Works of Walter de la Mare, consisting of:
- Draft of 'The memoirs of a midget', published, London, 1921
- Fair copies, June 1933, of two poems 'Speech' and 'Snowing', printed in Poems, 1919 to 1934 (London, 1935)
Dates
- Creation: 1921-1933
Extent
0.16 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Don. c. 61, fols. 1-2].
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MSS. Don. c. 61, e. 8
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13804
Abstract
Works of Walter de la Mare, 1921-1933
Biographical / Historical
Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was an author and poet. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 38851-2.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were given to the Library by the author, through the Friends of the Bodleian, in 1933 and 1939.
Subject
- Title
- Works of Walter de la Mare
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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