Bridges, Robert Seymour, 1844-1930 (Poet Laureate)
Person
Biography
Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930), Poet Laureate, went to Eton College and thence to Oxford. He married Roger Fry's cousin Monica Waterhouse, through whom he became acquainted with Virginia Woolf and E.M. Forster.
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Charitessi 1911
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7333
Scope and Contents
Documents relating to Elizabeth Bridges's anonymous volume of poems, 'Charitessi 1911' [title transliterated from Greek], printed at the Cambridge University Press and published by Bowes and Bowes, Cambridge, 1912. The contents include a manuscript copy of the poems, a draft title page of the volume and notes to the printer, all in the hand of Francis Jenkinson; a printed proof of the volume bearing annotations in various hands, including corrections apparently in the hand of Elizabeth...
Dates:
1912-1952
Conditions Governing Access:
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
File
Correspondence between Morison and Robert Bridges and Monica Bridges, 1923-1929
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9812/D/40
Scope and Contents
Folder 1 = 1923, including one original letter from Bridges dated 23 Dec. 1923, the others photocopies Folder 2 = 1925, with a letter from Humphrey Milford to Bridges dated 30 June 1925 and a letter from Bridges to Alfred Ehrman dated 15 Jan. 1926. This letter is ms.; the other letters of Bridges are typescript transcripts. All letters are photocopies Folder 3 = 1926. There is 1 original letter from Bridges dated 14 Oct. 1926. Others are photocopies, the letters from Bridges being typescript...
Dates:
1923-1929
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
Correspondence from Francis J.H. Jenkinson (1853-1923) to Robert Bridges, 26 June 1912-15 Sep. 1922
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8781/204-210
Dates:
26 June 1912-15 Sep. 1922
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).
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Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous letters
File
Letter, 22 Apr. 1930 (year inferred)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9877/1/1/124
Scope and Contents
Concerning the death of poet Robert Bridges and personal news.
Dates:
22 Apr. 1930 (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 addressed from 54 Tufton St., 6 May 1925
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8484/5
Scope and Contents
Is enjoying a positive review by J.C. Squire of 'Selected Poems'; has stayed with the Poet Laureate [Robert Seymour Bridges] and got on well with him; also gives news of Gabriel [Atkin], Roderick [Meiklejohn] and the Contemporary Art Society.
Dates:
6 May 1925
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
Robert Seymour Bridges: Letter to A.F. Scholfield, 1923
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/149
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
1923
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
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Miscellaneous Accessions
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