Collection, 1883-1971, (bulk 1932-1970).

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Collection, 1883-1971, (bulk 1932-1970).

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Comprises correspondence and works of Isherwood and diaries by him and his mother, Kathleen Isherwood (1883-1971). The bulk of the material relates to the biography of Isherwood's parents, Kathleen and Frank, which was published in 1971. Notes and transcripts of Kathleen's diaries date from 1883-1916, and her diaries date from 1911-1959. Isherwood's own diaries date from 1917 and 1934. Other works include the typescript for Down There on a Visit, and a reprint of What Vedanta Means to Me (1951). Correspondence is from Isherwood to Paul and Jane Bowles, Eric Falk, Peter Gamble, and Gerald Hamilton, from 1923-1963.

4 boxes (1.5 linear ft.).

Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center

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Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center

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Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999

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American expatriate writer and novelist. From the description of Letter to Bob Sharrard, 1986 December. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54097458 American expatriate author living in Morocco. From the description of Papers of Paul Bowles [manuscript], 1957-1984 ca. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647821107 American expatriate writer. From the description of Paul Bowles letter to Bob Sharrard [manuscript], 1987 March...

Isherwood, Francis Bradshaw, 1869-1915.

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Bradshaw-Isherwood, Kathleen, 1868-1960

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Hamilton, Gerald, 1890-1970

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Epithet: writing from Tangier British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x0003a1 ...

Falk, Eric Victor.

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Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986

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After Isherwood dropped out of Cambridge University in 1925, he became the private secretary to the French violinist AndreĢ Mangeot. Mangeot's son, Sylvain, the manuscript's illustrator, would become the Diplomatic Editor for the Reuters News Agency and the author of The Adventures of a Manchurian: The Story of Lobsang Thondup (Collins, 1974). From the description of People one ought to know : autograph manuscript signed : [London], January 1926. (New York Public Library). WorldCat r...

Gamble, Peter William

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Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973

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American writer. From the description of Jane Bowles Collection, 1944-1966. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122602047 American expatriate author. From the description of Papers of Jane Bowles, 1966-1967. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136010 The author Jane Auer Bowles, 1917-1973, published one novel, Two Serious Ladies (1943); one play, In the Summer House ...