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Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1909-02-28 - 1995-07-16

Biography

English poet, novelist, and essayist.

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence, 1945 - 1965

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.210

Correspondence, 1966 - 1967

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.210

Correspondence, 1968 - 1978

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.210

Correspondence, 1980 - 1987

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.210
Scope and Contents

Includes Spender's draft of his introduction at the event of Ellmann receiving the Duff Cooper award.

Dates: 1980 - 1987

Correspondence between Stephen Spender and Mr. Callard, 1989-08-01

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: A000021914027], Folder: 5
Identifier: 1000.019.1.5

Edmund Wilson etched window panes, Undated

 Collection
Identifier: 1987-024
Scope and Contents

Clear glass window panes, originally from Edmund Wilson's home, each written on (i.e. etched) by various individuals including Stephen Spender, John Wain, Dorothy Parker, and A. Bellinger. One single pane has been signed by various individuals (Lillian L Burnham, Gertrude Loomis Hildah Mary F[---], Malcolm [Shay], Dorothy Reed Furbish Sharp, William E. Loeb, Eugenia Sharp Loeb, Otis Munn, and Fern Munn) on verso of an etched poem (author unknown).

Dates: Undated

Encounter, 1965 - 1967

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.58
Scope and Contents

Exchange regarding book reviews Ellmann will be providing them.

Dates: 1965 - 1967

Miscellaneous literary manuscripts, correspondence and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 1981-010
Scope and Contents An artificial collection that consists of single and/or small groups of letters, small groups of related literary materials, individual or small groups of manuscripts such as poems and similar individual pieces which were deemed at one time to be of sufficient bulk to be placed into separate collections. These materials were acquired independently of larger collections. The period covered is primarily the first half or so of the twentieth century, but there are selected items dating well...
Dates: 1862 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1925 - 1970

Proposed dust jacket blurbs, 1975

 Item
Identifier: 2020.041.1.9
Scope and Contents

Draft of dust jacket blurbs in several versions plus a commentary by Stephen Spender; two dust jackets for the Gollancz editon, one copy with handwritten notations.

Dates: 1975

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Type
Archival Object 14
Collection 3
Unprocessed Material 1
 
Subject
Authors -- Autographs 1
Authors, American -- Correspondence 1
Authors, English -- Correspondence 1
Correspondence. 1
Egypt -- Description and travel 1