Mare, Walter John de la, 1873-1956 (author and poet)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1873 - 1956
Biography
Walter John de la Mare (1873-1956), author and poet
Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:
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Letter from Walter de la Mare to Mary Hope Allen, 15 June 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/8/7
Scope and Contents
Encloses review of Hardy's poems (Add.9225/7/4)
Dates:
15 June 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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Letter from Walter de la Mare to Mary Hope Allen, 4 Sep. 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/8/48
Scope and Contents
Story will be ready shortly
Dates:
4 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).
Series
Letter from Walter de la Mare to Miss Pountney, 5 Feb. 1915
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8990/159
Scope and Contents
Thanks for letter; would the enclosed be appropriate?
Dates:
5 Feb. 1915
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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Letters from Walter de la Mare and Siegfried Sassoon to Gwen Raverat, 1935-1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10304/51
Scope and Contents
(1)-(2): Two letters from de la Mare, autograph and typescript signed, 30 December 1935 and 7 September 1942. (3)-(7): Five letters from Sassoon, autograph, 11 June 1938, 29 June 1954, 21 June 1955, 30 June 1956 and 18 July 1956.
Dates:
1935-1956
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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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Photograph of Walter de la Mare, 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/9/5
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Comprises correspondence and papers of Mary Hope Allen, as well as correspondence of her grandfather Robin Allen (1820-98), Secretary of Trinity House and a poet and critic, and of her father, Sir Ernest King Allen (1864-1937), Assistant Public Trustee 1915-23. Robin Allen's correspondents include 19th century
politicians, artists, poets and critics such as W.E. Gladstone, Thomas Hardy, Lord Leighton, John Ruskin, Lord Tennyson, Arnold Toynbee and Mrs. Humphry Ward. There is a collection of...
Dates:
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).
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Poems and 'Meredith' notes, 1933-1950 (entries date mostly from 1933-1950)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/6/7
Scope and Contents
Notebook comprising poetical drafts together with notes on George Meredith, diary entries, and some text relating to Wilfred Owen and Charlotte Mew. The notebook was used from both ends; it largely contains poetical drafts until folio 51, after which entries continue from the back page, comprising the notes on Meredith and additional material. Quotation from Byron's 'Don Juan': /inside front cover.
Drafts of poems: - Two drafts of 'Playmates', 3 Feb....
Dates:
1933-1950 (entries date mostly from 1933-1950)
Conditions Governing Access:
Fragile, cover is loose - please handle with care.
Item
Revised draft of poems 'Shenstone Remembered' and 'With de la Mare at Carey Castle', 4 Feb 1924
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9724/1/3/1
Scope and Contents
In ink.
Dates:
4 Feb 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).
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'The Tasking', 'Unwonted Themes' and 'Meredith Biographical References etc.', 1947-1957 (circa; the Meredith notes precede 1948; the poems date circa 1951-1957)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/6/9
Scope and Contents
Notebook comprising draft poems for 'The Tasking' and 'Unwonted Themes' at one end, and notes for 'Meredith' from the other. The notebook also includes an almost continuous run of diary entries for 5 Feb. 1953 - 4 Apr. 1954. While the diary entries begin from the poetry end, many share pages with the Meredith notes. Contents: 'The Tasking. Unwonted Themes': /1r-29v & 76r. Contains the following draft poems and related notes: - Title page: /1r. - 'The Abstractionist': /1v. - Lists...
Dates:
1947-1957 (circa; the Meredith notes precede 1948; the poems date circa 1951-1957)
Conditions Governing Access:
Fragile, with many loose or detached pages - please handle with care.
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Walter de la Mare: 'Discoveries', review of 'Friday nights: literary criticisms and appreciations', by Edward Jarneth
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/7/3
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Comprises correspondence and papers of Mary Hope Allen, as well as correspondence of her grandfather Robin Allen (1820-98), Secretary of Trinity House and a poet and critic, and of her father, Sir Ernest King Allen (1864-1937), Assistant Public Trustee 1915-23. Robin Allen's correspondents include 19th century
politicians, artists, poets and critics such as W.E. Gladstone, Thomas Hardy, Lord Leighton, John Ruskin, Lord Tennyson, Arnold Toynbee and Mrs. Humphry Ward. There is a collection of...
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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Walter de la Mare: 'Mr. Hardy's new poems'
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/7/4
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Comprises correspondence and papers of Mary Hope Allen, as well as correspondence of her grandfather Robin Allen (1820-98), Secretary of Trinity House and a poet and critic, and of her father, Sir Ernest King Allen (1864-1937), Assistant Public Trustee 1915-23. Robin Allen's correspondents include 19th century
politicians, artists, poets and critics such as W.E. Gladstone, Thomas Hardy, Lord Leighton, John Ruskin, Lord Tennyson, Arnold Toynbee and Mrs. Humphry Ward. There is a collection of...
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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Walter de la Mare: poem, 'Autumn' ('Poems 1901-1918')
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/8/14
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Entitled 'Weekly Westminster from May 22nd 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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Walter de la Mare: poem, 'Horse in a field (To Katherine Mansfield)' (proof)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/8/10
Scope and Contents
First published in 'Saturday Westminster'
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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Walter de la Mare: poem, 'Reflections'
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/8/17
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Entitled 'Weekly Westminster from May 22nd 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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