Photocopies of material relating to C.S. Lewis and one original postcard from C.S. Lewis to A. Cecil Harwood
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 12631
Held in our offsite storage facility
Comprises:
- Item 1: Photocopies of correspondence between C.S. Lewis, Eric Fenn and others of the BBC, 1941-1944. The photocopies provide details of Lewis's broadcasts Mere Christianity. Given to Walter Hooper by the widow of Justin Phillips, author of C.S. Lewis at the BBC (2002).
- Item 2: Photocopy of a programme of the performance of Charles Williams's The House of the Octopus (Rudolf Steiner Hall, 29 Sep 1945) and photocopy of a letter from C.S. Lewis to Rosemary Boughton, 30 Jan 1964 (signed 'C.S. Lewis' in the hand of his brother Warren); both with related correspondence between Brenda Broughton and Walter Hooper, Jan 2003.
- Item 3: Photocopy of a letter from C.S. Lewis to Francis Usherwood written in his copy of Lewis's book Miracles, 9 Sep 1947. A copy of this letter was given to Walter Hooper by the bookdealer, Ian Blackmore.
- Item 4: Postcard from C.S. Lewis to A. Cecil Harwood mentioning Owen [Barfield], 16 Jan 1954. It was found by Ann Gate of Waterfield's Bookshop, Oxford, in one of Owen Barfield's books, and donated by her to the Bodleian through Walter Hooper.
- Item 3: Photocopy of a postcard from C.S. Lewis to Michael P. Perrott, General Secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association, Belfast, 8 Sep 1967. Also included is a letter from Perrott to Walter Hooper noting how much Lewis's books meant to him, 23 Jan 1981.
Dates
- Creation: 1954, 1981, 2003
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
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Shelfmark:
MS. 12631
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12631
Abstract
Photocopies of various material related to C.S. Lewis and an original postcard, with correspondence between Walter Hooper and the donors, 1955, 1981, 2003.
Biographical / Historical
Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was a writer and scholar. Further details of his life and work can be found in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Arrangement
The individual items are arranged in chronological order of the original material rather than their photocopies made probably in the first month of 2003.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by or through Walter Hooper, 1 February 2003.
Creator
Subject
- Title
- Catalogue of photocopies of material relating to C.S. Lewis and one original postcard from C.S. Lewis to A. Cecil Harwood
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Margaret Czepiel
- Date
- 2026
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Edition statement
- First edition
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk