Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958

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English poet, literary critic, and magazine editor.

From the description of Rivers, 1917. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31042218

Jack Squire was an English poet. He also edited "The London Mercury: a Monthly Review of Literature & the Arts".

From the description of Jack Squire collection. [1933]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676800204

Squire was born in Plymouth, England on Apr. 2, 1884; educated at St. John's College, Cambridge; unsuccessful Parlimentary candidate for Labour and Liberals; literary editor, New Statesman, 1913; published book of poems, Survival of the fittest (1916); founded literary magazine, London Mercury, in 1919; chairman, Architecture Club, 1922-28; editor of various books of poetry and also published volumes of critical essays; knighted, 1933; became reviewer, Illus. London news, 1937; died at Rushlake Green, Sussex, Dec. 20, 1958; his collected poems were published in 1959.

From the description of Papers, 1910-1958. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 38000097

English poet and editor, founder of the London Mercury.

From the description of Letters and postcard, London, to R.N. Green-Armytage, 1922-1938. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122626262

Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel; RE; of Add MS 41962

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Epithet: Vicar of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch

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Epithet: Editor `London Mercury'

Title: Knight

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Biography

Squire was born in Plymouth, England on April 2, 1884; educated at St. John's College, Cambridge; unsuccessful Parlimentary candidate for Labour and Liberals; literary editor, New Statesman, 1913; published book of poems, Survival of the fittest (1916); founded literary magazine, London Mercury, in 1919; chairman, Architecture Club, 1922-28; editor of various books of poetry and also published volumes of critical essays; knighted, 1933; became reviewer, Illustrated London news, 1937; died at Rushlake Green, Sussex, December 20, 1958; his collected poems were published in 1959.

From the guide to the Sir John Collings Squire Papers, 1910-1958, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)
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creatorOf Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958. Rivers, 1917. University of Arizona Libraries
referencedIn John L. Balderston papers, 1915-1950 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn James Lewis May Papers, 1814-1963, (bulk 1926-1940) William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA
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creatorOf Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958. Letter to [W.E. Doubleday]. [London, Eng.]. 1922 Mar. 9. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Lee, Sidney, Sir, 1859-1926. Typed letter signed :bLondon, to J.C. Squire, 1925 Jan. 19. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Akins, Zoë, 1886-1958. Papers pertaining to "The Enchanted Years" [manuscript], 1919-1922. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Maurice Hewlett collection, 1892-1930 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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creatorOf Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958. Typed letter signed J. Squire to Miss Manwaring September 3, 1930. Wellesley College
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creatorOf STRACHEY PAPERS (20TH CENTURY SERIES). Vol. XLVI (ff. 90). 1. ff. 1-21. Sir John Collings Squire, of the 'New Statesman'; 1911-1929, n.d. 2. ff. 22-25. Arthur John Bigge, Baron Stamfordham, Private Secretary to the King; 1921. 3. f. 26. John Steegman..., 1899-1929 British Library
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referencedIn English literature mss., ca. 1750-ca. 1979 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
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creatorOf Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936. Letter : Cambridge, to J.C. Squire, 1919 Aug. 20. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940. Edwin Markham collection of papers, 1852-1940. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn J.M. Dent & Sons. J.M. Dent & Sons records, 1834-1986 (author files S-Te). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Flecker, James Elroy, 1884-1915. Letters, [1913] Dec. 24 and [1914] Nov. 1, Montana-Sur-Sierre, Switzerland, and Davos Platz, Switzerland, to [John Collings] Squire. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. XLVI A (ff. 207).1. f. 1. Letter from Reginald Brimley Johnson to Chesterton asking him to submit poems and stories, which formed The Wild Knight and Greybeards at Play; 1899.2. ff. 2-3v. Letter from John Lane to Chester..., 1899-1958 British Library
referencedIn Edwin Markham collection of papers, 1852-1940 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn Turnbull, Grace Hill, 1880-1976. Grace Turnbull papers, 1933-1935. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
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referencedIn Walter James Turner collection of papers, 1917-1940 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Correspondence of Reinhardt and Potter with publishers (not indexed) and individuals, filed approximately alphabetically by Reinhardt, from whom permission was sought to include material in the anthology Sense of humour edited by Stephen Potter. Corr..., 1953-1954 British Library
referencedIn Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967. Papers, 1894-1966. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf EDGELL RICKWORD. Vol. I. Miscellaneous poems and prose, with some letters, etc.; 1921-1931, n.d. Partly autograph and typewritten. Contents are as follows: (a) twenty poems published in Invocations to Angels and The Happy New Year (1928); 1921-1924, ..., 1916-1931 British Library
referencedIn Oscar Wilde and his Literary Circle Collection: Correspondence, 1819, 1849-1957, 1962 William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA
creatorOf Sir John Collings Squire Papers, 1910-1958 University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
referencedIn Warde, Frederic, 1894-1939. Papers, 1915-1938. Grolier Club
referencedIn H. G. Wells collection of papers, 1892-1952, 1896-1939 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Hughes, Richard Arthur Warren, 1900-1976. Papers, 177-1981. Indiana University
creatorOf Massingham, H. J. (Harold John), 1888-1952. To primroses : poem, [19--] Mar. 22. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
referencedIn Thornton Wilder collection of papers, 1926-1975, 1926-1967 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn Louis Arthur Holman collection of Keats iconography and related papers, 1752-1963. Houghton Library
referencedIn Vol. II (ff. 367). 31 Jan. 1807-29 Dec. 1811.includes:ff. 1-352 passim Wilhelmina Malcolm, daughter of George Malcolm of Burnfoot: Correspondence with Sir C. W. Pasley: 1797-1832.ff. 3-241 passim Jean Pasley, afterwards Briggs; daughter of Charle... British Library
creatorOf Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Papers, 1897-1924. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified Houghton Library
referencedIn Sir John Collings Squires Papers, [1900s]-[1950s] University of Birmingham Information Services, Special Collections Department
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records, 1832-1944. Houghton Library
creatorOf Curle, Richard, 1883-1968. Letters, 1901-1966. Indiana University
creatorOf Turner, W. J. (Walter James), 1889-1946. Walter James Turner collection of papers, 1917-1940. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Oscar Wilde and his Literary Circle Collection: Correspondence, 1819, 1849-1957, 1962 William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA
creatorOf Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958. [Miscellaneous pamphlets by and about John Collings Squire]. Yale University Library
referencedIn G K Chesterton Papers, 1877-1988 British Library: Western Manuscripts
referencedIn T. E. Lawrence Collection TXRC98-A3., 1912-1966 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Blunden, Edmund, 1896-1974. Papers, 1922-1986. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Harry Levin papers Houghton Library
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referencedIn Howells family papers, 1850-1954 (inclusive). Houghton Library
creatorOf Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939. William Butler Yeats Collection, 1872-1970. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958. Letter to [W.E. Doubleday]. [London, Eng.]. 1929 Feb. 28. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS.Paper and vellum; ff. 166. British Library arrangement.A. Letter of George Eliot to Frederick Lehmann; 19 April [1866]. Extracts from this letter are printed in G. S. Haight, The George Eliot Letters (1954-1955), iv, ..., 1353-1999 British Library
referencedIn Nordoff, Paul, 1909-1977. In a chair / [words by] J.C. Squire ; [music by] Paul Nordoff. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Letters (4) from J. C. Squire to T. J. Wise, in which mention is made of 'the 2 unfortunate Swinburne poems'; 15, 21 Dec. 1920; 2 Jan., 15 March 1921. Ashley Library Catalogue, ix, p. 131.includes:ff. 157-160 Sir John Collings Squire, Editor, 'Lond..., 1920-1921 British Library
referencedIn Edward Howard Marsh collection of papers, 1886]-1963, 1910-1952 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn "GESTA BRITANNICA, præsortim Anglorum, adjectis aliquot observationibus, maxime in iis quæ, ad ecclesiam a temporibus retroactis ad A.D. mdcxlviii [Jan. 1648/9] spectant."The work, which is apparently autograph, is divided into ten books, the last th... British Library
creatorOf Vol. X. (ff.) Calisher-Chandon.James Stern, writer: Virginia Carr, Associate Professor of English at Columbus College, Georgia, USA: Letters to James Stern from Virginia Carr: 1972-1974.James Stern, writer: Michael Campbell: Letters to James Stern ... British Library
creatorOf Nordoff, Paul, 1909-1977. In a chair / [words by] J.C. Squire ; [music by] Paul Nordoff. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Inventory of The Legion Papers: Rare MSS 00149 ., 1927-1935 Cushing Memorial Library,
creatorOf Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Letter 1920 Dec. 23, Oswalds, Bishopsbourne, Kent [Eng. to] J.C. Squire / Joseph Conrad. Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
creatorOf G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CCXCVII A (ff. 227). General correspondence relating to the appeal, and letters and slips accompanying donations to Oct. 1936; 1936-1939, n.d.Frances Alice Chesterton, née Blogg; wife of G K Chesterton: Correspondence re..., 1936-1939 British Library
referencedIn William Butler Yeats Collection TXRC02-A7., 1872-1970 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Martha Dickinson Bianchi correspondence concerning publication of the poetry of the American poet, Emily Dickinson:, 1881-1943 (inclusive), 1925-1937 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958. Letters to [John] Collier, 1931. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958. Papers, 1910-1958. University of California, Los Angeles
creatorOf Hardy, Florence Emily, 1881-1937. Letter, 1926 May 20 : Max Gate, Dorchester, to "Dear Mr. Squire." Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. Thornton Wilder collection of papers, 1926-1975 bulk (1926-1967). New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Spare, Austin Osman, 1886-1956. Records, 1915-1920. Indiana University
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creatorOf Letters to Edmund Gosse from various correspondents; 1875-1927. The letters are arranged in alphabetical order. Quarto; ff. 448.includes:ff. 1, 1b Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith; Prime Minist..., 1875-1927 British Library
referencedIn Review of Reviews (New York, N. Y.), Golden Book Magazine, editorial correspondence, 1921-1935. Houghton Library
creatorOf Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958. Jack Squire collection. [1933]. University of Victoria Libraries, UVic
referencedIn Arnold Bennett collection of papers, 1881-1955, 1894-1953 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958. Letters and postcard, London, to R.N. Green-Armytage, 1922-1938. Rosenbach Museum & Library
creatorOf Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955. Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911- University of Michigan
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