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John Betjeman collection, 1908-2002, 1936-1984

Title: John Betjeman collection 1908-2002 1936-1984

The John Betjeman collection documents the personal and professional life of John Betjeman between 1908 and 1990, with the bulk of material dating between 1936 and 1984. The collection provides evidence of Betjeman's career as a writer and broadcaster and consists of correspondence, writings, personal papers, newspaper clippings, audiovisual materials, and a small number of candid photographs. The collection traces Betjeman's creative process through initial scribblings in his notebooks to more formal drafts and the publishing process (as found in galleys and correspondence with editors and publishers). A substantial volume of the correspondence is from Betjeman to his wife Penelope Chetwode and provides insight into their relationship. More broadly, owing to Betjeman's role as Poet Laureate and connection with various authors, the collection is a window into literary life in Britain during the twentieth century. The majority of the collection is comprised of the Duncan Andrews Collection of John Betjeman.

ArchivalResource: 23.42 linear feet (22 boxes, including 10 oversize boxes) + 1 broadside folder + 2 rolls

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.betjeman View

New Directions Publishing records

Title: New Directions Publishing records

Records of the New Directions Publishing Corporation largely from the Norfolk, Connecticut office of the founder, James Laughlin.

ArchivalResource: 344 linear feet (910 boxes and 4 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00077/catalog View

David Gascoyne papers, 1822-2010, n.d.

Title: David Gascoyne papers 1822-2010, n.d.

ArchivalResource: 11 series (138 files)

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb58-addms89011 View

Wole Soyinka papers, 1966-1996.

Title: Wole Soyinka papers, 1966-1996.

Papers of Nigerian author and humanitarian Wole Soyinka, including compositions, correspondence, and records of his teaching and human rights activities.

ArchivalResource: 16 boxes (24 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01766/catalog View

B.S. Johnson Archive

Title: B.S. Johnson Archive

The archive of Bryan Stanley Johnson contains the working papers and drafts of his published and unpublished novels, plays and poetry, film and television work, his journalistic work, his editing work for anthologies and periodicals, and correspondence concerning his professional career and personal life. In addition there are notebooks and papers containing draft creative work, research and ideas for writing projects. There are also press cuttings of articles about Johnson and his work and cuttings of his published articles and reviews. The personal papers include notes from his time at university as well as collected material relating to the periods he worked at the Glyn Club and Gregynog.

ArchivalResource: 399 files

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb58-addms89001 View