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Title:
Theodore Stephanides Archive
Scope & Content:
An archive that largely covers the retirement years of Stephanides' life, focusing mainly upon his literary activities, from revisions of his own poetry and war memoirs to translations of Greek poetry and his initial attempts to write an autobiography; small amounts of personal material are held...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
c 1899-1983
Extent:

67 files

2. Add MS 89407/1

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Title:
Literary Works
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts/typescripts and associated papers relating to Theodore Stephanides' varied literary endeavours, including his translations of Greek poetry, memoirs of his services in the First and Second World Wars, and his own poetry; nothing is present relating to his memoir, Island Trails.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1899-1982
Extent:
44 files

3. Add MS 89407/2

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Title:
Personal Papers
Scope & Content:
Material includes family and personal photographs; correspondence and diaries from his war-time services; correspondence from the Durrell family; and press-clippings and issues of The Greek Gazette.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
c 1905-1983
Extent:
23 files

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Title:
University Thesis
Scope & Content:
A bound copy of Stephanides' thesis, submitted at the University of Paris, titled Contribution à la Technique du Microscope.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 89407/1/1-7

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Title:
Memoirs
Scope & Content:
Manuscript/typescript drafts and papers relating to his experiences during the First and Second World Wars, along with rough notes and personal items connected to his initial efforts to write an autobiography.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1899-1982
Extent:
7 files

6. Add MS 89407/2/6-8

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Title:
War Service Papers
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, diaries, drawings, maps and photographs from his time as a gunner in the Greek Army, during the First World War and the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922, and his service as a doctor with the Royal Army Medical Corps, during the Second World War.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1915-1980
Extent:
3 files

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Title:
Autobiography Notes
Scope & Content:
Notebooks, along with photographs and other personal papers, relating to Stephanides' initial attempts at writing an autobiography.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1899-1977
Extent:
3 files

8. Add MS 89407/2/19

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Title:
Greece Papers
Scope & Content:
File includes press-clippings relating to Greece's role in the First and Second World Wars, copies of letters sent by Stephanides to Sir Michael Llewellyn-Smith, in response to his letter posted in The Sunday Times, regarding the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922; a copy of a letter sent to Alan Pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1942-1983
Extent:
1 file

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Title:
Lawrence Durrell Correspondence
Scope & Content:
Includes letters detailing Durrell's work on various publications and Stephanides' help with research for The Greek Islands; health issues, travelling, and encouragement regarding Stephanides' own work; also present are letters from American author, Bertrand Mathieu, to Durrell describing his ap...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
[1933]-1982
Extent:
1 file

10. Add MS 89407/2/6

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Title:
First World War and the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 Papers
Scope & Content:
File includes: correspondence from Stephanides to his parents and George Katsimbalis, mostly from during the Greco-Turkish War (also known as the Asia Minor Campaign), covering topics such as responses to family news, his activities in the army, and his court-martial for ‘despising’ King Constan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1915-1968
Extent:
1 file