Papers of John Masefield mainly relating to the 1963 award of the Queen's Medal for Poetry
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 256
Held at the Weston Library
Includes notes, voting papers and letters from:
- (fols. 1-6) Walter de la Mare, 1941-1951
- (fols. 35-40) David Cecil, 1963
- (fols. 41-56) Nevill Coghill, 1962-1963
- (fols. 57-61, 93-4) Cecil Day-Lewis, 1963-1964
- (fols. 62-8) Helen Gardner, 1962-1963
- fols. 69-72, 95-6) Siegfried Sassoon, 1963-1964
- (fols. 73-81) Laurence Whistler, 1962-1963
- (fols. 90-2) William Plomer, 1963
Dates
- Creation: 1941-1967
Extent
98 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
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Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. lett. c. 256
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 14921
Abstract
Papers of, John Masefield mainly relating to the 1963 award of the Queen's Medal for Poetry
Biographical / Historical
John Edward Masefield (1878-1967) was a poet. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought from Diana Daniels, 1969.
Topical
Subject
- Title
- Papers of, John Masefield mainly relating to the 1963 award of the Queen's Medal for Poetry
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2018
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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