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Eliot, Thomas Stearns, 1888-1965 (poet)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1888 - 1965

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

'A poetic masterpiece that must be heard' by Josephine Hart, 2009-06-30

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUO/3/3/15
Scope and Contents

Article from the Evening Standard regarding a reading of T. S. Eliot's 'Wasteland' and recalling Ted Hughes's thoughts on this T. S. Eliot poem.

Dates: Publication: 2009-06-30
 Series

Correspondence from T.S. Eliot, 1948-1956

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8985/153-157
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Letters from many American and English poets and scholars, 1940-80; occasional manuscripts and typescripts of poetry; 18 letters on The Sandpipers; and a collection of letters of poets and writers, 1856-c.1950.

Dates: 1948-1956
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

Correspondents E, 1936-1963

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/E
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.

Dates: 1936-1963
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

Eliot, T.S.: Correspondence with the Press, 1925 - 1939

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/PRESS 3/1/2/3701
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: 1925 - 1939
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

Faber and Faber Ltd: Correspondence with the Press, 1929 - 1946

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/PRESS 3/1/2/3892
Scope and Contents

Includes letters from Faber, G.C., Morley, F.V., Mare, R. de la and Eliot, T.S. Also a report by Morley, F.V. and mention of Waldock, A.J.A. and Letts, C.F.C.

Dates: 1929 - 1946
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.
 Item

from T.S. Eliot, Faber & Faber Ltd. Publishers, 24 Russell Square, London, WC 1, 3 Jan 1936

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/E/1
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.

Dates: 3 Jan 1936
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

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.
 Fonds

Prokosch (Frederic): Copies of poems by himself and others

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8071
Scope and Contents Hand-illustrated pamphlet copies, made by Frederic Prokosch, of poems by various authors. On the inside cover of each pamphlet is the bookplate of Prokosch's library. Each pamphlet includes a handwritten note by the author recording that it was made by him at Fountain Street, New Haven, Connecticut, 1932-1933. However, owing to the scandal surrounding the 1972 sale of his pamphlets, the provenance of the pamphlets in this collection must be uncertain. The poems are accompanied by photocopies...
Dates: 1932-1933
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).
 Sub-Series

'T. S. Eliot and Creativity: Four Quartets Defended against the Strictures of F. R. Leavis', 1989-2000 (circa)

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9987/6/8
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Monographs, single essays, and collections of essays on literary, political and related subjects.

Dates: 1989-2000 (circa)
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.
 File

Ticket to a reading from his own works by T. S. Eliot in the Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster Abbey, 27 Nov. 1958 (date of the reading)

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9716/14/59
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Letters to Gömöri, with related items.

Dates: 27 Nov. 1958 (date of the reading)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply to access.

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ARCHON code (for CUL materials)
Archives and MSS Dept. (GBR/0012) 7
University Archives (GBR/0265) 2
 
Type
Archival Object 9
Collection 1