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Trevor Newton: poems and letters to Sir Geoffrey Keynes

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10346

Scope and Contents

'The Brinkley knight or A schollar in Arcady being a poeticall tribute addressed to: Sir Geoffy. Keynes of Lammas House: in the countie of Cambridgeshire conceiv'd and compos'd by Trevor Newton MCMLXXIX' (sewn booklet with illustrations); 'Flora's festival being a tributary ode: compos'd upon the occasion of the 93rd birth-day of Sr. Geoffy. Keynes by T. P. Newton Esq 1980' (sewn booklet with illustrations); 'Apologia acrostica or The penitent poet being a sort of sonnet compos'd upon the occasion of the 94th birthday of Sr. Geoffrey Keynes' (single sheet); two letters from Newton to Keynes, Liverpool, 23 Mar. and 2 Apr. 1980; and a caricature [of Keynes?] in academical dress, initiallted 'T.N.', pasted to a backing sheet. With a four-flap folder bearing Keynes's bookplate, previously containing some of the items.

Dates

  • Creation: 1979 - 1981

Creator

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).

Extent

0.001 cubic metre(s) (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Bibliography

'Flora's festival' is mentioned and reproduced in Geoffrey Keynes, 'The gates of memory' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981), p. 369.
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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