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'A Packet of Bloomsbury Letters The Forgotten H. O. Meredith', 1982 - 1989

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/HM/3/3

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of an article from 'Encounter', Nov 1982, by S. Gorley Putt. Included is subsequent correspondence, sometimes including memoirs of HOM, between Putt and the following: -G.H.W. 'Dadie' Rylands (11 Mar 1983); -Margaret E. Mahoney from the Commonwealth Fund (3 Dec 1982); -Davidson, of New York (23 Nov 1982); -Mary Lago (16 Nov 1982); -Helen Lowenthal (5 Nov [1982]); -Harold Brooks (1 Nov 1982). Also included is a TS draft of the article, originally entitled 'H.O. Meredith and Bloomsbury A Late Gleaning', and four heavily annotated pages from a TS draft of Putt's autobiography which relate to Meredith and which reiterate parts of the article.

Dates

  • Creation: 1982 - 1989

Extent

32 sheet(s) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The correspondence and TS drafts were given by S May, executor to S Gorley Putt, in March 2020.

Related Materials

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Bibliography

Chapter 6 (pp 187-203) of S. Gorley Putt's 1990 autobiography 'Wings of a Man's Life' concerns his time at Queen's University Belfast and includes further reminiscences of Meredith.

Date information

DateText: Mostly 1982-3; some items undated.

Originator(s)

Putt, S Gorley

Finding aid date

2008-03-13 12:10:23+00:00

Repository Details

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

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