Scope and Contents
The collection includes: drafts and copies of poems, novels, short stories, articles, lectures and reviews; ‘Pleasure domes: a celebration’ (draft of a book about seaside piers); diaries, 1941, 1945–1946 and 1956–2016; personal documents (school reports, university, ordination etc.); notebooks of sermons; general correspondence files; and subject files, some including correspondence, relating to: Charles Williams; Arthur Machen and Tartarus Press; Phyllis Paul; Lois Lang-Sims; and ‘Kenneth Hopkins / Bob Blackman / Paul Roberts’.
Dates
- Creation: 1930s-2010s
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
With the exception of one file, the catalogued sections of the collection are open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. 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. 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).
Extent
24 archive box(es) (24 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bequeathed, 2019.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository
Cambridge University Library
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Cambridge CB3 9DR United Kingdom
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