Literary manuscripts, journals, press cuttings, and correspondence of Rayner Heppenstall. 1933-1987.

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Literary manuscripts, journals, press cuttings, and correspondence of Rayner Heppenstall. 1933-1987.

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Comprises: (Box 1) 12 autograph manuscript diaries compiled by Rayner Heppenstall between 1969 and 1981; (Box 2) 6 scrapbook volumes of news cuttings compiled by him between 1947 and his death, including some reviews of 'The Master Eccentric' published in 1986-1987, subsequently added; and (Box 3) (i) The typescript draft of his journal for the years 1970-1981, (ii) An obituary of Heppenstall printed in 'The Annual Obituary', published by St Martin's Press (n.d.) (photocopy), (iii) 51 autograph manuscript letters from J.I.M. Stewart to Heppenstall, written from Leeds, Adelaide, and Oxford, and dated 1933-1968, and (iv) Papers and correspondence relating to 'Bluebeard and after' and 'The sex war' by Heppenstall, dated ca. 1971-1972.

3 boxes; manuscript, typescript, postcards, press cuttings, and printed material (photocopy)

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Stewart, J.I.M. (John Innes Mackintosh), 1906-1994

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Author and Oxford University don. From the description of Papers, 1954-1991. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 39026549 Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Stewart took his MA at Oriel College, Oxford, and then taught English at Leeds University, the University of Adelaide in South Australia, Queen's University, Belfast, Ireland, and finally Oxford University where he became emeritus in 1973. Stewart had a distinguished career both as a scholar and a novelist. He first bega...

Heppenstall, Rayner, 1911-1981

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(John) Rayner Heppenstall (1911-1981), the novelist, poet, critic, BBC producer, and criminal historian, was born in Lockwood, Huddersfield, on 27 July 1911 and educated at Huddersfield College and Leeds University, where he graduated in Modern Languages in 1932, and obtained a Diploma in Education in 1933. After a brief period teaching in Dagenham, he moved to London to start a career as a freelance writer and critic. Here he met many other writers and wrote most of his published poetry before ...