Correspondence and literary papers associated with the New Statesman, 1914-1919 and 1960-1983. 1914-1983.

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Correspondence and literary papers associated with the New Statesman, 1914-1919 and 1960-1983. 1914-1983.

Comprises: (1) 3 boxes containing editorial correspondence from the First World War period (1914-1919), including some 600 autograph typescript and manuscript letters to Clifford Sharp and almost a thousand carbon copies of replies by him and his editorial staff, including John Collings Squire, concerning a wide range of social and political issues of the time, notably, government policy, war strategy, Russia, Yugoslavia, conscientious objection, the suffragette movement, socialism, and education, correspondents including G.B. Shaw, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, Arnold Bennett, W.B. Yeats, H.G. Wells, and Walter de la Mare; and (2) 1 box (Box 4) containing more recent literary material spanning the period from 1960 to 1983, namely (a) book reviews, with some articles and other prose submissions, all principally typescript but with frequent editorial markings and sometimes associated correspondence; (b) poems submitted for publication, typescript, again with frequent editorial markings and in some cases associated correspondence; (c) correspondence relating to Stevie Smith, including correspondence between her and Anthony Thwaite; and (d) a small amount of miscellaneous correspondence.

4 boxes; manuscript, typescript, press cuttings, and printed material (some photocopy)

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Thwaite, Anthony

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Anthony Thwaite, English poet and author, was a long time friend of expatriate Australian poet Peter Porter (1929-2010). From the description of Papers of Anthony Thwaite, 1967-2009 [manuscript]. [1967-2009] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 773838544 Epithet: poet and critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000298.0x000343 ...

New Statesman.

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Smith, Stevie, 1902-1971

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Stevie Smith was an English poet and novelist. The witty, idiosyncratic, and individual style of her poems make her writing difficult to classify but easy to appreciate. From the description of Stevie Smith letters and poems, 1946-1966. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 50163405 British author; born Florence Margaret Smith. From the description of Papers, 1943-1970. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 26090149 ...

Sharp, Clifford D. (Clifford Dyce), 1883-1935

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