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Letters from Stephen Spender to GHWR, 1930 - 1988

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/GHWR/3/398

Scope and Contents

10 autograph letters signed. The letter dated 8 Oct. 1930 encloses early typescript drafts of 'What I Expected' and 'Unemployed' (see 'Collected Poems' (Faber: London, 1985), pp. 24, 45). The letter dated 2 May 1988 encloses a photograph of Stephen Spender taken in the 1930s, annotated on the reverse by John Lehmann, 26 Oct. 1937.

Dates

  • Creation: 1930 - 1988

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The majority of the Rylands Papers are readily available to scholars in the Archive Centre. Record consultation is by appointment. Personal letters of living authors may only be consulted with their written permission. Some material is reserved in view of its sensitivity. There is no access to such material for the time being.

Extent

1 envelope(s) (10 items in envelope) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Date information

DateText: 1930, 1981-8.

Originator(s)

Spender, Stephen

Finding aid date

2003-03-21 10:41:15+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge Repository

Contact:
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