Minute Book of the Oxford University Writers' Club, with a note on the reunion of the club
Single Item
MS. Top. Oxon. d. 1094
Held at the Weston Library
The minutes include brief summaries of talks given to the Club by various speakers, including:
- (pp. 13-14) A.P. Herbert, 1947;
- (pp. 23-24) Elizabeth Bowen, 1947;
- (pp. 29-30, 69-70) David Cecil, 1947, 1949;
- (pp. 33-34) Evelyn Waugh, 1947;
- (pp. 39-40) John Betjeman, 1948;
- (pp. 47-48) Cyril Connolly, [1948];
- (pp. 51-52) V.S. Pritchett, [1948].
Dates
- Creation: 1946-1958, 1988
Extent
272 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. Oxon. d. 1094, fols. 1-2].
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Shelfmark:
MS. Top. Oxon. d. 1094
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 6889
Abstract
Minute Book of the Oxford University Writers' Club, with a note on the reunion of the club
Biographical / Historical
Ludovic Kennedy was the founder and first Secretary of the Club. and pp. xxvii-54, 136 are in his hand. Other secretaries included (pp. 73-75) Alan Brien, 1949, and (pp. 107-111) George MacBeth, 1954. At pp. 106b and 208b are letters from Angus Wilson, 1953, and David Cecil, 1954.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given by Ludovic Kennedy, 1988.
Subject
- Kennedy | Ludovic Henry Coverley | b 1919 | Writer and Broadcaster (Person)
- Oxford University Writers' Club. (Organisation)
- Title
- Minute Book of the Oxford University Writers' Club, with a note on the reunion of the club
- Status
- Published
- Author
- EAD version 2023 by Alice Zamboni
- Date
- EAD version 2023
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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