bell, 1930-01-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/JHB/2/15
Scope and Contents

1 typed letter, signed.

Dates: 1930-01-02
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Letters from T. S. Eliot to Clive and Vanessa Bell, 1914 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/CHA/1/188
Scope and Contents

4 typed letters signed, 1 typed letter unsigned, and 1 typed postcard signed to Clive Bell, 1927-39, including 1 letter signed on his behalf by his secretary, P. Wilberforce.
1 autograph letter signed to Vanessa Bell. 1937.
Photocopy of 1 autograph letter signed, 2 autograph postcards signed and 9 typed letters signed to Clive Bell. 1914-1947. Includes photocopies of 2 envelopes addressed in verse, 1937 and 1948.

Dates: 1914 - 1948
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Letters from T. S. Eliot to E. M. W. Tillyard, 1925 - 1957

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMWT/Eliot
Scope and Contents

2 autograph letter signed and 15 typed letters signed.

Dates: 1925 - 1957
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Letters from T. S. Eliot to GHWR, 1925 - 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/GHWR/3/138
Scope and Contents

5 autograph letters signed and 9 typed letters signed. The file also contains an autograph manuscript draft of 'Russet and Taffeta' by GHWR (published by Hogarth Press in 1925), annotated by T. S. Eliot; and a proof of a note by T. S. Eliot on 'The Revenger's Tragedy' for inclusion in the programme of a Marlowe Society production, 1937.

Dates: 1925 - 1943
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.
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Letters from T.S. Eliot to J.M. Keynes, 1927 - 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/JMK/PP/45/94
Scope and Contents

2 autograph letters, signed, and 1 typed letter, signed.

Dates: 1927 - 1934
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Minutes, 1923-03 - 1928-05

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Reference Code: GBR/1936/THCS/8/2/1
Scope and Contents

The first book of minutes for the Hesperides Society. Contains details of several significant guests including G.K. Chesterton (November 9th 1924), J.B. Priestley (October 20th 1926), and T.S. Eliot (May 12th 1928).

Dates: 1923-03 - 1928-05
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Papers relating to 'John Donne Dean of St Paul's: Complete Poetry and Selected Prose', 1928 - 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/JDH/2
Scope and Contents

Working papers relating to JDH's edition of 'John Donne Dean of St Paul's: Complete Poetry and Selected Prose' (London, 1936). The file includes transcripts of sermons and poems; proofs; correspondence; and articles by T. S. Eliot on the Metaphysical Poets published in 'The Listener', 1930.

Dates: 1928 - 1947
 Fonds

Preston: Papers of Raymond Preston

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/PRE
Dates: 1893 - 1990
Conditions Governing Access: Open, unless otherwise marked.
Found in: Downing College
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Responses to a questionnaire on poetry, 1922-06 - 1922-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/GRB/1/5/10
Scope and Contents A volume of fascicled responses by poets and critics to the questionnaire sent them by Harold Monro (poet, owner of the Poetry Bookshop, and editor of 'The Chapbook (A Monthly Miscellany)') containing three questions on the necessity, function and the form of poetry. Responses were received from: Martin Armstrong; Laurence Binyon; T. S. Eliot; John Freeman; Gerald Gould; Robert Graves; Edward Johnston; T. Sturge Moore; Ezra Pound; George Saintsbury; Frank Sidgwick; Walter Sherard Vines;...
Dates: 1922-06 - 1922-07
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Surnames E-G, 1915 - 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/JMK/CO/2
Scope and Contents This file comprises:Einzig, P., 'The exchange clearing system' (1935) - corrrespondence, November 1935-January 1936 (former reference L/36); Eliot, T.S., 'Full employment and the responsibility of Christians' published in 'Christian Newsletter' under the pseudonym 'Metoikos', 21 March 1945 - pamphlets and correspondence, March-April 1945 (former reference L/45); Ezekiel, Mordechai, title not given (piece concerns investment) - letter of criticism, June 1941 (former reference...
Dates: 1915 - 1945
 Sub-Fonds

The Society, 1936 - 1938

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0272/KCAS/The Society
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

Records of 41 clubs and societies of King's College and Cambridge University

Dates: 1936 - 1938
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some records contain personal information as defined under the terms of the Data Protection Act (1998) and will be reserved.
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T.S. Eliot with Ottoline Morrell and Mark Gertler, 1922 - 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/FCP/7/4/1/871
Scope and Contents

Snapshot of Ottoline Morrell sitting in her panelled room at Garsington Manor. She wears a long silk dress with a pearl necklace, and looks up smiling at T.S. Eliot. Eliot stands at the left of the image, holding a cigarette in his right hand, which is crossed over his chest. He looks down to the right at Ottoline Morrell. In the centre sits Mark Gertler, with his legs crossed, his right hand on his hip, his left hand holding a cigarette, looking towards the camera.

Dates: 1922 - 1928