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Rylands, George Humphrey Wolferstan, 1902-1999 (literary critic and dramatist)

 Person

Dates and places

1902-1999 KCC 1921; Fellow, 1927-99

Legal status / Nationality

British

Sphere of activity

University Lecturer in English, Poet, Dramatist

Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:

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Lytton Strachey sitting outdoors with Roger Senhouse, G.H.W. Rylands, Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson and Ralph Partridge, 1928-07

Reference Code: GBR/0272/FCP/7/3/1/105
Scope and Contents Snapshot of Goldsworthy ('Goldie') Lowes Dickinson reclining on grass to the left, resting his head on his left hand, and his face obscured by his hat. Lytton Strachey sits next to him, wearing a hat and looking to the right. G.H.W. ('Dadie') Rylands reclines next to Lytton, resting on his elbows, looking down at a book he holds in his hands. Ralph Partridge sits with his side to the camera, looking at a book he holds in his left hand. Roger Senhouse sits to the right of the group, also with...
Dates: 1928-07
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Lytton Strachey sitting with G.H.W. Rylands, 1928

Reference Code: GBR/0272/FCP/7/3/1/133
Scope and Contents

Snapshot of G.H.W. ('Dadie') Rylands sitting at a table covered with a checked cloth and laid with jugs, plates and glasses on the verandah of Ham Spray House. He rests his right elbow on the table and looks towards the camera. Lytton Strachey sits to the right, with his hands resting on the table. He wears a hat and looks towards the camera.

Dates: 1928
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Lytton Strachey sitting with G.H.W. Rylands and Alix Strachey, 1922 - 1930

Reference Code: GBR/0272/FCP/7/4/1/566
Scope and Contents

Snapshot of Lytton Strachey sitting to the left at one end of a table covered with a checked cloth, and cups and plates arranged on top. He is wearing a hat and is looking towards the camera. In the centre sits G.H.W. ('Dadie') Rylands. To the right, opposite Lytton Strachey, sits Alix Strachey, also looking at the camera. The windows of Ham Spray House are visible in the background.

Dates: 1922 - 1930
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Lytton Strachey sitting with G.H.W. Rylands and Rosamond Lehmann, 1922 - 1930

Reference Code: GBR/0272/FCP/7/4/1/580
Scope and Contents

Snapshot of Lytton Strachey sitting at the left of a table spread with a checked cloth in the garden of Ham Spray House. He sits in a chair with his legs crossed, wearing a hat, looking to the right at Rosamond Lehmann, who sits opposite him. G.H.W. ('Dadie') Rylands sits at the table furthest from the camera, smiling and looking downwards. Rosamond Lehmann sits in a deckchair, leaning forwards to the table, looking down at her hands. The table is spread with cups and saucers.

Dates: 1922 - 1930
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Lytton Strachey sitting with G.H.W. Rylands and Rosamond Lehmann, 1922 - 1930

Reference Code: GBR/0272/FCP/7/4/1/817
Scope and Contents

Snapshot of Lytton Strachey sitting at a table covered with a checked cloth and laid with teacups on the lawn of Ham Spray House. He has his legs crossed, is turned away from the camera, and is wearing a hat. In the centre of the group sits G.H.W. ('Dadie') Rylands, with his right hand resting on a teacup. To the right, Rosamond Lehmann sits forward in a deckchair, looking across the table at Lytton Strachey.

Dates: 1922 - 1930
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Lytton Strachey sitting with James Strachey and G.H.W. Rylands, 1922 - 1930

Reference Code: GBR/0272/FCP/7/4/1/587
Scope and Contents

Snapshot of Lytton Strachey sitting in a deckchair in the garden of Ham Spray House. He is wearing a hat, his legs are crossed and he looks towards the camera. Next to him, sitting in a deckchair is James Strachey, with his arms crossed, looking to the left at Lytton. In the foreground, G.H.W. ('Dadie') Rylands reclines on a rug, drinking from a glass, looking away from the camera to the left.

Dates: 1922 - 1930
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Lytton Strachey with G.H.W. Rylands and Sandy Baird, 1929

Reference Code: GBR/0272/FCP/7/2/10/23
Scope and Contents

Snapshot of Lytton Strachey sitting in a deckchair on the lawn near the verandah of Ham Spray House. His legs are crossed at the ankles and his right hand rests in his lap. Sandy Baird stands to the left and G.H.W. ('Dadie') Rylands stands to the right, both with their hands by their sides. All three men look towards the camera.

Dates: 1929
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Lytton Strachey with G.H.W. Rylands and Sandy Baird, 1929

Reference Code: GBR/0272/FCP/7/2/10/24
Scope and Contents Snapshot of G.H.W. ('Dadie') Rylands sitting on a grassy slope with a picnic laid out in front of him. His right elbow rests on his leg and his right hand is raised holding a teacup. He looks downwards to the right. Lytton Strachey sits in the centre of the group, with his legs crossed, holding an open umbrella as a sunshade across his right shoulder. He looks to the left. Nearest the camera to the right sits Sandy Baird, with his left arm resting on his raised left leg, looking to the...
Dates: 1929
 File — Container: CSV/61/14

Memorial/funeral file, 1999

Reference Code: GBR/0272/CSV/61/14
Scope and Contents

Dadie Rylands. Order of service not included.

Dates: 1999
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD MAY BE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS. ASK THE ARCHIVISTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
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'Memorials of King's College', 1939

Reference Code: GBR/0272/JS/1/59/2
Scope and Contents

Items contain typed and manuscript correspondence with, and carbon typescript lists of Kingsmen for, F.L. Lucas, R.E. Balfour, E.J. Dent, Percy Lubbock, G.C. Morris, F.W. Reddaway and G.H.W. Rylands.

Dates: 1939
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Pettifer interview with GHWR, 1996-10 - 2006

Reference Code: GBR/0272/GHWR/X/2/3
Scope and Contents

Digital copies in various media of an interview by Julian Pettifer with GHWR.

Dates: 1996-10 - 2006
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.
 Item — Container: KCAC/1/3/6/3/5

Photograph of G. H. W. Rylands and graduating students, 1943

Reference Code: GBR/0272/KCAC/1/3/6/3/5
Scope and Contents

Modern reprint of G.H.W. ('Dadie') Rylands leading five students graduating in the year 1943 across the front lawn to the Senate House.

Dates: 1943
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.
 Sub-Sub Series

Programmes for Forster centenary, 1979

Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/42/6
Scope and Contents

Three files of material relating to G.H.W. Rylands's programme in celebration of the centenary of the birth of EMF, performed at the Aldeburgh Festival, June 1979.

Dates: 1979
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Roger Senhouse reading outdoors with G.H.W. Rylands, 1928-07

Reference Code: GBR/0272/FCP/7/3/1/104
Scope and Contents

Snapshot of Roger Senhouse lying on his stomach on grass with trees in the background. He rests on his elbows and arms, and looks down at a newspaper or book lying on the grass. G.H.W. ('Dadie') Rylands reclines on the grass behind him, but his face is obscured because he also looks downwards.

Dates: 1928-07
 File — Box: PRESS 3/1/2/10705-10780 (PART)

Rylands, G.H.W.: Correspondence with the Press, 1934 - 1944

Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/PRESS 3/1/2/10727
Scope and Contents

Includes mention of Waldock, A.J.; Meldrum, R. Fraser- and Loewinthal, M.

Dates: 1934 - 1944
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.
 Fonds

Rylands: The Papers of George Humphrey Wolferstan Rylands

Reference Code: GBR/0272/GHWR
Scope and Contents

The collection contains G. H. W. Rylands' published and unpublished writings, the scripts of broadcasts, correspondence, and programmes and other papers relating to theatrical productions.

Dates: 1860 - 2008
Conditions Governing Access: 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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'Shakespeare the Poet', 1925 - 1999

Reference Code: GBR/0272/GHWR/1/25A
Scope and Contents

TS draft of an essay, with handwritten amendments and annotations.

Dates: 1925 - 1999
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.
 Sub-Series

Stallybrass correspondence: main series, 1965 - 1978

Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/33/1
Scope and Contents

This sub-series contains miscellaneous correspondence between Oliver Stallybrass and others, found in a large accordian folder indexed by the last name of Stallybrass' correspondent. It includes correspondence with: Sir Harold Acton, Noel Annan, W.H. Auden, Benjamin Britten, Bob Buckingham, Paul Cadmus, Christopher Isherwood, Bernard Levin, Sir Joseph Napier, Sonia Orwell, Bill Roerick, G.H.W. Rylands and Lionel Trilling.

Dates: 1965 - 1978
Conditions Governing Access: RESERVED items are held in a separate envelope, EMF/33/1/8.
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'The Account of My Election as Provost of King's', 1957-05-05

Reference Code: GBR/0272/NGA/7/6/1
Scope and Contents

This file contains a signed typescript and an unsigned carbon typescript account of the King's College, Cambridge Praeposital election of 1956, given to the Archive Centre at different dates. It includes a biographical essay about George Humphrey Wolferstan ('Dadie') Rylands, who was a candidate for the Provostship. The file also includes an autograph letter signed from NGA to A.N.L. ('Tim') Munby, Librarian of King's College, undated.

Dates: 1957-05-05
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.
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'The Dons', 1996 - 2001

Reference Code: GBR/0272/NGA/4/16
Scope and Contents

This file includes a modern reprint of a black and white photograph showing Jamie Drew, Cameron Drew and G.H. W. ('Dadie') Rylands, c. 1939 and a paper copy of a photograph showing G.H.W. Rylands and NGA, 1939.

Dates: 1996 - 2001
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.
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'The Family Reunion', 1954-07 - 1954-09

Reference Code: GBR/0272/HB/D/5.1
Scope and Contents

Three letters from G. H. W. Rylands to J.D. Hayward, and two from Hugh Beaumont to J.D. Hayward about a projected production of 'The Family Reunion'.

Dates: 1954-07 - 1954-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The photocopies of letters from John Davy Hayward to T. S. Eliot (reference L/13/1-3) are reserved as a condition of deposit. Permission to read them must be obtained from Faber and Faber Ltd, Bloomsbury House, 74-77 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DA. HB/M/21 is reserved (not available to researchers) under the Data Protection Act.
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'The Revenger's Tragedy', 1937-03-08 - 1937-03-13

Reference Code: GBR/0272/HB/P/39b
Scope and Contents

This file contains a programme note by T.S. Eliot, typescript with manuscript corrections, 2 pp., with printed version in A.D.C. and Marlowe Society's Programme, 8-13 Mar. [1937], a 'Spectator' notice and an explanatory typed note, both by George Rylands.

Dates: 1937-03-08 - 1937-03-13
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The photocopies of letters from John Davy Hayward to T. S. Eliot (reference L/13/1-3) are reserved as a condition of deposit. Permission to read them must be obtained from Faber and Faber Ltd, Bloomsbury House, 74-77 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DA. HB/M/21 is reserved (not available to researchers) under the Data Protection Act.
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Two tape recordings of GHWR, 1987 - 1995

Reference Code: GBR/0272/GHWR/X/2/2
Scope and Contents

The records comprise:
- 'Ninety not out': an interview with Ned Sherrin in GHWR's rooms in King's College, broadcast on Radio 4, 7 Aug. 1995;
- Interview with Chris Kelly, made in 1987 for a broadcast by the BBC to mark GHWR's 85th birthday.

Dates: 1987 - 1995
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 — Box: PRESS 3/1/3/3935-4136A

University Publisher: Correspondence with Rylands, G.H.W., 1936 - 1944

Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/PRESS 3/1/3/4060
Scope and Contents

3 carbon typed letters.

Dates: 1936 - 1944
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.
 File — Box: PRESS 3/1/2/12560-12653

Unstead, R.J.: Correspondence with the Press, 1943

Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/PRESS 3/1/2/12588
Scope and Contents

This correspondence relates to a proposed publication about Virginia Woolf by R.J. Unstead and comprises a letter from E.M. Forster and a report by G.H.W. Rylands.

Dates: 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.
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