Correspondence of and concerning correspondents with surnames beginning D-Ma., 1908-1963.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: (i) Letters, 1937-1956, of and concerning George Ian Duthie, Professor of English Literature, Aberdeen University who was involved in editorial work for the ‘New Cambridge Shakespeare’ (folio 1); (ii) Letters, 1926, 1936-1937, of and concerning T S Eliot, chiefly in his capacity as editor of ‘The criterion’ and as a director of Faber & Faber, publishers (folio 85); (iii) Correspondence, 1957-1962, of Robert Gittings, poet and biographer, with Dover Wilson chiefly concerning proposed educational broadcasts produced by Gittings for the BBC (folio 118); (iv) Letters, 1908-1911, of Robert B McKerrow, scholar and bibliographer, to Dover Wilson (folio 153); (v) Letters, 1917-1959, of and concerning Walter De la Mare (folio 197); (vi) Letters, 1947-1963, of and concerning James C Maxwell, Professor of English Literature, Durham University and collaborator with Professor Dover Wilson in several volumes of the ‘New Cambridge Shakespeare’ (folio 214).
Dates
- Creation: 1908-1963.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
243 Leaves ; Folio and under.
Arrangement
243 folios.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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