Letters from Laurence Binyon, Gordon Bottomley and Thomas Sturge Moore, with others relating to Samuel Johnson
Single Item
MS. 6443
Held in our offsite storage facility
Comprises:
- Folder 1: Letters from Laurence Binyon to B.J. Fletcher, 13 Apr 1919 (including the poem 'Naked'), 7 Mar 1920, 31 May 1920 (revealing that the included poem 'Initiation' was written specifically for the correspondent).
- Folder 2: Letters from Gordon Bottomley to Ethel Bangham, 21 Dec 1898, 24 Jan 1915, 21 Apr 1930, 6 May 1930, 13 May 1930. Also present is a Church Times review of Poems and Plays by Gordon Bottomley, ed. by C.C. Abbott (London: Bodley Head, 1953).
- Folder 3: Letter from Thomas Sturge Moore to the 'Fletchers', 20 Dec 1929.
- Folder 4: Letters from Robert William Chapman to Sir Alfred Paton, 6 Feb and 10 Feb 1921, regarding Samuel Johnson's letter of 12 Apr 1781. Also present are notes written by George Birkbeck Hill (1835-1903) on Samuel Johnson's letter of 2 Mar 1782, 27 Oct 1895.
Dates
- Creation: 1895-1930, 1953
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
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Shelfmark:
MS. 6443
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 6443
Abstract
Letters from Laurence Binyon, Gordon Bottomley and Thomas Sturge Moore, with others relating to Samuel Johnson, 1895-1930, 1953
Biographical / Historical
(Robert) Laurence Binyon (1869–1943) was a poet and art historian. Gordon Bottomley (1874–1948) was a poet and playwright. Thomas Sturge Moore (1870–1944) was a writer and artist. Their biographies can be found in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Barbara Molland through the Friends of the Bodleian, 1 February 2010.
- Title
- Catalogue of letters from Laurence Binyon, Gordon Bottomley and Thomas Sturge Moore, with others relating to Samuel Johnson
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Margaret Czepiel
- Date
- 2023
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Edition statement
- First edition
Repository Details
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk